diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/cuboot-85xx.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/cuboot-85xx.c
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+/*
+ * Old U-boot compatibility for 85xx
+ *
+ * Author: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include "ops.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
+
+#define TARGET_85xx
+#include "ppcboot.h"
+
+static bd_t bd;
+extern char _end[];
+extern char _dtb_start[], _dtb_end[];
+
+static void platform_fixups(void)
+{
+	void *soc;
+
+	dt_fixup_memory(bd.bi_memstart, bd.bi_memsize);
+	dt_fixup_mac_addresses(bd.bi_enetaddr, bd.bi_enet1addr,
+	                       bd.bi_enet2addr);
+	dt_fixup_cpu_clocks(bd.bi_intfreq, bd.bi_busfreq / 8, bd.bi_busfreq);
+
+	/* Unfortunately, the specific model number is encoded in the
+	 * soc node name in existing dts files -- once that is fixed,
+	 * this can do a simple path lookup.
+	 */
+	soc = find_node_by_devtype(NULL, "soc");
+	if (soc) {
+		void *serial = NULL;
+
+		setprop(soc, "bus-frequency", &bd.bi_busfreq,
+		        sizeof(bd.bi_busfreq));
+
+		while ((serial = find_node_by_devtype(serial, "serial"))) {
+			if (get_parent(serial) != soc)
+				continue;
+
+			setprop(serial, "clock-frequency", &bd.bi_busfreq,
+			        sizeof(bd.bi_busfreq));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void platform_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5,
+                   unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7)
+{
+	unsigned long end_of_ram = bd.bi_memstart + bd.bi_memsize;
+	unsigned long avail_ram = end_of_ram - (unsigned long)_end;
+
+	memcpy(&bd, (bd_t *)r3, sizeof(bd));
+	loader_info.initrd_addr = r4;
+	loader_info.initrd_size = r4 ? r5 : 0;
+	loader_info.cmdline = (char *)r6;
+	loader_info.cmdline_len = r7 - r6;
+
+	simple_alloc_init(_end, avail_ram - 1024*1024, 32, 64);
+	ft_init(_dtb_start, _dtb_end - _dtb_start, 32);
+	serial_console_init();
+	platform_ops.fixups = platform_fixups;
+}