--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
-+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
++#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
++
+struct mips_machine {
+ unsigned long mach_type;
++ const char *mach_id;
++ const char *mach_name;
+ void (*mach_setup)(void);
-+ char *mach_name;
-+ struct list_head list;
+};
+
-+void mips_machine_register(struct mips_machine *) __init;
-+void mips_machine_setup(unsigned long machtype) __init;
-+void mips_machine_set_name(char *name) __init;
-+
-+extern char *mips_machine_name;
-+
-+#define MIPS_MACHINE(_type, _name, _setup) \
-+static char machine_name_##_type[] __initdata = _name; \
-+static struct mips_machine machine_##_type __initdata = \
++#define MIPS_MACHINE(_type, _id, _name, _setup) \
++static const char machine_name_##_type[] __initconst \
++ __aligned(1) = _name; \
++static const char machine_id_##_type[] __initconst \
++ __aligned(1) = _id; \
++static struct mips_machine machine_##_type \
++ __used __section(.mips.machines.init) = \
+{ \
+ .mach_type = _type, \
++ .mach_id = machine_id_##_type, \
+ .mach_name = machine_name_##_type, \
+ .mach_setup = _setup, \
-+}; \
-+ \
-+static int __init register_machine_##_type(void) \
-+{ \
-+ mips_machine_register(&machine_##_type); \
-+ return 0; \
-+} \
-+ \
-+pure_initcall(register_machine_##_type)
++};
+
-+#endif /* __ASM_MIPS_MACHINE_H */
++extern long __mips_machines_start;
++extern long __mips_machines_end;
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MACHINE
++int mips_machtype_setup(char *id) __init;
++void mips_machine_setup(void) __init;
++void mips_set_machine_name(const char *name) __init;
++char *mips_get_machine_name(void);
++#else
++static inline int mips_machtype_setup(char *id) { return 1; }
++static inline void mips_machine_setup(void) { }
++static inline void mips_set_machine_name(const char *name) { }
++static inline char *mips_get_machine_name(void) { return NULL; }
++#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MACHINE */
++
++#endif /* __ASM_MIPS_MACHINE_H */
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips_machine.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
-+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/mm.h>
++#include <linux/string.h>
++#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <asm/mips_machine.h>
-+#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+
-+static struct list_head mips_machines __initdata =
-+ LIST_HEAD_INIT(mips_machines);
++static struct mips_machine *mips_machine __initdata;
++static char *mips_machine_name = "Unknown";
+
-+char *mips_machine_name = "Unknown";
++#define for_each_machine(mach) \
++ for ((mach) = (struct mips_machine *)&__mips_machines_start; \
++ (mach) && \
++ (unsigned long)(mach) < (unsigned long)&__mips_machines_end; \
++ (mach)++)
+
-+static struct mips_machine * __init mips_machine_find(unsigned long machtype)
++__init void mips_set_machine_name(const char *name)
+{
-+ struct list_head *this;
++ char *p;
+
-+ list_for_each(this, &mips_machines) {
-+ struct mips_machine *mach;
++ if (name == NULL)
++ return;
+
-+ mach = list_entry(this, struct mips_machine, list);
-+ if (mach->mach_type == machtype)
-+ return mach;
-+ }
++ p = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
++ if (!p)
++ pr_err("MIPS: no memory for machine_name\n");
+
-+ return NULL;
++ mips_machine_name = p;
+}
+
-+void __init mips_machine_register(struct mips_machine *mach)
++char *mips_get_machine_name(void)
+{
-+ list_add_tail(&mach->list, &mips_machines);
++ return mips_machine_name;
+}
+
-+void __init mips_machine_set_name(char *name)
++__init int mips_machtype_setup(char *id)
+{
-+ unsigned int len;
-+ char *p;
++ struct mips_machine *mach;
+
-+ if (name == NULL)
-+ return;
++ for_each_machine(mach) {
++ if (mach->mach_id == NULL)
++ continue;
+
-+ len = strlen(name);
-+ p = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-+ if (p) {
-+ strncpy(p, name, len);
-+ p[len] = '\0';
-+ mips_machine_name = p;
-+ } else {
-+ printk(KERN_WARNING "MIPS: no memory for machine_name\n");
++ if (strcmp(mach->mach_id, id) == 0) {
++ mips_machtype = mach->mach_type;
++ return 0;
++ }
+ }
++
++ pr_err("MIPS: no machine found for id '%s', supported machines:\n", id);
++ pr_err("%-24s : %s\n", "id", "name");
++ for_each_machine(mach)
++ pr_err("%-24s : %s\n", mach->mach_id, mach->mach_name);
++
++ return 1;
+}
+
-+void __init mips_machine_setup(unsigned long machtype)
++__setup("machtype=", mips_machtype_setup);
++
++__init void mips_machine_setup(void)
+{
+ struct mips_machine *mach;
+
-+ mach = mips_machine_find(machtype);
-+ if (!mach) {
-+ printk(KERN_ALERT "MIPS: no machine registered for "
-+ "machtype %lu\n", machtype);
-+ return;
++ for_each_machine(mach) {
++ if (mips_machtype == mach->mach_type) {
++ mips_machine = mach;
++ break;
++ }
+ }
+
-+ mips_machine_set_name(mach->mach_name);
-+ printk(KERN_INFO "MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_machine_name);
++ if (!mips_machine)
++ return;
++
++ mips_set_machine_name(mips_machine->mach_name);
++ pr_info("MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_machine_name);
+
-+ if (mach->mach_setup)
-+ mach->mach_setup();
++ if (mips_machine->mach_setup)
++ mips_machine->mach_setup();
+}
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/Makefile
- if (n == 0)
+ if (n == 0) {
seq_printf(m, "system type\t\t: %s\n", get_system_type());
-+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MACHINE
-+ seq_printf(m, "machine\t\t\t: %s\n", mips_machine_name);
-+#endif
++ if (mips_get_machine_name())
++ seq_printf(m, "machine\t\t\t: %s\n",
++ mips_get_machine_name());
+ }
seq_printf(m, "processor\t\t: %ld\n", n);
sprintf(fmt, "cpu model\t\t: %%s V%%d.%%d%s\n",
+--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
++++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ SECTIONS
+ INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
+ INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
+
++ . = ALIGN(4);
++ .mips.machines.init : AT(ADDR(.mips.machines.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
++ __mips_machines_start = .;
++ *(.mips.machines.init)
++ __mips_machines_end = .;
++ }
++
+ /* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time, to deal with
+ * references from .rodata
+ */