diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/bios_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/bios_uv.c
index fdd585f..5481eb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/bios_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/bios_uv.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * BIOS run time interface routines.
  *
- *  Copyright (c) 2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
- *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -16,33 +14,94 @@
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *  Copyright (c) Russ Anderson
  */
 
+#include <linux/efi.h>
+#include <asm/efi.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
 #include <asm/uv/bios.h>
 
-const char *
-x86_bios_strerror(long status)
+struct uv_systab uv_systab;
+
+s64 uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3, u64 a4, u64 a5)
 {
-	const char *str;
-	switch (status) {
-	case  0: str = "Call completed without error";	break;
-	case -1: str = "Not implemented";		break;
-	case -2: str = "Invalid argument";		break;
-	case -3: str = "Call completed with error";	break;
-	default: str = "Unknown BIOS status code";	break;
-	}
-	return str;
+	struct uv_systab *tab = &uv_systab;
+
+	if (!tab->function)
+		/*
+		 * BIOS does not support UV systab
+		 */
+		return BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED;
+
+	return efi_call6((void *)__va(tab->function),
+					(u64)which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+}
+
+s64 uv_bios_call_irqsave(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
+					u64 a4, u64 a5)
+{
+	unsigned long bios_flags;
+	s64 ret;
+
+	local_irq_save(bios_flags);
+	ret = uv_bios_call(which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+	local_irq_restore(bios_flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+s64 uv_bios_call_reentrant(enum uv_bios_cmd which, u64 a1, u64 a2, u64 a3,
+					u64 a4, u64 a5)
+{
+	s64 ret;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	ret = uv_bios_call(which, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+	preempt_enable();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 long
-x86_bios_freq_base(unsigned long which, unsigned long *ticks_per_second,
-		   unsigned long *drift_info)
+x86_bios_freq_base(unsigned long clock_type, unsigned long *ticks_per_second,
+					unsigned long *drift_info)
 {
-	struct uv_bios_retval isrv;
-
-	BIOS_CALL(isrv, BIOS_FREQ_BASE, which, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-	*ticks_per_second = isrv.v0;
-	*drift_info = isrv.v1;
-	return isrv.status;
+	return uv_bios_call(UV_BIOS_FREQ_BASE, clock_type,
+				(u64)ticks_per_second, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_bios_freq_base);
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+void uv_bios_init(void)
+{
+	struct uv_systab *tab;
+
+	if ((efi.uv_systab == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) ||
+	    (efi.uv_systab == (unsigned long)NULL)) {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "No EFI UV System Table.\n");
+		uv_systab.function = (unsigned long)NULL;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tab = (struct uv_systab *)ioremap(efi.uv_systab,
+					sizeof(struct uv_systab));
+	if (strncmp(tab->signature, "UVST", 4) != 0)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "bad signature in UV system table!");
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy table to permanent spot for later use.
+	 */
+	memcpy(&uv_systab, tab, sizeof(struct uv_systab));
+	iounmap(tab);
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "EFI UV System Table Revision %d\n", tab->revision);
+}
+#else	/* !CONFIG_EFI */
+
+void uv_bios_init(void) { }
+#endif
+
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
index b689075..aa2e5e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
 	gnode_upper = (((unsigned long)node_id.s.node_id) &
 		       ~((1 << n_val) - 1)) << m_val;
 
+	uv_bios_init();
 	uv_rtc_init();
 
 	for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/efi.h b/include/asm-x86/efi.h
index ed2de22..313438e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/efi.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/efi.h
@@ -94,4 +94,17 @@
 extern void efi_call_phys_prelog(void);
 extern void efi_call_phys_epilog(void);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_EFI
+/*
+ * IF EFI is not configured, have the EFI calls return -ENOSYS.
+ */
+#define efi_call0(_f)					(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call1(_f, _a1)				(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call2(_f, _a1, _a2)				(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call3(_f, _a1, _a2, _a3)			(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call4(_f, _a1, _a2, _a3, _a4)		(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call5(_f, _a1, _a2, _a3, _a4, _a5)		(-ENOSYS)
+#define efi_call6(_f, _a1, _a2, _a3, _a4, _a5, _a6)	(-ENOSYS)
+#endif /* CONFIG_EFI */
+
 #endif /* ASM_X86__EFI_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/uv/bios.h b/include/asm-x86/uv/bios.h
index 7cd6d7e..f63e46e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/uv/bios.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/uv/bios.h
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 #define ASM_X86__UV__BIOS_H
 
 /*
- * BIOS layer definitions.
- *
- *  Copyright (c) 2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * UV BIOS layer definitions.
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -19,11 +17,43 @@
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *  Copyright (c) Russ Anderson
  */
 
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
 
-#define BIOS_FREQ_BASE			0x01000001
+/*
+ * Values for the BIOS calls.  It is passed as the first * argument in the
+ * BIOS call.  Passing any other value in the first argument will result
+ * in a BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED return status.
+ */
+enum uv_bios_cmd {
+	UV_BIOS_COMMON,
+	UV_BIOS_GET_SN_INFO,
+	UV_BIOS_FREQ_BASE
+};
+
+/*
+ * Status values returned from a BIOS call.
+ */
+enum {
+	BIOS_STATUS_SUCCESS		=  0,
+	BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED	= -ENOSYS,
+	BIOS_STATUS_EINVAL		= -EINVAL,
+	BIOS_STATUS_UNAVAIL		= -EBUSY
+};
+
+/*
+ * The UV system table describes specific firmware
+ * capabilities available to the Linux kernel at runtime.
+ */
+struct uv_systab {
+	char signature[4];	/* must be "UVST" */
+	u32 revision;		/* distinguish different firmware revs */
+	u64 function;		/* BIOS runtime callback function ptr */
+};
 
 enum {
 	BIOS_FREQ_BASE_PLATFORM = 0,
@@ -31,38 +61,17 @@
 	BIOS_FREQ_BASE_REALTIME_CLOCK = 2
 };
 
-# define BIOS_CALL(result, a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7)		\
-	do {								\
-		/* XXX - the real call goes here */			\
-		result.status = BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED;		\
-		isrv.v0 = 0;						\
-		isrv.v1 = 0;						\
-	} while (0)
+/*
+ * bios calls have 6 parameters
+ */
+extern s64 uv_bios_call(enum uv_bios_cmd, u64, u64, u64, u64, u64);
+extern s64 uv_bios_call_irqsave(enum uv_bios_cmd, u64, u64, u64, u64, u64);
+extern s64 uv_bios_call_reentrant(enum uv_bios_cmd, u64, u64, u64, u64, u64);
 
-enum {
-	BIOS_STATUS_SUCCESS		=  0,
-	BIOS_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED	= -1,
-	BIOS_STATUS_EINVAL		= -2,
-	BIOS_STATUS_ERROR		= -3
-};
-
-struct uv_bios_retval {
-	/*
-	 * A zero status value indicates call completed without error.
-	 * A negative status value indicates reason of call failure.
-	 * A positive status value indicates success but an
-	 * informational value should be printed (e.g., "reboot for
-	 * change to take effect").
-	 */
-	s64 status;
-	u64 v0;
-	u64 v1;
-	u64 v2;
-};
+extern void uv_bios_init(void);
 
 extern long
 x86_bios_freq_base(unsigned long which, unsigned long *ticks_per_second,
 		   unsigned long *drift_info);
-extern const char *x86_bios_strerror(long status);
 
 #endif /* ASM_X86__UV__BIOS_H */