diff -urN mtd-20061007.orig/Makefile mtd-20061007.orig.patch/Makefile
--- mtd-20061007.orig/Makefile	2006-10-07 16:33:37.000000000 +0100
+++ mtd-20061007.orig.patch/Makefile	2007-01-09 14:06:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@
 #CROSS=arm-linux-
 CC := $(CROSS)gcc
 CFLAGS := -I./include -O2 -Wall
+BUILDDIR := .
 
-ifeq ($(origin CROSS),undefined)
-  BUILDDIR := .
-else
-# Remove the trailing slash to make the directory name
-  BUILDDIR := $(CROSS:-=)
+ifeq ($(WITHOUT_XATTR), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DWITHOUT_XATTR
 endif
 
 RAWTARGETS = ftl_format flash_erase flash_eraseall nanddump doc_loadbios \
diff -urN mtd-20061007.orig/mkfs.jffs2.c mtd-20061007.orig.patch/mkfs.jffs2.c
--- mtd-20061007.orig/mkfs.jffs2.c	2006-10-07 16:33:37.000000000 +0100
+++ mtd-20061007.orig.patch/mkfs.jffs2.c	2007-01-09 11:18:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include <sys/xattr.h>
-#include <sys/acl.h>
+#ifndef WITHOUT_XATTR
+  #include <sys/xattr.h>
+  #include <sys/acl.h>
+#endif
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #define crc32 __complete_crap
 #include <zlib.h>
@@ -1030,6 +1032,7 @@
 	padword();
 }
 
+#ifndef WITHOUT_XATTR
 typedef struct xattr_entry {
 	struct xattr_entry *next;
 	uint32_t xid;
@@ -1258,6 +1261,9 @@
 		padword();
 	}
 }
+#else /* WITHOUT_XATTR */
+#define write_xattr_entry(x)
+#endif
 
 static void recursive_populate_directory(struct filesystem_entry *dir)
 {
@@ -1416,9 +1422,11 @@
 	{"test-compression", 0, NULL, 't'},
 	{"compressor-priority", 1, NULL, 'y'},
 	{"incremental", 1, NULL, 'i'},
+#ifndef WITHOUT_XATTR
 	{"with-xattr", 0, NULL, 1000 },
 	{"with-selinux", 0, NULL, 1001 },
 	{"with-posix-acl", 0, NULL, 1002 },
+#endif
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -1451,9 +1459,11 @@
 	"  -q, --squash            Squash permissions and owners making all files be owned by root\n"
 	"  -U, --squash-uids       Squash owners making all files be owned by root\n"
 	"  -P, --squash-perms      Squash permissions on all files\n"
+#ifndef WITHOUT_XATTR
 	"      --with-xattr        stuff all xattr entries into image\n"
 	"      --with-selinux      stuff only SELinux Labels into jffs2 image\n"
 	"      --with-posix-acl    stuff only POSIX ACL entries into jffs2 image\n"
+#endif
 	"  -h, --help              Display this help text\n"
 	"  -v, --verbose           Verbose operation\n"
 	"  -V, --version           Display version information\n"
@@ -1772,6 +1782,7 @@
 					perror_msg_and_die("cannot open (incremental) file");
 				}
 				break;
+#ifndef WITHOUT_XATTR
 			case 1000:	/* --with-xattr  */
 				enable_xattr |= (1 << JFFS2_XPREFIX_USER)
 						| (1 << JFFS2_XPREFIX_SECURITY)
@@ -1786,6 +1797,7 @@
 				enable_xattr |= (1 << JFFS2_XPREFIX_ACL_ACCESS)
 						| (1 << JFFS2_XPREFIX_ACL_DEFAULT);
 				break;
+#endif
 		}
 	}
 	if (out_fd == -1) {