diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/Makefile b/arch/sh/kernel/Makefile
index fb623e5..1f141a8 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 extra-y	:= head.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds
 
-obj-y	:= debugtraps.o io.o io_generic.o irq.o process.o ptrace.o \
+obj-y	:= debugtraps.o io.o io_generic.o irq.o machvec.o process.o ptrace.o \
 	   semaphore.o setup.o signal.o sys_sh.o syscalls.o \
 	   time.o topology.o traps.o
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/machvec.c b/arch/sh/kernel/machvec.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e78191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/machvec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * arch/sh/kernel/machvec.c
+ *
+ * The SuperH machine vector setup handlers, yanked from setup.c
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1999  Niibe Yutaka
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002 - 2007 Paul Mundt
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/machvec.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/irq.h>
+
+#define MV_NAME_SIZE 32
+
+#define for_each_mv(mv) \
+	for ((mv) = (struct sh_machine_vector *)&__machvec_start; \
+	     (mv) && (unsigned long)(mv) < (unsigned long)&__machvec_end; \
+	     (mv)++)
+
+static struct sh_machine_vector * __init get_mv_byname(const char *name)
+{
+	struct sh_machine_vector *mv;
+
+	for_each_mv(mv)
+		if (strcasecmp(name, get_system_type()) == 0)
+			return mv;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int __init early_parse_mv(char *from)
+{
+	char mv_name[MV_NAME_SIZE] = "";
+	char *mv_end;
+	char *mv_comma;
+	int mv_len;
+	struct sh_machine_vector *mvp;
+
+	mv_end = strchr(from, ' ');
+	if (mv_end == NULL)
+		mv_end = from + strlen(from);
+
+	mv_comma = strchr(from, ',');
+	mv_len = mv_end - from;
+	if (mv_len > (MV_NAME_SIZE-1))
+		mv_len = MV_NAME_SIZE-1;
+	memcpy(mv_name, from, mv_len);
+	mv_name[mv_len] = '\0';
+	from = mv_end;
+
+	if (strcmp(sh_mv.mv_name, mv_name) != 0) {
+		mvp = get_mv_byname(mv_name);
+		if (unlikely(!mvp)) {
+			printk("Available vectors:\n\n\t");
+			for_each_mv(mvp)
+				printk("'%s', ", mvp->mv_name);
+			printk("\n\n");
+			panic("Failed to select machvec '%s' -- halting.\n",
+			      mv_name);
+		} else
+			sh_mv = *mvp;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_NOTICE "Booting machvec: %s\n", sh_mv.mv_name);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("sh_mv", early_parse_mv);
+
+void __init sh_mv_setup(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Manually walk the vec, fill in anything that the board hasn't yet
+	 * by hand, wrapping to the generic implementation.
+	 */
+#define mv_set(elem) do { \
+	if (!sh_mv.mv_##elem) \
+		sh_mv.mv_##elem = generic_##elem; \
+} while (0)
+
+	mv_set(inb);	mv_set(inw);	mv_set(inl);
+	mv_set(outb);	mv_set(outw);	mv_set(outl);
+
+	mv_set(inb_p);	mv_set(inw_p);	mv_set(inl_p);
+	mv_set(outb_p);	mv_set(outw_p);	mv_set(outl_p);
+
+	mv_set(insb);	mv_set(insw);	mv_set(insl);
+	mv_set(outsb);	mv_set(outsw);	mv_set(outsl);
+
+	mv_set(readb);	mv_set(readw);	mv_set(readl);
+	mv_set(writeb);	mv_set(writew);	mv_set(writel);
+
+	mv_set(ioport_map);
+	mv_set(ioport_unmap);
+	mv_set(irq_demux);
+
+	if (!sh_mv.mv_nr_irqs)
+		sh_mv.mv_nr_irqs = NR_IRQS;
+}
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
index 61152b4..0ad7158 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
@@ -46,16 +46,8 @@
 struct screen_info screen_info;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SH_UNKNOWN)
-struct sh_machine_vector sh_mv;
-#endif
-
 extern int root_mountflags;
 
-#define MV_NAME_SIZE 32
-
-static struct sh_machine_vector* __init get_mv_byname(const char* name);
-
 /*
  * This is set up by the setup-routine at boot-time
  */
@@ -81,131 +73,17 @@
 
 unsigned long memory_start, memory_end;
 
-static inline void parse_cmdline (char ** cmdline_p, char mv_name[MV_NAME_SIZE],
-				  struct sh_machine_vector** mvp,
-				  unsigned long *mv_io_base)
+static int __init early_parse_mem(char *p)
 {
-	char c = ' ', *to = command_line, *from = COMMAND_LINE;
-	int len = 0;
-
-	/* Save unparsed command line copy for /proc/cmdline */
-	memcpy(boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
+	unsigned long size;
 
 	memory_start = (unsigned long)PAGE_OFFSET+__MEMORY_START;
-	memory_end = memory_start + __MEMORY_SIZE;
-
-	for (;;) {
-		/*
-		 * "mem=XXX[kKmM]" defines a size of memory.
-		 */
-		if (c == ' ' && !memcmp(from, "mem=", 4)) {
-			if (to != command_line)
-				to--;
-			{
-				unsigned long mem_size;
-
-				mem_size = memparse(from+4, &from);
-				memory_end = memory_start + mem_size;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (c == ' ' && !memcmp(from, "sh_mv=", 6)) {
-			char* mv_end;
-			char* mv_comma;
-			int mv_len;
-			if (to != command_line)
-				to--;
-			from += 6;
-			mv_end = strchr(from, ' ');
-			if (mv_end == NULL)
-				mv_end = from + strlen(from);
-
-			mv_comma = strchr(from, ',');
-			if ((mv_comma != NULL) && (mv_comma < mv_end)) {
-				int ints[3];
-				get_options(mv_comma+1, ARRAY_SIZE(ints), ints);
-				*mv_io_base = ints[1];
-				mv_len = mv_comma - from;
-			} else {
-				mv_len = mv_end - from;
-			}
-			if (mv_len > (MV_NAME_SIZE-1))
-				mv_len = MV_NAME_SIZE-1;
-			memcpy(mv_name, from, mv_len);
-			mv_name[mv_len] = '\0';
-			from = mv_end;
-
-			*mvp = get_mv_byname(mv_name);
-		}
-
-		c = *(from++);
-		if (!c)
-			break;
-		if (COMMAND_LINE_SIZE <= ++len)
-			break;
-		*(to++) = c;
-	}
-	*to = '\0';
-	*cmdline_p = command_line;
-}
-
-static int __init sh_mv_setup(char **cmdline_p)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SH_UNKNOWN
-	extern struct sh_machine_vector mv_unknown;
-#endif
-	struct sh_machine_vector *mv = NULL;
-	char mv_name[MV_NAME_SIZE] = "";
-	unsigned long mv_io_base = 0;
-
-	parse_cmdline(cmdline_p, mv_name, &mv, &mv_io_base);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SH_UNKNOWN
-	if (mv == NULL) {
-		mv = &mv_unknown;
-		if (*mv_name != '\0') {
-			printk("Warning: Unsupported machine %s, using unknown\n",
-			       mv_name);
-		}
-	}
-	sh_mv = *mv;
-#endif
-
-	/*
-	 * Manually walk the vec, fill in anything that the board hasn't yet
-	 * by hand, wrapping to the generic implementation.
-	 */
-#define mv_set(elem) do { \
-	if (!sh_mv.mv_##elem) \
-		sh_mv.mv_##elem = generic_##elem; \
-} while (0)
-
-	mv_set(inb);	mv_set(inw);	mv_set(inl);
-	mv_set(outb);	mv_set(outw);	mv_set(outl);
-
-	mv_set(inb_p);	mv_set(inw_p);	mv_set(inl_p);
-	mv_set(outb_p);	mv_set(outw_p);	mv_set(outl_p);
-
-	mv_set(insb);	mv_set(insw);	mv_set(insl);
-	mv_set(outsb);	mv_set(outsw);	mv_set(outsl);
-
-	mv_set(readb);	mv_set(readw);	mv_set(readl);
-	mv_set(writeb);	mv_set(writew);	mv_set(writel);
-
-	mv_set(ioport_map);
-	mv_set(ioport_unmap);
-	mv_set(irq_demux);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SH_UNKNOWN
-	__set_io_port_base(mv_io_base);
-#endif
-
-	if (!sh_mv.mv_nr_irqs)
-		sh_mv.mv_nr_irqs = NR_IRQS;
+	size = memparse(p, &p);
+	memory_end = memory_start + size;
 
 	return 0;
 }
+early_param("mem", early_parse_mem);
 
 /*
  * Register fully available low RAM pages with the bootmem allocator.
@@ -340,9 +218,17 @@
 	data_resource.start = virt_to_phys(_etext);
 	data_resource.end = virt_to_phys(_edata)-1;
 
+	memory_start = (unsigned long)PAGE_OFFSET+__MEMORY_START;
+	memory_end = memory_start + __MEMORY_SIZE;
+
+	/* Save unparsed command line copy for /proc/cmdline */
+	strlcpy(boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+
+	*cmdline_p = command_line;
+
 	parse_early_param();
 
-	sh_mv_setup(cmdline_p);
+	sh_mv_setup();
 
 	/*
 	 * Find the highest page frame number we have available
@@ -369,26 +255,6 @@
 		sh_mv.mv_setup(cmdline_p);
 }
 
-struct sh_machine_vector* __init get_mv_byname(const char* name)
-{
-	extern long __machvec_start, __machvec_end;
-	struct sh_machine_vector *all_vecs =
-		(struct sh_machine_vector *)&__machvec_start;
-
-	int i, n = ((unsigned long)&__machvec_end
-		    - (unsigned long)&__machvec_start)/
-		sizeof(struct sh_machine_vector);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-		struct sh_machine_vector *mv = &all_vecs[i];
-		if (mv == NULL)
-			continue;
-		if (strcasecmp(name, get_system_type()) == 0) {
-			return mv;
-		}
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
 
 static const char *cpu_name[] = {
 	[CPU_SH7206]	= "SH7206",	[CPU_SH7619]	= "SH7619",
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4c5b57e..f437a4f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@
 #endif
 
   __machvec_start = .;
-  .init.machvec : { *(.init.machvec) }
+  .machvec.init : { *(.machvec.init) }
   __machvec_end = .;
+
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_end = .;