diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 868f574363ad8c77b779782bf1103d3d9839e19c..bbadf1c041426ca73e9fd1bf0e749c0050dbde92 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
 		intel_modeset_cleanup(dev);
 
+		i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(dev);
+
 		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 		i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 563de18063fdca4063349d32778bd772f5679c10..e1351825200712078b8fe2bf65d238d57435e7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ enum pipe {
 #define WATCH_INACTIVE	0
 #define WATCH_PWRITE	0
 
+#define I915_GEM_PHYS_CURSOR_0 1
+#define I915_GEM_PHYS_CURSOR_1 2
+#define I915_GEM_PHYS_OVERLAY_REGS 3
+#define I915_MAX_PHYS_OBJECT (I915_GEM_PHYS_OVERLAY_REGS)
+
+struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object {
+	int id;
+	struct page **page_list;
+	drm_dma_handle_t *handle;
+	struct drm_gem_object *cur_obj;
+};
+
 typedef struct _drm_i915_ring_buffer {
 	int tail_mask;
 	unsigned long Size;
@@ -358,6 +370,9 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 		uint32_t bit_6_swizzle_x;
 		/** Bit 6 swizzling required for Y tiling */
 		uint32_t bit_6_swizzle_y;
+
+		/* storage for physical objects */
+		struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object *phys_objs[I915_MAX_PHYS_OBJECT];
 	} mm;
 } drm_i915_private_t;
 
@@ -436,6 +451,9 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 	/** User space pin count and filp owning the pin */
 	uint32_t user_pin_count;
 	struct drm_file *pin_filp;
+
+	/** for phy allocated objects */
+	struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object *phys_obj;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -598,6 +616,11 @@ int i915_gem_do_init(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long start,
 int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 int i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 				      int write);
+int i915_gem_attach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+				struct drm_gem_object *obj, int id);
+void i915_gem_detach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+				 struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+void i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 /* i915_gem_tiling.c */
 void i915_gem_detect_bit_6_swizzle(struct drm_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1384d6686555b4418d5e3be9a1dbf3fc41f4438f..96316fd4723322f7ac277e3747abdc806ab3a98e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ static int i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 static void i915_gem_object_get_fence_reg(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 static void i915_gem_clear_fence_reg(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 static int i915_gem_evict_something(struct drm_device *dev);
+static int i915_gem_phys_pwrite(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
+				struct drm_i915_gem_pwrite *args,
+				struct drm_file *file_priv);
 
 int i915_gem_do_init(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long start,
 		     unsigned long end)
@@ -386,8 +389,10 @@ i915_gem_pwrite_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	 * pread/pwrite currently are reading and writing from the CPU
 	 * perspective, requiring manual detiling by the client.
 	 */
-	if (obj_priv->tiling_mode == I915_TILING_NONE &&
-	    dev->gtt_total != 0)
+	if (obj_priv->phys_obj)
+		ret = i915_gem_phys_pwrite(dev, obj, args, file_priv);
+	else if (obj_priv->tiling_mode == I915_TILING_NONE &&
+		 dev->gtt_total != 0)
 		ret = i915_gem_gtt_pwrite(dev, obj, args, file_priv);
 	else
 		ret = i915_gem_shmem_pwrite(dev, obj, args, file_priv);
@@ -2858,6 +2863,9 @@ void i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	while (obj_priv->pin_count > 0)
 		i915_gem_object_unpin(obj);
 
+	if (obj_priv->phys_obj)
+		i915_gem_detach_phys_object(dev, obj);
+
 	i915_gem_object_unbind(obj);
 
 	list = &obj->map_list;
@@ -3293,3 +3301,180 @@ i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	i915_gem_detect_bit_6_swizzle(dev);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Create a physically contiguous memory object for this object
+ * e.g. for cursor + overlay regs
+ */
+int i915_gem_init_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+			      int id, int size)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object *phys_obj;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1] || !size)
+		return 0;
+
+	phys_obj = drm_calloc(1, sizeof(struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
+	if (!phys_obj)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	phys_obj->id = id;
+
+	phys_obj->handle = drm_pci_alloc(dev, size, 0, 0xffffffff);
+	if (!phys_obj->handle) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto kfree_obj;
+	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	set_memory_wc((unsigned long)phys_obj->handle->vaddr, phys_obj->handle->size / PAGE_SIZE);
+#endif
+
+	dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1] = phys_obj;
+
+	return 0;
+kfree_obj:
+	drm_free(phys_obj, sizeof(struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object), DRM_MEM_DRIVER);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void i915_gem_free_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev, int id)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_phys_object *phys_obj;
+
+	if (!dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1])
+		return;
+
+	phys_obj = dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1];
+	if (phys_obj->cur_obj) {
+		i915_gem_detach_phys_object(dev, phys_obj->cur_obj);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	set_memory_wb((unsigned long)phys_obj->handle->vaddr, phys_obj->handle->size / PAGE_SIZE);
+#endif
+	drm_pci_free(dev, phys_obj->handle);
+	kfree(phys_obj);
+	dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1] = NULL;
+}
+
+void i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < I915_MAX_PHYS_OBJECT; i++)
+		i915_gem_free_phys_object(dev, i);
+}
+
+void i915_gem_detach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+				 struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
+	int i;
+	int ret;
+	int page_count;
+
+	obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
+	if (!obj_priv->phys_obj)
+		return;
+
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_page_list(obj);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	page_count = obj->size / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
+		char *dst = kmap_atomic(obj_priv->page_list[i], KM_USER0);
+		char *src = obj_priv->phys_obj->handle->vaddr + (i * PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		memcpy(dst, src, PAGE_SIZE);
+		kunmap_atomic(dst, KM_USER0);
+	}
+	drm_clflush_pages(obj_priv->page_list, page_count);
+	drm_agp_chipset_flush(dev);
+out:
+	obj_priv->phys_obj->cur_obj = NULL;
+	obj_priv->phys_obj = NULL;
+}
+
+int
+i915_gem_attach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+			    struct drm_gem_object *obj, int id)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int page_count;
+	int i;
+
+	if (id > I915_MAX_PHYS_OBJECT)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
+
+	if (obj_priv->phys_obj) {
+		if (obj_priv->phys_obj->id == id)
+			return 0;
+		i915_gem_detach_phys_object(dev, obj);
+	}
+
+
+	/* create a new object */
+	if (!dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1]) {
+		ret = i915_gem_init_phys_object(dev, id,
+						obj->size);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to init phys object %d size: %d\n", id, obj->size);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* bind to the object */
+	obj_priv->phys_obj = dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1];
+	obj_priv->phys_obj->cur_obj = obj;
+
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_page_list(obj);
+	if (ret) {
+		DRM_ERROR("failed to get page list\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	page_count = obj->size / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
+		char *src = kmap_atomic(obj_priv->page_list[i], KM_USER0);
+		char *dst = obj_priv->phys_obj->handle->vaddr + (i * PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		memcpy(dst, src, PAGE_SIZE);
+		kunmap_atomic(src, KM_USER0);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+i915_gem_phys_pwrite(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
+		     struct drm_i915_gem_pwrite *args,
+		     struct drm_file *file_priv)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
+	void *obj_addr;
+	int ret;
+	char __user *user_data;
+
+	user_data = (char __user *) (uintptr_t) args->data_ptr;
+	obj_addr = obj_priv->phys_obj->handle->vaddr + args->offset;
+
+	DRM_ERROR("obj_addr %p, %lld\n", obj_addr, args->size);
+	ret = copy_from_user(obj_addr, user_data, args->size);
+	if (ret)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	drm_agp_chipset_flush(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 4372acff5a016327d336e452e76be2f41bd27a97..114a7a1a8740096217b62d5fc108210c3cc8f44d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -1020,17 +1020,23 @@ static int intel_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	if (dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical) {
-		addr = dev->agp->base + obj_priv->gtt_offset;
-	} else {
+	/* we only need to pin inside GTT if cursor is non-phy */
+	if (!dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical) {
+		ret = i915_gem_object_pin(bo, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to pin cursor bo\n");
+			drm_gem_object_unreference(bo);
+			return ret;
+		}
 		addr = obj_priv->gtt_offset;
-	}
-
-	ret = i915_gem_object_pin(bo, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (ret) {
-		DRM_ERROR("failed to pin cursor bo\n");
-		drm_gem_object_unreference(bo);
-		return ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = i915_gem_attach_phys_object(dev, bo, (pipe == 0) ? I915_GEM_PHYS_CURSOR_0 : I915_GEM_PHYS_CURSOR_1);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to attach phys object\n");
+			drm_gem_object_unreference(bo);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		addr = obj_priv->phys_obj->handle->busaddr;
 	}
 
 	temp = 0;
@@ -1043,7 +1049,11 @@ static int intel_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	I915_WRITE(base, addr);
 
 	if (intel_crtc->cursor_bo) {
-		i915_gem_object_unpin(intel_crtc->cursor_bo);
+		if (dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical) {
+			if (intel_crtc->cursor_bo != bo)
+				i915_gem_detach_phys_object(dev, intel_crtc->cursor_bo);
+		} else
+			i915_gem_object_unpin(intel_crtc->cursor_bo);
 		drm_gem_object_unreference(intel_crtc->cursor_bo);
 	}