--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-mips/mips_machine.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
-+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
-+#define MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN 64
-+
+struct mips_machine {
+ unsigned long mach_type;
+ void (*mach_setup)(void);
-+ unsigned char mach_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN];
++ char *mach_name;
+ struct list_head list;
+};
+
+void mips_machine_register(struct mips_machine *) __init;
+void mips_machine_setup(unsigned long machtype) __init;
+
-+extern unsigned char mips_machine_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN];
++extern char *mips_machine_name;
+
+#define MIPS_MACHINE(_type, _name, _setup) \
++static char machine_name_##_type[] __initdata = _name; \
+static struct mips_machine machine_##_type __initdata = \
+{ \
+ .mach_type = _type, \
-+ .mach_name = _name, \
++ .mach_name = machine_name_##_type, \
+ .mach_setup = _setup, \
+}; \
+ \
+
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips_machine.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
-+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
++#include <linux/mm.h>
+
+#include <asm/mips_machine.h>
+#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+static struct list_head mips_machines __initdata =
+ LIST_HEAD_INIT(mips_machines);
+
-+unsigned char mips_machine_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN] = "Unknown";
++char *mips_machine_name = "Unknown";
+
+static struct mips_machine * __init mips_machine_find(unsigned long machtype)
+{
+ return;
+ }
+
-+ if (mach->mach_name[0])
-+ strncpy(mips_machine_name, mach->mach_name,
-+ MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN);
++ if (mach->mach_name) {
++ char *name;
++ unsigned int len;
++
++ len = strlen(mach->mach_name);
++ name = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
++ if (name) {
++ strncpy(name, mach->mach_name,len);
++ name[len] = '\0';
++ mips_machine_name = name;
++ } else {
++ printk(KERN_WARNING "MIPS: no memory for machine_name\n");
++ }
++ }
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_machine_name);
+