diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
index e54189427b315159ed00e5f7d4c2ae81d8c78773..7ee02fe4a63df78d00ea42501b45c091e9dcae1f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -93,11 +93,7 @@ endif
 
 boot		:= arch/xtensa/boot
 
-all: zImage
-
-bzImage : zImage
-
-zImage: vmlinux
+all Image zImage uImage: vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
 
 %.dtb:
@@ -107,6 +103,8 @@ dtbs: scripts
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts
 
 define archhelp
+  @echo '* Image       - Kernel ELF image with reset vector'
   @echo '* zImage      - Compressed kernel image (arch/xtensa/boot/images/zImage.*)'
+  @echo '* uImage      - U-Boot wrapped image'
   @echo '  dtbs        - Build device tree blobs for enabled boards'
 endef
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
index ca20a892021bb6dae74b2ba02e5278efe9cb798d..53e4178711e6952a4709ba01e6db8534489c9213 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ subdir-y	:= lib
 
 # Subdirs for the boot loader(s)
 
-bootdir-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_ISS)	 += boot-elf
-bootdir-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_XT2000) += boot-redboot boot-elf boot-uboot
-bootdir-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_XTFPGA) += boot-redboot boot-elf boot-uboot
+boot-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_ISS)    += Image
+boot-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_XT2000) += Image zImage uImage
+boot-$(CONFIG_XTENSA_PLATFORM_XTFPGA) += Image zImage uImage
 
-zImage Image: $(bootdir-y)
+all: $(boot-y)
+Image: boot-elf
+zImage: boot-redboot
+uImage: $(obj)/uImage
 
-$(bootdir-y): $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-y)) \
-	      $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-progs))
+boot-elf boot-redboot: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-y)) \
+		       $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-progs))
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/$@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS = --strip-all -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id -O binary
@@ -41,4 +44,10 @@ vmlinux.bin.gz: vmlinux.bin FORCE
 
 boot-elf: vmlinux.bin
 boot-redboot: vmlinux.bin.gz
-boot-uboot: vmlinux.bin.gz
+
+UIMAGE_LOADADDR = $(CONFIG_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDRESS)
+UIMAGE_COMPRESSION = gzip
+
+$(obj)/uImage: vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,uimage)
+	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
index 89db089f5a12476a6ba2ba1733899fc8cde01329..52147198135635b7c9d6e98d01dda95e7f59e755 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ $(obj)/../Image.elf: $(obj)/Image.o $(obj)/boot.lds
 		-o $@ $(obj)/Image.o
 	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
-zImage:	$(obj)/../Image.elf
+all Image: $(obj)/../Image.elf
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-redboot/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-redboot/Makefile
index 8be8b943698178716093b06f40e53a13261e1cfd..8632473ad319ea3bd2972e706e510213ecbb07b0 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-redboot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-redboot/Makefile
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ $(obj)/../zImage.redboot: $(obj)/zImage.elf
 	$(Q)$(OBJCOPY) -S -O binary $< $@
 	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
 
-zImage: $(obj)/../zImage.redboot
+all zImage: $(obj)/../zImage.redboot
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-uboot/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-uboot/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f4c417b4196e9c71ee3d64e63575866145a4243..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/boot-uboot/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
-# License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
-# for more details.
-#
-
-UIMAGE_LOADADDR = $(CONFIG_KERNEL_LOAD_ADDRESS)
-UIMAGE_COMPRESSION = gzip
-
-$(obj)/../uImage: vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,uimage)
-	$(Q)$(kecho) '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
-
-zImage: $(obj)/../uImage
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/vectors.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/vectors.h
index 77d41cc7a688ac0b2a4c8239231a7edd75c3ff34..65d3da9db19bebaff6120ca3544ad7c198e1af80 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/vectors.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/vectors.h
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ static inline unsigned long xtensa_get_kio_paddr(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 #define RESET_VECTOR1_VADDR		(XCHAL_RESET_VECTOR1_VADDR)
+#ifdef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
 #define VECBASE_VADDR			(KERNELOFFSET - CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET)
+#else
+#define VECBASE_VADDR			_vecbase
+#endif
 
 #if defined(XCHAL_HAVE_VECBASE) && XCHAL_HAVE_VECBASE
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
index 8fd4be610607c2683b16a3e0da4249f4aea732e4..197e75b400b169f6014e801744cdd4030f11f370 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ static int __init parse_tag_initrd(const bp_tag_t* tag)
 
 __tagtable(BP_TAG_INITRD, parse_tag_initrd);
 
+#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 
 static int __init parse_tag_fdt(const bp_tag_t *tag)
@@ -138,8 +140,6 @@ __tagtable(BP_TAG_FDT, parse_tag_fdt);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD */
-
 static int __init parse_tag_cmdline(const bp_tag_t* tag)
 {
 	strlcpy(command_line, (char *)(tag->data), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	mem_reserve(__pa(&_stext), __pa(&_end));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
 	mem_reserve(__pa(&_WindowVectors_text_start),
 		    __pa(&_WindowVectors_text_end));
 
@@ -370,6 +371,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		    __pa(&_Level6InterruptVector_text_end));
 #endif
 
+#endif /* CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	mem_reserve(__pa(&_SecondaryResetVector_text_start),
 		    __pa(&_SecondaryResetVector_text_end));
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 31411fc82662c82ec127188ccdb5fc3ac818e4e9..30d9fc21e0763c4115f7f5c74b78aba46ead1109 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64;
  * garbage.)
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
 #define SECTION_VECTOR(sym, section, addr, max_prevsec_size, prevsec)       \
   section addr : AT((MIN(LOADADDR(prevsec) + max_prevsec_size,		    \
 		         LOADADDR(prevsec) + SIZEOF(prevsec)) + 3) & ~ 3)   \
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64;
     *(section)								    \
     sym ## _end = ABSOLUTE(.);						    \
   }
+#else
+#define SECTION_VECTOR(section, addr)					    \
+  . = addr;								    \
+  *(section)
+#endif
 
 /*
  *  Mapping of input sections to output sections when linking.
@@ -85,6 +91,37 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     /* The HEAD_TEXT section must be the first section! */
     HEAD_TEXT
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+  _vecbase = .;
+
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.WindowVectors.text, WINDOW_VECTORS_VADDR)
+#if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 2
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.Level2InterruptVector.text, INTLEVEL2_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+#if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 3
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.Level3InterruptVector.text, INTLEVEL3_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+#if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 4
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.Level4InterruptVector.text, INTLEVEL4_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+#if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 5
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.Level5InterruptVector.text, INTLEVEL5_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+#if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 6
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.Level6InterruptVector.text, INTLEVEL6_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.DebugInterruptVector.literal, DEBUG_VECTOR_VADDR - 4)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.DebugInterruptVector.text, DEBUG_VECTOR_VADDR)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.KernelExceptionVector.literal, KERNEL_VECTOR_VADDR - 4)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.KernelExceptionVector.text, KERNEL_VECTOR_VADDR)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.UserExceptionVector.literal, USER_VECTOR_VADDR - 4)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.UserExceptionVector.text, USER_VECTOR_VADDR)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.DoubleExceptionVector.literal, DOUBLEEXC_VECTOR_VADDR - 48)
+  SECTION_VECTOR (.DoubleExceptionVector.text, DOUBLEEXC_VECTOR_VADDR)
+#endif
+
     TEXT_TEXT
     VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__sched_text_start) = .;
     *(.sched.literal .sched.text)
@@ -132,6 +169,7 @@ SECTIONS
     . = ALIGN(16);
     __boot_reloc_table_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
     RELOCATE_ENTRY(_WindowVectors_text,
 		   .WindowVectors.text);
 #if XCHAL_EXCM_LEVEL >= 2
@@ -164,6 +202,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		   .DoubleExceptionVector.text);
     RELOCATE_ENTRY(_DebugInterruptVector_text,
 		   .DebugInterruptVector.text);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
     RELOCATE_ENTRY(_SecondaryResetVector_text,
 		   .SecondaryResetVector.text);
@@ -186,6 +225,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(4);
   .dummy : { LONG(0) }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VECTORS_OFFSET
   /* The vectors are relocated to the real position at startup time */
 
   SECTION_VECTOR (_WindowVectors_text,
@@ -277,6 +317,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = (LOADADDR( .DoubleExceptionVector.text ) + SIZEOF( .DoubleExceptionVector.text ) + 3) & ~ 3;
 
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 
   SECTION_VECTOR (_SecondaryResetVector_text,