diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 37336d4ab969..4d403be641bb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ config RALINK
 
 config SGI_IP22
 	bool "SGI IP22 (Indy/Indigo2)"
+	select ARC_MEMORY
 	select ARC_PROMLIB
 	select FW_ARC
 	select FW_ARC32
@@ -657,14 +658,7 @@ config SGI_IP22
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R4X00
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R5000
-	#
-	# Disable EARLY_PRINTK for now since it leads to overwritten prom
-	# memory during early boot on some machines.
-	#
-	# See http://www.linux-mips.org/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=linux-mips&i=20091119164009.GA15038%40deprecation.cyrius.com
-	# for a more details discussion
-	#
-	# select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
+	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -702,6 +696,7 @@ config SGI_IP27
 
 config SGI_IP28
 	bool "SGI IP28 (Indigo2 R10k)"
+	select ARC_MEMORY
 	select ARC_PROMLIB
 	select FW_ARC
 	select FW_ARC64
@@ -724,14 +719,7 @@ config SGI_IP28
 	select SGI_HAS_ZILOG
 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R10000
-	#
-	# Disable EARLY_PRINTK for now since it leads to overwritten prom
-	# memory during early boot on some machines.
-	#
-	# See http://www.linux-mips.org/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=linux-mips&i=20091119164009.GA15038%40deprecation.cyrius.com
-	# for a more details discussion
-	#
-	# select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
+	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_7
diff --git a/arch/mips/fw/arc/memory.c b/arch/mips/fw/arc/memory.c
index b4328b3b5288..dbbcddc82823 100644
--- a/arch/mips/fw/arc/memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/fw/arc/memory.c
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ void __init prom_meminit(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void __weak __init prom_cleanup(void)
+{
+}
+
 void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -169,4 +173,9 @@ void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
 		free_init_pages("prom memory",
 			prom_mem_base[i], prom_mem_base[i] + prom_mem_size[i]);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * at this point it isn't safe to call PROM functions
+	 * give platforms a way to do PROM cleanups
+	 */
+	prom_cleanup();
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h
index 34d62229dea5..a9250f5c964f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/bootinfo.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ extern void detect_memory_region(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t sz_min,  phys_ad
 
 extern void prom_init(void);
 extern void prom_free_prom_memory(void);
+extern void prom_cleanup(void);
 
 extern void free_init_pages(const char *what,
 			    unsigned long begin, unsigned long end);
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip22/spaces.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip22/spaces.h
index 78d0335f5f2e..24fe92cb5313 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip22/spaces.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ip22/spaces.h
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@
 
 #define PHYS_OFFSET     _AC(0x08000000, UL)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-
-#define CAC_BASE		0xffffffff80000000
-#define IO_BASE			0xffffffffa0000000
-#define UNCAC_BASE		0xffffffffa0000000
-#define MAP_BASE		0xc000000000000000
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
-
 #include <asm/mach-generic/spaces.h>
 
 #endif /* __ASM_MACH_IP22_SPACES_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-mc.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-mc.c
index 1944d41507ef..74e5b9e27d6c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-mc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-mc.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -40,70 +41,36 @@ static inline unsigned int get_bank_config(int bank)
 	return bank % 2 ? res & 0xffff : res >> 16;
 }
 
-struct mem {
-	unsigned long addr;
-	unsigned long size;
-};
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_SGI_IP28) || defined(CONFIG_32BIT)
+static void __init probe_memory(void)
+{
+	/* prom detects all usable memory */
+}
+#else
 /*
- * Detect installed memory, do some sanity checks and notify kernel about it
+ * Detect installed memory, which PROM misses
  */
 static void __init probe_memory(void)
 {
-	int i, j, found, cnt = 0;
-	struct mem bank[4];
-	struct mem space[2] = {{SGIMC_SEG0_BADDR, 0}, {SGIMC_SEG1_BADDR, 0}};
+	unsigned long addr, size;
+	int i;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "MC: Probing memory configuration:\n");
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bank); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		unsigned int tmp = get_bank_config(i);
 		if (!(tmp & SGIMC_MCONFIG_BVALID))
 			continue;
 
-		bank[cnt].size = get_bank_size(tmp);
-		bank[cnt].addr = get_bank_addr(tmp);
+		size = get_bank_size(tmp);
+		addr = get_bank_addr(tmp);
 		printk(KERN_INFO " bank%d: %3ldM @ %08lx\n",
-			i, bank[cnt].size / 1024 / 1024, bank[cnt].addr);
-		cnt++;
-	}
+			i, size / 1024 / 1024, addr);
 
-	/* And you thought bubble sort is dead algorithm... */
-	do {
-		unsigned long addr, size;
-
-		found = 0;
-		for (i = 1; i < cnt; i++)
-			if (bank[i-1].addr > bank[i].addr) {
-				addr = bank[i].addr;
-				size = bank[i].size;
-				bank[i].addr = bank[i-1].addr;
-				bank[i].size = bank[i-1].size;
-				bank[i-1].addr = addr;
-				bank[i-1].size = size;
-				found = 1;
-			}
-	} while (found);
-
-	/* Figure out how are memory banks mapped into spaces */
-	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-		found = 0;
-		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(space) && !found; j++)
-			if (space[j].addr + space[j].size == bank[i].addr) {
-				space[j].size += bank[i].size;
-				found = 1;
-			}
-		/* There is either hole or overlapping memory */
-		if (!found)
-			printk(KERN_CRIT "MC: Memory configuration mismatch "
-					 "(%08lx), expect Bus Error soon\n",
-					 bank[i].addr);
+		if (addr >= SGIMC_SEG1_BADDR)
+			memblock_add(addr, size);
 	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(space); i++)
-		if (space[i].size)
-			add_memory_region(space[i].addr, space[i].size,
-					  BOOT_MEM_RAM);
 }
+#endif
 
 void __init sgimc_init(void)
 {
@@ -205,10 +172,9 @@ void __init sgimc_init(void)
 	probe_memory();
 }
 
-void __init prom_meminit(void) {}
-void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
-{
 #ifdef CONFIG_SGI_IP28
+void __init prom_cleanup(void)
+{
 	u32 mconfig1;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	spinlock_t lock;
@@ -233,5 +199,5 @@ void __init prom_free_prom_memory(void)
 	sgimc->mconfig1 = mconfig1;
 	iob();
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock, flags);
-#endif
 }
+#endif
