diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
index bbec198..0fe372f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static void sci_controller_completion_handler(struct isci_host *ihost)
  * @data: This parameter specifies the ISCI host object
  *
  */
-static void isci_host_completion_routine(unsigned long data)
+void isci_host_completion_routine(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct isci_host *ihost = (struct isci_host *)data;
 	struct list_head    completed_request_list;
@@ -1317,29 +1317,6 @@ static void __iomem *smu_base(struct isci_host *isci_host)
 	return pcim_iomap_table(pdev)[SCI_SMU_BAR * 2] + SCI_SMU_BAR_SIZE * id;
 }
 
-static void isci_user_parameters_get(struct sci_user_parameters *u)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PHYS; i++) {
-		struct sci_phy_user_params *u_phy = &u->phys[i];
-
-		u_phy->max_speed_generation = phy_gen;
-
-		/* we are not exporting these for now */
-		u_phy->align_insertion_frequency = 0x7f;
-		u_phy->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency = 0xff;
-		u_phy->notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency = 0x33;
-	}
-
-	u->stp_inactivity_timeout = stp_inactive_to;
-	u->ssp_inactivity_timeout = ssp_inactive_to;
-	u->stp_max_occupancy_timeout = stp_max_occ_to;
-	u->ssp_max_occupancy_timeout = ssp_max_occ_to;
-	u->no_outbound_task_timeout = no_outbound_task_to;
-	u->max_concurr_spinup = max_concurr_spinup;
-}
-
 static void sci_controller_initial_state_enter(struct sci_base_state_machine *sm)
 {
 	struct isci_host *ihost = container_of(sm, typeof(*ihost), sm);
@@ -1648,55 +1625,6 @@ static const struct sci_base_state sci_controller_state_table[] = {
 	[SCIC_FAILED] = {}
 };
 
-static void sci_controller_set_default_config_parameters(struct isci_host *ihost)
-{
-	/* these defaults are overridden by the platform / firmware */
-	u16 index;
-
-	/* Default to APC mode. */
-	ihost->oem_parameters.controller.mode_type = SCIC_PORT_AUTOMATIC_CONFIGURATION_MODE;
-
-	/* Default to APC mode. */
-	ihost->oem_parameters.controller.max_concurr_spin_up = 1;
-
-	/* Default to no SSC operation. */
-	ihost->oem_parameters.controller.do_enable_ssc = false;
-
-	/* Default to short cables on all phys. */
-	ihost->oem_parameters.controller.cable_selection_mask = 0;
-
-	/* Initialize all of the port parameter information to narrow ports. */
-	for (index = 0; index < SCI_MAX_PORTS; index++) {
-		ihost->oem_parameters.ports[index].phy_mask = 0;
-	}
-
-	/* Initialize all of the phy parameter information. */
-	for (index = 0; index < SCI_MAX_PHYS; index++) {
-		/* Default to 3G (i.e. Gen 2). */
-		ihost->user_parameters.phys[index].max_speed_generation =
-			SCIC_SDS_PARM_GEN2_SPEED;
-
-		/* the frequencies cannot be 0 */
-		ihost->user_parameters.phys[index].align_insertion_frequency = 0x7f;
-		ihost->user_parameters.phys[index].in_connection_align_insertion_frequency = 0xff;
-		ihost->user_parameters.phys[index].notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency = 0x33;
-
-		/*
-		 * Previous Vitesse based expanders had a arbitration issue that
-		 * is worked around by having the upper 32-bits of SAS address
-		 * with a value greater then the Vitesse company identifier.
-		 * Hence, usage of 0x5FCFFFFF. */
-		ihost->oem_parameters.phys[index].sas_address.low = 0x1 + ihost->id;
-		ihost->oem_parameters.phys[index].sas_address.high = 0x5FCFFFFF;
-	}
-
-	ihost->user_parameters.stp_inactivity_timeout = 5;
-	ihost->user_parameters.ssp_inactivity_timeout = 5;
-	ihost->user_parameters.stp_max_occupancy_timeout = 5;
-	ihost->user_parameters.ssp_max_occupancy_timeout = 20;
-	ihost->user_parameters.no_outbound_task_timeout = 2;
-}
-
 static void controller_timeout(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct sci_timer *tmr = (struct sci_timer *)data;
@@ -1753,9 +1681,6 @@ static enum sci_status sci_controller_construct(struct isci_host *ihost,
 
 	sci_init_timer(&ihost->timer, controller_timeout);
 
-	/* Initialize the User and OEM parameters to default values. */
-	sci_controller_set_default_config_parameters(ihost);
-
 	return sci_controller_reset(ihost);
 }
 
@@ -1835,27 +1760,6 @@ int sci_oem_parameters_validate(struct sci_oem_params *oem, u8 version)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static enum sci_status sci_oem_parameters_set(struct isci_host *ihost)
-{
-	u32 state = ihost->sm.current_state_id;
-	struct isci_pci_info *pci_info = to_pci_info(ihost->pdev);
-
-	if (state == SCIC_RESET ||
-	    state == SCIC_INITIALIZING ||
-	    state == SCIC_INITIALIZED) {
-		u8 oem_version = pci_info->orom ? pci_info->orom->hdr.version :
-			ISCI_ROM_VER_1_0;
-
-		if (sci_oem_parameters_validate(&ihost->oem_parameters,
-						oem_version))
-			return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
-
-		return SCI_SUCCESS;
-	}
-
-	return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_STATE;
-}
-
 static u8 max_spin_up(struct isci_host *ihost)
 {
 	if (ihost->user_parameters.max_concurr_spinup)
@@ -2372,96 +2276,77 @@ static enum sci_status sci_controller_initialize(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static enum sci_status sci_user_parameters_set(struct isci_host *ihost,
-					       struct sci_user_parameters *sci_parms)
-{
-	u32 state = ihost->sm.current_state_id;
-
-	if (state == SCIC_RESET ||
-	    state == SCIC_INITIALIZING ||
-	    state == SCIC_INITIALIZED) {
-		u16 index;
-
-		/*
-		 * Validate the user parameters.  If they are not legal, then
-		 * return a failure.
-		 */
-		for (index = 0; index < SCI_MAX_PHYS; index++) {
-			struct sci_phy_user_params *user_phy;
-
-			user_phy = &sci_parms->phys[index];
-
-			if (!((user_phy->max_speed_generation <=
-						SCIC_SDS_PARM_MAX_SPEED) &&
-			      (user_phy->max_speed_generation >
-						SCIC_SDS_PARM_NO_SPEED)))
-				return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
-
-			if (user_phy->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency <
-					3)
-				return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
-
-			if ((user_phy->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency <
-						3) ||
-			    (user_phy->align_insertion_frequency == 0) ||
-			    (user_phy->
-				notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency ==
-						0))
-				return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
-		}
-
-		if ((sci_parms->stp_inactivity_timeout == 0) ||
-		    (sci_parms->ssp_inactivity_timeout == 0) ||
-		    (sci_parms->stp_max_occupancy_timeout == 0) ||
-		    (sci_parms->ssp_max_occupancy_timeout == 0) ||
-		    (sci_parms->no_outbound_task_timeout == 0))
-			return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
-
-		memcpy(&ihost->user_parameters, sci_parms, sizeof(*sci_parms));
-
-		return SCI_SUCCESS;
-	}
-
-	return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_STATE;
-}
-
-static int sci_controller_mem_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
+static int sci_controller_dma_alloc(struct isci_host *ihost)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &ihost->pdev->dev;
-	dma_addr_t dma;
 	size_t size;
-	int err;
+	int i;
+
+	/* detect re-initialization */
+	if (ihost->completion_queue)
+		return 0;
 
 	size = SCU_MAX_COMPLETION_QUEUE_ENTRIES * sizeof(u32);
-	ihost->completion_queue = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ihost->completion_queue = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &ihost->cq_dma,
+						      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ihost->completion_queue)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	writel(lower_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->completion_queue_lower);
-	writel(upper_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->completion_queue_upper);
-
 	size = ihost->remote_node_entries * sizeof(union scu_remote_node_context);
-	ihost->remote_node_context_table = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &dma,
+	ihost->remote_node_context_table = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &ihost->rnc_dma,
 							       GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!ihost->remote_node_context_table)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	writel(lower_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->remote_node_context_lower);
-	writel(upper_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->remote_node_context_upper);
-
 	size = ihost->task_context_entries * sizeof(struct scu_task_context),
-	ihost->task_context_table = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ihost->task_context_table = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &ihost->tc_dma,
+							GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ihost->task_context_table)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ihost->task_context_dma = dma;
-	writel(lower_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->host_task_table_lower);
-	writel(upper_32_bits(dma), &ihost->smu_registers->host_task_table_upper);
+	size = SCI_UFI_TOTAL_SIZE;
+	ihost->ufi_buf = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &ihost->ufi_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ihost->ufi_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_IO_REQUESTS; i++) {
+		struct isci_request *ireq;
+		dma_addr_t dma;
+
+		ireq = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev, sizeof(*ireq), &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!ireq)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		ireq->tc = &ihost->task_context_table[i];
+		ireq->owning_controller = ihost;
+		spin_lock_init(&ireq->state_lock);
+		ireq->request_daddr = dma;
+		ireq->isci_host = ihost;
+		ihost->reqs[i] = ireq;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sci_controller_mem_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
+{
+	int err = sci_controller_dma_alloc(ihost);
 
-	err = sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(ihost);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	writel(lower_32_bits(ihost->cq_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->completion_queue_lower);
+	writel(upper_32_bits(ihost->cq_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->completion_queue_upper);
+
+	writel(lower_32_bits(ihost->rnc_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->remote_node_context_lower);
+	writel(upper_32_bits(ihost->rnc_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->remote_node_context_upper);
+
+	writel(lower_32_bits(ihost->tc_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->host_task_table_lower);
+	writel(upper_32_bits(ihost->tc_dma), &ihost->smu_registers->host_task_table_upper);
+
+	sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(ihost);
+
 	/*
 	 * Inform the silicon as to the location of the UF headers and
 	 * address table.
@@ -2479,19 +2364,20 @@ static int sci_controller_mem_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * isci_host_init - (re-)initialize hardware and internal (private) state
+ * @ihost: host to init
+ *
+ * Any public facing objects (like asd_sas_port, and asd_sas_phys), or
+ * one-time initialization objects like locks and waitqueues, are
+ * not touched (they are initialized in isci_host_alloc)
+ */
 int isci_host_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
 {
-	int err = 0, i;
+	int i, err;
 	enum sci_status status;
-	struct sci_user_parameters sci_user_params;
-	struct isci_pci_info *pci_info = to_pci_info(ihost->pdev);
-
-	spin_lock_init(&ihost->scic_lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&ihost->eventq);
-
-	status = sci_controller_construct(ihost, scu_base(ihost),
-					  smu_base(ihost));
 
+	status = sci_controller_construct(ihost, scu_base(ihost), smu_base(ihost));
 	if (status != SCI_SUCCESS) {
 		dev_err(&ihost->pdev->dev,
 			"%s: sci_controller_construct failed - status = %x\n",
@@ -2500,48 +2386,6 @@ int isci_host_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	ihost->sas_ha.dev = &ihost->pdev->dev;
-	ihost->sas_ha.lldd_ha = ihost;
-
-	/*
-	 * grab initial values stored in the controller object for OEM and USER
-	 * parameters
-	 */
-	isci_user_parameters_get(&sci_user_params);
-	status = sci_user_parameters_set(ihost, &sci_user_params);
-	if (status != SCI_SUCCESS) {
-		dev_warn(&ihost->pdev->dev,
-			 "%s: sci_user_parameters_set failed\n",
-			 __func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	/* grab any OEM parameters specified in orom */
-	if (pci_info->orom) {
-		status = isci_parse_oem_parameters(&ihost->oem_parameters,
-						   pci_info->orom,
-						   ihost->id);
-		if (status != SCI_SUCCESS) {
-			dev_warn(&ihost->pdev->dev,
-				 "parsing firmware oem parameters failed\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	status = sci_oem_parameters_set(ihost);
-	if (status != SCI_SUCCESS) {
-		dev_warn(&ihost->pdev->dev,
-				"%s: sci_oem_parameters_set failed\n",
-				__func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	tasklet_init(&ihost->completion_tasklet,
-		     isci_host_completion_routine, (unsigned long)ihost);
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ihost->requests_to_complete);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ihost->requests_to_errorback);
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&ihost->scic_lock);
 	status = sci_controller_initialize(ihost);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ihost->scic_lock);
@@ -2557,47 +2401,12 @@ int isci_host_init(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PORTS; i++) {
-		struct isci_port *iport = &ihost->ports[i];
-
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iport->remote_dev_list);
-		iport->isci_host = ihost;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PHYS; i++)
-		isci_phy_init(&ihost->phys[i], ihost, i);
-
 	/* enable sgpio */
 	writel(1, &ihost->scu_registers->peg0.sgpio.interface_control);
 	for (i = 0; i < isci_gpio_count(ihost); i++)
 		writel(SGPIO_HW_CONTROL, &ihost->scu_registers->peg0.sgpio.output_data_select[i]);
 	writel(0, &ihost->scu_registers->peg0.sgpio.vendor_specific_code);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_REMOTE_DEVICES; i++) {
-		struct isci_remote_device *idev = &ihost->devices[i];
-
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&idev->reqs_in_process);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&idev->node);
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_IO_REQUESTS; i++) {
-		struct isci_request *ireq;
-		dma_addr_t dma;
-
-		ireq = dmam_alloc_coherent(&ihost->pdev->dev,
-					   sizeof(struct isci_request), &dma,
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!ireq)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		ireq->tc = &ihost->task_context_table[i];
-		ireq->owning_controller = ihost;
-		spin_lock_init(&ireq->state_lock);
-		ireq->request_daddr = dma;
-		ireq->isci_host = ihost;
-		ihost->reqs[i] = ireq;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.h b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.h
index 81485b4..4695162 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.h
@@ -158,13 +158,17 @@ struct isci_host {
 	struct sci_power_control power_control;
 	u8 io_request_sequence[SCI_MAX_IO_REQUESTS];
 	struct scu_task_context *task_context_table;
-	dma_addr_t task_context_dma;
+	dma_addr_t tc_dma;
 	union scu_remote_node_context *remote_node_context_table;
+	dma_addr_t rnc_dma;
 	u32 *completion_queue;
+	dma_addr_t cq_dma;
 	u32 completion_queue_get;
 	u32 logical_port_entries;
 	u32 remote_node_entries;
 	u32 task_context_entries;
+	void *ufi_buf;
+	dma_addr_t ufi_dma;
 	struct sci_unsolicited_frame_control uf_control;
 
 	/* phy startup */
@@ -452,36 +456,17 @@ void sci_controller_free_remote_node_context(
 	struct isci_remote_device *idev,
 	u16 node_id);
 
-struct isci_request *sci_request_by_tag(struct isci_host *ihost,
-					     u16 io_tag);
-
-void sci_controller_power_control_queue_insert(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_phy *iphy);
-
-void sci_controller_power_control_queue_remove(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_phy *iphy);
-
-void sci_controller_link_up(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_port *iport,
-	struct isci_phy *iphy);
-
-void sci_controller_link_down(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_port *iport,
-	struct isci_phy *iphy);
-
-void sci_controller_remote_device_stopped(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_remote_device *idev);
-
-void sci_controller_copy_task_context(
-	struct isci_host *ihost,
-	struct isci_request *ireq);
-
-void sci_controller_register_setup(struct isci_host *ihost);
+struct isci_request *sci_request_by_tag(struct isci_host *ihost, u16 io_tag);
+void sci_controller_power_control_queue_insert(struct isci_host *ihost,
+					       struct isci_phy *iphy);
+void sci_controller_power_control_queue_remove(struct isci_host *ihost,
+					       struct isci_phy *iphy);
+void sci_controller_link_up(struct isci_host *ihost, struct isci_port *iport,
+			    struct isci_phy *iphy);
+void sci_controller_link_down(struct isci_host *ihost, struct isci_port *iport,
+			      struct isci_phy *iphy);
+void sci_controller_remote_device_stopped(struct isci_host *ihost,
+					  struct isci_remote_device *idev);
 
 enum sci_status sci_controller_continue_io(struct isci_request *ireq);
 int isci_host_scan_finished(struct Scsi_Host *, unsigned long);
@@ -491,27 +476,9 @@ enum sci_status isci_free_tag(struct isci_host *ihost, u16 io_tag);
 void isci_tci_free(struct isci_host *ihost, u16 tci);
 
 int isci_host_init(struct isci_host *);
-
-void isci_host_init_controller_names(
-	struct isci_host *isci_host,
-	unsigned int controller_idx);
-
-void isci_host_deinit(
-	struct isci_host *);
-
-void isci_host_port_link_up(
-	struct isci_host *,
-	struct isci_port *,
-	struct isci_phy *);
-int isci_host_dev_found(struct domain_device *);
-
-void isci_host_remote_device_start_complete(
-	struct isci_host *,
-	struct isci_remote_device *,
-	enum sci_status);
-
-void sci_controller_disable_interrupts(
-	struct isci_host *ihost);
+void isci_host_completion_routine(unsigned long data);
+void isci_host_deinit(struct isci_host *);
+void sci_controller_disable_interrupts(struct isci_host *ihost);
 
 enum sci_status sci_controller_start_io(
 	struct isci_host *ihost,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/init.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/init.c
index 5137db5..eda4385 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/init.c
@@ -397,38 +397,203 @@ static int isci_setup_interrupts(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void isci_user_parameters_get(struct sci_user_parameters *u)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PHYS; i++) {
+		struct sci_phy_user_params *u_phy = &u->phys[i];
+
+		u_phy->max_speed_generation = phy_gen;
+
+		/* we are not exporting these for now */
+		u_phy->align_insertion_frequency = 0x7f;
+		u_phy->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency = 0xff;
+		u_phy->notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency = 0x33;
+	}
+
+	u->stp_inactivity_timeout = stp_inactive_to;
+	u->ssp_inactivity_timeout = ssp_inactive_to;
+	u->stp_max_occupancy_timeout = stp_max_occ_to;
+	u->ssp_max_occupancy_timeout = ssp_max_occ_to;
+	u->no_outbound_task_timeout = no_outbound_task_to;
+	u->max_concurr_spinup = max_concurr_spinup;
+}
+
+static enum sci_status sci_user_parameters_set(struct isci_host *ihost,
+					       struct sci_user_parameters *sci_parms)
+{
+	u16 index;
+
+	/*
+	 * Validate the user parameters.  If they are not legal, then
+	 * return a failure.
+	 */
+	for (index = 0; index < SCI_MAX_PHYS; index++) {
+		struct sci_phy_user_params *u;
+
+		u = &sci_parms->phys[index];
+
+		if (!((u->max_speed_generation <= SCIC_SDS_PARM_MAX_SPEED) &&
+		      (u->max_speed_generation > SCIC_SDS_PARM_NO_SPEED)))
+			return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
+
+		if (u->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency < 3)
+			return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
+
+		if ((u->in_connection_align_insertion_frequency < 3) ||
+		    (u->align_insertion_frequency == 0) ||
+		    (u->notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency == 0))
+			return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
+	}
+
+	if ((sci_parms->stp_inactivity_timeout == 0) ||
+	    (sci_parms->ssp_inactivity_timeout == 0) ||
+	    (sci_parms->stp_max_occupancy_timeout == 0) ||
+	    (sci_parms->ssp_max_occupancy_timeout == 0) ||
+	    (sci_parms->no_outbound_task_timeout == 0))
+		return SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE;
+
+	memcpy(&ihost->user_parameters, sci_parms, sizeof(*sci_parms));
+
+	return SCI_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static void sci_oem_defaults(struct isci_host *ihost)
+{
+	/* these defaults are overridden by the platform / firmware */
+	struct sci_user_parameters *user = &ihost->user_parameters;
+	struct sci_oem_params *oem = &ihost->oem_parameters;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Default to APC mode. */
+	oem->controller.mode_type = SCIC_PORT_AUTOMATIC_CONFIGURATION_MODE;
+
+	/* Default to APC mode. */
+	oem->controller.max_concurr_spin_up = 1;
+
+	/* Default to no SSC operation. */
+	oem->controller.do_enable_ssc = false;
+
+	/* Default to short cables on all phys. */
+	oem->controller.cable_selection_mask = 0;
+
+	/* Initialize all of the port parameter information to narrow ports. */
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PORTS; i++)
+		oem->ports[i].phy_mask = 0;
+
+	/* Initialize all of the phy parameter information. */
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PHYS; i++) {
+		/* Default to 3G (i.e. Gen 2). */
+		user->phys[i].max_speed_generation = SCIC_SDS_PARM_GEN2_SPEED;
+
+		/* the frequencies cannot be 0 */
+		user->phys[i].align_insertion_frequency = 0x7f;
+		user->phys[i].in_connection_align_insertion_frequency = 0xff;
+		user->phys[i].notify_enable_spin_up_insertion_frequency = 0x33;
+
+		/* Previous Vitesse based expanders had a arbitration issue that
+		 * is worked around by having the upper 32-bits of SAS address
+		 * with a value greater then the Vitesse company identifier.
+		 * Hence, usage of 0x5FCFFFFF.
+		 */
+		oem->phys[i].sas_address.low = 0x1 + ihost->id;
+		oem->phys[i].sas_address.high = 0x5FCFFFFF;
+	}
+
+	user->stp_inactivity_timeout = 5;
+	user->ssp_inactivity_timeout = 5;
+	user->stp_max_occupancy_timeout = 5;
+	user->ssp_max_occupancy_timeout = 20;
+	user->no_outbound_task_timeout = 2;
+}
+
 static struct isci_host *isci_host_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
 {
-	struct isci_host *isci_host;
+	struct isci_orom *orom = to_pci_info(pdev)->orom;
+	struct sci_user_parameters sci_user_params;
+	u8 oem_version = ISCI_ROM_VER_1_0;
+	struct isci_host *ihost;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost;
-	int err;
+	int err, i;
 
-	isci_host = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*isci_host), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!isci_host)
+	ihost = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ihost), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ihost)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ihost->pdev = pdev;
+	ihost->id = id;
+	spin_lock_init(&ihost->scic_lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&ihost->eventq);
+	ihost->sas_ha.dev = &ihost->pdev->dev;
+	ihost->sas_ha.lldd_ha = ihost;
+	tasklet_init(&ihost->completion_tasklet,
+		     isci_host_completion_routine, (unsigned long)ihost);
+
+	/* validate module parameters */
+	/* TODO: kill struct sci_user_parameters and reference directly */
+	sci_oem_defaults(ihost);
+	isci_user_parameters_get(&sci_user_params);
+	if (sci_user_parameters_set(ihost, &sci_user_params)) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+			 "%s: sci_user_parameters_set failed\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* sanity check platform (or 'firmware') oem parameters */
+	if (orom) {
+		if (id < 0 || id >= SCI_MAX_CONTROLLERS || id > orom->hdr.num_elements) {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "parsing firmware oem parameters failed\n");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		ihost->oem_parameters = orom->ctrl[id];
+		oem_version = orom->hdr.version;
+	}
+
+	/* validate oem parameters (platform, firmware, or built-in defaults) */
+	if (sci_oem_parameters_validate(&ihost->oem_parameters, oem_version)) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "oem parameter validation failed\n");
 		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ihost->requests_to_complete);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ihost->requests_to_errorback);
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PORTS; i++) {
+		struct isci_port *iport = &ihost->ports[i];
+
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iport->remote_dev_list);
+		iport->isci_host = ihost;
+	}
 
-	isci_host->pdev = pdev;
-	isci_host->id = id;
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_PHYS; i++)
+		isci_phy_init(&ihost->phys[i], ihost, i);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SCI_MAX_REMOTE_DEVICES; i++) {
+		struct isci_remote_device *idev = &ihost->devices[i];
+
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&idev->reqs_in_process);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&idev->node);
+	}
 
 	shost = scsi_host_alloc(&isci_sht, sizeof(void *));
 	if (!shost)
 		return NULL;
-	isci_host->shost = shost;
+	ihost->shost = shost;
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%sSCU controller %d: phy 3-0 cables: "
 		 "{%s, %s, %s, %s}\n",
-		 (is_cable_select_overridden() ? "* " : ""), isci_host->id,
-		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(isci_host, 3)),
-		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(isci_host, 2)),
-		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(isci_host, 1)),
-		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(isci_host, 0)));
+		 (is_cable_select_overridden() ? "* " : ""), ihost->id,
+		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(ihost, 3)),
+		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(ihost, 2)),
+		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(ihost, 1)),
+		 lookup_cable_names(decode_cable_selection(ihost, 0)));
 
-	err = isci_host_init(isci_host);
+	err = isci_host_init(ihost);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_shost;
 
-	SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost) = &isci_host->sas_ha;
-	isci_host->sas_ha.core.shost = shost;
+	SHOST_TO_SAS_HA(shost) = &ihost->sas_ha;
+	ihost->sas_ha.core.shost = shost;
 	shost->transportt = isci_transport_template;
 
 	shost->max_id = ~0;
@@ -439,11 +604,11 @@ static struct isci_host *isci_host_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_shost;
 
-	err = isci_register_sas_ha(isci_host);
+	err = isci_register_sas_ha(ihost);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_shost_remove;
 
-	return isci_host;
+	return ihost;
 
  err_shost_remove:
 	scsi_remove_host(shost);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.c
index 9b8117b..4d95654 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.c
@@ -112,18 +112,6 @@ struct isci_orom *isci_request_oprom(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return rom;
 }
 
-enum sci_status isci_parse_oem_parameters(struct sci_oem_params *oem,
-					  struct isci_orom *orom, int scu_index)
-{
-	/* check for valid inputs */
-	if (scu_index < 0 || scu_index >= SCI_MAX_CONTROLLERS ||
-	    scu_index > orom->hdr.num_elements || !oem)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	*oem = orom->ctrl[scu_index];
-	return 0;
-}
-
 struct isci_orom *isci_request_firmware(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 	struct isci_orom *orom = NULL, *data;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.h b/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.h
index bb0e9d4..e08b578 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/probe_roms.h
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ int sci_oem_parameters_validate(struct sci_oem_params *oem, u8 version);
 
 struct isci_orom;
 struct isci_orom *isci_request_oprom(struct pci_dev *pdev);
-enum sci_status isci_parse_oem_parameters(struct sci_oem_params *oem,
-					  struct isci_orom *orom, int scu_index);
 struct isci_orom *isci_request_firmware(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct firmware *fw);
 struct isci_orom *isci_get_efi_var(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
index 1cda610..3384ead 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/request.c
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ static dma_addr_t to_sgl_element_pair_dma(struct isci_host *ihost,
 	if (idx == 0) {
 		offset = (void *) &ireq->tc->sgl_pair_ab -
 			 (void *) &ihost->task_context_table[0];
-		return ihost->task_context_dma + offset;
+		return ihost->tc_dma + offset;
 	} else if (idx == 1) {
 		offset = (void *) &ireq->tc->sgl_pair_cd -
 			 (void *) &ihost->task_context_table[0];
-		return ihost->task_context_dma + offset;
+		return ihost->tc_dma + offset;
 	}
 
 	return sci_io_request_get_dma_addr(ireq, &ireq->sg_table[idx - 2]);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.c
index 16f88ab..04a6d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.c
@@ -57,31 +57,19 @@
 #include "unsolicited_frame_control.h"
 #include "registers.h"
 
-int sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost)
+void sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost)
 {
 	struct sci_unsolicited_frame_control *uf_control = &ihost->uf_control;
 	struct sci_unsolicited_frame *uf;
-	u32 buf_len, header_len, i;
-	dma_addr_t dma;
-	size_t size;
-	void *virt;
-
-	/*
-	 * Prepare all of the memory sizes for the UF headers, UF address
-	 * table, and UF buffers themselves.
-	 */
-	buf_len = SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * SCU_UNSOLICITED_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE;
-	header_len = SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * sizeof(struct scu_unsolicited_frame_header);
-	size = buf_len + header_len + SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * sizeof(uf_control->address_table.array[0]);
+	dma_addr_t dma = ihost->ufi_dma;
+	void *virt = ihost->ufi_buf;
+	int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * The Unsolicited Frame buffers are set at the start of the UF
 	 * memory descriptor entry. The headers and address table will be
 	 * placed after the buffers.
 	 */
-	virt = dmam_alloc_coherent(&ihost->pdev->dev, size, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!virt)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * Program the location of the UF header table into the SCU.
@@ -93,8 +81,8 @@ int sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	 *   headers, since we program the UF address table pointers to
 	 *   NULL.
 	 */
-	uf_control->headers.physical_address = dma + buf_len;
-	uf_control->headers.array = virt + buf_len;
+	uf_control->headers.physical_address = dma + SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE;
+	uf_control->headers.array = virt + SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE;
 
 	/*
 	 * Program the location of the UF address table into the SCU.
@@ -103,8 +91,8 @@ int sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost)
 	 *   byte boundary already due to above programming headers being on a
 	 *   64-bit boundary and headers are on a 64-bytes in size.
 	 */
-	uf_control->address_table.physical_address = dma + buf_len + header_len;
-	uf_control->address_table.array = virt + buf_len + header_len;
+	uf_control->address_table.physical_address = dma + SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE + SCI_UFI_HDR_SIZE;
+	uf_control->address_table.array = virt + SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE + SCI_UFI_HDR_SIZE;
 	uf_control->get = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -135,8 +123,6 @@ int sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost)
 		virt += SCU_UNSOLICITED_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE;
 		dma += SCU_UNSOLICITED_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE;
 	}
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 enum sci_status sci_unsolicited_frame_control_get_header(struct sci_unsolicited_frame_control *uf_control,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.h b/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.h
index 75d8966..1bc551e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/unsolicited_frame_control.h
@@ -257,9 +257,13 @@ struct sci_unsolicited_frame_control {
 
 };
 
+#define SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE (SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * SCU_UNSOLICITED_FRAME_BUFFER_SIZE)
+#define SCI_UFI_HDR_SIZE (SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * sizeof(struct scu_unsolicited_frame_header))
+#define SCI_UFI_TOTAL_SIZE (SCI_UFI_BUF_SIZE + SCI_UFI_HDR_SIZE + SCU_MAX_UNSOLICITED_FRAMES * sizeof(u64))
+
 struct isci_host;
 
-int sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost);
+void sci_unsolicited_frame_control_construct(struct isci_host *ihost);
 
 enum sci_status sci_unsolicited_frame_control_get_header(
 	struct sci_unsolicited_frame_control *uf_control,