diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c042cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_ARM_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_ARM_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/sections.h
index a78fd40..056d7a0 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_AVR32_SECTIONS_H
 #define __ASM_AVR32_SECTIONS_H
 
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
 /* References to section boundaries */
 
-extern char _text[], _etext[];
-extern char _data[], __data_lma[], _edata[], __edata_lma[];
+extern char __data_lma[], __edata_lma[];
 extern char __got_start[], __got_lma[], __got_end[];
-extern char __bss_end[];
 
 #endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
index e828e42..5a3f752 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/lib/board.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void board_init_f(ulong board_type)
 	 *  - stack
 	 */
 	addr = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + sdram_size;
-	monitor_len = __bss_end - _text;
+	monitor_len = (char *)__bss_end - _text;
 
 	/*
 	 * Reserve memory for u-boot code, data and bss.
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85af42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_BLACKFIN_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_BLACKFIN_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9228987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_M68K_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_M68K_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..156c149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_MICROBLAZE_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_MICROBLAZE_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54cd8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_MIPS_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_MIPS_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a65735e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_NDS32_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_NDS32_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d813563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_NIOS2_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_NIOS2_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb5a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_OPENRISC_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_OPENRISC_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a94102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_POWERPC_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_POWERPC_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/sections.h
index eafce7d..4c37860 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef __SANDBOX_SECTIONS_H
 #define __SANDBOX_SECTIONS_H
 
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
 struct sb_cmdline_option;
 
 extern struct sb_cmdline_option *__u_boot_sandbox_option_start[],
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8824560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_SH_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_SH_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f7fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_SPARC_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_SPARC_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..602df86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_X86_SECTIONS_H
+#define __ASM_X86_SECTIONS_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cca1edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/* Taken from Linux kernel, commit f56c3196 */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_
+
+/* References to section boundaries */
+
+extern char _text[], _stext[], _etext[];
+extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[];
+extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
+extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[];
+extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[];
+extern char _end[];
+extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
+extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[];
+extern char __entry_text_start[], __entry_text_end[];
+extern char __initdata_begin[], __initdata_end[];
+extern char __start_rodata[], __end_rodata[];
+
+/* Start and end of .ctors section - used for constructor calls. */
+extern char __ctors_start[], __ctors_end[];
+
+/* function descriptor handling (if any).  Override
+ * in asm/sections.h */
+#ifndef dereference_function_descriptor
+#define dereference_function_descriptor(p) (p)
+#endif
+
+/* random extra sections (if any).  Override
+ * in asm/sections.h */
+#ifndef arch_is_kernel_text
+static inline int arch_is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef arch_is_kernel_data
+static inline int arch_is_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+/* U-Boot-specific things begin here */
+
+/* Start of U-Boot text region */
+extern char __text_start[];
+
+/* This marks the end of the text region which must be relocated */
+extern char __image_copy_end[];
+
+/*
+ * This is the U-Boot entry point - prior to relocation it should be same
+ * as __text_start
+ */
+extern void _start(void);
+
+/*
+ * ARM needs to use offsets for symbols, since the values of some symbols
+ * are not resolved prior to relocation (and are just 0). Maybe this can be
+ * resolved, or maybe other architectures are similar, iwc this should be
+ * promoted to an architecture option.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SYM_OFFSETS
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SYM_OFFSETS
+/* Start/end of the relocation entries, as an offset from _start */
+extern ulong _rel_dyn_start_ofs;
+extern ulong _rel_dyn_end_ofs;
+
+/* Start/end of the relocation symbol table, as an offset from _start */
+extern ulong _dynsym_start_ofs;
+
+/* End of the region to be relocated, as an offset form _start */
+extern ulong _image_copy_end_ofs;
+
+extern ulong _bss_start_ofs;	/* BSS start relative to _start */
+extern ulong _bss_end_ofs;		/* BSS end relative to _start */
+extern ulong _end_ofs;		/* end of image relative to _start */
+
+extern ulong _TEXT_BASE;	/* code start */
+
+#else /* don't use offsets: */
+
+/* Exports from the Linker Script */
+extern ulong __data_end;
+extern ulong __rel_dyn_start;
+extern ulong __rel_dyn_end;
+extern ulong __bss_end;
+
+extern ulong _TEXT_BASE;	/* code start */
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */
