diff -ruN linux-2.4.21-org/Makefile linux-2.4.21/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.21-org/Makefile	2003-06-13 10:51:39.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.21/Makefile	2003-07-08 20:40:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
 	$(MAKE) update-modverfile
 endif
-	scripts/mkdep -- `find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend
+	find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print | scripts/mkdep --stdin > .hdepend
 	scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
diff -ruN linux-2.4.21-org/scripts/mkdep.c linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep.c
--- linux-2.4.21-org/scripts/mkdep.c	2002-08-02 20:39:46.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.21/scripts/mkdep.c	2003-07-08 20:42:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#define MAX_FILE_NAME_LEN 512
 
-
-char __depname[512] = "\n\t@touch ";
+char __depname[MAX_FILE_NAME_LEN] = "\n\t@touch ";
 #define depname (__depname+9)
 int hasdep;
 
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
 	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		perror(filename);
+		exit(1);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@
 {
 	int len;
 	const char *hpath;
+	int use_stdin = 0;
 
 	hpath = getenv("HPATH");
 	if (!hpath) {
@@ -598,6 +600,10 @@
 				add_path(*argv);
 			}
 		}
+		else if (strcmp(*argv, "--stdin") == 0) {
+			use_stdin = 1;
+			break;
+		}
 		else if (strcmp(*argv, "--") == 0) {
 			break;
 		}
@@ -605,24 +611,58 @@
 
 	add_path(hpath);	/* must be last entry, for config files */
 
-	while (--argc > 0) {
-		const char * filename = *++argv;
-		const char * command  = __depname;
-		g_filename = 0;
-		len = strlen(filename);
-		memcpy(depname, filename, len+1);
-		if (len > 2 && filename[len-2] == '.') {
-			if (filename[len-1] == 'c' || filename[len-1] == 'S') {
-			    depname[len-1] = 'o';
-			    g_filename = filename;
-			    command = "";
+	if (use_stdin) {
+		/* process entries passed in by stdin */
+
+		char buff[MAX_FILE_NAME_LEN];
+		char *line;
+
+		while ((line = fgets(buff, MAX_FILE_NAME_LEN, stdin))) {
+			char * filename = line;
+			const char * command  = __depname;
+			g_filename = 0;
+			len = strlen(filename);
+			while (isspace (filename[len-1])) {
+				len--;
+				filename[len]=0; 
+			}
+			memcpy(depname, filename, len+1);
+			if (len > 2 && filename[len-2] == '.') {
+				if (filename[len-1] == 'c' 
+						|| filename[len-1] == 'S') {
+				    depname[len-1] = 'o';
+				    g_filename = filename;
+				    command = "";
+				}
 			}
+			do_depend(filename, command);
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		/* process entries passed in by command line arguments */
+
+		while (--argc > 0) {
+			const char * filename = *++argv;
+			const char * command  = __depname;
+			g_filename = 0;
+			len = strlen(filename);
+			memcpy(depname, filename, len+1);
+			if (len > 2 && filename[len-2] == '.') {
+				if (filename[len-1] == 'c' 
+						|| filename[len-1] == 'S') {
+				    depname[len-1] = 'o';
+				    g_filename = filename;
+				    command = "";
+				}
+			}
+			do_depend(filename, command);
 		}
-		do_depend(filename, command);
 	}
+
 	if (len_precious) {
 		*(str_precious+len_precious) = '\0';
 		printf(".PRECIOUS:%s\n", str_precious);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+