diff --git a/MAKEALL b/MAKEALL
index 2ec2c22291a0433515a1bd879e353af8788b2eac..804dd8876e8c5c8b4010a03b6b537be5c114f0f2 100755
--- a/MAKEALL
+++ b/MAKEALL
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ LIST_coldfire="			\
 	M52277EVB		\
 	M5235EVB		\
 	M5249EVB		\
-	M5253EVB		\
+	M5253EVBE		\
 	M5271EVB		\
 	M5272C3			\
 	M5275EVB		\
diff --git a/board/BuS/EB+MCF-EV123/mii.c b/board/BuS/EB+MCF-EV123/mii.c
index 3ea20a6109ee18362de3359eedeacef317fb30a6..8ae2ec69ce39ee178446af2c3c6b0339cfc15a07 100644
--- a/board/BuS/EB+MCF-EV123/mii.c
+++ b/board/BuS/EB+MCF-EV123/mii.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int mii_discover_phy(struct eth_device *dev)
 }
 #endif				/* CFG_DISCOVER_PHY */
 
-int mii_init(void) __attribute__((weak,alias("__mii_init")));
+void mii_init(void) __attribute__((weak,alias("__mii_init")));
 
 void __mii_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/board/cobra5272/mii.c b/board/cobra5272/mii.c
index d0a4a39f99ffe48371ad352f68a902222e7bf8b4..b30ba803f9215c8b02e124edf0ab72b09e2a5ab0 100644
--- a/board/cobra5272/mii.c
+++ b/board/cobra5272/mii.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int mii_discover_phy(struct eth_device *dev)
 }
 #endif				/* CFG_DISCOVER_PHY */
 
-int mii_init(void) __attribute__((weak,alias("__mii_init")));
+void mii_init(void) __attribute__((weak,alias("__mii_init")));
 
 void __mii_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/board/freescale/m5235evb/m5235evb.c b/board/freescale/m5235evb/m5235evb.c
index c2c8fe859085c1373f58bc564a915590843962e8..bd8a4e5e68838c1ee43668d8fc38b9c206979bc3 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5235evb/m5235evb.c
+++ b/board/freescale/m5235evb/m5235evb.c
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
 		sdram->dacr0 =
 		    SDRAMC_DARCn_BA(CFG_SDRAM_BASE) | SDRAMC_DARCn_CASL_C1 |
 		    SDRAMC_DARCn_CBM_CMD20 | SDRAMC_DARCn_PS_32;
+		asm("nop");
 
 		/* Initialize DMR0 */
 		sdram->dmr0 = ((dramsize - 1) & 0xFFFC0000) | SDRAMC_DMRn_V;
+		asm("nop");
 
 		/* Set IP (bit 3) in DACR */
 		sdram->dacr0 |= SDRAMC_DARCn_IP;
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
 
 		/* Finish the configuration by issuing the MRS. */
 		sdram->dacr0 |= SDRAMC_DARCn_IMRS;
+		asm("nop");
 
 		/* Write to the SDRAM Mode Register */
 		*(u32 *) (CFG_SDRAM_BASE + 0x400) = 0xA5A59696;
diff --git a/cpu/mcf5227x/cpu_init.c b/cpu/mcf5227x/cpu_init.c
index 71b053d4d6e90af612f72437de498bd7c6a3749e..cf29559e7144b31e9df46b640c1d2775e8bd38e6 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf5227x/cpu_init.c
+++ b/cpu/mcf5227x/cpu_init.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
  */
 int cpu_init_r(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MCFTMR
+#ifdef CONFIG_MCFRTC
 	volatile rtc_t *rtc = (volatile rtc_t *)(CFG_MCFRTC_BASE);
 	volatile rtcex_t *rtcex = (volatile rtcex_t *)&rtc->extended;
 	u32 oscillator = CFG_RTC_OSCILLATOR;
diff --git a/cpu/mcf52x2/cpu_init.c b/cpu/mcf52x2/cpu_init.c
index 207a37e7d57c55bbb3888873dacb0eef1b507aed..344bceeda10f1d38bc8e979097508b9793aa09d9 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf52x2/cpu_init.c
+++ b/cpu/mcf52x2/cpu_init.c
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
 	   else is doing it! */
 
 #if defined(CFG_CS0_BASE) & defined(CFG_CS0_SIZE) & \
-    defined(CFG_CS0_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS0_RO) & \
-	defined(CFG_CS0_WS)
+    defined(CFG_CS0_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS0_WS)
 
 	MCFCSM_CSAR0 = (CFG_CS0_BASE >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
 
@@ -447,8 +446,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CFG_CS1_BASE) & defined(CFG_CS1_SIZE) & \
-    defined(CFG_CS1_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS1_RO) & \
-	defined(CFG_CS1_WS)
+    defined(CFG_CS1_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS1_WS)
 
 	MCFCSM_CSAR1 = (CFG_CS1_BASE >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
 
@@ -476,8 +474,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CFG_CS2_BASE) & defined(CFG_CS2_SIZE) & \
-    defined(CFG_CS2_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS2_RO) & \
-	defined(CFG_CS2_WS)
+    defined(CFG_CS2_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS2_WS)
 
 	MCFCSM_CSAR2 = (CFG_CS2_BASE >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
 
@@ -505,8 +502,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CFG_CS3_BASE) & defined(CFG_CS3_SIZE) & \
-    defined(CFG_CS3_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS3_RO) & \
-	defined(CFG_CS3_WS)
+    defined(CFG_CS3_WIDTH) & defined(CFG_CS3_WS)
 
 	MCFCSM_CSAR3 = (CFG_CS3_BASE >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
 
diff --git a/cpu/mcf52x2/speed.c b/cpu/mcf52x2/speed.c
index 5fafcd8c5f90eaf7748d07efd5685fa686ba2dee..f6edd5b6fa81fa2bdaa6946bfc34567f91ecb1fc 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf52x2/speed.c
+++ b/cpu/mcf52x2/speed.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int get_clocks (void)
 
 	/* Setup PLL */
 	pll->syncr = 0x01080000;
-	while (!(pll->synsr & FMPLL_SYNSR_LOCK)
+	while (!(pll->synsr & FMPLL_SYNSR_LOCK))
 		;
 	pll->syncr = 0x01000000;
 	while (!(pll->synsr & FMPLL_SYNSR_LOCK))
diff --git a/cpu/mcf5445x/config.mk b/cpu/mcf5445x/config.mk
index 88433f2f6d6e04494d46b662e528ea5a1547a049..67efa07af75b80641f2c7ae0024682853d0a20ac 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf5445x/config.mk
+++ b/cpu/mcf5445x/config.mk
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mcpu=54455 -fPIC
 else
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -m5407 -fPIC
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring -linux-,$(shell $(CC) --version)))
+ifneq (,$(findstring GOT,$(shell $(LD) --help)))
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += --got=single
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu_init.c b/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu_init.c
index 585216d6e6f6ed51132091f42df8970b17e101de..e07748bd802e5b7aa6d06c9d7a7b1013b6ef569d 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu_init.c
+++ b/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu_init.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void cpu_init_f(void)
  */
 int cpu_init_r(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MCFTMR
+#ifdef CONFIG_MCFRTC
 	volatile rtc_t *rtc = (volatile rtc_t *)(CFG_MCFRTC_BASE);
 	volatile rtcex_t *rtcex = (volatile rtcex_t *)&rtc->extended;
 
diff --git a/cpu/mcf5445x/start.S b/cpu/mcf5445x/start.S
index 3241b278e1cabc9d5c5a537f9d5635e01242b5f3..89ec7bcc914599a3139526855f8d73d97f9c7d64 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf5445x/start.S
+++ b/cpu/mcf5445x/start.S
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ clear_bss:
 /* exception code */
 	.globl _fault
 _fault:
-	jmp _fault
+	bra _fault
 	.globl	_exc_handler
 
 _exc_handler:
diff --git a/cpu/mcf547x_8x/config.mk b/cpu/mcf547x_8x/config.mk
index e5f4385dd35f7ea23099a97f3f9bcd7d33b0140e..567b28192640bbf1b16823b36bb35b53a5363e52 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf547x_8x/config.mk
+++ b/cpu/mcf547x_8x/config.mk
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mcpu=5485 -fPIC
 else
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -m5407 -fPIC
 endif
+
+ifneq (,$(findstring -linux-,$(shell $(CC) --version)))
+ifneq (,$(findstring GOT,$(shell $(LD) --help)))
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += --got=single
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.S b/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.S
index 8b8708d030b34550ada6cd5cc79328bffda6d61d..87355f95813683eb75657a3f186a9b4263a37c04 100644
--- a/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.S
+++ b/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.S
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ clear_bss:
 /* exception code */
 	.globl _fault
 _fault:
-	jmp _fault
+	bra _fault
 	.globl	_exc_handler
 
 _exc_handler:
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcfuart.c b/drivers/serial/mcfuart.c
index 88f3eb10abf8f3b4b67d5459b503cb3b6f8e7830..5eb4f458f815e0a966ea8c8b1bd892c7241bbc13 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcfuart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mcfuart.c
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ int serial_init(void)
 	uart->umr = UART_UMR_SB_STOP_BITS_1;
 
 	/* Setting up BaudRate */
-	counter = (u32) (gd->bus_clk / (gd->baudrate));
-	counter >>= 5;
+	counter = (u32) ((gd->bus_clk / 32) + (gd->baudrate / 2));
+	counter = counter / gd->baudrate;
 
 	/* write to CTUR: divide counter upper byte */
 	uart->ubg1 = (u8) ((counter & 0xff00) >> 8);
diff --git a/include/asm-m68k/timer.h b/include/asm-m68k/timer.h
index 030720c89f32f20e42132c65994c7712f33f57c3..1a5de0587148631013856336728a9385877a76c7 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68k/timer.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/timer.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* DMA Timer module registers */
 typedef struct dtimer_ctrl {
-#if defined(CONFIG_M5249) || defined(CONFIG_M5253)
+#if defined(CONFIG_M5249) || defined(CONFIG_M5253) || defined(CONFIG_M5272)
 	u16 tmr;		/* 0x00 Mode register */
 	u16 res1;		/* 0x02 */
 	u16 trr;		/* 0x04 Reference register */
diff --git a/include/configs/EB+MCF-EV123.h b/include/configs/EB+MCF-EV123.h
index 417099e0377642203040caf910548a9c0af5ee3b..324eb6ce15bfef1e43858b73a1127be876dde6aa 100644
--- a/include/configs/EB+MCF-EV123.h
+++ b/include/configs/EB+MCF-EV123.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_MII
 #define CONFIG_CMD_NET
 
+#define CONFIG_MCFTMR
+
 #define CONFIG_MCFFEC
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCFFEC
 #	define CONFIG_NET_MULTI		1
diff --git a/include/configs/M5475EVB.h b/include/configs/M5475EVB.h
index a19c3422708f46eea9015d73bd334f42158f480d..e8804b56609ce7fcfe28e62ebc447334314ae143 100644
--- a/include/configs/M5475EVB.h
+++ b/include/configs/M5475EVB.h
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@
 #define CFG_CS0_CTRL		0x00101980
 
 #ifdef CFG_NOR1SZ
-#define CFG_CS1_BASE		0xF8000000
+#define CFG_CS1_BASE		0xE0000000
 #define CFG_CS1_MASK		(((CFG_NOR1SZ << 20) - 1) & 0xFFFF0001)
-#define CFG_CS1_CTRL		0x00000D80
+#define CFG_CS1_CTRL		0x00101D80
 #endif
 
 #endif				/* _M5475EVB_H */
diff --git a/include/configs/M5485EVB.h b/include/configs/M5485EVB.h
index b73e2e006d12ea750b51578be0eaffb2f15db7da..0f957fff58423d0714597d54e7891c97fc807e1f 100644
--- a/include/configs/M5485EVB.h
+++ b/include/configs/M5485EVB.h
@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@
 #define CFG_CS0_CTRL		0x00101980
 
 #ifdef CFG_NOR1SZ
-#define CFG_CS1_BASE		0xF8000000
+#define CFG_CS1_BASE		0xE0000000
 #define CFG_CS1_MASK		(((CFG_NOR1SZ << 20) - 1) & 0xFFFF0001)
-#define CFG_CS1_CTRL		0x00000D80
+#define CFG_CS1_CTRL		0x00101D80
 #endif
 
 #endif				/* _M5485EVB_H */
diff --git a/lib_m68k/board.c b/lib_m68k/board.c
index ae942e5e579cb0eeda317997f19ef718d69047a8..d27c89c645006cacaa4735bdd7c65b0dc57c49e3 100644
--- a/lib_m68k/board.c
+++ b/lib_m68k/board.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ typedef int (init_fnc_t) (void);
 
 static int init_baudrate (void)
 {
-	uchar tmp[64];	/* long enough for environment variables */
+	char tmp[64];	/* long enough for environment variables */
 	int i = getenv_r ("baudrate", tmp, sizeof (tmp));
 
 	gd->baudrate = (i > 0)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ board_init_f (ulong bootflag)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRAM
 	int i;
 	ulong reg;
-	uchar tmp[64];		/* long enough for environment variables */
+	char tmp[64];		/* long enough for environment variables */
 #endif
 
 	/* Pointer is writable since we allocated a register for it */
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void board_init_r (gd_t *id, ulong dest_addr)
 	 */
 	{
 		ulong pram;
-		uchar memsz[32];
+		char memsz[32];
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRAM
 		char *s;