diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index fd03fb63a33222ca6ff67a25469414371d68431d..3d0cdd21b882d1d39cade901827b17509c63e06e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -414,9 +414,14 @@ extern void __flush_dcache_page(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page
 
 static inline void __flush_icache_all(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
+	extern void v6_icache_inval_all(void);
+	v6_icache_inval_all();
+#else
 	asm("mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0	@ invalidate I-cache\n"
 	    :
 	    : "r" (0));
+#endif
 }
 
 #define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_ANON_PAGE
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 1423a3419789c0d2ddaacbb7ae763da8c17e55c9..2a573d4fea24a7ab12873282ad5c805a4c0e8de1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  linux/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Russell King
+ *  Copyright (C) 1995-2009 Russell King
  *
  * 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
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  */
 #define SWI_SYS_SIGRETURN	(0xef000000|(__NR_sigreturn)|(__NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE))
 #define SWI_SYS_RT_SIGRETURN	(0xef000000|(__NR_rt_sigreturn)|(__NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE))
+#define SWI_SYS_RESTART		(0xef000000|__NR_restart_syscall|__NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE)
 
 /*
  * With EABI, the syscall number has to be loaded into r7.
@@ -48,6 +49,18 @@ const unsigned long sigreturn_codes[7] = {
 	MOV_R7_NR_RT_SIGRETURN, SWI_SYS_RT_SIGRETURN, SWI_THUMB_RT_SIGRETURN,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Either we support OABI only, or we have EABI with the OABI
+ * compat layer enabled.  In the later case we don't know if
+ * user space is EABI or not, and if not we must not clobber r7.
+ * Always using the OABI syscall solves that issue and works for
+ * all those cases.
+ */
+const unsigned long syscall_restart_code[2] = {
+	SWI_SYS_RESTART,	/* swi	__NR_restart_syscall */
+	0xe49df004,		/* ldr	pc, [sp], #4 */
+};
+
 /*
  * atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
  */
@@ -645,32 +658,12 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 				regs->ARM_pc -= 4;
 #else
 				u32 __user *usp;
-				u32 swival = __NR_restart_syscall;
 
-				regs->ARM_sp -= 12;
+				regs->ARM_sp -= 4;
 				usp = (u32 __user *)regs->ARM_sp;
 
-				/*
-				 * Either we supports OABI only, or we have
-				 * EABI with the OABI compat layer enabled.
-				 * In the later case we don't know if user
-				 * space is EABI or not, and if not we must
-				 * not clobber r7.  Always using the OABI
-				 * syscall solves that issue and works for
-				 * all those cases.
-				 */
-				swival = swival - __NR_SYSCALL_BASE + __NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE;
-
-				put_user(regs->ARM_pc, &usp[0]);
-				/* swi __NR_restart_syscall */
-				put_user(0xef000000 | swival, &usp[1]);
-				/* ldr	pc, [sp], #12 */
-				put_user(0xe49df00c, &usp[2]);
-
-				flush_icache_range((unsigned long)usp,
-						   (unsigned long)(usp + 3));
-
-				regs->ARM_pc = regs->ARM_sp + 4;
+				put_user(regs->ARM_pc, usp);
+				regs->ARM_pc = KERN_RESTART_CODE;
 #endif
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h
index 27beece1550263e3555e140f06b115aae034fb2b..6fcfe8398aa473051fbf72396986a84dc700978f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 /*
  *  linux/arch/arm/kernel/signal.h
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2005 Russell King.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Russell King.
  *
  * 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.
  */
 #define KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE	(CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE + 0x00000500)
+#define KERN_RESTART_CODE	(KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE + sizeof(sigreturn_codes))
 
 extern const unsigned long sigreturn_codes[7];
+extern const unsigned long syscall_restart_code[2];
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index f838f36eb702790cf65a8b29b2bea1f384ce4a79..95718a6b50a6bde2a2e059e906b59398a1d08428 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *  linux/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Russell King
+ *  Copyright (C) 1995-2009 Russell King
  *  Fragments that appear the same as linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c (C) Linus Torvalds
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void)
 	 */
 	memcpy((void *)KERN_SIGRETURN_CODE, sigreturn_codes,
 	       sizeof(sigreturn_codes));
+	memcpy((void *)KERN_RESTART_CODE, syscall_restart_code,
+	       sizeof(syscall_restart_code));
 
 	flush_icache_range(vectors, vectors + PAGE_SIZE);
 	modify_domain(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_CLIENT);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
index 39baf1128bfa16c82a805ce668cc797e9d82e44e..786ac2b6914ae4bc96cb3cb78dc6daa05127eee5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
  * http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.subset.swdev.abi/index.html
  */
 
+#if !defined (__ARM_EABI__)
+#warning Your compiler does not have EABI support.
+#warning    ARM unwind is known to compile only with EABI compilers.
+#warning    Change compiler or disable ARM_UNWIND option.
+#elif (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 2)
+#warning Your compiler is too buggy; it is known to not compile ARM unwind support.
+#warning    Change compiler or disable ARM_UNWIND option.
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/include/mach/memory.h b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/include/mach/memory.h
index 2b2e7a110724b12aa0f8c07a576e4474a2ca8603..4891828454f5fdca8c72f5146633e2e5a362c204 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-integrator/include/mach/memory.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-integrator/include/mach/memory.h
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
 #define BUS_OFFSET	UL(0x80000000)
 #define __virt_to_bus(x)	((x) - PAGE_OFFSET + BUS_OFFSET)
 #define __bus_to_virt(x)	((x) - BUS_OFFSET + PAGE_OFFSET)
+#define __pfn_to_bus(x)		(((x) << PAGE_SHIFT) + BUS_OFFSET)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/core.h b/arch/arm/mach-realview/core.h
index 46cd6acb4d40cebf28c80f110a5e419949f4bfa2..699671fa6e0ba06e47f7a2c91a5b7f8e74ebdca2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/core.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/core.h
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ extern void realview_timer_init(unsigned int timer_irq);
 extern int realview_flash_register(struct resource *res, u32 num);
 extern int realview_eth_register(const char *name, struct resource *res);
 extern int realview_usb_register(struct resource *res);
-
+extern void (*realview_reset)(char);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb1176.h b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb1176.h
index 98f8e7eeacc28a1dabc753bc6ed7e643c25f31c6..34b80b7d40b825d3d728779b056315f9b6d59fda 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb1176.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb1176.h
@@ -73,4 +73,9 @@
 #define REALVIEW_PB1176_GIC_DIST_BASE		0x10041000 /* GIC distributor, on FPGA */
 #define REALVIEW_PB1176_L220_BASE		0x10110000 /* L220 registers */
 
+/*
+ * Control register SYS_RESETCTL is set to 1 to force a soft reset
+ */
+#define REALVIEW_PB1176_SYS_LOCKVAL_RSTCTL    0x0100
+
 #endif	/* __ASM_ARCH_BOARD_PB1176_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb11mp.h b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb11mp.h
index f0d68e0fea01dc91f31a3cc7c81473978ebeba83..7abf918b77e9fec5af2f7334e277c2dc82684565 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb11mp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/board-pb11mp.h
@@ -81,4 +81,16 @@
 #define REALVIEW_TC11MP_GIC_DIST_BASE		0x1F001000	/* Test chip interrupt controller distributor */
 #define REALVIEW_TC11MP_L220_BASE		0x1F002000	/* L220 registers */
 
+ /*
+ * Values for REALVIEW_SYS_RESET_CTRL
+ */
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGCLR    0x01
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGINIT   0x02
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_DLLRESET     0x03
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_PLLRESET     0x04
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_POR          0x05
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_DoC          0x06
+
+#define REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_LED         (1 << 0)
+
 #endif	/* __ASM_ARCH_BOARD_PB11MP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/platform.h b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/platform.h
index c8f50835fed2fcd69f76cdfb98fe6749411b2541..4f46bf71e7524e485356950ea9e0f6373fc6235e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/platform.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/platform.h
@@ -119,19 +119,6 @@
 #define REALVIEW_SYS_TEST_OSC3               (REALVIEW_SYS_BASE + REALVIEW_SYS_TEST_OSC3_OFFSET)
 #define REALVIEW_SYS_TEST_OSC4               (REALVIEW_SYS_BASE + REALVIEW_SYS_TEST_OSC4_OFFSET)
 
-/* 
- * Values for REALVIEW_SYS_RESET_CTRL
- */
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGCLR    0x01
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGINIT   0x02
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_DLLRESET     0x03
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_PLLRESET     0x04
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_POR          0x05
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_DoC          0x06
-
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_LED         (1 << 0)
-
-
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *  RealView control registers
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -153,7 +140,7 @@
  *     SYS_CLD, SYS_BOOTCS
  */
 #define REALVIEW_SYS_LOCK_LOCKED    (1 << 16)
-#define REALVIEW_SYS_LOCKVAL_MASK	0xFFFF		/* write 0xA05F to enable write access */
+#define REALVIEW_SYS_LOCKVAL_MASK	0xA05F	       /* Enable write access */
 
 /*
  * REALVIEW_SYS_FLASH
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/system.h b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/system.h
index 1a15a441e027550e9503a662592c8015544992c7..a30f2e3ec17852a8f865b2ddb8320f6c9b3f4987 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/include/mach/system.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 #include <mach/platform.h>
 
+void (*realview_reset)(char mode);
+
 static inline void arch_idle(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -36,16 +38,12 @@ static inline void arch_idle(void)
 
 static inline void arch_reset(char mode, const char *cmd)
 {
-	void __iomem *hdr_ctrl = __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_BASE) + REALVIEW_SYS_RESETCTL_OFFSET;
-	unsigned int val;
-
 	/*
 	 * To reset, we hit the on-board reset register
 	 * in the system FPGA
 	 */
-	val = __raw_readl(hdr_ctrl);
-	val |= REALVIEW_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGCLR;
-	__raw_writel(val, hdr_ctrl);
+	if (realview_reset)
+		realview_reset(mode);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
index 2817fe09931925492aa4b1cb32b2551028391cac..a6ba147692c19f916fb4647d4229eea499c961a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb1176.c
@@ -290,6 +290,16 @@ static struct sys_timer realview_pb1176_timer = {
 	.init		= realview_pb1176_timer_init,
 };
 
+static void realview_pb1176_reset(char mode)
+{
+	void __iomem *hdr_ctrl = __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_BASE) +
+		REALVIEW_SYS_RESETCTL_OFFSET;
+	void __iomem *rst_hdr_ctrl = __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_BASE) +
+		REALVIEW_SYS_LOCK_OFFSET;
+	__raw_writel(REALVIEW_SYS_LOCKVAL_MASK, rst_hdr_ctrl);
+	__raw_writel(REALVIEW_PB1176_SYS_LOCKVAL_RSTCTL, hdr_ctrl);
+}
+
 static void __init realview_pb1176_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -313,6 +323,7 @@ static void __init realview_pb1176_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS
 	leds_event = realview_leds_event;
 #endif
+	realview_reset = realview_pb1176_reset;
 }
 
 MACHINE_START(REALVIEW_PB1176, "ARM-RealView PB1176")
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
index 94680fcf726dbf275e9653b045fd95eb7d6d9120..070d284ce96e49602ed0e5c72a34be2bad280410 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-realview/realview_pb11mp.c
@@ -299,6 +299,21 @@ static struct sys_timer realview_pb11mp_timer = {
 	.init		= realview_pb11mp_timer_init,
 };
 
+static void realview_pb11mp_reset(char mode)
+{
+	void __iomem *hdr_ctrl = __io_address(REALVIEW_SYS_BASE) +
+		REALVIEW_SYS_RESETCTL_OFFSET;
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	/*
+	 * To reset, we hit the on-board reset register
+	 * in the system FPGA
+	 */
+	val = __raw_readl(hdr_ctrl);
+	val |= REALVIEW_PB11MP_SYS_CTRL_RESET_CONFIGCLR;
+	__raw_writel(val, hdr_ctrl);
+}
+
 static void __init realview_pb11mp_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -324,6 +339,7 @@ static void __init realview_pb11mp_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS
 	leds_event = realview_leds_event;
 #endif
+	realview_reset = realview_pb11mp_reset;
 }
 
 MACHINE_START(REALVIEW_PB11MP, "ARM-RealView PB11MPCore")
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/context.c b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
index 6bda76a431991287cc86e6995b3769bfde2ebf43..a9e22e31eaa1135ca9997840266f3144dd587735 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ void __new_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		isb();
 		flush_tlb_all();
 		if (icache_is_vivt_asid_tagged()) {
-			asm("mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0	@ invalidate I-cache\n"
-			    "mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 6	@ flush BTAC/BTB\n"
-			    :
-			    : "r" (0));
+			__flush_icache_all();
 			dsb();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index b30925fcbcdcb05b705afa79da75f8ecbd2eceaf..b9590a7085ca27aef49fcfb1b057205615c3fb54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
 
 	order = get_order(size);
 
-	if (mask != 0xffffffff)
+	if (mask < 0xffffffffULL)
 		gfp |= GFP_DMA;
 
 	page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
 	if (!mask)
 		goto error;
 
-	if (mask != 0xffffffff)
+	if (mask < 0xffffffffULL)
 		gfp |= GFP_DMA;
 	virt = kmalloc(size, gfp);
 	if (!virt)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
index b27942909b239e1c7d8dac35ad10cf5fe89d3353..7f294f307c835ed45d82c434e51954ba272481fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "mm.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-extern void v6_icache_inval_all(void);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT
 
 #define ALIAS_FLUSH_START	0xffff4000
@@ -35,16 +31,11 @@ static void flush_pfn_alias(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long vaddr)
 	flush_tlb_kernel_page(to);
 
 	asm(	"mcrr	p15, 0, %1, %0, c14\n"
-	"	mcr	p15, 0, %2, c7, c10, 4\n"
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-	"	mcr	p15, 0, %2, c7, c5, 0\n"
-#endif
+	"	mcr	p15, 0, %2, c7, c10, 4"
 	    :
 	    : "r" (to), "r" (to + PAGE_SIZE - L1_CACHE_BYTES), "r" (zero)
 	    : "cc");
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-	v6_icache_inval_all();
-#endif
+	__flush_icache_all();
 }
 
 void flush_cache_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
@@ -57,16 +48,11 @@ void flush_cache_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 	if (cache_is_vipt_aliasing()) {
 		asm(	"mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c14, 0\n"
-		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4\n"
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0\n"
-#endif
+		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4"
 		    :
 		    : "r" (0)
 		    : "cc");
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-		v6_icache_inval_all();
-#endif
+		__flush_icache_all();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -81,16 +67,11 @@ void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned
 
 	if (cache_is_vipt_aliasing()) {
 		asm(	"mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c14, 0\n"
-		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4\n"
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0\n"
-#endif
+		"	mcr	p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4"
 		    :
 		    : "r" (0)
 		    : "cc");
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_411920
-		v6_icache_inval_all();
-#endif
+		__flush_icache_all();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index 40940d7ce4ffed4cf5be70f3c149013c9c3d5bbc..52c40d15567242177b40c5c60943cf63c18e3ee1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ static void __init bootmem_init_node(int node, struct meminfo *mi,
 		struct membank *bank = &mi->bank[i];
 		if (!bank->highmem)
 			free_bootmem_node(pgdat, bank_phys_start(bank), bank_phys_size(bank));
-		memory_present(node, bank_pfn_start(bank), bank_pfn_end(bank));
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -370,6 +369,19 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_valid);
+
+static void arm_memory_present(struct meminfo *mi, int node)
+{
+}
+#else
+static void arm_memory_present(struct meminfo *mi, int node)
+{
+	int i;
+	for_each_nodebank(i, mi, node) {
+		struct membank *bank = &mi->bank[i];
+		memory_present(node, bank_pfn_start(bank), bank_pfn_end(bank));
+	}
+}
 #endif
 
 static int __init meminfo_cmp(const void *_a, const void *_b)
@@ -427,6 +439,12 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void)
 		 */
 		if (node == initrd_node)
 			bootmem_reserve_initrd(node);
+
+		/*
+		 * Sparsemem tries to allocate bootmem in memory_present(),
+		 * so must be done after the fixed reservations
+		 */
+		arm_memory_present(mi, node);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 02243eeccf50d79b9175e085fa77069a3f349862..ea67be0223ace255de0d96af02009fc5274085b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ static void __init early_cachepolicy(char **p)
 	}
 	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(cache_policies))
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR: unknown or unsupported cache policy\n");
+	/*
+	 * This restriction is partly to do with the way we boot; it is
+	 * unpredictable to have memory mapped using two different sets of
+	 * memory attributes (shared, type, and cache attribs).  We can not
+	 * change these attributes once the initial assembly has setup the
+	 * page tables.
+	 */
 	if (cpu_architecture() >= CPU_ARCH_ARMv6) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Only cachepolicy=writeback supported on ARMv6 and later\n");
 		cachepolicy = CPOLICY_WRITEBACK;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
index 194737d60a22691c263daf1cba31b0f7ae189e0d..70f75d2e3ead086f30ac8de43ede15225ec0bc02 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 #define TTB_FLAGS	TTB_RGN_WBWA
+#define PMD_FLAGS	PMD_SECT_WB
 #else
 #define TTB_FLAGS	TTB_RGN_WBWA|TTB_S
+#define PMD_FLAGS	PMD_SECT_WBWA|PMD_SECT_S
 #endif
 
 ENTRY(cpu_v6_proc_init)
@@ -222,10 +224,9 @@ __v6_proc_info:
 	.long	0x0007b000
 	.long	0x0007f000
 	.long   PMD_TYPE_SECT | \
-		PMD_SECT_BUFFERABLE | \
-		PMD_SECT_CACHEABLE | \
 		PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | \
-		PMD_SECT_AP_READ
+		PMD_SECT_AP_READ | \
+		PMD_FLAGS
 	.long   PMD_TYPE_SECT | \
 		PMD_SECT_XN | \
 		PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | \
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index 23ebcf6eab9f63241e3743170c168e2e38ec0ea2..eeeed01ee44a82a74235e927f155cce7b32e7830 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 /* PTWs cacheable, inner WB not shareable, outer WB not shareable */
 #define TTB_FLAGS	TTB_IRGN_WB|TTB_RGN_OC_WB
+#define PMD_FLAGS	PMD_SECT_WB
 #else
 /* PTWs cacheable, inner WBWA shareable, outer WBWA not shareable */
 #define TTB_FLAGS	TTB_IRGN_WBWA|TTB_S|TTB_NOS|TTB_RGN_OC_WBWA
+#define PMD_FLAGS	PMD_SECT_WBWA|PMD_SECT_S
 #endif
 
 ENTRY(cpu_v7_proc_init)
@@ -326,10 +328,9 @@ __v7_proc_info:
 	.long	0x000f0000		@ Required ID value
 	.long	0x000f0000		@ Mask for ID
 	.long   PMD_TYPE_SECT | \
-		PMD_SECT_BUFFERABLE | \
-		PMD_SECT_CACHEABLE | \
 		PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | \
-		PMD_SECT_AP_READ
+		PMD_SECT_AP_READ | \
+		PMD_FLAGS
 	.long   PMD_TYPE_SECT | \
 		PMD_SECT_XN | \
 		PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE | \