diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/Makefile
index 527771e..0d1a12c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/Makefile
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(CPU).o
 
-START-y	+= start.o
-START-y	+= kgdb.o
+SSTART-y += start.o
+CSTART-y += traps.o
 COBJS-y	+= bedbug_860.o
 COBJS-y	+= commproc.o
 COBJS-y	+= cpu.o
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ COBJS-y	+= scc.o
 COBJS-y	+= serial.o
 COBJS-y	+= speed.o
 COBJS-y	+= spi.o
-COBJS-y	+= traps.o
 COBJS-y	+= upatch.o
 COBJS-y	+= video.o
+SOBJS-y	+= kgdb.o
 SOBJS-y	+= plprcr_write.o
 
-SRCS	:= $(START-y:.o=.S) $(SOBJS-y:.o=.S) $(COBJS-y:.o=.c)
+SRCS	:= $(SSTART-y:.o=.S) $(CSTART-y:.o=.c) $(SOBJS-y:.o=.S) $(COBJS-y:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS-y) $(COBJS-y))
-START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(START-y))
+START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SSTART-y) $(CSTART-y))
 
 all:	$(obj).depend $(START) $(LIB)
 
 $(LIB):	$(OBJS)
-	$(call cmd_link_o_target, $(OBJS) $(obj)kgdb.o)
+	$(call cmd_link_o_target, $(OBJS))
 
 #########################################################################
 
diff --git a/board/LEOX/elpt860/u-boot.lds b/board/LEOX/elpt860/u-boot.lds
index 1efdf7d..9077e69 100644
--- a/board/LEOX/elpt860/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/LEOX/elpt860/u-boot.lds
@@ -31,67 +31,35 @@
 */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o			(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o			(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o			(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o		(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o			(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o			(.text)
-    lib/string.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o			(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/extable.o			(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o			(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ticks.o			(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    common/libcommon.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    board/LEOX/elpt860/libelpt860.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
+/*    drivers/rtc/librtc.o		(.text*)	*/
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o		(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -99,23 +67,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -140,9 +104,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds b/board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds
index 3f92a9d..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,63 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-/* XXX ?
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -128,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds b/board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds
index 3f92a9d..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,63 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-/* XXX ?
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -128,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds b/board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds
index 6bff2a8..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,63 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-/* XXX ?
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -128,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/RRvision/u-boot.lds b/board/RRvision/u-boot.lds
index e426247..5232e20 100644
--- a/board/RRvision/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/RRvision/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2002
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,29 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
     . = env_offset;
     common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +52,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +90,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/adder/u-boot.lds b/board/adder/u-boot.lds
index dc6dd7a..26c9a22 100644
--- a/board/adder/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/adder/u-boot.lds
@@ -28,40 +28,14 @@ SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp        : { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt           : { *(.plt)		}
   .text          :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text*)
     . = ALIGN(16);
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -69,23 +43,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >> 2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_) >> 2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -111,9 +81,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/c2mon/u-boot.lds b/board/c2mon/u-boot.lds
index 36dd55d..7a088c9 100644
--- a/board/c2mon/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/c2mon/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,32 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +55,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +93,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/cogent/u-boot.lds b/board/cogent/u-boot.lds
index 2fecb0f..b4c7a0e 100644
--- a/board/cogent/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/cogent/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,50 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    *(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -73,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -115,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds b/board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds
index 9fe9758..4a96388 100644
--- a/board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,52 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -75,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -117,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/emk/top860/u-boot.lds b/board/emk/top860/u-boot.lds
index 4f986f7..ae1a791 100644
--- a/board/emk/top860/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/emk/top860/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -117,9 +86,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/ep88x/u-boot.lds b/board/ep88x/u-boot.lds
index 172caa5..851348e 100644
--- a/board/ep88x/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/ep88x/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001-2003
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * Modified by Yuli Barcohen <yuli@arabellasw.com>
@@ -28,39 +28,14 @@ SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp        : { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt           : { *(.plt)		}
   .text          :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text*)
     . = ALIGN(16);
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -68,23 +43,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >> 2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_) >> 2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -110,9 +81,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/esteem192e/u-boot.lds b/board/esteem192e/u-boot.lds
index 5b6a9c0..93b756b 100644
--- a/board/esteem192e/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/esteem192e/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,33 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    board/esteem192e/libesteem192e.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text.*printf)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +56,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/etx094/u-boot.lds b/board/etx094/u-boot.lds
index 28ac825..614880b 100644
--- a/board/etx094/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/etx094/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,64 +22,33 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/serial.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/cpu_init.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/speed.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text.*printf*)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -87,23 +56,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -129,9 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/fads/u-boot.lds b/board/fads/u-boot.lds
index 100c980..c1ad141 100644
--- a/board/fads/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/fads/u-boot.lds
@@ -26,48 +26,22 @@ SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
     /*. = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;*/
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -75,23 +49,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -117,9 +87,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/fads/u-boot.lds.debug b/board/fads/u-boot.lds.debug
deleted file mode 100644
index a7a67a9..0000000
--- a/board/fads/u-boot.lds.debug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
- * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
- *
- * 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
- */
-
-OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
-SECTIONS
-{
-  /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
-  .text      :
-  {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/extable.o	(.text)
-
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
-  }
-  _etext = .;
-  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    :
-  {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
-    *(.rodata.str1.4)
-    *(.eh_frame)
-  }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
-
-  /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
-  . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
-  _erotext = .;
-  PROVIDE (erotext = .);
-  .reloc   :
-  {
-    *(.got)
-    _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
-    _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
-  }
-  __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
-  __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
-
-  .data    :
-  {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
-  }
-  _edata  =  .;
-  PROVIDE (edata = .);
-
-  __u_boot_cmd_start = .;
-  .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
-  __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
-
-
-  __start___ex_table = .;
-  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
-  __stop___ex_table = .;
-
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __init_begin = .;
-  .text.init : { *(.text.init) }
-  .data.init : { *(.data.init) }
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __init_end = .;
-
-  __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
-  {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
-   *(COMMON)
-  }
-  _end = . ;
-  PROVIDE (end = .);
-}
diff --git a/board/flagadm/u-boot.lds b/board/flagadm/u-boot.lds
index 0da55d9..4a96388 100644
--- a/board/flagadm/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/flagadm/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/gen860t/u-boot-flashenv.lds b/board/gen860t/u-boot-flashenv.lds
index 35e92d1..cda6c47 100644
--- a/board/gen860t/u-boot-flashenv.lds
+++ b/board/gen860t/u-boot-flashenv.lds
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Linker command file for the GEN860T board when the environment is
  * stored in flash memory.
  *
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -31,33 +31,12 @@ SECTIONS
    * Read-only sections, merged into text segment:
    */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp        : { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt           : { *(.plt)		}
   .text :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -65,9 +44,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /*
    * Read-write section, merged into data segment:
@@ -77,23 +53,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data:
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -118,9 +90,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/gen860t/u-boot.lds b/board/gen860t/u-boot.lds
index a4c3032..1729c17 100644
--- a/board/gen860t/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/gen860t/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Linker command file for the GEN860T board.
  *
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -30,44 +30,19 @@ SECTIONS
    * Read-only sections, merged into text segment:
    */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp        : { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt           : { *(.plt)		}
   .text :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /*
    * Read-write section, merged into data segment:
@@ -77,23 +52,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -119,9 +90,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/genietv/u-boot.lds b/board/genietv/u-boot.lds
index bcfdd87..6b45ea0 100644
--- a/board/genietv/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/genietv/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,61 +22,38 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    lib/libgeneric.o			(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    board/genietv/libgenietv.o		(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text.do_load_serial*)
+    *(.text.do_mem_*)
+    *(.text.do_bootm*)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -84,23 +61,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -126,9 +99,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
   }
   . = ALIGN(256 * 1024);
diff --git a/board/hermes/u-boot.lds b/board/hermes/u-boot.lds
index e121d65..456140d 100644
--- a/board/hermes/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/hermes/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,30 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    board/hermes/libhermes.o		(.text*)
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ticks.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +53,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +91,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/icu862/u-boot.lds b/board/icu862/u-boot.lds
index 7c5278a..08dfaee 100644
--- a/board/icu862/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/icu862/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-/*
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -88,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/ip860/u-boot.lds b/board/ip860/u-boot.lds
index 4ac77c2..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/ip860/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/ip860/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/interrupts.o (.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ticks.o		(.text)
-/**
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-**/
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/ivm/u-boot.lds b/board/ivm/u-boot.lds
index b6e0884..9043a86 100644
--- a/board/ivm/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/ivm/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/keymile/km8xx/u-boot.lds b/board/keymile/km8xx/u-boot.lds
index cba9c6c..ea70ae4 100644
--- a/board/keymile/km8xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/keymile/km8xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,54 +22,17 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -78,11 +41,7 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.rodata)
     *(.rodata1)
     *(.rodata.str1.4)
-    *(.eh_frame)
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -90,23 +49,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -132,9 +87,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/kup/kup4k/u-boot.lds b/board/kup/kup4k/u-boot.lds
index 369ef19..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/kup/kup4k/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/kup/kup4k/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-/*
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/kup/kup4x/u-boot.lds b/board/kup/kup4x/u-boot.lds
index 369ef19..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/kup/kup4x/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/kup/kup4x/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-/*
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/lantec/u-boot.lds b/board/lantec/u-boot.lds
index 9fd4d1c..00af669 100644
--- a/board/lantec/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/lantec/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000, 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,33 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
+    drivers/rtc/librtc.o		(.text*)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +56,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/lwmon/u-boot.lds b/board/lwmon/u-boot.lds
index b871958..dd9be60 100644
--- a/board/lwmon/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/lwmon/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds b/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds
index 0d8f605..dc83071 100644
--- a/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,64 +22,27 @@
  */
 
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-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -87,23 +50,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -129,9 +88,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds.debug b/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds.debug
deleted file mode 100644
index a7caa8d..0000000
--- a/board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds.debug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
- * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
- *
- * 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
- */
-
-OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
-SECTIONS
-{
-  /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
-  .text      :
-  {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
-  }
-  _etext = .;
-  PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  .rodata    :
-  {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
-    *(.rodata.str1.4)
-    *(.eh_frame)
-  }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
-
-  /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
-  . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
-  _erotext = .;
-  PROVIDE (erotext = .);
-  .reloc   :
-  {
-    *(.got)
-    _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
-    _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
-  }
-  __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
-  __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
-
-  .data    :
-  {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
-  }
-  _edata  =  .;
-  PROVIDE (edata = .);
-
-  __u_boot_cmd_start = .;
-  .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
-  __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
-
-
-  __start___ex_table = .;
-  __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
-  __stop___ex_table = .;
-
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __init_begin = .;
-  .text.init : { *(.text.init) }
-  .data.init : { *(.data.init) }
-  . = ALIGN(4096);
-  __init_end = .;
-
-  __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
-  {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
-   *(COMMON)
-  }
-  _end = . ;
-  PROVIDE (end = .);
-}
diff --git a/board/mbx8xx/u-boot.lds b/board/mbx8xx/u-boot.lds
index f883e7f..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/mbx8xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/mbx8xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/netphone/u-boot.lds b/board/netphone/u-boot.lds
index 77aebe6..684ab81 100644
--- a/board/netphone/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/netphone/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp		: { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash         : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym       : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr       : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text     : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text    : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data     : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data    : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata   : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata  : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got      : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got     : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors    : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors   : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors    : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors   : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss      : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss     : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt      : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt     : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init         : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt		: { *(.plt)		}
   .text	:
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/netta/u-boot.lds b/board/netta/u-boot.lds
index 9001767..684ab81 100644
--- a/board/netta/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/netta/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp	: { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash         : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym       : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr       : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text     : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text    : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data     : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data    : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata   : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata  : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got      : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got     : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors    : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors   : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors    : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors   : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss      : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss     : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt      : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt     : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init         : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt		: { *(.plt)		}
   .text	:
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/netta2/u-boot.lds b/board/netta2/u-boot.lds
index 9001767..684ab81 100644
--- a/board/netta2/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/netta2/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp	: { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash         : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym       : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr       : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text     : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text    : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data     : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data    : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata   : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata  : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got      : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got     : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors    : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors   : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors    : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors   : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss      : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss     : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt      : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt     : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init         : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt		: { *(.plt)		}
   .text	:
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/netvia/u-boot.lds b/board/netvia/u-boot.lds
index d05f80b..684ab81 100644
--- a/board/netvia/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/netvia/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp	: { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash         : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym       : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr       : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text     : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text    : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data     : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data    : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata   : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata  : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got      : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got     : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors    : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors   : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors    : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors   : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss      : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss     : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt      : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt     : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init         : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt		: { *(.plt)		}
   .text	:
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/nx823/u-boot.lds b/board/nx823/u-boot.lds
index 9fe9758..4a96388 100644
--- a/board/nx823/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/nx823/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2001
+ * (C) Copyright 2001-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,52 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -75,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -117,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/quantum/u-boot.lds b/board/quantum/u-boot.lds
index 3f92a9d..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/quantum/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/quantum/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,63 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-/* XXX ?
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -128,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/r360mpi/u-boot.lds b/board/r360mpi/u-boot.lds
index 3cf0ba4..a18c515 100644
--- a/board/r360mpi/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/r360mpi/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,60 +22,26 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/cpu_init.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-/***
-    . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-***/
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -83,23 +49,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -125,9 +87,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/rbc823/u-boot.lds b/board/rbc823/u-boot.lds
index f188b97..77f592e 100644
--- a/board/rbc823/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/rbc823/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,35 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    lib/libgeneric.o			(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +58,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -126,9 +95,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/rmu/u-boot.lds b/board/rmu/u-boot.lds
index 3f92a9d..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/rmu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/rmu/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,63 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-/* XXX ?
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -128,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/siemens/IAD210/u-boot.lds b/board/siemens/IAD210/u-boot.lds
index a9b00ca..0514f5a 100644
--- a/board/siemens/IAD210/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/siemens/IAD210/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,60 +22,33 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/interrupts.o (.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    drivers/rtc/librtc.o		(.text*)
+
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -83,23 +56,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -125,9 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/sixnet/u-boot.lds b/board/sixnet/u-boot.lds
index 43a8e20..b4c7a0e 100644
--- a/board/sixnet/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/sixnet/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
@@ -74,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/snmc/qs850/u-boot.lds b/board/snmc/qs850/u-boot.lds
index 1c00895..f8c50cb 100644
--- a/board/snmc/qs850/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/snmc/qs850/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,27 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-	arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-	common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-	lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-	lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-	lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-	common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +50,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +88,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/snmc/qs860t/u-boot.lds b/board/snmc/qs860t/u-boot.lds
index 1c00895..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/snmc/qs860t/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/snmc/qs860t/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-	arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-	common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-	lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-	lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-	lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-	arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-	common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/spc1920/u-boot.lds b/board/spc1920/u-boot.lds
index 3631018..fbd901a 100644
--- a/board/spc1920/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/spc1920/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -130,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/spd8xx/u-boot.lds b/board/spd8xx/u-boot.lds
index 8667774..b9dd8b7 100644
--- a/board/spd8xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/spd8xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,51 +22,34 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
+    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
+
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    board/spd8xx/libspd8xx.o		(.text*)
+    *(.text.v*printf)
+
+    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv*)
+
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x0FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -74,23 +57,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -116,9 +95,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds b/board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds
index 9001767..684ab81 100644
--- a/board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,62 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp	: { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash         : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym       : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr       : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text     : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text    : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data     : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data    : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata   : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata  : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got      : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got     : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors    : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors   : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors    : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors   : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss      : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss     : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt      : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt     : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init         : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt		: { *(.plt)		}
   .text	:
   {
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/svm_sc8xx/u-boot.lds b/board/svm_sc8xx/u-boot.lds
index 59f1844..6ff4d8c 100644
--- a/board/svm_sc8xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/svm_sc8xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,65 +22,40 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    lib/libgeneric.o			(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
+    board/svm_sc8xx/libsvm_sc8xx.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text.*printf)
+    *(.text.do_mem_*)
+    *(.text.flash*)
+    *(.text.run_command)
+    *(.text.main_loop)
+    *(.text.srec_decode)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.ppcenv*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,23 +63,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -131,9 +102,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds b/board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds
index 32a3e2b..209d1e0 100644
--- a/board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,64 +22,40 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/libmpc8xx.o (.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/lib/libpowerpc.o	(.text*)
+    board/tqc/tqm8xx/libtqm8xx.o	(.text*)
+    disk/libdisk.o			(.text*)
+    drivers/net/libnet.o		(.text*)
+    drivers/pcmcia/libpcmcia.o		(.text*)
+    drivers/rtc/librtc.o		(.text*)
+    drivers/misc/libmisc.o		(.text*)
+    *(.text.print_buffer)
+    *(.text.print_size)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -87,23 +63,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -129,9 +101,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/v37/u-boot.lds b/board/v37/u-boot.lds
index 9bdc97f..9f36f53 100644
--- a/board/v37/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/v37/u-boot.lds
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2003
+ * (C) Copyright 2003-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -22,67 +22,24 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o		(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/cache.o		(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/time.o		(.text)
-
-/*
-    . = env_offset;
-*/
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.ppcenv)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -90,23 +47,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -132,9 +85,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/board/westel/amx860/u-boot.lds b/board/westel/amx860/u-boot.lds
index 36dd55d..206ec70 100644
--- a/board/westel/amx860/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/westel/amx860/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,62 +22,33 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
   . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
     /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
     /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
 
-    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o	(.text)
-    arch/powerpc/lib/ppcstring.o	(.text)
-    lib/vsprintf.o	(.text)
-    lib/crc32.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/traps.o	(.text*)
+    net/libnet.o			(.text*)
+    board/westel/amx860/libamx860.o	(.text*)
+    *(.text.*printf)
 
     . = env_offset;
-    common/env_embedded.o(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.eh_frame)
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,23 +56,19 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (erotext = .);
   .reloc   :
   {
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -127,9 +94,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
   }
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000.c b/drivers/net/e1000.c
index 60b04c2..5f390bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000.c
@@ -5018,6 +5018,7 @@ TRANSMIT - Transmit a frame
 static int
 e1000_transmit(struct eth_device *nic, volatile void *packet, int length)
 {
+	void * nv_packet = (void *)packet;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = nic->priv;
 	struct e1000_tx_desc *txp;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -5025,7 +5026,7 @@ e1000_transmit(struct eth_device *nic, volatile void *packet, int length)
 	txp = tx_base + tx_tail;
 	tx_tail = (tx_tail + 1) % 8;
 
-	txp->buffer_addr = cpu_to_le64(virt_to_bus(hw->pdev, packet));
+	txp->buffer_addr = cpu_to_le64(virt_to_bus(hw->pdev, nv_packet));
 	txp->lower.data = cpu_to_le32(hw->txd_cmd | length);
 	txp->upper.data = 0;
 	E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, TDT, tx_tail);
diff --git a/include/configs/NETPHONE.h b/include/configs/NETPHONE.h
index 04f0f0b..88339ac 100644
--- a/include/configs/NETPHONE.h
+++ b/include/configs/NETPHONE.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -220,11 +220,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	0x10000
 
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x60000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		0
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		0x4000
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND	(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x70000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND	0
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/configs/NETTA.h b/include/configs/NETTA.h
index 795c0f6..bdc93b6 100644
--- a/include/configs/NETTA.h
+++ b/include/configs/NETTA.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -224,11 +224,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	0x10000
 
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x60000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		0
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		0x4000
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND	(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x70000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND	0
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/configs/NETVIA.h b/include/configs/NETVIA.h
index a92e3a6..3494b7a 100644
--- a/include/configs/NETVIA.h
+++ b/include/configs/NETVIA.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -192,11 +192,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	0x10000
 
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x60000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		0
 #define	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		0x4000
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND	(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + 0x70000)
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND	0
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND	CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/configs/cogent_mpc8xx.h b/include/configs/cogent_mpc8xx.h
index 3ee4a40..58aa88b 100644
--- a/include/configs/cogent_mpc8xx.h
+++ b/include/configs/cogent_mpc8xx.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2000
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2010
  * Murray Jensen <Murray.Jensen@cmst.csiro.au>
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_I2C
 
 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
-
+#undef CONFIG_CMD_NFS
 
 #if 0
 #define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY	-1	/* autoboot disabled		*/
diff --git a/include/configs/quantum.h b/include/configs/quantum.h
index 0ebb094..3ff80d2 100644
--- a/include/configs/quantum.h
+++ b/include/configs/quantum.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright 2003-2005
+ * (C) Copyright 2003-2010
  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
  *
  * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT	500	/* Timeout for Flash Write (in ms)	*/
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH	1
-#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET	    0x00F40000	/*   Offset   of Environment Sector	absolute address 0xfff40000*/
+#define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET	    0x00040000	/*   Offset   of Environment Sector	absolute address 0xfff40000*/
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE	0x40000	/* Total Size of Environment Sector	*/
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE		CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE
 #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE + CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET)
