diff --git a/include/asm-mips/addrspace.h b/include/asm-mips/addrspace.h
index 0d1bf32..1fd00cc 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/addrspace.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/addrspace.h
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
 #define PHYSADDR(a)		((a) & 0x1fffffff)
 #endif
 
+/* 
+ * Returns the uncached address of a sdram address 
+ */
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#ifdef CONFIG_AU1X00
+/* We use a 36 bit physical address map here and
+   cannot access physical memory directly from core */
+#define UNCACHED_SDRAM(a) (((unsigned long)(a)) | 0x20000000)
+#else	/* !CONFIG_AU1X00 */
+#define UNCACHED_SDRAM(a) PHYSADDR(a) 
+#endif	/* CONFIG_AU1X00 */
+#endif	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 /*
  * Map an address to a certain kernel segment
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/MIP405.h b/include/configs/MIP405.h
index 61a799d..9c21745 100644
--- a/include/configs/MIP405.h
+++ b/include/configs/MIP405.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 #define CFG_FLASH_BASE		0xFFF80000
 #define CFG_MONITOR_BASE	CFG_FLASH_BASE
 #define CFG_MONITOR_LEN		(512 * 1024)	/* Reserve 512 kB for Monitor	*/
-#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(128 * 1024)	/* Reserve 128 kB for malloc()	*/
+#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(1024 * 1024)	/* Reserve 1024 kB for malloc()	*/
 
 /*
  * For booting Linux, the board info and command line data
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /************************************************************
+ * support BZIP2 compression
+ ************************************************************/
+#define CONFIG_BZIP2		1
+
+/************************************************************
  * Ident
  ************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/include/configs/PIP405.h b/include/configs/PIP405.h
index b9107cc..2cd5726 100644
--- a/include/configs/PIP405.h
+++ b/include/configs/PIP405.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 #define CFG_FLASH_BASE		0xFFF80000
 #define CFG_MONITOR_BASE	CFG_FLASH_BASE
 #define CFG_MONITOR_LEN		(512 * 1024)	/* Reserve 512 kB for Monitor	*/
-#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(128 * 1024)	/* Reserve 128 kB for malloc()	*/
+#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(1024 * 1024)	/* Reserve 1024 kB for malloc()	*/
 
 /*
  * For booting Linux, the board info and command line data
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /************************************************************
+ * support BZIP2 compression
+ ************************************************************/
+#define CONFIG_BZIP2		1
+
+/************************************************************
  * Ident
  ************************************************************/
 #define VERSION_TAG "released"
diff --git a/include/configs/VCMA9.h b/include/configs/VCMA9.h
index 8a09da6..9ca80ab 100644
--- a/include/configs/VCMA9.h
+++ b/include/configs/VCMA9.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_ARM920T		1	/* This is an ARM920T Core	*/
 #define	CONFIG_S3C2410		1	/* in a SAMSUNG S3C2410 SoC     */
 #define CONFIG_VCMA9		1	/* on a MPL VCMA9 Board  */
+#define LITTLEENDIAN		1	/* used by usb_ohci.c		*/
 
 /* input clock of PLL */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ	12000000/* VCMA9 has 12MHz input clock	*/
@@ -63,10 +64,13 @@
 			/*CFG_CMD_NAND	 |*/ \
 			CFG_CMD_EEPROM	 | \
 			CFG_CMD_I2C	 | \
-			/*CFG_CMD_USB	 |*/ \
+			CFG_CMD_USB	 | \
 			CFG_CMD_REGINFO  | \
+			CFG_CMD_FAT	 | \
 			CFG_CMD_DATE	 | \
 			CFG_CMD_ELF	 | \
+			CFG_CMD_DHCP	 | \
+			CFG_CMD_PING	 | \
 			CFG_CMD_BSP)
 
 /* this must be included after the definiton of CONFIG_COMMANDS */
@@ -96,11 +100,11 @@
 /*
  * Size of malloc() pool
  */
-#define CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE	(CFG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)
-#define CFG_GBL_DATA_SIZE	128	/* size in bytes reserved for initial data */
+/*#define CONFIG_MALLOC_SIZE	(CFG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024)*/
+#define CFG_GBL_DATA_SIZE	128		/* size in bytes reserved for initial data */
 
 #define CFG_MONITOR_LEN		(256 * 1024)
-#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(128 * 1024)
+#define CFG_MALLOC_LEN		(1024 * 1024)	/* BUNZIP2 needs a lot of RAM */
 
 /*
  * Hardware drivers
@@ -119,14 +123,13 @@
 /************************************************************
  * USB support
  ************************************************************/
-#if 0
-#define CONFIG_USB_OHCI
-#define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD
-#define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
+#define CONFIG_USB_OHCI		1
+#define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD	1
+#define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE	1
+#define CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION	1
 
 /* Enable needed helper functions */
 #define CFG_DEVICE_DEREGISTER		/* needs device_deregister */
-#endif
 
 /************************************************************
  * RTC
@@ -139,7 +142,11 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE		9600
 
-#define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY	3
+#define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY	5
+/* autoboot (do NOT change this set environment variable "bootdelay" to -1 instead) */
+#define CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME	-10	/* feature is avaiable but not enabled */
+#define CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK  	/* check console even if bootdelay = 0 */
+
 #define CONFIG_NETMASK          255.255.255.0
 #define CONFIG_IPADDR		10.0.0.110
 #define CONFIG_SERVERIP		10.0.0.1
@@ -176,6 +183,9 @@
 /* valid baudrates */
 #define CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE	{ 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 }
 
+/* support BZIP2 compression */
+#define CONFIG_BZIP2		1
+
 /************************************************************
  * Ident
  ************************************************************/
diff --git a/include/configs/dbau1x00.h b/include/configs/dbau1x00.h
index 7aa90b7..6f647f2 100644
--- a/include/configs/dbau1x00.h
+++ b/include/configs/dbau1x00.h
@@ -32,9 +32,20 @@
 #define CONFIG_DBAU1X00		1
 #define CONFIG_AU1X00           1  /* alchemy series cpu */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DBAU1000
 /* Also known as Merlot */
-#define CONFIG_DBAU1000         1  /* board, Hardcoded for now */
-#define CONFIG_AU1000           1  /* cpu, Hardcoded for now */
+#define CONFIG_AU1000           1
+#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_DBAU1100
+#define CONFIG_AU1100           1
+#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_DBAU1500
+#define CONFIG_AU1500           1
+#else  
+#error "No valid board set"
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
 
 #define CONFIG_ETHADDR          DE:AD:BE:EF:01:01    /* Ethernet address */