diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
index def9ced..091e3e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cpu.c
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/armv7.h>
 
+void save_boot_params_default(u32 r0, u32 r1, u32 r2, u32 r3)
+{
+}
+
+void save_boot_params(u32 r0, u32 r1, u32 r2, u32 r3)
+	__attribute__((weak, alias("save_boot_params_default")));
+
 int cleanup_before_linux(void)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
index b201543..d177652 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
@@ -24,15 +24,27 @@
  */
 #include <common.h>
 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
+#include <asm/utils.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sys_proto.h>
+#include <mmc.h>
+#include <fat.h>
 #include <timestamp_autogenerated.h>
 #include <version_autogenerated.h>
+#include <asm/omap_common.h>
+#include <asm/arch/mmc_host_def.h>
+#include <i2c.h>
+#include <image.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 /* Define global data structure pointer to it*/
 static gd_t gdata __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
 static bd_t bdata __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+static const char *image_name;
+static u8 image_os;
+static u32 image_load_addr;
+static u32 image_entry_point;
+static u32 image_size;
 
 inline void hang(void)
 {
@@ -53,10 +65,188 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 	relocate_code(CONFIG_SPL_STACK, &gdata, CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
+int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
+{
+	switch (omap_boot_device()) {
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1:
+		omap_mmc_init(0);
+		break;
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2:
+		omap_mmc_init(1);
+		break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+static void parse_image_header(const struct image_header *header)
+{
+	u32 header_size = sizeof(struct image_header);
+
+	if (__be32_to_cpu(header->ih_magic) == IH_MAGIC) {
+		image_size = __be32_to_cpu(header->ih_size) + header_size;
+		image_entry_point = __be32_to_cpu(header->ih_load);
+		/* Load including the header */
+		image_load_addr = image_entry_point - header_size;
+		image_os = header->ih_os;
+		image_name = (const char *)&header->ih_name;
+		debug("spl: payload image: %s load addr: 0x%x size: %d\n",
+			image_name, image_load_addr, image_size);
+	} else {
+		/* Signature not found - assume u-boot.bin */
+		printf("mkimage signature not found - ih_magic = %x\n",
+			header->ih_magic);
+		puts("Assuming u-boot.bin ..\n");
+		/* Let's assume U-Boot will not be more than 200 KB */
+		image_size = 200 * 1024;
+		image_entry_point = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE;
+		image_load_addr = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE;
+		image_os = IH_OS_U_BOOT;
+		image_name = "U-Boot";
+	}
+}
+
+static void mmc_load_image_raw(struct mmc *mmc)
+{
+	u32 image_size_sectors, err;
+	const struct image_header *header;
+
+	header = (struct image_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE -
+						sizeof(struct image_header));
+
+	/* read image header to find the image size & load address */
+	err = mmc->block_dev.block_read(0,
+			CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR, 1,
+			(void *)header);
+
+	if (err <= 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	parse_image_header(header);
+
+	/* convert size to sectors - round up */
+	image_size_sectors = (image_size + MMCSD_SECTOR_SIZE - 1) /
+				MMCSD_SECTOR_SIZE;
+
+	/* Read the header too to avoid extra memcpy */
+	err = mmc->block_dev.block_read(0,
+			CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
+			image_size_sectors, (void *)image_load_addr);
+
+end:
+	if (err <= 0) {
+		printf("spl: mmc blk read err - %d\n", err);
+		hang();
+	}
+}
+
+static void mmc_load_image_fat(struct mmc *mmc)
+{
+	s32 err;
+	struct image_header *header;
+
+	header = (struct image_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE -
+						sizeof(struct image_header));
+
+	err = fat_register_device(&mmc->block_dev,
+				CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION);
+	if (err) {
+		printf("spl: fat register err - %d\n", err);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	err = file_fat_read(CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME,
+				(u8 *)header, sizeof(struct image_header));
+	if (err <= 0)
+		goto end;
+
+	parse_image_header(header);
+
+	err = file_fat_read(CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME,
+				(u8 *)image_load_addr, 0);
+
+end:
+	if (err <= 0) {
+		printf("spl: error reading image %s, err - %d\n",
+			CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME, err);
+		hang();
+	}
+}
+
+static void mmc_load_image(void)
+{
+	struct mmc *mmc;
+	int err;
+	u32 boot_mode;
+
+	mmc_initialize(gd->bd);
+	/* We register only one device. So, the dev id is always 0 */
+	mmc = find_mmc_device(0);
+	if (!mmc) {
+		puts("spl: mmc device not found!!\n");
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	err = mmc_init(mmc);
+	if (err) {
+		printf("spl: mmc init failed: err - %d\n", err);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	boot_mode = omap_boot_mode();
+	if (boot_mode == MMCSD_MODE_RAW) {
+		debug("boot mode - RAW\n");
+		mmc_load_image_raw(mmc);
+	} else if (boot_mode == MMCSD_MODE_FAT) {
+		debug("boot mode - FAT\n");
+		mmc_load_image_fat(mmc);
+	} else {
+		puts("spl: wrong MMC boot mode\n");
+		hang();
+	}
+}
+
+void jump_to_image_no_args(void)
+{
+	typedef void (*image_entry_noargs_t)(void)__attribute__ ((noreturn));
+	image_entry_noargs_t image_entry =
+			(image_entry_noargs_t) image_entry_point;
+
+	image_entry();
+}
+
+void jump_to_image_no_args(void) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
 void board_init_r(gd_t *id, ulong dummy)
 {
-	for (;;)
-		;
+	u32 boot_device;
+	debug(">>spl:board_init_r()\n");
+
+	timer_init();
+	i2c_init(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE);
+
+	boot_device = omap_boot_device();
+	debug("boot device - %d\n", boot_device);
+	switch (boot_device) {
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1:
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2:
+		mmc_load_image();
+		break;
+	default:
+		printf("SPL: Un-supported Boot Device - %d!!!\n", boot_device);
+		hang();
+		break;
+	}
+
+	switch (image_os) {
+	case IH_OS_U_BOOT:
+		debug("Jumping to U-Boot\n");
+		jump_to_image_no_args();
+		break;
+	default:
+		puts("Unsupported OS image.. Jumping nevertheless..\n");
+		jump_to_image_no_args();
+	}
 }
 
 void preloader_console_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/board.c
index 54dd509..2e5739a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/board.c
@@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 u32 *const omap4_revision = (u32 *)OMAP4_SRAM_SCRATCH_OMAP4_REV;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+/*
+ * We use static variables because global data is not ready yet.
+ * Initialized data is available in SPL right from the beginning.
+ * We would not typically need to save these parameters in regular
+ * U-Boot. This is needed only in SPL at the moment.
+ */
+u32 omap4_boot_device = BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1;
+u32 omap4_boot_mode = MMCSD_MODE_FAT;
+
+u32 omap_boot_device(void)
+{
+	return omap4_boot_device;
+}
+
+u32 omap_boot_mode(void)
+{
+	return omap4_boot_mode;
+}
+#endif
+
 void do_set_mux(u32 base, struct pad_conf_entry const *array, int size)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/lowlevel_init.S
index 6abfbba..91525ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/lowlevel_init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/lowlevel_init.S
@@ -27,6 +27,37 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/arch/omap4.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+.global save_boot_params
+save_boot_params:
+	/*
+	 * See if the rom code passed pointer is valid:
+	 * It is not valid if it is not in non-secure SRAM
+	 * This may happen if you are booting with the help of
+	 * debugger
+	 */
+	ldr     r2, =NON_SECURE_SRAM_START
+	cmp	r2, r0
+	bgt	1f
+	ldr	r2, =NON_SECURE_SRAM_END
+	cmp	r2, r0
+	blt	1f
+
+	/* Store the boot device in omap4_boot_device */
+	ldr     r2, [r0, #BOOT_DEVICE_OFFSET]	@ r1 <- value of boot device
+	and	r2, #BOOT_DEVICE_MASK
+	ldr	r3, =omap4_boot_device
+	str     r2, [r3]			@ omap4_boot_device <- r1
+
+	/* Store the boot mode (raw/FAT) in omap4_boot_mode */
+	ldr	r2, [r0, #DEV_DESC_PTR_OFFSET]	@ get the device descriptor ptr
+	ldr	r2, [r2, #DEV_DATA_PTR_OFFSET]	@ get the pDeviceData ptr
+	ldr	r2, [r2, #BOOT_MODE_OFFSET]	@ get the boot mode
+	ldr	r3, =omap4_boot_mode
+	str	r2, [r3]
+1:
+	bx	lr
+#endif
 
 .globl lowlevel_init
 lowlevel_init:
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 02a2535..db8e9d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ IRQ_STACK_START_IN:
  */
 
 reset:
+	bl	save_boot_params
 	/*
 	 * set the cpu to SVC32 mode
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-omap4/omap4.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-omap4/omap4.h
index a8dbedb..563544f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-omap4/omap4.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-omap4/omap4.h
@@ -144,4 +144,12 @@ struct s32ktimer {
 #define OMAP4430_ES2_2	0x44300220
 #define OMAP4430_ES2_3	0x44300230
 
+/* ROM code defines */
+/* Boot device */
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MASK	0xFF
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_OFFSET	0x8
+#define DEV_DESC_PTR_OFFSET	0x4
+#define DEV_DATA_PTR_OFFSET	0x18
+#define BOOT_MODE_OFFSET	0x8
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
index 69d53d2..d3cb857 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
@@ -36,4 +36,21 @@
 
 void preloader_console_init(void);
 
+/* Boot device */
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_NONE	0
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_XIP		1
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_XIPWAIT	2
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_NAND	3
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_ONE_NAND	4
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1	5
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2	6
+
+/* Boot type */
+#define	MMCSD_MODE_UNDEFINED	0
+#define MMCSD_MODE_RAW		1
+#define MMCSD_MODE_FAT		2
+
+u32 omap_boot_device(void);
+u32 omap_boot_mode(void);
+
 #endif /* _OMAP_COMMON_H_ */
diff --git a/include/configs/omap4_panda.h b/include/configs/omap4_panda.h
index 1112362..f6f283a 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap4_panda.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap4_panda.h
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x80000000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x80000		/* 512 KB */
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR	0x300 /* address 0x60000 */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS	0x200 /* 256 KB */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION	1
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME	"u-boot.img"
+
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
diff --git a/include/configs/omap4_sdp4430.h b/include/configs/omap4_sdp4430.h
index 6a6be9e..346763d 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap4_sdp4430.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap4_sdp4430.h
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x80000000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x80000		/* 512 KB */
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR	0x300 /* address 0x60000 */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS	0x200 /* 256 KB */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION	1
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME	"u-boot.img"
+
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
