diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7b6cd1cba..4e64622967 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ clobber:	tidy
 	@rm -f $(obj)nand_spl/{u-boot-nand_spl.lds,u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.map}
 	@rm -f $(obj)spl/{u-boot-spl,u-boot-spl.bin,u-boot-spl.map}
 	@rm -f $(obj)spl/{u-boot-spl.lds,u-boot.lst}
-	@rm -f $(obj)MLO
+	@rm -f $(obj)MLO MLO.byteswap
 	@rm -f $(obj)SPL
 	@rm -f $(obj)tools/xway-swap-bytes
 	@rm -f $(obj)arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x/bedbug_603e.c
diff --git a/README b/README
index a9a92d7f83..9ff232b7c0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -616,6 +616,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		boot loader that has already initialized the UART.  Define this
 		variable to flush the UART at init time.
 
+		CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT
+
+		16550 UART set the Transmitter Empty (TEMT) Bit when all output
+		has finished and the transmitter is totally empty. U-Boot waits
+		for this bit to be set to initialize the serial console. On some
+		broken platforms this bit is not set in SPL making U-Boot to
+		hang while waiting for TEMT. Define this option to avoid it.
+
 
 - Console Interface:
 		Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
diff --git a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
index bbd91ca247..87a0917086 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@
 
 void NS16550_init(NS16550_t com_port, int baud_divisor)
 {
+#if (!defined(CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT))
 	while (!(serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_TEMT))
 		;
+#endif
 
 	serial_out(CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_IER, &com_port->ier);
 #if (defined(CONFIG_OMAP) && !defined(CONFIG_OMAP3_ZOOM2)) || \
diff --git a/include/configs/igep00x0.h b/include/configs/igep00x0.h
index 43dd06e246..f8131b1baf 100644
--- a/include/configs/igep00x0.h
+++ b/include/configs/igep00x0.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_REG_SIZE	(-4)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_CLK		V_NS16550_CLK
 
+/* define to avoid U-Boot to hang while waiting for TEMT */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT
+
 /* select serial console configuration */
 #define CONFIG_CONS_INDEX		3
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_COM3		OMAP34XX_UART3
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION	1
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME	"u-boot.img"
 
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT