diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index bbd8327f18901d80d5eefe3e27015f65993a099f..f39c9275a29b478676da6f36972de632ac2a2611 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ config CMDLINE_FORCE
 
 config OF
 	def_bool y
+	select OF_FLATTREE
 
 config PROC_DEVICETREE
 	bool "Support for device tree in /proc"
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
index b817df172aa95d5e0c18784231e03f2435eeafe7..06d620ab4168de8dce8dc038693ad369dfbc9f41 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/prom.c
@@ -47,17 +47,9 @@ static int __initdata dt_root_size_cells;
 
 typedef u32 cell_t;
 
-static struct boot_param_header *initial_boot_params;
-
 /* export that to outside world */
 struct device_node *of_chosen;
 
-static inline char *find_flat_dt_string(u32 offset)
-{
-	return ((char *)initial_boot_params) +
-		initial_boot_params->off_dt_strings + offset;
-}
-
 /**
  * This function is used to scan the flattened device-tree, it is
  * used to extract the memory informations at boot before we can
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2ba14e77296c8082e0670fbe6113ae9667286e39..2a75c6ae2a8b174bd4a66ecd769bde7188f4fa88 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ config PPC_OF
 
 config OF
 	def_bool y
+	select OF_FLATTREE
 
 config PPC_UDBG_16550
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 4ec3008624662e8a7eb9df4ba1709dd255b8e245..fccf7e49bb286524639da35556ddd7b996a294fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ unsigned long tce_alloc_start, tce_alloc_end;
 
 typedef u32 cell_t;
 
-#if 0
-static struct boot_param_header *initial_boot_params __initdata;
-#else
-struct boot_param_header *initial_boot_params;
-#endif
-
 extern struct device_node *allnodes;	/* temporary while merging */
 
 extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;	/* temporary while merging */
@@ -86,12 +80,6 @@ extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;	/* temporary while merging */
 /* export that to outside world */
 struct device_node *of_chosen;
 
-static inline char *find_flat_dt_string(u32 offset)
-{
-	return ((char *)initial_boot_params) +
-		initial_boot_params->off_dt_strings + offset;
-}
-
 /**
  * This function is used to scan the flattened device-tree, it is
  * used to extract the memory informations at boot before we can
diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
index d2fa27c5c1b28e444748214e363bb3c462a43f0e..462825e031230925aa33699784ca76532d6d739f 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+config OF_FLATTREE
+	bool
+	depends on OF
+
 config OF_DEVICE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on OF && (SPARC || PPC_OF || MICROBLAZE)
diff --git a/drivers/of/Makefile b/drivers/of/Makefile
index bdfb5f5d4b06d46d6e05ff2e219cf712328945ef..f232cc98ce00904e9b655c0fd51b6dd5fa3028d4 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/of/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 obj-y = base.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE) += fdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_DEVICE) += device.o platform.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_GPIO)   += gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF_I2C)	+= of_i2c.o
diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9faa9a5cbdf036bf167a3ebf0499cf0e3d1d38ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Functions for working with the Flattened Device Tree data format
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Benjamin Herrenschmidt, IBM Corp
+ * benh@kernel.crashing.org
+ *
+ * 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 <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
+
+struct boot_param_header *initial_boot_params;
+
+char *find_flat_dt_string(u32 offset)
+{
+	return ((char *)initial_boot_params) +
+		initial_boot_params->off_dt_strings + offset;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/of_fdt.h b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
index 41d432b13553ad32799962e69235f324ca5c56a0..d1a79f3da789f378e8b933f1704c55bb7dbdaaa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_fdt.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_fdt.h
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ struct boot_param_header {
 	u32	dt_struct_size;		/* size of the DT structure block */
 };
 
+/* TBD: Temporary export of fdt globals - remove when code fully merged */
+extern struct boot_param_header *initial_boot_params;
+
 /* For scanning the flat device-tree at boot time */
+extern char *find_flat_dt_string(u32 offset);
 extern int __init of_scan_flat_dt(int (*it)(unsigned long node,
 					    const char *uname, int depth,
 					    void *data),