diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5014bfa48ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# NOTE! Don't add files that are generated in specific
+# subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file
+# in that subdirectory instead.
+#
+# Normal rules
+#
+.*
+*.o
+*.a
+*.s
+*.ko
+*.mod.c
+
+#
+# Top-level generic files
+#
+vmlinux*
+System.map
+Module.symvers
+
+#
+# Generated include files
+#
+include/asm
+include/config
+include/linux/autoconf.h
+include/linux/compile.h
+include/linux/version.h
+
diff --git a/drivers/char/.gitignore b/drivers/char/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b6b1d772ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+consolemap_deftbl.c
+defkeymap.c
+
diff --git a/drivers/pci/.gitignore b/drivers/pci/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f297ca8d313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/pci/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+classlist.h
+devlist.h
+gen-devlist
+
diff --git a/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore b/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48355f538f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Generated files
+#
+*_mono.c
+*_vga16.c
+*_clut224.c
+*_gray256.c
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bef1ea94c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Generated files
+#
+gen_crc32table
+crc32table.h
+
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b46d68bb9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+conmakehash
+kallsyms
+pnmtologo
+
diff --git a/scripts/basic/.gitignore b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7304e19782c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/basic/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fixdep
+split-include
+docproc
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dac3442e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Generated files
+#
+config*
+lex.*.c
+*.tab.c
+*.tab.h
+
+#
+# configuration programs
+#
+conf
+mconf
+qconf
+gconf
+kxgettext
diff --git a/scripts/mod/.gitignore b/scripts/mod/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9b7abe7b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mod/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+elfconfig.h
+mk_elfconfig
+modpost
+
diff --git a/usr/.gitignore b/usr/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be186a82e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Generated files
+#
+gen_init_cpio
+initramfs_data.cpio
+initramfs_data.cpio.gz
+initramfs_list