Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
                to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
 
+               CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
+
+               Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
+               to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
+               This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
+               the kernel.
+
                CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
 
                This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
                to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
 
                default: 4096
-               
+
                CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
                This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
                expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
 
                        return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
                }
        }
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
+       /* Call the board-specific fixup routine */
+       else if (strncmp(argv[1], "sys", 3) == 0) {
+               int err = ft_system_setup(working_fdt, gd->bd);
+
+               if (err) {
+                       printf("Failed to add system information to FDT: %s\n",
+                              fdt_strerror(err));
+                       return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+               }
+       }
 #endif
        /* Create a chosen node */
        else if (strncmp(argv[1], "cho", 3) == 0) {
        "addr [-c]  <addr> [<length>]   - Set the [control] fdt location to <addr>\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
        "fdt boardsetup                      - Do board-specific set up\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
+       "fdt systemsetup                     - Do system-specific set up\n"
 #endif
        "fdt move   <fdt> <newaddr> <length> - Copy the fdt to <addr> and make it active\n"
        "fdt resize                          - Resize fdt to size + padding to 4k addr\n"
 
                        goto err;
                }
        }
+       if (IMAGE_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP) {
+               if (ft_system_setup(blob, gd->bd)) {
+                       printf("ERROR: system-specific fdt fixup failed: %s\n",
+                              fdt_strerror(fdt_ret));
+                       goto err;
+               }
+       }
        fdt_fixup_ethernet(blob);
 
        /* Delete the old LMB reservation */
 
 void ft_cpu_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd);
 void ft_pci_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd);
 
+/**
+ * Add system-specific data to the FDT before booting the OS.
+ *
+ * Use CONFIG_SYS_FDT_PAD to ensure there is sufficient space.
+ * This function is called if CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP is defined
+ *
+ * @param blob         FDT blob to update
+ * @param bd_t         Pointer to board data
+ * @return 0 if ok, or -FDT_ERR_... on error
+ */
+int ft_system_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd);
+
 void set_working_fdt_addr(void *addr);
 int fdt_shrink_to_minimum(void *blob);
 int fdt_increase_size(void *fdt, int add_len);
 
 # define IMAGE_OF_BOARD_SETUP          0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
+# define IMAGE_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP 1
+#else
+# define IMAGE_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP 0
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Operating System Codes
  */