diff -urN hwinfo-14.19.orig/src/hd/kbd.c hwinfo-14.19/src/hd/kbd.c
--- hwinfo-14.19.orig/src/hd/kbd.c	2007-08-15 13:26:10 +0300
+++ hwinfo-14.19/src/hd/kbd.c	2008-09-25 19:03:44 +0300
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@
   str_list_t *cmd, *cmd0, *sl;
   unsigned u, u1;
   struct serial_struct ser_info;
+/* Removing since TIOCGDEV isn't supported in the mainline kernel */
+#ifdef __powerpc__
   unsigned tty_major = 0, tty_minor = 0;
+#endif
   char c, *dev = NULL, *s;
 
   /* first, try console= option */
@@ -142,11 +145,14 @@
   }
 
   if(!dev && (fd = open(DEV_CONSOLE, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY)) >= 0) {
+    /* Removing since TIOCGDEV isn't supported in the mainline kernel */
+#if 0
     if(ioctl(fd, TIOCGDEV, &u) != -1) {
       tty_major = (u >> 8) & 0xfff;
       tty_minor = (u & 0xff) | ((u >> 12) & 0xfff00);
       ADD2LOG(DEV_CONSOLE ": major %u, minor %u\n", tty_major, tty_minor);
     }
+#endif
 
     if (0)
 	    ;