diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b99252100306cac235df1166ee562b9ed5acbc76..b859bcbd0d6f9f3ac37355b7ad83f26ec84bfc0c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 OBJS  = cpu/$(CPU)/start.o
 ifeq ($(CPU),i386)
 OBJS += cpu/$(CPU)/start16.o
-OBJS += cpu/$(CPU)/reset.o
+OBJS += cpu/$(CPU)/resetvec.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(CPU),ppc4xx)
 OBJS += cpu/$(CPU)/resetvec.o
diff --git a/board/eNET/u-boot.lds b/board/eNET/u-boot.lds
index f3d28ef9450ce06083739087bae00a50d2e78830..671305ac9ae0a8da533ac27af5dcec1605a33af8 100644
--- a/board/eNET/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/eNET/u-boot.lds
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 * The fe00 and ff00 offsets of the start32 and start16
 	 * segments are arbitrary, the just have to be mapped
 	 * at reset and the code have to fit.
-	 * The fff0 offset of reset is important, however.
+	 * The fff0 offset of resetvec is important, however.
 	 */
 
 	. = 0xfffffe00;
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.start16 : AT (0x3807f800) { *(.start16); }
 
 	. = 0xfff0;
-	.reset : AT (0x3807fff0) { *(.reset); }
-	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.reset) + SIZEOF(.reset) );
+	.resetvec : AT (0x3807fff0) { *(.resetvec); }
+	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.resetvec) + SIZEOF(.resetvec) );
 }
diff --git a/board/sc520_cdp/u-boot.lds b/board/sc520_cdp/u-boot.lds
index 719ecbaa101d131cc7b3d8afffc2505283b6f28d..0f5011ae36c76855f5be5c3d56ab5064b758f478 100644
--- a/board/sc520_cdp/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/sc520_cdp/u-boot.lds
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 * The fe00 and ff00 offsets of the start32 and start16
 	 * segments are arbitrary, the just have to be mapped
 	 * at reset and the code have to fit.
-	 * The fff0 offset of reset is important, however.
+	 * The fff0 offset of resetvec is important, however.
 	 */
 
 
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.start16 : AT (0x387fff00) { *(.start16); }
 
 	. = 0xfff0;
-	.reset : AT (0x387ffff0) { *(.reset); }
-	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.reset) + SIZEOF(.reset) );
+	.resetvec : AT (0x387ffff0) { *(.resetvec); }
+	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.resetvec) + SIZEOF(.resetvec) );
 }
diff --git a/board/sc520_spunk/u-boot.lds b/board/sc520_spunk/u-boot.lds
index 4d6603cb5ec07a56894f96e9a4ec13fe16df4821..d2436bce417221c00f4204c6a6dd2e060b5ce149 100644
--- a/board/sc520_spunk/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/sc520_spunk/u-boot.lds
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	 * The fe00 and ff00 offsets of the start32 and start16
 	 * segments are arbitrary, the just have to be mapped
 	 * at reset and the code have to fit.
-	 * The fff0 offset of reset is important, however.
+	 * The fff0 offset of resetvec is important, however.
 	 */
 
 
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	.start16 : AT (0x387fff00) { *(.start16); }
 
 	. = 0xfff0;
-	.reset : AT (0x387ffff0) { *(.reset); }
-	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.reset) + SIZEOF(.reset) );
+	.resetvec : AT (0x387ffff0) { *(.resetvec); }
+	_i386boot_end = (LOADADDR(.resetvec) + SIZEOF(.resetvec) );
 }
diff --git a/cpu/i386/Makefile b/cpu/i386/Makefile
index 50534b615b941326247a09455bf368fdbd0ebfc1..f20675af19c86c16ab426ef691027992b4b25f21 100644
--- a/cpu/i386/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/i386/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(CPU).a
 
-START	= start.o start16.o reset.o
+START	= start.o start16.o resetvec.o
 COBJS	= serial.o interrupts.o cpu.o timer.o sc520.o
 SOBJS	= sc520_asm.o
 
diff --git a/cpu/i386/reset.S b/cpu/i386/resetvec.S
similarity index 97%
rename from cpu/i386/reset.S
rename to cpu/i386/resetvec.S
index 07a7384927853d49b4e261e983b4775671295d23..d9222dd2fc63934b1a1e52ced447c0d986560b54 100644
--- a/cpu/i386/reset.S
+++ b/cpu/i386/resetvec.S
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 .extern start16
 
-.section .reset, "ax"
+.section .resetvec, "ax"
 .code16
 reset_vector:
 	cli