diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
index 6beafbbece01ae6078b74d0be232f4a6ea5f5f5a..7768912603b2cdb7cb151b4c25f0381fcd53aa44 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(SOC).o
 
-SOBJS	:= lowlevel_init.o
-
 COBJS	+= clock.o
 COBJS	+= sys_info.o
 COBJS	+= ddr.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
index 312643c777208d4b6d19f2592ab124b149b1ec4b..d64ae6936c5924e948026cbd0b770901b8131d02 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c
@@ -19,19 +19,31 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <asm/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
+#include <asm/arch/omap.h>
 #include <asm/arch/ddr_defs.h>
 #include <asm/arch/clock.h>
+#include <asm/arch/mmc_host_def.h>
+#include <asm/arch/common_def.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/omap_common.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 struct wd_timer *wdtimer = (struct wd_timer *)WDT_BASE;
 struct gptimer *timer_base = (struct gptimer *)CONFIG_SYS_TIMERBASE;
+struct uart_sys *uart_base = (struct uart_sys *)DEFAULT_UART_BASE;
+
+/* UART Defines */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define UART_RESET		(0x1 << 1)
+#define UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK	0x1
+#define UART_SMART_IDLE_EN	(0x1 << 0x3)
+#endif
 
 /*
  * early system init of muxing and clocks.
  */
-void s_init(u32 in_ddr)
+void s_init(void)
 {
 	/* WDT1 is already running when the bootloader gets control
 	 * Disable it to avoid "random" resets
@@ -43,12 +55,37 @@ void s_init(u32 in_ddr)
 	while (readl(&wdtimer->wdtwwps) != 0x0)
 		;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	/* Setup the PLLs and the clocks for the peripherals */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SETUP_PLL
 	pll_init();
+
+	/* UART softreset */
+	u32 regVal;
+
+	enable_uart0_pin_mux();
+
+	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	regVal |= UART_RESET;
+	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	while ((readl(&uart_base->uartsyssts) &
+		UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK) != UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
+		;
+
+	/* Disable smart idle */
+	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	regVal |= UART_SMART_IDLE_EN;
+	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+
+	/* Initialize the Timer */
+	init_timer();
+
+	preloader_console_init();
+
+	config_ddr();
 #endif
-	if (!in_ddr)
-		config_ddr();
+
+	/* Enable MMC0 */
+	enable_mmc0_pin_mux();
 }
 
 /* Initialize timer */
@@ -71,3 +108,9 @@ int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
 	return omap_mmc_init(0);
 }
 #endif
+
+void setup_clocks_for_console(void)
+{
+	/* Not yet implemented */
+	return;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/config.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5750bbdcb69a54d7e2ccfc523c6e7fe7e14d1c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/config.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, Texas Instruments, Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+#
+# 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 "as is" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any
+# kind, whether express or implied; without even the implied warranty
+# of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+ALL-y	+= $(OBJTREE)/MLO
+else
+ALL-y	+= $(obj)u-boot.img
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
index 1318365a4a8d1f36f4d26e8d41f8948b4f0c01b2..2f4164df8218a348bd82c0fd6439a529e6ddd06b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/emif4.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void dram_init_banksize(void)
 }
 
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM335X_CONFIG_DDR
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 static void data_macro_config(int dataMacroNum)
 {
 	struct ddr_data data;
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/lowlevel_init.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/lowlevel_init.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 17c962ff718968101b82be41d38fd41dc0081554..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/lowlevel_init.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * lowlevel_init.S
- *
- * AM33XX low level initialization.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011, Texas Instruments, Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
- *
- * Initial Code by:
- * Mansoor Ahamed  <mansoor.ahamed@ti.com>
- *
- * 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 "as is" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any
- * kind, whether express or implied; without even the implied warranty
- * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-#include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
-
-_mark1:
-	.word mark1
-_lowlevel_init1:
-	.word lowlevel_init
-_s_init_start:
-	.word s_init_start
-
-_TEXT_BASE:
-	.word	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE	/* sdram load addr from config.mk */
-
-/*****************************************************************************
- * lowlevel_init: - Platform low level init.
- ****************************************************************************/
-.globl lowlevel_init
-lowlevel_init:
-
-	/* The link register is saved in ip by start.S */
-	mov r6, ip
-	/* check if we are already running from RAM */
-	ldr r2, _lowlevel_init1
-	ldr r3, _TEXT_BASE
-	sub r4, r2, r3
-	sub r0, pc, r4
-	ldr sp, SRAM_STACK
-mark1:
-	ldr r5, _mark1
-	sub r5, r5, r2 /* bytes between mark1 and lowlevel_init */
-	sub r0, r0, r5 /* r0 <- _start w.r.t current place of execution */
-	mov r10, #0x0 /* r10 has in_ddr used by s_init() */
-
-	ands r0, r0, #0xC0000000
-	/* MSB 2 bits <> 0 then we are in ocmc or DDR */
-	cmp r0, #0x80000000
-	bne s_init_start
-	mov r10, #0x01
-	b s_init_start
-
-s_init_start:
-	mov r0, r10 /* passing in_ddr in r0 */
-	bl s_init
-	/* back to arch calling code */
-	mov pc, r6
-	/* the literal pools origin */
-	.ltorg
-
-SRAM_STACK:
-	/* Place stack at the top */
-	.word LOW_LEVEL_SRAM_STACK
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/Makefile
index a684611265c6110e16956e136d16efda2403e104..3f7a0b25f0d39db46c0b8ff9263066e792adfd1f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_OMAP44XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP54XX),)
 COBJS	+= hwinit-common.o
 COBJS	+= clocks-common.o
 COBJS	+= emif-common.o
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_AM33XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP44XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP54XX),)
+COBJS	+= boot-common.o
 SOBJS	+= lowlevel_init.o
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f211f7670c6ab936fb72264f647b80c0254b8df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * boot-common.c
+ *
+ * Common bootmode functions for omap based boards
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Texas Instruments, Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <asm/omap_common.h>
+#include <asm/arch/omap.h>
+
+/*
+ * This is used to verify if the configuration header
+ * was executed by rom code prior to control of transfer
+ * to the bootloader. SPL is responsible for saving and
+ * passing the boot_params pointer to the u-boot.
+ */
+struct omap_boot_parameters boot_params __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+/*
+ * We use static variables because global data is not ready yet.
+ * Initialized data is available in SPL right from the beginning.
+ * We would not typically need to save these parameters in regular
+ * U-Boot. This is needed only in SPL at the moment.
+ */
+u32 omap_bootmode = MMCSD_MODE_FAT;
+
+u32 omap_boot_device(void)
+{
+	return (u32) (boot_params.omap_bootdevice);
+}
+
+u32 omap_boot_mode(void)
+{
+	return omap_bootmode;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
index f65705db12329f54fcca00f4aa3da358d91dea14..da22f73162d9110fafb8914a54d81c534518f029 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/hwinit-common.c
@@ -35,34 +35,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-/*
- * This is used to verify if the configuration header
- * was executed by rom code prior to control of transfer
- * to the bootloader. SPL is responsible for saving and
- * passing the boot_params pointer to the u-boot.
- */
-struct omap_boot_parameters boot_params __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-/*
- * We use static variables because global data is not ready yet.
- * Initialized data is available in SPL right from the beginning.
- * We would not typically need to save these parameters in regular
- * U-Boot. This is needed only in SPL at the moment.
- */
-u32 omap_bootmode = MMCSD_MODE_FAT;
-
-u32 omap_boot_device(void)
-{
-	return (u32) (boot_params.omap_bootdevice);
-}
-
-u32 omap_boot_mode(void)
-{
-	return omap_bootmode;
-}
-#endif
-
 void do_set_mux(u32 base, struct pad_conf_entry const *array, int size)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/board/ti/am335x/common_def.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/common_def.h
similarity index 81%
rename from board/ti/am335x/common_def.h
rename to arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/common_def.h
index 1696d6093db604b17fe5967b501cccfbb8890828..767932daea8eba292a021eec527c3d68b4728bb5 100644
--- a/board/ti/am335x/common_def.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/common_def.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #define __COMMON_DEF_H__
 
 extern void enable_uart0_pin_mux(void);
-extern void configure_evm_pin_mux(unsigned char daughter_board_id,
-					unsigned short daughter_board_profile,
-					unsigned char daughter_board_flag);
+extern void enable_mmc0_pin_mux(void);
 
 #endif/*__COMMON_DEF_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/omap.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/omap.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc2b7a5a280c8d3a0ff2cecb4d19aa5e97ae174d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/omap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * omap.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Texas Instruments, Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *	Chandan Nath <chandan.nath@ti.com>
+ *
+ * Derived from OMAP4 work by
+ *	Aneesh V <aneesh@ti.com>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _OMAP_H_
+#define _OMAP_H_
+
+/*
+ * Non-secure SRAM Addresses
+ * Non-secure RAM starts at 0x40300000 for GP devices. But we keep SRAM_BASE
+ * at 0x40304000(EMU base) so that our code works for both EMU and GP
+ */
+#define NON_SECURE_SRAM_START	0x40304000
+#define NON_SECURE_SRAM_END	0x4030E000
+#define LOW_LEVEL_SRAM_STACK	0x4030B7FC
+
+/* ROM code defines */
+/* Boot device */
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MASK	0xFF
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_OFFSET	0x8
+#define DEV_DESC_PTR_OFFSET	0x4
+#define DEV_DATA_PTR_OFFSET	0x18
+#define BOOT_MODE_OFFSET	0x8
+#define RESET_REASON_OFFSET	0x9
+#define CH_FLAGS_OFFSET		0xA
+
+#define CH_FLAGS_CHSETTINGS	(0x1 << 0)
+#define CH_FLAGS_CHRAM		(0x1 << 1)
+#define CH_FLAGS_CHFLASH	(0x1 << 2)
+#define CH_FLAGS_CHMMCSD	(0x1 << 3)
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+struct omap_boot_parameters {
+	char *boot_message;
+	unsigned int mem_boot_descriptor;
+	unsigned char omap_bootdevice;
+	unsigned char reset_reason;
+	unsigned char ch_flags;
+};
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/sys_proto.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/sys_proto.h
index 09ed6508b99ef704f3df10dbd15905b6e5f484de..6c58f1b30fd6fac7e57e50f8b052fcd01d6375bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/sys_proto.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/sys_proto.h
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ int print_cpuinfo(void);
 #endif
 
 u32 get_device_type(void);
+void setup_clocks_for_console(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
index 1ec651b353920d3e0dd8169689a61bdd6be92558..efbf64668e575bb2b8fd1afaf25907d653621ba4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ void preloader_console_init(void);
 #define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2	5 /*emmc*/
 #define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1	6
 #define BOOT_DEVICE_XIPWAIT	7
+#elif defined(CONFIG_AM33XX)	/* AM33XX */
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_NAND	5
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1	8
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2	0
+#define BOOT_DEVICE_UART	65
 #endif
 
 /* Boot type */
diff --git a/board/ti/am335x/evm.c b/board/ti/am335x/evm.c
index b4eddd80924323abefdfdc1017ef4f3e3310d044..6a9f788299f818cefde1f99107cb0f7e584d53d8 100644
--- a/board/ti/am335x/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/am335x/evm.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <asm/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
-#include "common_def.h"
+#include <asm/arch/common_def.h>
 #include <serial.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
diff --git a/board/ti/am335x/mux.c b/board/ti/am335x/mux.c
index 27f5f30febc926392efbea252d1910e381d03cbf..4cb0cdf361a8a8782e77930ab48bdc483e214cc2 100644
--- a/board/ti/am335x/mux.c
+++ b/board/ti/am335x/mux.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
-#include "common_def.h"
+#include <asm/arch/common_def.h>
 #include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index 1a25eb3e1b1942a065f7056c7a07a4edf0858126..2cea1f461278c8fb5b277efacf36a510fef3987f 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include <asm/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
 
-#define CONFIG_SETUP_PLL
-#define CONFIG_AM335X_CONFIG_DDR
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			0x400
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + (8 * 1024))
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT		"U-Boot# "
@@ -118,7 +116,44 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x402f0400
+/* Defines for SPL */
+#define CONFIG_SPL
+#define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE		0x402F0400
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		(46 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_SPL_STACK		LOW_LEVEL_SRAM_STACK
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x80000000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x80000		/* 512 KB */
+
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR	0x300 /* address 0x60000 */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS	0x200 /* 256 KB */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION	1
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME	"u-boot.img"
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT		"$(CPUDIR)/omap-common/u-boot-spl.lds"
+
+/*
+ * 1MB into the SDRAM to allow for SPL's bss at the beginning of SDRAM
+ * 64 bytes before this address should be set aside for u-boot.img's
+ * header. That is 0x800FFFC0--0x80100000 should not be used for any
+ * other needs.
+ */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x80800000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x80208000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE	0x100000
+
+/* Since SPL did pll and ddr initialization for us,
+ * we don't need to do it twice.
+ */
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
+#endif
 
 /* Unsupported features */
 #undef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
diff --git a/spl/Makefile b/spl/Makefile
index 6ac42a2d6752ce85a21a5814d1ad6eb00b4ab415..3262e226ae5a7a52615f6f9e8781659112070e9d 100644
--- a/spl/Makefile
+++ b/spl/Makefile
@@ -58,13 +58,7 @@ LIBS-$(CONFIG_SPL_ONENAND_SUPPORT) += drivers/mtd/onenand/libonenand.o
 LIBS-$(CONFIG_SPL_DMA_SUPPORT) += drivers/dma/libdma.o
 LIBS-$(CONFIG_SPL_POST_MEM_SUPPORT) += post/drivers/memory.o
 
-ifeq ($(SOC),omap3)
-LIBS-y += $(CPUDIR)/omap-common/libomap-common.o
-endif
-ifeq ($(SOC),omap4)
-LIBS-y += $(CPUDIR)/omap-common/libomap-common.o
-endif
-ifeq ($(SOC),omap5)
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_AM33XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP34XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP44XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP54XX),)
 LIBS-y += $(CPUDIR)/omap-common/libomap-common.o
 endif
 
@@ -104,6 +98,11 @@ $(OBJTREE)/MLO:	$(obj)u-boot-spl.bin
 	$(OBJTREE)/tools/mkimage -T omapimage \
 		-a $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
 endif
+ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
+$(OBJTREE)/MLO:	$(obj)u-boot-spl.bin
+	$(OBJTREE)/tools/mkimage -T omapimage \
+		-a $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
+endif
 
 ALL-y	+= $(obj)u-boot-spl.bin