Index: kernel/Makefile
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--- kernel/Makefile	(revision 6da15db79d9aaf490ef2139ceb05b2fe75ceb1e7)
+++ kernel/Makefile	(revision a1ce9bd75a1611b36c1d882e27a09e58da89755f)
@@ -119,13 +119,6 @@
 # AFLAGS and LFLAGS must be initialized before the inclusion.
 #
-AFLAGS =
+AFLAGS = --fatal-warnings
 LFLAGS = -n -T $(LINK) -M --fatal-warnings --warn-common
-
-# FIXME: This condition is a workaround for issues #693 and #694.
-ifneq ($(KARCH),sparc64)
-ifneq ($(KARCH),mips32)
-	AFLAGS += --fatal-warnings
-endif
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_BINARIES),y)