diff --git a/hw/boards.h b/hw/boards.h
index 73a44a4a3b4061d147e6e0e4fce82a2641948c1b..3decd04d43732ad4d4d13d78be00dce2a48a1090 100644
--- a/hw/boards.h
+++ b/hw/boards.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ extern QEMUMachine palmte_machine;
 
 /* gumstix.c */
 extern QEMUMachine connex_machine;
+extern QEMUMachine verdex_machine;
 
 /* stellaris.c */
 extern QEMUMachine lm3s811evb_machine;
diff --git a/hw/gumstix.c b/hw/gumstix.c
index 8247156620389bc4c31ce6351cce78612d8459a2..5ef1fb7cf2d4e4a5151768ce1c27a62897442648 100644
--- a/hw/gumstix.c
+++ b/hw/gumstix.c
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@
  *
  * This code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2.
  */
+ 
+/* 
+ * Example usage:
+ * 
+ * connex:
+ * =======
+ * create image:
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k count=16k if=/dev/zero
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k conv=notrunc if=u-boot.bin
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k conv=notrunc seek=256 if=rootfs.arm_nofpu.jffs2
+ * start it:
+ * # qemu-system-arm -M connex -pflash flash -monitor null -nographic
+ *
+ * verdex:
+ * =======
+ * create image:
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k count=32k if=/dev/zero
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k conv=notrunc if=u-boot.bin
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k conv=notrunc seek=256 if=rootfs.arm_nofpu.jffs2
+ * # dd of=flash bs=1k conv=notrunc seek=31744 if=uImage
+ * start it:
+ * # qemu-system-arm -M verdex -pflash flash -monitor null -nographic -m 289
+ */
 
 #include "hw.h"
 #include "pxa.h"
@@ -16,26 +39,24 @@
 #include "devices.h"
 #include "boards.h"
 
-/* Board init. */
-enum gumstix_model_e { connex };
-
-static void gumstix_common_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
-                DisplayState *ds, const char *kernel_filename,
-                const char *kernel_cmdline, const char *initrd_filename,
-                const char *cpu_model, enum gumstix_model_e model)
+static void connex_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
+                const char *boot_device, DisplayState *ds,
+                const char **fd_filename, int snapshot,
+                const char *kernel_filename, const char *kernel_cmdline,
+                const char *initrd_filename, const char *cpu_model)
 {
     struct pxa2xx_state_s *cpu;
 
-    uint32_t gumstix_rom = 0x02000000;
-    uint32_t gumstix_ram = 0x08000000;
+    uint32_t connex_rom = 0x01000000;
+    uint32_t connex_ram = 0x04000000;
 
-    if (ram_size < (gumstix_ram + gumstix_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE)) {
+    if (ram_size < (connex_ram + connex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
-                gumstix_ram + gumstix_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
+                connex_ram + connex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    cpu = pxa255_init(gumstix_ram, ds);
+    cpu = pxa255_init(connex_ram, ds);
 
     if (pflash_table[0] == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "A flash image must be given with the "
@@ -43,9 +64,9 @@ static void gumstix_common_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    if (!pflash_register(0x00000000, gumstix_ram + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE,
+    if (!pflash_register(0x00000000, connex_ram + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE,
             pflash_table[0], 128 * 1024, 128, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: Error register flash memory.\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: Error registering flash memory.\n");
         exit(1);
     }
 
@@ -56,13 +77,41 @@ static void gumstix_common_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
                     pxa2xx_gpio_in_get(cpu->gpio)[36]);
 }
 
-static void connex_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
+static void verdex_init(int ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
                 const char *boot_device, DisplayState *ds,
                 const char *kernel_filename, const char *kernel_cmdline,
                 const char *initrd_filename, const char *cpu_model)
 {
-    gumstix_common_init(ram_size, vga_ram_size, ds, kernel_filename,
-                kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model, connex);
+    struct pxa2xx_state_s *cpu;
+
+    uint32_t verdex_rom = 0x02000000;
+    uint32_t verdex_ram = 0x10000000;
+
+    if (ram_size < (verdex_ram + verdex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "This platform requires %i bytes of memory\n",
+                verdex_ram + verdex_rom + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    cpu = pxa270_init(verdex_ram, ds, "pxa270-c0");
+
+    if (pflash_table[0] == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "A flash image must be given with the "
+                "'pflash' parameter\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (!pflash_register(0x00000000, verdex_ram + PXA2XX_INTERNAL_SIZE,
+            pflash_table[0], 128 * 1024, 256, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: Error registering flash memory.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    cpu->env->regs[15] = 0x00000000;
+
+    /* Interrupt line of NIC is connected to GPIO line 99 */
+    smc91c111_init(&nd_table[0], 0x04000300,
+                    pxa2xx_gpio_in_get(cpu->gpio)[99]);
 }
 
 QEMUMachine connex_machine = {
@@ -70,3 +119,9 @@ QEMUMachine connex_machine = {
     "Gumstix Connex (PXA255)",
     connex_init,
 };
+
+QEMUMachine verdex_machine = {
+    "verdex",
+    "Gumstix Verdex (PXA270)",
+    verdex_init,
+};
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 1a7f4a34ce385d83b4c32147566a863173cb4c66..d362536470c2dea98ecc5b02de33082f004a0217 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -7450,6 +7450,7 @@ static void register_machines(void)
     qemu_register_machine(&lm3s811evb_machine);
     qemu_register_machine(&lm3s6965evb_machine);
     qemu_register_machine(&connex_machine);
+    qemu_register_machine(&verdex_machine);
 #elif defined(TARGET_SH4)
     qemu_register_machine(&shix_machine);
     qemu_register_machine(&r2d_machine);