problem building 2.3.47: no macintosh.a file

When trying to compile the 2.3.47 linux distribution from a kernel.org
mirror, I don't get a macintosh.a file built in my drivers/macintosh/
directory. As a matter of fact, I don't seem to get any macintosh
drivers built in that directory as there's no .o files at all. Anyone
else experience this? I've tried poking around to discover where the
error could be but so far I'm clueless about this. Am I doing something
wrong with my .config configuration info? I've attached my .config file
in case this could be it and someone could check it. Any other
possibilities?

BTW: I did have to make some minor changes to get even so far as to try
linking it all together. I've attached the context diff of my mem.c file
which I had to change to get it to compile. Could my simple change be
the right thing to have done for the mem.c file???

Thanks for any help!