diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
index b1e5611b2ab1d639edd67346ca50f88d625b9629..dcc9ab2ca823fff000dccf638c3c7caab421500e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Usage: addnote zImage
+ * Usage: addnote zImage [note.elf]
+ *
+ * If note.elf is supplied, it is the name of an ELF file that contains
+ * an RPA note to use instead of the built-in one.  Alternatively, the
+ * note.elf file may be empty, in which case the built-in RPA note is
+ * used (this is to simplify how this is invoked from the wrapper script).
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -43,27 +48,29 @@ char rpaname[] = "IBM,RPA-Client-Config";
  */
 #define N_RPA_DESCR	8
 unsigned int rpanote[N_RPA_DESCR] = {
-	0,			/* lparaffinity */
-	64,			/* min_rmo_size */
+	1,			/* lparaffinity */
+	128,			/* min_rmo_size */
 	0,			/* min_rmo_percent */
-	40,			/* max_pft_size */
+	46,			/* max_pft_size */
 	1,			/* splpar */
 	-1,			/* min_load */
-	0,			/* new_mem_def */
-	1,			/* ignore_my_client_config */
+	1,			/* new_mem_def */
+	0,			/* ignore_my_client_config */
 };
 
 #define ROUNDUP(len)	(((len) + 3) & ~3)
 
 unsigned char buf[512];
+unsigned char notebuf[512];
 
-#define GET_16BE(off)	((buf[off] << 8) + (buf[(off)+1]))
-#define GET_32BE(off)	((GET_16BE(off) << 16) + GET_16BE((off)+2))
+#define GET_16BE(b, off)	(((b)[off] << 8) + ((b)[(off)+1]))
+#define GET_32BE(b, off)	((GET_16BE((b), (off)) << 16) + \
+				 GET_16BE((b), (off)+2))
 
-#define PUT_16BE(off, v)	(buf[off] = ((v) >> 8) & 0xff, \
-				 buf[(off) + 1] = (v) & 0xff)
-#define PUT_32BE(off, v)	(PUT_16BE((off), (v) >> 16), \
-				 PUT_16BE((off) + 2, (v)))
+#define PUT_16BE(b, off, v)	((b)[off] = ((v) >> 8) & 0xff, \
+				 (b)[(off) + 1] = (v) & 0xff)
+#define PUT_32BE(b, off, v)	(PUT_16BE((b), (off), (v) >> 16), \
+				 PUT_16BE((b), (off) + 2, (v)))
 
 /* Structure of an ELF file */
 #define E_IDENT		0	/* ELF header */
@@ -88,15 +95,71 @@ unsigned char buf[512];
 
 unsigned char elf_magic[4] = { 0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F' };
 
+unsigned char *read_rpanote(const char *fname, int *nnp)
+{
+	int notefd, nr, i;
+	int ph, ps, np;
+	int note, notesize;
+
+	notefd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
+	if (notefd < 0) {
+		perror(fname);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	nr = read(notefd, notebuf, sizeof(notebuf));
+	if (nr < 0) {
+		perror("read note");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	if (nr == 0)		/* empty file */
+		return NULL;
+	if (nr < E_HSIZE ||
+	    memcmp(&notebuf[E_IDENT+EI_MAGIC], elf_magic, 4) != 0 ||
+	    notebuf[E_IDENT+EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32 ||
+	    notebuf[E_IDENT+EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2MSB)
+		goto notelf;
+	close(notefd);
+
+	/* now look for the RPA-note */
+	ph = GET_32BE(notebuf, E_PHOFF);
+	ps = GET_16BE(notebuf, E_PHENTSIZE);
+	np = GET_16BE(notebuf, E_PHNUM);
+	if (ph < E_HSIZE || ps < PH_HSIZE || np < 1)
+		goto notelf;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < np; ++i, ph += ps) {
+		if (GET_32BE(notebuf, ph + PH_TYPE) != PT_NOTE)
+			continue;
+		note = GET_32BE(notebuf, ph + PH_OFFSET);
+		notesize = GET_32BE(notebuf, ph + PH_FILESZ);
+		if (notesize < 34 || note + notesize > nr)
+			continue;
+		if (GET_32BE(notebuf, note) != strlen(rpaname) + 1 ||
+		    GET_32BE(notebuf, note + 8) != 0x12759999 ||
+		    strcmp((char *)&notebuf[note + 12], rpaname) != 0)
+			continue;
+		/* looks like an RPA note, return it */
+		*nnp = notesize;
+		return &notebuf[note];
+	}
+	/* no RPA note found */
+	return NULL;
+
+ notelf:
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a big-endian 32-bit ELF image\n", fname);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
 int
 main(int ac, char **av)
 {
 	int fd, n, i;
 	int ph, ps, np;
 	int nnote, nnote2, ns;
+	unsigned char *rpap;
 
-	if (ac != 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s elf-file\n", av[0]);
+	if (ac != 2 && ac != 3) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s elf-file [rpanote.elf]\n", av[0]);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	fd = open(av[1], O_RDWR);
@@ -107,6 +170,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	nnote = 12 + ROUNDUP(strlen(arch) + 1) + sizeof(descr);
 	nnote2 = 12 + ROUNDUP(strlen(rpaname) + 1) + sizeof(rpanote);
+	rpap = NULL;
 
 	n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	if (n < 0) {
@@ -124,16 +188,19 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	ph = GET_32BE(E_PHOFF);
-	ps = GET_16BE(E_PHENTSIZE);
-	np = GET_16BE(E_PHNUM);
+	if (ac == 3)
+		rpap = read_rpanote(av[2], &nnote2);
+
+	ph = GET_32BE(buf, E_PHOFF);
+	ps = GET_16BE(buf, E_PHENTSIZE);
+	np = GET_16BE(buf, E_PHNUM);
 	if (ph < E_HSIZE || ps < PH_HSIZE || np < 1)
 		goto notelf;
 	if (ph + (np + 2) * ps + nnote + nnote2 > n)
 		goto nospace;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < np; ++i) {
-		if (GET_32BE(ph + PH_TYPE) == PT_NOTE) {
+		if (GET_32BE(buf, ph + PH_TYPE) == PT_NOTE) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s already has a note entry\n",
 				av[1]);
 			exit(0);
@@ -148,37 +215,42 @@ main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	/* fill in the program header entry */
 	ns = ph + 2 * ps;
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_TYPE, PT_NOTE);
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_OFFSET, ns);
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_FILESZ, nnote);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_TYPE, PT_NOTE);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_OFFSET, ns);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_FILESZ, nnote);
 
 	/* fill in the note area we point to */
 	/* XXX we should probably make this a proper section */
-	PUT_32BE(ns, strlen(arch) + 1);
-	PUT_32BE(ns + 4, N_DESCR * 4);
-	PUT_32BE(ns + 8, 0x1275);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ns, strlen(arch) + 1);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ns + 4, N_DESCR * 4);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ns + 8, 0x1275);
 	strcpy((char *) &buf[ns + 12], arch);
 	ns += 12 + strlen(arch) + 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < N_DESCR; ++i, ns += 4)
-		PUT_32BE(ns, descr[i]);
+		PUT_32BE(buf, ns, descr[i]);
 
 	/* fill in the second program header entry and the RPA note area */
 	ph += ps;
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_TYPE, PT_NOTE);
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_OFFSET, ns);
-	PUT_32BE(ph + PH_FILESZ, nnote2);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_TYPE, PT_NOTE);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_OFFSET, ns);
+	PUT_32BE(buf, ph + PH_FILESZ, nnote2);
 
 	/* fill in the note area we point to */
-	PUT_32BE(ns, strlen(rpaname) + 1);
-	PUT_32BE(ns + 4, sizeof(rpanote));
-	PUT_32BE(ns + 8, 0x12759999);
-	strcpy((char *) &buf[ns + 12], rpaname);
-	ns += 12 + ROUNDUP(strlen(rpaname) + 1);
-	for (i = 0; i < N_RPA_DESCR; ++i, ns += 4)
-		PUT_32BE(ns, rpanote[i]);
+	if (rpap) {
+		/* RPA note supplied in file, just copy the whole thing over */
+		memcpy(buf + ns, rpap, nnote2);
+	} else {
+		PUT_32BE(buf, ns, strlen(rpaname) + 1);
+		PUT_32BE(buf, ns + 4, sizeof(rpanote));
+		PUT_32BE(buf, ns + 8, 0x12759999);
+		strcpy((char *) &buf[ns + 12], rpaname);
+		ns += 12 + ROUNDUP(strlen(rpaname) + 1);
+		for (i = 0; i < N_RPA_DESCR; ++i, ns += 4)
+			PUT_32BE(buf, ns, rpanote[i]);
+	}
 
 	/* Update the number of program headers */
-	PUT_16BE(E_PHNUM, np + 2);
+	PUT_16BE(buf, E_PHNUM, np + 2);
 
 	/* write back */
 	lseek(fd, (long) 0, SEEK_SET);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
index 965c237c122d781063697dff3a9cef20dd2859ca..ee0dc41d7c5659bb063e37b23bf180b2c8ba578b 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ fi
 # post-processing needed for some platforms
 case "$platform" in
 pseries|chrp)
-    $objbin/addnote "$ofile"
+    ${CROSS}objcopy -O binary -j .fakeelf "$kernel" "$ofile".rpanote
+    $objbin/addnote "$ofile" "$ofile".rpanote
+    rm -r "$ofile".rpanote
     ;;
 coff)
     ${CROSS}objcopy -O aixcoff-rs6000 --set-start "$entry" "$ofile"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 7cf274a2b3349e109d45386f241d9e75e9cd59a6..2fdbc18ae94afe3ef27c0a32debbca2535767b7a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static struct fake_elf {
 			u32	ignore_me;
 		} rpadesc;
 	} rpanote;
-} fake_elf = {
+} fake_elf __section(.fakeelf) = {
 	.elfhdr = {
 		.e_ident = { 0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F',
 			     ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2MSB, EV_CURRENT },
@@ -774,13 +774,13 @@ static struct fake_elf {
 		.type = 0x12759999,
 		.name = "IBM,RPA-Client-Config",
 		.rpadesc = {
-			.lpar_affinity = 0,
-			.min_rmo_size = 64,	/* in megabytes */
+			.lpar_affinity = 1,
+			.min_rmo_size = 128,	/* in megabytes */
 			.min_rmo_percent = 0,
-			.max_pft_size = 48,	/* 2^48 bytes max PFT size */
+			.max_pft_size = 46,	/* 2^46 bytes max PFT size */
 			.splpar = 1,
 			.min_load = ~0U,
-			.new_mem_def = 0
+			.new_mem_def = 1
 		}
 	}
 };
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e6927fb2e65528e9bb5729c8d6d6aab37ae91177..b39c27ed79196c2d7cd1d4f32843fd3ee5563581 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.rela*)
 	}
 
+	/* Fake ELF header containing RPA note; for addnote */
+	.fakeelf : AT(ADDR(.fakeelf) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.fakeelf) }
+
 	/* freed after init ends here */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_end = .;