diff --git a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/uClibc-ftruncate.patch b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/uClibc-ftruncate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50b4f20def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/uClibc-ftruncate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+--- uClibc/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/ftruncate64.c	17 Nov 2003 01:24:07 -0000	1.10
++++ uClibc/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/ftruncate64.c	21 Jul 2004 07:13:38 -0000
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ 
+ #if defined __NR_ftruncate64
+ 
+-#if __WORDSIZE == 64 || (defined(__powerpc__) && defined (__UCLIBC_HAS_LFS__))
++#if __WORDSIZE == 64
+ 
+ /* For a 64 bit machine, life is simple... */
+ _syscall2(int, ftruncate64, int, fd, __off64_t, length);
+@@ -33,15 +33,25 @@
+ #ifndef INLINE_SYSCALL
+ #define INLINE_SYSCALL(name, nr, args...) __syscall_ftruncate64 (args)
+ #define __NR___syscall_ftruncate64 __NR_ftruncate64
++#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__mips__)
++static inline _syscall4(int, __syscall_ftruncate64, int, fd, int, pad, int, high_length, int, low_length);
++#else
+ static inline _syscall3(int, __syscall_ftruncate64, int, fd, int, high_length, int, low_length);
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 
+ /* The exported ftruncate64 function.  */
+ int ftruncate64 (int fd, __off64_t length)
+ {
+     uint32_t low = length & 0xffffffff;
+     uint32_t high = length >> 32;
+-    return INLINE_SYSCALL(ftruncate64, 3, fd, __LONG_LONG_PAIR (high, low));
++    return INLINE_SYSCALL(ftruncate64,
++#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__mips__)
++	    4, fd, 0,
++#else
++	    3, fd,
++#endif
++	    __LONG_LONG_PAIR (high, low));
+ }
+ 
+ #else /* __WORDSIZE */
+--- uClibc/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/truncate64.c	15 Nov 2002 14:06:44 -0000	1.8
++++ uClibc/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/truncate64.c	21 Jul 2004 07:13:38 -0000
+@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
+ #ifndef INLINE_SYSCALL
+ #define INLINE_SYSCALL(name, nr, args...) __syscall_truncate64 (args)
+ #define __NR___syscall_truncate64 __NR_truncate64
+-static inline _syscall3(int, __syscall_truncate64, const char *, path, int, high_length, int, low_length);
++#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__mips__)
++static inline _syscall4(int, __syscall_truncate64, const char *, path,
++	int, pad, int, high_length, int, low_length);
++#else
++static inline _syscall3(int, __syscall_truncate64, const char *, path,
++	int, high_length, int, low_length);
++#endif
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+@@ -42,7 +48,13 @@
+ {
+     uint32_t low = length & 0xffffffff;
+     uint32_t high = length >> 32;
+-    return INLINE_SYSCALL(truncate64, 3, path, __LONG_LONG_PAIR (high, low));
++    return INLINE_SYSCALL(truncate64,
++#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__mips__)
++	    4, path, 0,
++#else
++	    3, path,
++#endif
++	    __LONG_LONG_PAIR (high, low));
+ }
+ #endif /* __UCLIBC_HAS_LFS__ */
+