diff -ur linux/drivers/media/common/ir-keymaps-make.pl~ linux/drivers/media/common/ir-keymaps-make.pl
--- linux/drivers/media/common/ir-keymaps-make.pl~	2006-01-19 16:00:27.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/drivers/media/common/ir-keymaps-make.pl	2006-01-20 16:38:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # Written by Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>
 # Licence: GPL v2 or later (see below).
 
+use POSIX;
+
 print <<'EOF';
 /*  Keytables for supported remote controls.
     This file is automatically generated.
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@
     print "\nconst s16 ${label}[] = {";
     my $i = -1;
     my $prev = 0;
-    my $col = 0;
+    # default to 128 entries if the keymap is empty
+    my $col = output (0, $max > 0 ? 1 << ceil (log ($max)/log 2) : 128);
     while (++$i <= $max)
     {
       next unless defined $mapping{$i};