diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 3628d868184424222bc03489ad095935da9a5f30..b1fc029e5ea76aff1a275034ed41136fe4a0830a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ zliblinuxheader := zlib.h zconf.h zutil.h
 $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zlib) main.o): $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zliblinuxheader)) \
 		$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zlibheader))
 
-src-wlib := string.S stdio.c main.c flatdevtree.c flatdevtree_misc.c \
+src-wlib := string.S crt0.S stdio.c main.c flatdevtree.c flatdevtree_misc.c \
 		ns16550.c serial.c simple_alloc.c div64.S util.S \
 		gunzip_util.c $(zlib)
 src-plat := of.c
-src-boot := crt0.S $(src-wlib) $(src-plat) empty.c
+src-boot := $(src-wlib) $(src-plat) empty.c
 
 src-boot := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(src-boot))
 obj-boot := $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(src-boot)))
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ $(obj)/wrapper.a: $(obj-wlib)
 
 hostprogs-y	:= addnote addRamDisk hack-coff mktree
 
-extra-y		:= $(obj)/crt0.o $(obj)/wrapper.a $(obj-plat) $(obj)/empty.o \
+extra-y		:= $(obj)/wrapper.a $(obj-plat) $(obj)/empty.o \
 		   $(obj)/zImage.lds $(obj)/zImage.coff.lds
 
 wrapper		:=$(srctree)/$(src)/wrapper
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
index 70e65b13e0336fd86c02f3c602181be94c3ae3e0..3dc8d8f784998746693a1529e5085cce32eaf024 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/crt0.S
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 _zimage_start_opd:
 	.long	_zimage_start, 0, 0, 0
 
+	.weak	_zimage_start
 	.globl	_zimage_start
 _zimage_start:
 	/* Work out the offset between the address we were linked at
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ _zimage_start:
 	addi	r9,r9,4
 	bdnz	2b
 
-	/* Do a cache flush for our text, in case OF didn't */
+	/* Do a cache flush for our text, in case the loader didn't */
 3:	lis	r9,_start@ha
 	addi	r9,r9,_start@l
 	add	r9,r0,r9
@@ -59,6 +60,31 @@ _zimage_start:
 	sync
 	isync
 
-	mr	r6,r1
-	b	start
+	/* Clear the BSS */
+	lis	r9,__bss_start@ha
+	addi	r9,r9,__bss_start@l
+	lis	r8,_end@ha
+	addi	r8,r8,_end@l
+	li	r0,0
+5:	stw	r0,0(r9)
+	addi	r9,r9,4
+	cmplw	cr0,r9,r8
+	blt	5b
 
+	/* Possibly set up a custom stack */
+.weak	_platform_stack_top
+	lis	r8,_platform_stack_top@ha
+	addi	r8,r8,_platform_stack_top@l
+	cmpwi	r8,0
+	beq	6f
+	lwz	r1,0(r8)
+	li	r0,0
+	stwu	r0,-16(r1)	/* establish a stack frame */
+6:
+
+	/* Call platform_init() */
+	bl	platform_init
+
+	/* Call start */
+	mr	r3,r1
+	b	start
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
index 05de6cfafeeb546f51aecd4e618a94e679783f6d..8a60e13777d793c4a4211f07220fb01f81062a0f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
@@ -254,21 +254,15 @@ static void set_cmdline(char *buf)
 struct platform_ops platform_ops;
 struct dt_ops dt_ops;
 struct console_ops console_ops;
+struct loader_info loader_info;
 
-void start(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, void *promptr, void *sp)
+void start(void *sp)
 {
 	struct addr_range vmlinux, initrd;
 	kernel_entry_t kentry;
 	char cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 	unsigned long ft_addr = 0;
 
-	memset(__bss_start, 0, _end - __bss_start);
-	memset(&platform_ops, 0, sizeof(platform_ops));
-	memset(&dt_ops, 0, sizeof(dt_ops));
-	memset(&console_ops, 0, sizeof(console_ops));
-
-	if (platform_init(promptr, _dtb_start, _dtb_end))
-		exit();
 	if (console_ops.open && (console_ops.open() < 0))
 		exit();
 	if (platform_ops.fixups)
@@ -278,7 +272,8 @@ void start(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, void *promptr, void *sp)
 	       _start, sp);
 
 	vmlinux = prep_kernel();
-	initrd = prep_initrd(vmlinux, a1, a2);
+	initrd = prep_initrd(vmlinux, loader_info.initrd_addr,
+			     loader_info.initrd_size);
 
 	/* If cmdline came from zimage wrapper or if we can edit the one
 	 * in the dt, print it out and edit it, if possible.
@@ -298,7 +293,7 @@ void start(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, void *promptr, void *sp)
 	if (ft_addr)
 		printf(" flat tree at 0x%lx\n\r", ft_addr);
 	else
-		printf(" using OF tree (promptr=%p)\n\r", promptr);
+		printf(" using OF tree (promptr=%p)\n\r", loader_info.promptr);
 
 	if (console_ops.close)
 		console_ops.close();
@@ -307,7 +302,8 @@ void start(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, void *promptr, void *sp)
 	if (ft_addr)
 		kentry(ft_addr, 0, NULL);
 	else
-		kentry((unsigned long)initrd.addr, initrd.size, promptr);
+		kentry((unsigned long)initrd.addr, initrd.size,
+		       loader_info.promptr);
 
 	/* console closed so printf below may not work */
 	printf("Error: Linux kernel returned to zImage boot wrapper!\n\r");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
index 044f34770b9685633532bc716020e2cbe51a6ae0..c6f0d9701485cf8d5b5b3f90fbf13e5b72acb751 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/of.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static void of_console_write(char *buf, int len)
 	call_prom("write", 3, 1, of_stdout_handle, buf, len);
 }
 
-int platform_init(void *promptr, char *dt_blob_start, char *dt_blob_end)
+void platform_init(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, void *promptr)
 {
 	platform_ops.image_hdr = of_image_hdr;
 	platform_ops.malloc = of_try_claim;
@@ -282,5 +282,7 @@ int platform_init(void *promptr, char *dt_blob_start, char *dt_blob_end)
 	console_ops.write = of_console_write;
 
 	prom = (int (*)(void *))promptr;
-	return 0;
+	loader_info.promptr = promptr;
+	loader_info.initrd_addr = a1;
+	loader_info.initrd_size = a2;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
index fa62ff223e70e9554777279419d5d47b46621195..cad4eee599fbf824c33b582936ff9f1502f881c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ struct serial_console_data {
 	void		(*close)(void);
 };
 
-int platform_init(void *promptr, char *dt_blob_start, char *dt_blob_end);
+struct loader_info {
+	void *promptr;
+	unsigned long initrd_addr, initrd_size;
+};
+extern struct loader_info loader_info;
+
+void start(void *sp);
 int ft_init(void *dt_blob, unsigned int max_size, unsigned int max_find_device);
 int serial_console_init(void);
 int ns16550_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
@@ -100,4 +106,8 @@ static inline void exit(void)
 	for(;;);
 }
 
+#define BSS_STACK(size) \
+	static char _bss_stack[size]; \
+	void *_platform_stack_top = _bss_stack + sizeof(_bss_stack);
+
 #endif /* _PPC_BOOT_OPS_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
index 024e4d425c596b30fd9b31817d0dbc2bb0a4a990..157d8c89e1386915f85351f1db836aff494a2366 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$platform" != "miboot" ]; then
     ${CROSS}ld -m elf32ppc -T $lds -o "$ofile" \
-	$object/crt0.o $platformo $tmp $object/wrapper.a
+	$platformo $tmp $object/wrapper.a
     rm $tmp
 fi
 
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ pseries|chrp)
     $object/addnote "$ofile"
     ;;
 pmaccoff)
-    ${CROSS}objcopy -O aixcoff-rs6000 --set-start 0x500000 "$ofile"
+    entry=`objdump -f "$ofile" | grep '^start address ' | \
+	cut -d' ' -f3`
+    ${CROSS}objcopy -O aixcoff-rs6000 --set-start "$entry" "$ofile"
     $object/hack-coff "$ofile"
     ;;
 esac
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds.S
index a360905e54282b7908e55203d538dfb730746030..fe87a90ce7f1a606bba00f50597ac9677757598c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds.S
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common)
-ENTRY(_start)
+ENTRY(_zimage_start_opd)
+EXTERN(_zimage_start_opd)
 SECTIONS
 {
   . = (5*1024*1024);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
index 4be3c6414b04d683ff015ff6cc2648da62fb0ee7..f6e380fdb388903a01394c1643f3a7b71ae2c455 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common)
 ENTRY(_zimage_start)
+EXTERN(_zimage_start)
 SECTIONS
 {
   . = (4*1024*1024);