diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
index 289ea9d..2f156bf 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
+#include <linux/pfn.h>
 
 #include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
 #include <linux/cramfs_fs.h>
@@ -67,6 +68,29 @@
 
 char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
+/* boot memmap, for parsing "memmap=" */
+#define BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX		128 /* number of entries in bfin_memmap */
+#define BFIN_MEMMAP_RAM		1
+#define BFIN_MEMMAP_RESERVED	2
+struct bfin_memmap {
+	int nr_map;
+	struct bfin_memmap_entry {
+		unsigned long long addr; /* start of memory segment */
+		unsigned long long size;
+		unsigned long type;
+	} map[BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX];
+} bfin_memmap __initdata;
+
+/* for memmap sanitization */
+struct change_member {
+	struct bfin_memmap_entry *pentry; /* pointer to original entry */
+	unsigned long long addr; /* address for this change point */
+};
+static struct change_member change_point_list[2*BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX] __initdata;
+static struct change_member *change_point[2*BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX] __initdata;
+static struct bfin_memmap_entry *overlap_list[BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX] __initdata;
+static struct bfin_memmap_entry new_map[BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX] __initdata;
+
 void __init bf53x_cache_init(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_BFIN_DCACHE) || defined(CONFIG_BFIN_ICACHE)
@@ -123,12 +147,224 @@
 
 }
 
+/* add_memory_region to memmap */
+static void __init add_memory_region(unsigned long long start,
+			      unsigned long long size, int type)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i = bfin_memmap.nr_map;
+
+	if (i == BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Ooops! Too many entries in the memory map!\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	bfin_memmap.map[i].addr = start;
+	bfin_memmap.map[i].size = size;
+	bfin_memmap.map[i].type = type;
+	bfin_memmap.nr_map++;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Sanitize the boot memmap, removing overlaps.
+ */
+static int __init sanitize_memmap(struct bfin_memmap_entry *map, int *pnr_map)
+{
+	struct change_member *change_tmp;
+	unsigned long current_type, last_type;
+	unsigned long long last_addr;
+	int chgidx, still_changing;
+	int overlap_entries;
+	int new_entry;
+	int old_nr, new_nr, chg_nr;
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+		Visually we're performing the following (1,2,3,4 = memory types)
+
+		Sample memory map (w/overlaps):
+		   ____22__________________
+		   ______________________4_
+		   ____1111________________
+		   _44_____________________
+		   11111111________________
+		   ____________________33__
+		   ___________44___________
+		   __________33333_________
+		   ______________22________
+		   ___________________2222_
+		   _________111111111______
+		   _____________________11_
+		   _________________4______
+
+		Sanitized equivalent (no overlap):
+		   1_______________________
+		   _44_____________________
+		   ___1____________________
+		   ____22__________________
+		   ______11________________
+		   _________1______________
+		   __________3_____________
+		   ___________44___________
+		   _____________33_________
+		   _______________2________
+		   ________________1_______
+		   _________________4______
+		   ___________________2____
+		   ____________________33__
+		   ______________________4_
+	*/
+	/* if there's only one memory region, don't bother */
+	if (*pnr_map < 2)
+		return -1;
+
+	old_nr = *pnr_map;
+
+	/* bail out if we find any unreasonable addresses in memmap */
+	for (i = 0; i < old_nr; i++)
+		if (map[i].addr + map[i].size < map[i].addr)
+			return -1;
+
+	/* create pointers for initial change-point information (for sorting) */
+	for (i = 0; i < 2*old_nr; i++)
+		change_point[i] = &change_point_list[i];
+
+	/* record all known change-points (starting and ending addresses),
+	   omitting those that are for empty memory regions */
+	chgidx = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < old_nr; i++)	{
+		if (map[i].size != 0) {
+			change_point[chgidx]->addr = map[i].addr;
+			change_point[chgidx++]->pentry = &map[i];
+			change_point[chgidx]->addr = map[i].addr + map[i].size;
+			change_point[chgidx++]->pentry = &map[i];
+		}
+	}
+	chg_nr = chgidx;    	/* true number of change-points */
+
+	/* sort change-point list by memory addresses (low -> high) */
+	still_changing = 1;
+	while (still_changing)	{
+		still_changing = 0;
+		for (i = 1; i < chg_nr; i++)  {
+			/* if <current_addr> > <last_addr>, swap */
+			/* or, if current=<start_addr> & last=<end_addr>, swap */
+			if ((change_point[i]->addr < change_point[i-1]->addr) ||
+				((change_point[i]->addr == change_point[i-1]->addr) &&
+				 (change_point[i]->addr == change_point[i]->pentry->addr) &&
+				 (change_point[i-1]->addr != change_point[i-1]->pentry->addr))
+			   ) {
+				change_tmp = change_point[i];
+				change_point[i] = change_point[i-1];
+				change_point[i-1] = change_tmp;
+				still_changing = 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* create a new memmap, removing overlaps */
+	overlap_entries = 0;	 /* number of entries in the overlap table */
+	new_entry = 0;	 /* index for creating new memmap entries */
+	last_type = 0;		 /* start with undefined memory type */
+	last_addr = 0;		 /* start with 0 as last starting address */
+	/* loop through change-points, determining affect on the new memmap */
+	for (chgidx = 0; chgidx < chg_nr; chgidx++) {
+		/* keep track of all overlapping memmap entries */
+		if (change_point[chgidx]->addr == change_point[chgidx]->pentry->addr) {
+			/* add map entry to overlap list (> 1 entry implies an overlap) */
+			overlap_list[overlap_entries++] = change_point[chgidx]->pentry;
+		} else {
+			/* remove entry from list (order independent, so swap with last) */
+			for (i = 0; i < overlap_entries; i++) {
+				if (overlap_list[i] == change_point[chgidx]->pentry)
+					overlap_list[i] = overlap_list[overlap_entries-1];
+			}
+			overlap_entries--;
+		}
+		/* if there are overlapping entries, decide which "type" to use */
+		/* (larger value takes precedence -- 1=usable, 2,3,4,4+=unusable) */
+		current_type = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < overlap_entries; i++)
+			if (overlap_list[i]->type > current_type)
+				current_type = overlap_list[i]->type;
+		/* continue building up new memmap based on this information */
+		if (current_type != last_type)	{
+			if (last_type != 0) {
+				new_map[new_entry].size =
+					change_point[chgidx]->addr - last_addr;
+				/* move forward only if the new size was non-zero */
+				if (new_map[new_entry].size != 0)
+					if (++new_entry >= BFIN_MEMMAP_MAX)
+						break; 	/* no more space left for new entries */
+			}
+			if (current_type != 0) {
+				new_map[new_entry].addr = change_point[chgidx]->addr;
+				new_map[new_entry].type = current_type;
+				last_addr = change_point[chgidx]->addr;
+			}
+			last_type = current_type;
+		}
+	}
+	new_nr = new_entry;   /* retain count for new entries */
+
+	/* copy new  mapping into original location */
+	memcpy(map, new_map, new_nr*sizeof(struct bfin_memmap_entry));
+	*pnr_map = new_nr;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __init print_memory_map(char *who)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < bfin_memmap.nr_map; i++) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG " %s: %016Lx - %016Lx ", who,
+			bfin_memmap.map[i].addr,
+			bfin_memmap.map[i].addr + bfin_memmap.map[i].size);
+		switch (bfin_memmap.map[i].type) {
+		case BFIN_MEMMAP_RAM:
+				printk("(usable)\n");
+				break;
+		case BFIN_MEMMAP_RESERVED:
+				printk("(reserved)\n");
+				break;
+		default:	printk("type %lu\n", bfin_memmap.map[i].type);
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static __init int parse_memmap(char *arg)
+{
+	unsigned long long start_at, mem_size;
+
+	if (!arg)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mem_size = memparse(arg, &arg);
+	if (*arg == '@') {
+		start_at = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+		add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, BFIN_MEMMAP_RAM);
+	} else if (*arg == '$') {
+		start_at = memparse(arg+1, &arg);
+		add_memory_region(start_at, mem_size, BFIN_MEMMAP_RESERVED);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Initial parsing of the command line.  Currently, we support:
  *  - Controlling the linux memory size: mem=xxx[KMG]
  *  - Controlling the physical memory size: max_mem=xxx[KMG][$][#]
  *       $ -> reserved memory is dcacheable
  *       # -> reserved memory is icacheable
+ *  - "memmap=XXX[KkmM][@][$]XXX[KkmM]" defines a memory region
+ *       @ from <start> to <start>+<mem>, type RAM
+ *       $ from <start> to <start>+<mem>, type RESERVED
+ *
  */
 static __init void parse_cmdline_early(char *cmdline_p)
 {
@@ -136,7 +372,6 @@
 	unsigned int memsize;
 	for (;;) {
 		if (c == ' ') {
-
 			if (!memcmp(to, "mem=", 4)) {
 				to += 4;
 				memsize = memparse(to, &to);
@@ -162,6 +397,9 @@
 			} else if (!memcmp(to, "earlyprintk=", 12)) {
 				to += 12;
 				setup_early_printk(to);
+			} else if (!memcmp(to, "memmap=", 7)) {
+				to += 7;
+				parse_memmap(to);
 			}
 		}
 		c = *(to++);
@@ -170,75 +408,32 @@
 	}
 }
 
-void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
+/*
+ * Setup memory defaults from user config.
+ * The physical memory layout looks like:
+ *
+ *  [_rambase, _ramstart]:		kernel image
+ *  [memory_start, memory_end]:		dynamic memory managed by kernel
+ *  [memory_end, _ramend]:		reserved memory
+ *  	[meory_mtd_start(memory_end),
+ *  		memory_mtd_start + mtd_size]:	rootfs (if any)
+ *	[_ramend - DMA_UNCACHED_REGION,
+ *		_ramend]:			uncached DMA region
+ *  [_ramend, physical_mem_end]:	memory not managed by kernel
+ *
+ */
+static __init void  memory_setup(void)
 {
-	int bootmap_size;
-	unsigned long l1_length, sclk, cclk;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
-	unsigned long mtd_phys = 0;
-#endif
+	_rambase = (unsigned long)_stext;
+	_ramstart = (unsigned long)__bss_stop;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL)
-	strncpy(&command_line[0], CONFIG_CMDLINE, sizeof(command_line));
-	command_line[sizeof(command_line) - 1] = 0;
-#endif
-
-	/* Keep a copy of command line */
-	*cmdline_p = &command_line[0];
-	memcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
-
-	/* setup memory defaults from the user config */
-	physical_mem_end = 0;
-	_ramend = CONFIG_MEM_SIZE * 1024 * 1024;
-
-	parse_cmdline_early(&command_line[0]);
-
-	cclk = get_cclk();
-	sclk = get_sclk();
-
-#if !defined(CONFIG_BFIN_KERNEL_CLOCK)
-	if (ANOMALY_05000273 && cclk == sclk)
-		panic("ANOMALY 05000273, SCLK can not be same as CCLK");
-#endif
-
-#ifdef BF561_FAMILY
-	if (ANOMALY_05000266) {
-		bfin_read_IMDMA_D0_IRQ_STATUS();
-		bfin_read_IMDMA_D1_IRQ_STATUS();
+	if (DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > (_ramend - _ramstart)) {
+		console_init();
+		panic("DMA region exceeds memory limit: %lu.\n",
+			_ramend - _ramstart);
 	}
-#endif
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Hardware Trace ");
-	if (bfin_read_TBUFCTL() & 0x1 )
-		printk("Active ");
-	else
-		printk("Off ");
-	if (bfin_read_TBUFCTL() & 0x2)
-		printk("and Enabled\n");
-	else
-	printk("and Disabled\n");
-
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_CHR_DEV_FLASH) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FLASH)
-	/* we need to initialize the Flashrom device here since we might
-	 * do things with flash early on in the boot
-	 */
-	flash_probe();
-#endif
-
-	if (physical_mem_end == 0)
-		physical_mem_end = _ramend;
-
-	/* by now the stack is part of the init task */
 	memory_end = _ramend - DMA_UNCACHED_REGION;
 
-	_ramstart = (unsigned long)__bss_stop;
-	_rambase = (unsigned long)_stext;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPU
 	/* Round up to multiple of 4MB.  */
 	memory_start = (_ramstart + 0x3fffff) & ~0x3fffff;
@@ -319,13 +514,178 @@
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX)
-	memory_end -= SIZE_4K; /*In case there is no valid CPLB behind memory_end make sure we don't get to close*/
+	/*In case there is no valid CPLB behind memory_end make sure we don't get to close*/
+	memory_end -= SIZE_4K;
 #endif
+
 	init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long)_stext;
 	init_mm.end_code = (unsigned long)_etext;
 	init_mm.end_data = (unsigned long)_edata;
 	init_mm.brk = (unsigned long)0;
 
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Board Memory: %ldMB\n", physical_mem_end >> 20);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Kernel Managed Memory: %ldMB\n", _ramend >> 20);
+
+	printk( KERN_INFO "Memory map:\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  text      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  rodata    = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  data      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "    stack   = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  init      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  bss       = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+		KERN_INFO "  available = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
+		KERN_INFO "  rootfs    = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+#endif
+#if DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > 0
+		KERN_INFO "  DMA Zone  = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
+#endif
+		, _stext, _etext,
+		__start_rodata, __end_rodata,
+		_sdata, _edata,
+		(void *)&init_thread_union,
+		(void *)((int)(&init_thread_union) + 0x2000),
+	       __init_begin, __init_end,
+	       __bss_start, __bss_stop,
+	       (void *)_ramstart, (void *)memory_end
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
+		, (void *)memory_mtd_start, (void *)(memory_mtd_start + mtd_size)
+#endif
+#if DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > 0
+		, (void *)(_ramend - DMA_UNCACHED_REGION), (void *)(_ramend)
+#endif
+		);
+}
+
+static __init void setup_bootmem_allocator(void)
+{
+	int bootmap_size;
+	int i;
+	unsigned long min_pfn, max_pfn;
+	unsigned long curr_pfn, last_pfn, size;
+
+	/* mark memory between memory_start and memory_end usable */
+	add_memory_region(memory_start,
+		memory_end - memory_start, BFIN_MEMMAP_RAM);
+	/* sanity check for overlap */
+	sanitize_memmap(bfin_memmap.map, &bfin_memmap.nr_map);
+	print_memory_map("boot memmap");
+
+	min_pfn = PAGE_OFFSET >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	max_pfn = memory_end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	/*
+	 * give all the memory to the bootmap allocator,  tell it to put the
+	 * boot mem_map at the start of memory.
+	 */
+	bootmap_size = init_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0),
+			memory_start >> PAGE_SHIFT,	/* map goes here */
+			min_pfn, max_pfn);
+
+	/* register the memmap regions with the bootmem allocator */
+	for (i = 0; i < bfin_memmap.nr_map; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * Reserve usable memory
+		 */
+		if (bfin_memmap.map[i].type != BFIN_MEMMAP_RAM)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * We are rounding up the start address of usable memory:
+		 */
+		curr_pfn = PFN_UP(bfin_memmap.map[i].addr);
+		if (curr_pfn >= max_pfn)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * ... and at the end of the usable range downwards:
+		 */
+		last_pfn = PFN_DOWN(bfin_memmap.map[i].addr +
+					 bfin_memmap.map[i].size);
+
+		if (last_pfn > max_pfn)
+			last_pfn = max_pfn;
+
+		/*
+		 * .. finally, did all the rounding and playing
+		 * around just make the area go away?
+		 */
+		if (last_pfn <= curr_pfn)
+			continue;
+
+		size = last_pfn - curr_pfn;
+		free_bootmem(PFN_PHYS(curr_pfn), PFN_PHYS(size));
+	}
+
+	/* reserve memory before memory_start, including bootmap */
+	reserve_bootmem(PAGE_OFFSET,
+		memory_start + bootmap_size + PAGE_SIZE - 1 - PAGE_OFFSET,
+		BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
+{
+	unsigned long l1_length, sclk, cclk;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
+	unsigned long mtd_phys = 0;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
+	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL)
+	strncpy(&command_line[0], CONFIG_CMDLINE, sizeof(command_line));
+	command_line[sizeof(command_line) - 1] = 0;
+#endif
+
+	/* Keep a copy of command line */
+	*cmdline_p = &command_line[0];
+	memcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
+
+	/* setup memory defaults from the user config */
+	physical_mem_end = 0;
+	_ramend = CONFIG_MEM_SIZE * 1024 * 1024;
+
+	memset(&bfin_memmap, 0, sizeof(bfin_memmap));
+
+	parse_cmdline_early(&command_line[0]);
+
+	if (physical_mem_end == 0)
+		physical_mem_end = _ramend;
+
+	memory_setup();
+
+	cclk = get_cclk();
+	sclk = get_sclk();
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_BFIN_KERNEL_CLOCK)
+	if (ANOMALY_05000273 && cclk == sclk)
+		panic("ANOMALY 05000273, SCLK can not be same as CCLK");
+#endif
+
+#ifdef BF561_FAMILY
+	if (ANOMALY_05000266) {
+		bfin_read_IMDMA_D0_IRQ_STATUS();
+		bfin_read_IMDMA_D1_IRQ_STATUS();
+	}
+#endif
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Hardware Trace ");
+	if (bfin_read_TBUFCTL() & 0x1)
+		printk("Active ");
+	else
+		printk("Off ");
+	if (bfin_read_TBUFCTL() & 0x2)
+		printk("and Enabled\n");
+	else
+	printk("and Disabled\n");
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CHR_DEV_FLASH) || defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FLASH)
+	/* we need to initialize the Flashrom device here since we might
+	 * do things with flash early on in the boot
+	 */
+	flash_probe();
+#endif
+
 	_bfin_swrst = bfin_read_SWRST();
 
 	if (_bfin_swrst & RESET_DOUBLE)
@@ -361,55 +721,8 @@
 	if (ANOMALY_05000273 && (cclk >> 1) <= sclk)
 		printk("\n\n\nANOMALY_05000273: CCLK must be >= 2*SCLK !!!\n\n\n");
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Board Memory: %ldMB\n", physical_mem_end >> 20);
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Kernel Managed Memory: %ldMB\n", _ramend >> 20);
+	setup_bootmem_allocator();
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Memory map:\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  text      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  rodata    = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  data      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "    stack   = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  init      = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  bss       = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-	       KERN_INFO "  available = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
-	       KERN_INFO "  rootfs    = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-#endif
-#if DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > 0
-	       KERN_INFO "  DMA Zone  = 0x%p-0x%p\n"
-#endif
-	       , _stext, _etext,
-	       __start_rodata, __end_rodata,
-	       _sdata, _edata,
-	       (void *)&init_thread_union, (void *)((int)(&init_thread_union) + 0x2000),
-	       __init_begin, __init_end,
-	       __bss_start, __bss_stop,
-	       (void *)_ramstart, (void *)memory_end
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX
-	       , (void *)memory_mtd_start, (void *)(memory_mtd_start + mtd_size)
-#endif
-#if DMA_UNCACHED_REGION > 0
-	       , (void *)(_ramend - DMA_UNCACHED_REGION), (void *)(_ramend)
-#endif
-	       );
-
-	/*
-	 * give all the memory to the bootmap allocator,  tell it to put the
-	 * boot mem_map at the start of memory
-	 */
-	bootmap_size = init_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0), memory_start >> PAGE_SHIFT,	/* map goes here */
-					 PAGE_OFFSET >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-					 memory_end >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-	/*
-	 * free the usable memory,  we have to make sure we do not free
-	 * the bootmem bitmap so we then reserve it after freeing it :-)
-	 */
-	free_bootmem(memory_start, memory_end - memory_start);
-
-	reserve_bootmem(memory_start, bootmap_size, BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
-	/*
-	 * get kmalloc into gear
-	 */
 	paging_init();
 
 	/* check the size of the l1 area */