diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index fdd34dbd8797..6359e364fe66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ __start:
 	bl	prom_init
 	trap
 
+/*
+ * Check for BootX signature when supporting PowerMac and branch to
+ * appropriate trampoline if it's present
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PMAC
+1:	lis	r31,0x426f
+	ori	r31,r31,0x6f58
+	cmpw	0,r3,r31
+	bne	1f
+	bl	bootx_init
+	trap
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_PMAC */
+
 1:	mr	r31,r3			/* save parameters */
 	mr	r30,r4
 	li	r24,0			/* cpu # */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
index 3e5370eeb1b7..faa1a2c82bcf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CFLAGS_bootx_init.o  		+= -fPIC
+
 obj-y				+= pic.o setup.o time.o feature.o pci.o \
 				   sleep.o low_i2c.o cache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT)	+= backlight.o
@@ -6,5 +8,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC64)	+= cpufreq_64.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM)		+= nvram.o
 # ppc64 pmac doesn't define CONFIG_NVRAM but needs nvram stuff
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= nvram.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC32)		+= bootx_init.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= smp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_MERGE)		+= udbg_scc.o udbg_adb.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa8b4d7b5ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/bootx_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,547 @@
+/*
+ *  Early boot support code for BootX bootloader
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2005 Ben. Herrenschmidt (benh@kernel.crashing.org)
+ *
+ *  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.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/prom.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/bootx.h>
+#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+#include <asm/btext.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+#undef DEBUG
+#define SET_BOOT_BAT
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define DBG(fmt...) do { bootx_printf(fmt); } while(0)
+#else
+#define DBG(fmt...) do { } while(0)
+#endif
+
+extern void __start(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5);
+
+static unsigned long __initdata bootx_dt_strbase;
+static unsigned long __initdata bootx_dt_strend;
+static unsigned long __initdata bootx_node_chosen;
+static boot_infos_t * __initdata bootx_info;
+static char __initdata bootx_disp_path[256];
+
+/* Is boot-info compatible ? */
+#define BOOT_INFO_IS_COMPATIBLE(bi) \
+	((bi)->compatible_version <= BOOT_INFO_VERSION)
+#define BOOT_INFO_IS_V2_COMPATIBLE(bi)	((bi)->version >= 2)
+#define BOOT_INFO_IS_V4_COMPATIBLE(bi)	((bi)->version >= 4)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+static void __init bootx_printf(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	const char *p, *q, *s;
+	va_list args;
+	unsigned long v;
+
+	va_start(args, format);
+	for (p = format; *p != 0; p = q) {
+		for (q = p; *q != 0 && *q != '\n' && *q != '%'; ++q)
+			;
+		if (q > p)
+			btext_drawtext(p, q - p);
+		if (*q == 0)
+			break;
+		if (*q == '\n') {
+			++q;
+			btext_flushline();
+			btext_drawstring("\r\n");
+			btext_flushline();
+			continue;
+		}
+		++q;
+		if (*q == 0)
+			break;
+		switch (*q) {
+		case 's':
+			++q;
+			s = va_arg(args, const char *);
+			if (s == NULL)
+				s = "<NULL>";
+			btext_drawstring(s);
+			break;
+		case 'x':
+			++q;
+			v = va_arg(args, unsigned long);
+			btext_drawhex(v);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT */
+static void __init bootx_printf(const char *format, ...) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT */
+
+static void * __init bootx_early_getprop(unsigned long base,
+					 unsigned long node,
+					 char *prop)
+{
+	struct bootx_dt_node *np = (struct bootx_dt_node *)(base + node);
+	u32 *ppp = &np->properties;
+
+	while(*ppp) {
+		struct bootx_dt_prop *pp =
+			(struct bootx_dt_prop *)(base + *ppp);
+
+		if (strcmp((char *)((unsigned long)pp->name + base),
+			   prop) == 0) {
+			return (void *)((unsigned long)pp->value + base);
+		}
+		ppp = &pp->next;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+#define dt_push_token(token, mem) \
+	do { \
+		*(mem) = _ALIGN_UP(*(mem),4); \
+		*((u32 *)*(mem)) = token; \
+		*(mem) += 4; \
+	} while(0)
+
+static unsigned long __init bootx_dt_find_string(char *str)
+{
+	char *s, *os;
+
+	s = os = (char *)bootx_dt_strbase;
+	s += 4;
+	while (s <  (char *)bootx_dt_strend) {
+		if (strcmp(s, str) == 0)
+			return s - os;
+		s += strlen(s) + 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_dt_add_prop(char *name, void *data, int size,
+				  unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	unsigned long soff = bootx_dt_find_string(name);
+	if (data == NULL)
+		size = 0;
+	if (soff == 0) {
+		bootx_printf("WARNING: Can't find string index for <%s>\n",
+			     name);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (size > 0x20000) {
+		bootx_printf("WARNING: ignoring large property ");
+		bootx_printf("%s length 0x%x\n", name, size);
+		return;
+	}
+	dt_push_token(OF_DT_PROP, mem_end);
+	dt_push_token(size, mem_end);
+	dt_push_token(soff, mem_end);
+
+	/* push property content */
+	if (size && data) {
+		memcpy((void *)*mem_end, data, size);
+		*mem_end = _ALIGN_UP(*mem_end + size, 4);
+	}
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_add_chosen_props(unsigned long base,
+					  unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	u32 val = _MACH_Pmac;
+
+	bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,platform", &val, 4, mem_end);
+
+	if (bootx_info->kernelParamsOffset) {
+		char *args = (char *)((unsigned long)bootx_info) +
+			bootx_info->kernelParamsOffset;
+		bootx_dt_add_prop("bootargs", args, strlen(args) + 1, mem_end);
+	}
+	if (bootx_info->ramDisk) {
+		val = ((unsigned long)bootx_info) + bootx_info->ramDisk;
+		bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,initrd-start", &val, 4, mem_end);
+		val += bootx_info->ramDiskSize;
+		bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,initrd-end", &val, 4, mem_end);
+	}
+	if (strlen(bootx_disp_path))
+		bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,stdout-path", bootx_disp_path,
+				  strlen(bootx_disp_path) + 1, mem_end);
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_add_display_props(unsigned long base,
+					   unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,boot-display", NULL, 0, mem_end);
+	bootx_dt_add_prop("linux,opened", NULL, 0, mem_end);
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_dt_add_string(char *s, unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	unsigned int l = strlen(s) + 1;
+	memcpy((void *)*mem_end, s, l);
+	bootx_dt_strend = *mem_end = *mem_end + l;
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_scan_dt_build_strings(unsigned long base,
+					       unsigned long node,
+					       unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	struct bootx_dt_node *np = (struct bootx_dt_node *)(base + node);
+	u32 *cpp, *ppp = &np->properties;
+	unsigned long soff;
+	char *namep;
+
+	/* Keep refs to known nodes */
+	namep = np->full_name ? (char *)(base + np->full_name) : NULL;
+       	if (namep == NULL) {
+		bootx_printf("Node without a full name !\n");
+		namep = "";
+	}
+	DBG("* strings: %s\n", namep);
+
+	if (!strcmp(namep, "/chosen")) {
+		DBG(" detected /chosen ! adding properties names !\n");
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,platform", mem_end);
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,stdout-path", mem_end);
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,initrd-start", mem_end);
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,initrd-end", mem_end);
+		bootx_dt_add_string("bootargs", mem_end);
+		bootx_node_chosen = node;
+	}
+	if (node == bootx_info->dispDeviceRegEntryOffset) {
+		DBG(" detected display ! adding properties names !\n");
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,boot-display", mem_end);
+		bootx_dt_add_string("linux,opened", mem_end);
+		strncpy(bootx_disp_path, namep, 255);
+	}
+
+	/* get and store all property names */
+	while (*ppp) {
+		struct bootx_dt_prop *pp =
+			(struct bootx_dt_prop *)(base + *ppp);
+
+		namep = pp->name ? (char *)(base + pp->name) : NULL;
+ 		if (namep == NULL || strcmp(namep, "name") == 0)
+ 			goto next;
+		/* get/create string entry */
+		soff = bootx_dt_find_string(namep);
+		if (soff == 0)
+			bootx_dt_add_string(namep, mem_end);
+	next:
+		ppp = &pp->next;
+	}
+
+	/* do all our children */
+	cpp = &np->child;
+	while(*cpp) {
+		np = (struct bootx_dt_node *)(base + *cpp);
+		bootx_scan_dt_build_strings(base, *cpp, mem_end);
+		cpp = &np->sibling;
+	}
+}
+
+static void __init bootx_scan_dt_build_struct(unsigned long base,
+					      unsigned long node,
+					      unsigned long *mem_end)
+{
+	struct bootx_dt_node *np = (struct bootx_dt_node *)(base + node);
+	u32 *cpp, *ppp = &np->properties;
+	char *namep, *p, *ep, *lp;
+	int l;
+
+	dt_push_token(OF_DT_BEGIN_NODE, mem_end);
+
+	/* get the node's full name */
+	namep = np->full_name ? (char *)(base + np->full_name) : NULL;
+	if (namep == NULL)
+		namep = "";
+	l = strlen(namep);
+
+	DBG("* struct: %s\n", namep);
+
+	/* Fixup an Apple bug where they have bogus \0 chars in the
+	 * middle of the path in some properties, and extract
+	 * the unit name (everything after the last '/').
+	 */
+	memcpy((void *)*mem_end, namep, l + 1);
+	namep = (char *)*mem_end;
+	for (lp = p = namep, ep = namep + l; p < ep; p++) {
+		if (*p == '/')
+			lp = namep;
+		else if (*p != 0)
+			*lp++ = *p;
+	}
+	*lp = 0;
+	*mem_end = _ALIGN_UP((unsigned long)lp + 1, 4);
+
+	/* get and store all properties */
+	while (*ppp) {
+		struct bootx_dt_prop *pp =
+			(struct bootx_dt_prop *)(base + *ppp);
+
+		namep = pp->name ? (char *)(base + pp->name) : NULL;
+		/* Skip "name" */
+ 		if (namep == NULL || !strcmp(namep, "name"))
+ 			goto next;
+		/* Skip "bootargs" in /chosen too as we replace it */
+		if (node == bootx_node_chosen && !strcmp(namep, "bootargs"))
+			goto next;
+
+		/* push property head */
+		bootx_dt_add_prop(namep,
+				  pp->value ? (void *)(base + pp->value): NULL,
+				  pp->length, mem_end);
+	next:
+		ppp = &pp->next;
+	}
+
+	if (node == bootx_node_chosen)
+		bootx_add_chosen_props(base, mem_end);
+	if (node == bootx_info->dispDeviceRegEntryOffset)
+		bootx_add_display_props(base, mem_end);
+
+	/* do all our children */
+	cpp = &np->child;
+	while(*cpp) {
+		np = (struct bootx_dt_node *)(base + *cpp);
+		bootx_scan_dt_build_struct(base, *cpp, mem_end);
+		cpp = &np->sibling;
+	}
+
+	dt_push_token(OF_DT_END_NODE, mem_end);
+}
+
+static unsigned long __init bootx_flatten_dt(unsigned long start)
+{
+	boot_infos_t *bi = bootx_info;
+	unsigned long mem_start, mem_end;
+	struct boot_param_header *hdr;
+	unsigned long base;
+	u64 *rsvmap;
+
+	/* Start using memory after the big blob passed by BootX, get
+	 * some space for the header
+	 */
+	mem_start = mem_end = _ALIGN_UP(((unsigned long)bi) + start, 4);
+	DBG("Boot params header at: %x\n", mem_start);
+	hdr = (struct boot_param_header *)mem_start;
+	mem_end += sizeof(struct boot_param_header);
+	rsvmap = (u64 *)(_ALIGN_UP(mem_end, 8));
+	hdr->off_mem_rsvmap = ((unsigned long)rsvmap) - mem_start;
+	mem_end = ((unsigned long)rsvmap) + 8 * sizeof(u64);
+
+	/* Get base of tree */
+	base = ((unsigned long)bi) + bi->deviceTreeOffset;
+
+	/* Build string array */
+	DBG("Building string array at: %x\n", mem_end);
+	DBG("Device Tree Base=%x\n", base);
+	bootx_dt_strbase = mem_end;
+	mem_end += 4;
+	bootx_dt_strend = mem_end;
+	bootx_scan_dt_build_strings(base, 4, &mem_end);
+	hdr->off_dt_strings = bootx_dt_strbase - mem_start;
+	hdr->dt_strings_size = bootx_dt_strend - bootx_dt_strbase;
+
+	/* Build structure */
+	mem_end = _ALIGN(mem_end, 16);
+	DBG("Building device tree structure at: %x\n", mem_end);
+	hdr->off_dt_struct = mem_end - mem_start;
+	bootx_scan_dt_build_struct(base, 4, &mem_end);
+	dt_push_token(OF_DT_END, &mem_end);
+
+	/* Finish header */
+	hdr->boot_cpuid_phys = 0;
+	hdr->magic = OF_DT_HEADER;
+	hdr->totalsize = mem_end - mem_start;
+	hdr->version = OF_DT_VERSION;
+	/* Version 16 is not backward compatible */
+	hdr->last_comp_version = 0x10;
+
+	/* Reserve the whole thing and copy the reserve map in, we
+	 * also bump mem_reserve_cnt to cause further reservations to
+	 * fail since it's too late.
+	 */
+	mem_end = _ALIGN(mem_end, PAGE_SIZE);
+	DBG("End of boot params: %x\n", mem_end);
+	rsvmap[0] = mem_start;
+	rsvmap[1] = mem_end;
+	rsvmap[2] = 0;
+	rsvmap[3] = 0;
+
+	return (unsigned long)hdr;
+}
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+static void __init btext_welcome(boot_infos_t *bi)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long pvr;
+
+	bootx_printf("Welcome to Linux, kernel " UTS_RELEASE "\n");
+	bootx_printf("\nlinked at        : 0x%x", KERNELBASE);
+	bootx_printf("\nframe buffer at  : 0x%x", bi->dispDeviceBase);
+	bootx_printf(" (phys), 0x%x", bi->logicalDisplayBase);
+	bootx_printf(" (log)");
+	bootx_printf("\nklimit           : 0x%x",(unsigned long)klimit);
+	bootx_printf("\nboot_info at     : 0x%x", bi);
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mfmsr %0" : "=r" (flags));
+	bootx_printf("\nMSR              : 0x%x", flags);
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mfspr %0, 287" : "=r" (pvr));
+	bootx_printf("\nPVR              : 0x%x", pvr);
+	pvr >>= 16;
+	if (pvr > 1) {
+	    __asm__ __volatile__ ("mfspr %0, 1008" : "=r" (flags));
+	    bootx_printf("\nHID0             : 0x%x", flags);
+	}
+	if (pvr == 8 || pvr == 12 || pvr == 0x800c) {
+	    __asm__ __volatile__ ("mfspr %0, 1019" : "=r" (flags));
+	    bootx_printf("\nICTC             : 0x%x", flags);
+	}
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	bootx_printf("\n\n");
+	bootx_printf("bi->deviceTreeOffset   : 0x%x\n",
+		     bi->deviceTreeOffset);
+	bootx_printf("bi->deviceTreeSize     : 0x%x\n",
+		     bi->deviceTreeSize);
+#endif
+	bootx_printf("\n\n");
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT */
+
+void __init bootx_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4)
+{
+	boot_infos_t *bi = (boot_infos_t *) r4;
+	unsigned long hdr;
+	unsigned long space;
+	unsigned long ptr, x;
+	char *model;
+	unsigned long offset = reloc_offset();
+
+	reloc_got2(offset);
+
+	bootx_info = bi;
+
+	/* We haven't cleared any bss at this point, make sure
+	 * what we need is initialized
+	 */
+	bootx_dt_strbase = bootx_dt_strend = 0;
+	bootx_node_chosen = 0;
+	bootx_disp_path[0] = 0;
+
+	if (!BOOT_INFO_IS_V2_COMPATIBLE(bi))
+		bi->logicalDisplayBase = bi->dispDeviceBase;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+	btext_setup_display(bi->dispDeviceRect[2] - bi->dispDeviceRect[0],
+			    bi->dispDeviceRect[3] - bi->dispDeviceRect[1],
+			    bi->dispDeviceDepth, bi->dispDeviceRowBytes,
+			    (unsigned long)bi->logicalDisplayBase);
+	btext_clearscreen();
+	btext_flushscreen();
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT */
+
+	/*
+	 * Test if boot-info is compatible.  Done only in config
+	 * CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT since there is nothing much we can do
+	 * with an incompatible version, except display a message
+	 * and eventually hang the processor...
+	 *
+	 * I'll try to keep enough of boot-info compatible in the
+	 * future to always allow display of this message;
+	 */
+	if (!BOOT_INFO_IS_COMPATIBLE(bi)) {
+		bootx_printf(" !!! WARNING - Incompatible version"
+			     " of BootX !!!\n\n\n");
+		for (;;)
+			;
+	}
+	if (bi->architecture != BOOT_ARCH_PCI) {
+		bootx_printf(" !!! WARNING - Usupported machine"
+			     " architecture !\n");
+		for (;;)
+			;
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+	btext_welcome(bi);
+#endif
+	/* New BootX enters kernel with MMU off, i/os are not allowed
+	 * here. This hack will have been done by the boostrap anyway.
+	 */
+	if (bi->version < 4) {
+		/*
+		 * XXX If this is an iMac, turn off the USB controller.
+		 */
+		model = (char *) bootx_early_getprop(r4 + bi->deviceTreeOffset,
+						     4, "model");
+		if (model
+		    && (strcmp(model, "iMac,1") == 0
+			|| strcmp(model, "PowerMac1,1") == 0)) {
+			bootx_printf("iMac,1 detected, shutting down USB \n");
+			out_le32((unsigned *)0x80880008, 1);	/* XXX */
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Get a pointer that points above the device tree, args, ramdisk,
+	 * etc... to use for generating the flattened tree
+	 */
+	if (bi->version < 5) {
+		space = bi->deviceTreeOffset + bi->deviceTreeSize;
+		if (bi->ramDisk)
+			space = bi->ramDisk + bi->ramDiskSize;
+	} else
+		space = bi->totalParamsSize;
+
+	bootx_printf("Total space used by parameters & ramdisk: %x \n", space);
+
+	/* New BootX will have flushed all TLBs and enters kernel with
+	 * MMU switched OFF, so this should not be useful anymore.
+	 */
+	if (bi->version < 4) {
+		bootx_printf("Touching pages...\n");
+
+		/*
+		 * Touch each page to make sure the PTEs for them
+		 * are in the hash table - the aim is to try to avoid
+		 * getting DSI exceptions while copying the kernel image.
+		 */
+		for (ptr = ((unsigned long) &_stext) & PAGE_MASK;
+		     ptr < (unsigned long)bi + space; ptr += PAGE_SIZE)
+			x = *(volatile unsigned long *)ptr;
+	}
+
+	/* Ok, now we need to generate a flattened device-tree to pass
+	 * to the kernel
+	 */
+	bootx_printf("Preparing boot params...\n");
+
+	hdr = bootx_flatten_dt(space);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+#ifdef SET_BOOT_BAT
+	bootx_printf("Preparing BAT...\n");
+	btext_prepare_BAT();
+#else
+	btext_unmap();
+#endif
+#endif
+
+	reloc_got2(-offset);
+
+	__start(hdr, KERNELBASE + offset, 0);
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/bootx.h b/include/asm-powerpc/bootx.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed626b7cbf22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/bootx.h
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * This file describes the structure passed from the BootX application
+ * (for MacOS) when it is used to boot Linux.
+ *
+ * Written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef __ASM_BOOTX_H__
+#define __ASM_BOOTX_H__
+
+#ifdef macintosh
+#include <Types.h>
+#include "linux_type_defs.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef macintosh
+/* All this requires PowerPC alignment */
+#pragma options align=power
+#endif
+
+/* On kernel entry:
+ *
+ * r3 = 0x426f6f58    ('BooX')
+ * r4 = pointer to boot_infos
+ * r5 = NULL
+ *
+ * Data and instruction translation disabled, interrupts
+ * disabled, kernel loaded at physical 0x00000000 on PCI
+ * machines (will be different on NuBus).
+ */
+
+#define BOOT_INFO_VERSION               5
+#define BOOT_INFO_COMPATIBLE_VERSION    1
+
+/* Bit in the architecture flag mask. More to be defined in
+   future versions. Note that either BOOT_ARCH_PCI or
+   BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS is set. The other BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS_xxx are
+   set additionally when BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS is set.
+ */
+#define BOOT_ARCH_PCI                   0x00000001UL
+#define BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS                 0x00000002UL
+#define BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS_PDM             0x00000010UL
+#define BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS_PERFORMA        0x00000020UL
+#define BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS_POWERBOOK       0x00000040UL
+
+/*  Maximum number of ranges in phys memory map */
+#define MAX_MEM_MAP_SIZE				26
+
+/* This is the format of an element in the physical memory map. Note that
+   the map is optional and current BootX will only build it for pre-PCI
+   machines */
+typedef struct boot_info_map_entry
+{
+    __u32       physAddr;                /* Physical starting address */
+    __u32       size;                    /* Size in bytes */
+} boot_info_map_entry_t;
+
+
+/* Here are the boot informations that are passed to the bootstrap
+ * Note that the kernel arguments and the device tree are appended
+ * at the end of this structure. */
+typedef struct boot_infos
+{
+    /* Version of this structure */
+    __u32       version;
+    /* backward compatible down to version: */
+    __u32       compatible_version;
+
+    /* NEW (vers. 2) this holds the current _logical_ base addr of
+       the frame buffer (for use by early boot message) */
+    __u8*       logicalDisplayBase;
+
+    /* NEW (vers. 4) Apple's machine identification */
+    __u32       machineID;
+
+    /* NEW (vers. 4) Detected hw architecture */
+    __u32       architecture;
+
+    /* The device tree (internal addresses relative to the beginning of the tree,
+     * device tree offset relative to the beginning of this structure).
+     * On pre-PCI macintosh (BOOT_ARCH_PCI bit set to 0 in architecture), this
+     * field is 0.
+     */
+    __u32       deviceTreeOffset;        /* Device tree offset */
+    __u32       deviceTreeSize;          /* Size of the device tree */
+
+    /* Some infos about the current MacOS display */
+    __u32       dispDeviceRect[4];       /* left,top,right,bottom */
+    __u32       dispDeviceDepth;         /* (8, 16 or 32) */
+    __u8*       dispDeviceBase;          /* base address (physical) */
+    __u32       dispDeviceRowBytes;      /* rowbytes (in bytes) */
+    __u32       dispDeviceColorsOffset;  /* Colormap (8 bits only) or 0 (*) */
+    /* Optional offset in the registry to the current
+     * MacOS display. (Can be 0 when not detected) */
+     __u32      dispDeviceRegEntryOffset;
+
+    /* Optional pointer to boot ramdisk (offset from this structure) */
+    __u32       ramDisk;
+    __u32       ramDiskSize;             /* size of ramdisk image */
+
+    /* Kernel command line arguments (offset from this structure) */
+    __u32       kernelParamsOffset;
+
+    /* ALL BELOW NEW (vers. 4) */
+
+    /* This defines the physical memory. Valid with BOOT_ARCH_NUBUS flag
+       (non-PCI) only. On PCI, memory is contiguous and it's size is in the
+       device-tree. */
+    boot_info_map_entry_t
+    	        physMemoryMap[MAX_MEM_MAP_SIZE]; /* Where the phys memory is */
+    __u32       physMemoryMapSize;               /* How many entries in map */
+
+
+    /* The framebuffer size (optional, currently 0) */
+    __u32       frameBufferSize;         /* Represents a max size, can be 0. */
+
+    /* NEW (vers. 5) */
+
+    /* Total params size (args + colormap + device tree + ramdisk) */
+    __u32       totalParamsSize;
+
+} boot_infos_t;
+
+/* (*) The format of the colormap is 256 * 3 * 2 bytes. Each color index
+ * is represented by 3 short words containing a 16 bits (unsigned) color
+ * component. Later versions may contain the gamma table for direct-color
+ * devices here.
+ */
+#define BOOTX_COLORTABLE_SIZE    (256UL*3UL*2UL)
+
+/* BootX passes the device-tree using a format that comes from earlier
+ * ppc32 kernels. This used to match what is in prom.h, but not anymore
+ * so we now define it here
+ */
+struct bootx_dt_prop {
+	u32	name;
+	int	length;
+	u32	value;
+	u32	next;
+};
+
+struct bootx_dt_node {
+	u32	unused0;
+	u32	unused1;
+	u32	phandle;	/* not really available */
+	u32	unused2;
+	u32	unused3;
+	u32	unused4;
+	u32	unused5;
+	u32	full_name;
+	u32	properties;
+	u32	parent;
+	u32	child;
+	u32	sibling;
+	u32	next;
+	u32	allnext;
+};
+
+extern void bootx_init(unsigned long r4, unsigned long phys);
+
+#ifdef macintosh
+#pragma options align=reset
+#endif
+
+#endif