diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/.gitignore b/arch/ia64/kernel/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98307759a3b808a02310e8bf06db968496eed8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/.gitignore
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+gate.lds