diff --git a/board/freescale/mx31ads/config.mk b/board/freescale/mx31ads/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 0131edfbe9..0000000000
--- a/board/freescale/mx31ads/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0x87f00000
diff --git a/board/freescale/mx31ads/mx31ads.c b/board/freescale/mx31ads/mx31ads.c
index a298e0530f..9bf9c18fd8 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx31ads/mx31ads.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx31ads/mx31ads.c
@@ -28,15 +28,21 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int dram_init (void)
+int dram_init(void)
 {
-	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = PHYS_SDRAM_1;
-	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE;
-
+	/* dram_init must store complete ramsize in gd->ram_size */
+	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size((volatile void *)PHYS_SDRAM_1,
+				PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int board_init (void)
+void dram_init_banksize(void)
+{
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = PHYS_SDRAM_1;
+	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE;
+}
+
+int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -94,6 +100,11 @@ int board_init (void)
 	readb(CS4_BASE + 8);
 	readb(CS4_BASE + 7);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int board_init(void)
+{
 	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_MX31ADS;	/* board id for linux */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = 0x80000100;	/* adress of boot parameters */
 
diff --git a/board/freescale/mx31ads/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/mx31ads/u-boot.lds
index b081b21946..79eb7aca38 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx31ads/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/mx31ads/u-boot.lds
@@ -48,23 +48,47 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	  *(.text)
 	}
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.rodata : { *(.rodata) }
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.rodata : { *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*))) }
+	.data : {
+		*(.data)
+	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.data : { *(.data) }
-
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.got : { *(.got) }
-
-	. = .;
 	__u_boot_cmd_start = .;
 	.u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
 	__u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	__bss_start = .;
-	.bss : { *(.bss) . = ALIGN(4); }
-	__bss_end__ = .;
+
+	.rel.dyn : {
+		__rel_dyn_start = .;
+		*(.rel*)
+		__rel_dyn_end = .;
+	}
+
+	.dynsym : {
+		__dynsym_start = .;
+		*(.dynsym)
+	}
+
+	_end = .;
+
+	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
+		__bss_start = .;
+		*(.bss)
+		 . = ALIGN(4);
+		__bss_end__ = .;
+	}
+
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.bss*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynsym*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.hash*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
 }
diff --git a/board/logicpd/imx27lite/config.mk b/board/logicpd/imx27lite/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 018d9207e0..0000000000
--- a/board/logicpd/imx27lite/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# with relocation CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE can be anything, and making it 0
-# makes relative and absolute relocation fixups interchangeable.
-#CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0
-
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0xc0000000
diff --git a/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/config.mk b/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/config.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index a7887ba44f..0000000000
--- a/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/config.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE = 0xa0000000
diff --git a/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/imx31_litekit.c b/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/imx31_litekit.c
index 2ed742fb56..bf635c301d 100644
--- a/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/imx31_litekit.c
+++ b/board/logicpd/imx31_litekit/imx31_litekit.c
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int dram_init (void)
+int dram_init(void)
 {
-	gd->ram_size = PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE;
-
+	/* dram_init must store complete ramsize in gd->ram_size */
+	gd->ram_size = get_ram_size((volatile void *)PHYS_SDRAM_1,
+				PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void
-dram_init_banksize (void)
+void dram_init_banksize(void)
 {
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].start = PHYS_SDRAM_1;
 	gd->bd->bi_dram[0].size = PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE;
 }
 
-int board_init (void)
+int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
 	__REG(CSCR_U(0)) = 0x0000cf03; /* CS0: Nor Flash */
 	__REG(CSCR_L(0)) = 0xa0330d01;
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ int board_init (void)
 	/* start SPI2 clock */
 	__REG(CCM_CGR2) = __REG(CCM_CGR2) | (3 << 4);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int board_init(void)
+{
 	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_MX31LITE; /* board id for linux */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = (0x80000100);	/* adress of boot parameters */
 
diff --git a/board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot-nand.lds b/board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot-nand.lds
index 21e1ed3b7a..f1628152d3 100644
--- a/board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot-nand.lds
+++ b/board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot-nand.lds
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.dynsym)
 	}
 
+	_end = .;
+
 	.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
 		__bss_start = .;
 		*(.bss)
diff --git a/include/configs/imx27lite-common.h b/include/configs/imx27lite-common.h
index bc1fa00eff..8d93277c22 100644
--- a/include/configs/imx27lite-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/imx27lite-common.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xc0000000
+
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG		1	/* enable passing of ATAGs */
 #define CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS	1
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG		1
diff --git a/include/configs/imx31_litekit.h b/include/configs/imx31_litekit.h
index 9405f562c4..1131db0a50 100644
--- a/include/configs/imx31_litekit.h
+++ b/include/configs/imx31_litekit.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE	0xa0000000
+
 /* Temporarily disabled */
 #if 0
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT		1
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS	1
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1		CSD0_BASE
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE	(128 * 1024 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		CSD0_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR	IRAM_BASE_ADDR
diff --git a/include/configs/mx31ads.h b/include/configs/mx31ads.h
index 5ea59b4ab7..3c61911b04 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx31ads.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx31ads.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xA0000000
+
 /*
  * Disabled for now due to build problems under Debian and a significant increase
  * in the final file size: 144260 vs. 109536 Bytes.
@@ -160,6 +162,15 @@
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS	1
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1		CSD0_BASE
 #define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE	(128 * 1024 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
+
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		PHYS_SDRAM_1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR	IRAM_BASE_ADDR
+#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE	IRAM_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET	(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE - \
+						GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR	(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR + \
+						CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET)
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * FLASH and environment organization
@@ -171,18 +182,14 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN		(256 * 1024)	/* Reserve 256KiB */
 
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH	1
-#define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	(32 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	(128 * 1024)
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE + CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN)
 
 /* Address and size of Redundant Environment Sector	*/
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND	(CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE)
+#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND	(CONFIG_ENV_ADDR + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE)
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 
-/* S29WS256N NOR flash has 4 32KiB small sectors at the beginning and at the end.
- * The rest of 32MiB is in 128KiB big sectors. U-Boot occupies the low 4 sectors,
- * if we put environment next to it, we will have to occupy 128KiB for it.
- * Putting it at the top of flash we use only 32KiB. */
-#define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE + CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE)
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * CFI FLASH driver setup