diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index 942ca37..36ef36f 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -836,12 +836,10 @@ static void dummy_fdc_tc(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 {
 }
 
-static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef, ram_addr_t RAM_size,
-                          const char *boot_device,
-                          const char *kernel_filename,
-                          const char *kernel_cmdline,
-                          const char *initrd_filename, const char *cpu_model)
+static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef,
+                          QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
+    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
     unsigned int i;
     void *iommu, *espdma, *ledma, *nvram;
     qemu_irq *cpu_irqs[MAX_CPUS], slavio_irq[32], slavio_cpu_irq[MAX_CPUS],
@@ -867,10 +865,10 @@ static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef, ram_addr_t RAM_size,
 
 
     /* set up devices */
-    ram_init(0, RAM_size, hwdef->max_mem);
+    ram_init(0, args->ram_size, hwdef->max_mem);
     /* models without ECC don't trap when missing ram is accessed */
     if (!hwdef->ecc_base) {
-        empty_slot_init(RAM_size, hwdef->max_mem - RAM_size);
+        empty_slot_init(args->ram_size, hwdef->max_mem - args->ram_size);
     }
 
     prom_init(hwdef->slavio_base, bios_name);
@@ -993,11 +991,12 @@ static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef, ram_addr_t RAM_size,
         empty_slot_init(hwdef->bpp_base, 0x20);
     }
 
-    kernel_size = sun4m_load_kernel(kernel_filename, initrd_filename,
-                                    RAM_size);
+    kernel_size = sun4m_load_kernel(args->kernel_filename,
+                                    args->initrd_filename,
+                                    args->ram_size);
 
-    nvram_init(nvram, (uint8_t *)&nd_table[0].macaddr, kernel_cmdline,
-               boot_device, RAM_size, kernel_size, graphic_width,
+    nvram_init(nvram, (uint8_t *)&nd_table[0].macaddr, args->kernel_cmdline,
+               args->boot_device, args->ram_size, kernel_size, graphic_width,
                graphic_height, graphic_depth, hwdef->nvram_machine_id,
                "Sun4m");
 
@@ -1015,19 +1014,20 @@ static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef, ram_addr_t RAM_size,
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SUN4M_HEIGHT, graphic_height);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_ADDR, KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_SIZE, kernel_size);
-    if (kernel_cmdline) {
+    if (args->kernel_cmdline) {
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_CMDLINE, CMDLINE_ADDR);
-        pstrcpy_targphys("cmdline", CMDLINE_ADDR, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, kernel_cmdline);
-        fw_cfg_add_string(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, kernel_cmdline);
+        pstrcpy_targphys("cmdline", CMDLINE_ADDR, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
+                         args->kernel_cmdline);
+        fw_cfg_add_string(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, args->kernel_cmdline);
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE,
-                       strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1);
+                       strlen(args->kernel_cmdline) + 1);
     } else {
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_CMDLINE, 0);
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE, 0);
     }
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_INITRD_ADDR, INITRD_LOAD_ADDR);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_INITRD_SIZE, 0); // not used
-    fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_BOOT_DEVICE, boot_device[0]);
+    fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_BOOT_DEVICE, args->boot_device[0]);
     qemu_register_boot_set(fw_cfg_boot_set, fw_cfg);
 }
 
@@ -1291,118 +1291,55 @@ static const struct sun4m_hwdef sun4m_hwdefs[] = {
 /* SPARCstation 5 hardware initialisation */
 static void ss5_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[0], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[0], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCstation 10 hardware initialisation */
 static void ss10_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[1], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[1], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCserver 600MP hardware initialisation */
 static void ss600mp_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[2], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[2], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCstation 20 hardware initialisation */
 static void ss20_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[3], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[3], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCstation Voyager hardware initialisation */
 static void vger_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[4], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[4], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCstation LX hardware initialisation */
 static void ss_lx_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[5], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[5], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCstation 4 hardware initialisation */
 static void ss4_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[6], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[6], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCClassic hardware initialisation */
 static void scls_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[7], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[7], args);
 }
 
 /* SPARCbook hardware initialisation */
 static void sbook_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_device = args->boot_device;
-    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[8], RAM_size, boot_device, kernel_filename,
-                  kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
+    sun4m_hw_init(&sun4m_hwdefs[8], args);
 }
 
 static QEMUMachine ss5_machine = {
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
index a7214a3..8bd7fb9 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/sun4u.c
@@ -811,10 +811,7 @@ static SPARCCPU *cpu_devinit(const char *cpu_model, const struct hwdef *hwdef)
 }
 
 static void sun4uv_init(MemoryRegion *address_space_mem,
-                        ram_addr_t RAM_size,
-                        const char *boot_devices,
-                        const char *kernel_filename, const char *kernel_cmdline,
-                        const char *initrd_filename, const char *cpu_model,
+                        QEMUMachineInitArgs *args,
                         const struct hwdef *hwdef)
 {
     SPARCCPU *cpu;
@@ -829,10 +826,10 @@ static void sun4uv_init(MemoryRegion *address_space_mem,
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg;
 
     /* init CPUs */
-    cpu = cpu_devinit(cpu_model, hwdef);
+    cpu = cpu_devinit(args->cpu_model, hwdef);
 
     /* set up devices */
-    ram_init(0, RAM_size);
+    ram_init(0, args->ram_size);
 
     prom_init(hwdef->prom_addr, bios_name);
 
@@ -878,13 +875,15 @@ static void sun4uv_init(MemoryRegion *address_space_mem,
 
     initrd_size = 0;
     initrd_addr = 0;
-    kernel_size = sun4u_load_kernel(kernel_filename, initrd_filename,
+    kernel_size = sun4u_load_kernel(args->kernel_filename,
+                                    args->initrd_filename,
                                     ram_size, &initrd_size, &initrd_addr,
                                     &kernel_addr, &kernel_entry);
 
-    sun4u_NVRAM_set_params(nvram, NVRAM_SIZE, "Sun4u", RAM_size, boot_devices,
+    sun4u_NVRAM_set_params(nvram, NVRAM_SIZE, "Sun4u", args->ram_size,
+                           args->boot_device,
                            kernel_addr, kernel_size,
-                           kernel_cmdline,
+                           args->kernel_cmdline,
                            initrd_addr, initrd_size,
                            /* XXX: need an option to load a NVRAM image */
                            0,
@@ -898,16 +897,16 @@ static void sun4uv_init(MemoryRegion *address_space_mem,
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_MACHINE_ID, hwdef->machine_id);
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_ADDR, kernel_entry);
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_KERNEL_SIZE, kernel_size);
-    if (kernel_cmdline) {
+    if (args->kernel_cmdline) {
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE,
-                       strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1);
-        fw_cfg_add_string(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, kernel_cmdline);
+                       strlen(args->kernel_cmdline) + 1);
+        fw_cfg_add_string(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_DATA, args->kernel_cmdline);
     } else {
         fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_CMDLINE_SIZE, 0);
     }
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_INITRD_ADDR, initrd_addr);
     fw_cfg_add_i64(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_INITRD_SIZE, initrd_size);
-    fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_BOOT_DEVICE, boot_devices[0]);
+    fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_BOOT_DEVICE, args->boot_device[0]);
 
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SPARC64_WIDTH, graphic_width);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_SPARC64_HEIGHT, graphic_height);
@@ -949,40 +948,19 @@ static const struct hwdef hwdefs[] = {
 /* Sun4u hardware initialisation */
 static void sun4u_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_devices = args->boot_device;
-    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), RAM_size, boot_devices, kernel_filename,
-                kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model, &hwdefs[0]);
+    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), args, &hwdefs[0]);
 }
 
 /* Sun4v hardware initialisation */
 static void sun4v_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_devices = args->boot_device;
-    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), RAM_size, boot_devices, kernel_filename,
-                kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model, &hwdefs[1]);
+    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), args, &hwdefs[1]);
 }
 
 /* Niagara hardware initialisation */
 static void niagara_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
-    ram_addr_t RAM_size = args->ram_size;
-    const char *cpu_model = args->cpu_model;
-    const char *kernel_filename = args->kernel_filename;
-    const char *kernel_cmdline = args->kernel_cmdline;
-    const char *initrd_filename = args->initrd_filename;
-    const char *boot_devices = args->boot_device;
-    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), RAM_size, boot_devices, kernel_filename,
-                kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model, &hwdefs[2]);
+    sun4uv_init(get_system_memory(), args, &hwdefs[2]);
 }
 
 static QEMUMachine sun4u_machine = {
