diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8771d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+BIN := vrl4
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: $(BIN)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o $(BIN)
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a1913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/vrl4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/*
+ * vrl4 format generator
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Simon Horman
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * usage: vrl4 < zImage > out
+ *	  dd if=out of=/dev/sdx bs=512 seek=1 # Write the image to sector 1
+ *
+ * Reads a zImage from stdin and writes a vrl4 image to stdout.
+ * In practice this means writing a padded vrl4 header to stdout followed
+ * by the zImage.
+ *
+ * The padding places the zImage at ALIGN bytes into the output.
+ * The vrl4 uses ALIGN + START_BASE as the start_address.
+ * This is where the mask ROM will jump to after verifying the header.
+ *
+ * The header sets copy_size to min(sizeof(zImage), MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN) + ALIGN.
+ * That is, the mask ROM will load the padded header (ALIGN bytes)
+ * And then MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN bytes of the image, or the entire image,
+ * whichever is smaller.
+ *
+ * The zImage is not modified in any way.
+ */
+
+#define _BSD_SOURCE
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+struct hdr {
+	uint32_t magic1;
+	uint32_t reserved1;
+	uint32_t magic2;
+	uint32_t reserved2;
+	uint16_t copy_size;
+	uint16_t boot_options;
+	uint32_t reserved3;
+	uint32_t start_address;
+	uint32_t reserved4;
+	uint32_t reserved5;
+	char     reserved6[308];
+};
+
+#define DECLARE_HDR(h)					\
+	struct hdr (h) = {				\
+		.magic1 =	htole32(0xea000000),	\
+		.reserved1 =	htole32(0x56),		\
+		.magic2 =	htole32(0xe59ff008),	\
+		.reserved3 =	htole16(0x1) }
+
+/* Align to 512 bytes, the MMCIF sector size */
+#define ALIGN_BITS	9
+#define ALIGN		(1 << ALIGN_BITS)
+
+#define START_BASE	0xe55b0000
+
+/*
+ * With an alignment of 512 the header uses the first sector.
+ * There is a 128 sector (64kbyte) limit on the data loaded by the mask ROM.
+ * So there are 127 sectors left for the boot programme. But in practice
+ * Only a small portion of a zImage is needed, 16 sectors should be more
+ * than enough.
+ *
+ * Note that this sets how much of the zImage is copied by the mask ROM.
+ * The entire zImage is present after the header and is loaded
+ * by the code in the boot program (which is the first portion of the zImage).
+ */
+#define	MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN (16 * 512)
+
+#define ROUND_UP(x)	((x + ALIGN - 1) & ~(ALIGN - 1))
+
+ssize_t do_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	size_t offset = 0;
+	ssize_t l;
+
+	while (offset < count) {
+		l = read(fd, buf + offset, count - offset);
+		if (!l)
+			break;
+		if (l < 0) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+				continue;
+			perror("read");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		offset += l;
+	}
+
+	return offset;
+}
+
+ssize_t do_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	size_t offset = 0;
+	ssize_t l;
+
+	while (offset < count) {
+		l = write(fd, buf + offset, count - offset);
+		if (l < 0) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
+				continue;
+			perror("write");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		offset += l;
+	}
+
+	return offset;
+}
+
+ssize_t write_zero(int fd, size_t len)
+{
+	size_t i = len;
+
+	while (i--) {
+		const char x = 0;
+		if (do_write(fd, &x, 1) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	DECLARE_HDR(hdr);
+	char boot_program[MAX_BOOT_PROG_LEN];
+	size_t aligned_hdr_len, alligned_prog_len;
+	ssize_t prog_len;
+
+	prog_len = do_read(0, boot_program, sizeof(boot_program));
+	if (prog_len <= 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	aligned_hdr_len = ROUND_UP(sizeof(hdr));
+	hdr.start_address = htole32(START_BASE + aligned_hdr_len);
+	alligned_prog_len = ROUND_UP(prog_len);
+	hdr.copy_size = htole16(aligned_hdr_len + alligned_prog_len);
+
+	if (do_write(1, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	if (write_zero(1, aligned_hdr_len - sizeof(hdr)) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (do_write(1, boot_program, prog_len) < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Write out the rest of the kernel */
+	while (1) {
+		prog_len = do_read(0, boot_program, sizeof(boot_program));
+		if (prog_len < 0)
+			return 1;
+		if (prog_len == 0)
+			break;
+		if (do_write(1, boot_program, prog_len) < 0)
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efff8ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm/SH-Mobile/zboot-rom-mmcif.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+ROM-able zImage boot from MMC
+-----------------------------
+
+An ROM-able zImage compiled with ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF may be written to MMC and
+SuperH Mobile ARM will to boot directly from the MMCIF hardware block.
+
+This is achieved by the mask ROM loading the first portion of the image into
+MERAM and then jumping to it. This portion contains loader code which
+copies the entire image to SDRAM and jumps to it. From there the zImage
+boot code proceeds as normal, uncompressing the image into its final
+location and then jumping to it.
+
+This code has been tested on an AP4EB board using the developer 1A eMMC
+boot mode which is configured using the following jumper settings.
+The board used for testing required a patched mask ROM in order for
+this mode to function.
+
+   8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+   x|x|x|x|x| |x|
+S4 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
+    | | | | |x| |x on
+
+The zImage must be written to the MMC card at sector 1 (512 bytes) in
+vrl4 format. A utility vrl4 is supplied to accomplish this.
+
+e.g.
+	vrl4 < zImage | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=1
+
+A dual-voltage MMC 4.0 card was used for testing.
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 81c71da..899c77c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1582,6 +1582,18 @@ config ZBOOT_ROM
 	  Say Y here if you intend to execute your compressed kernel image
 	  (zImage) directly from ROM or flash.  If unsure, say N.
 
+config ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF
+	bool "Include MMCIF loader in zImage (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on ZBOOT_ROM && ARCH_SH7372 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
+	  Say Y here to include experimental MMCIF loading code in the
+	  ROM-able zImage. With this enabled it is possible to write the
+	  the ROM-able zImage kernel image to an MMC card and boot the
+	  kernel straight from the reset vector. At reset the processor
+	  Mask ROM will load the first part of the the ROM-able zImage
+	  which in turn loads the rest the kernel image to RAM using the
+	  MMCIF hardware block.
+
 config CMDLINE
 	string "Default kernel command string"
 	default ""
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0a8f748..198007d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,20 @@
 # create a compressed vmlinuz image from the original vmlinux
 #
 
+OBJS		=
+
+# Ensure that mmcif loader code appears early in the image
+# to minimise that number of bocks that have to be read in
+# order to load it.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SH7372),y)
+OBJS		+= mmcif-sh7372.o
+endif
+endif
+
 AFLAGS_head.o += -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 HEAD	= head.o
-OBJS	= misc.o decompress.o
+OBJS	+= misc.o decompress.o
 FONTC	= $(srctree)/drivers/video/console/font_acorn_8x8.c
 
 #
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shmobile.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shmobile.S
index 30973b7..de83c5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shmobile.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head-shmobile.S
@@ -25,6 +25,37 @@
 	/* load board-specific initialization code */
 #include <mach/zboot.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF
+	/* Load image from MMC */
+	adr	sp, __tmp_stack
+	add	sp, sp, #128
+	ldr	r0, __image_start
+	ldr	r1, __image_end
+	subs	r1, r1, r0
+	ldr	r0, __load_base
+	mov	lr, pc
+	b	mmcif_loader
+
+	/* Jump to loaded code */
+	ldr	r0, __loaded
+	ldr	r1, __image_start
+	sub	r0, r0, r1
+	ldr	r1, __load_base
+	add	pc, r0, r1
+
+__image_start:
+	.long	_start
+__image_end:
+	.long	_got_end
+__load_base:
+	.long	CONFIG_MEMORY_START + 0x02000000 @ Load at 32Mb into SDRAM
+__loaded:
+	.long	__loaded
+	.align
+__tmp_stack:
+	.space	128
+#endif /* CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_MMCIF */
+
 	b	1f
 __atags:@ tag #1
 	.long	12			@ tag->hdr.size = tag_size(tag_core);
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/mmcif-sh7372.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/mmcif-sh7372.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c54df5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/mmcif-sh7372.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * sh7372 MMCIF loader
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Magnus Damm
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Simon Horman
+ *
+ * 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/mmc/sh_mmcif.h>
+#include <mach/mmcif.h>
+
+#define MMCIF_BASE      (void __iomem *)0xe6bd0000
+
+#define PORT84CR	0xe6050054
+#define PORT85CR	0xe6050055
+#define PORT86CR	0xe6050056
+#define PORT87CR	0xe6050057
+#define PORT88CR	0xe6050058
+#define PORT89CR	0xe6050059
+#define PORT90CR	0xe605005a
+#define PORT91CR	0xe605005b
+#define PORT92CR	0xe605005c
+#define PORT99CR	0xe6050063
+
+#define SMSTPCR3	0xe615013c
+
+/* SH7372 specific MMCIF loader
+ *
+ * loads the zImage from an MMC card starting from block 1.
+ *
+ * The image must be start with a vrl4 header and
+ * the zImage must start at offset 512 of the image. That is,
+ * at block 2 (=byte 1024) on the media
+ *
+ * Use the following line to write the vrl4 formated zImage
+ * to an MMC card
+ * # dd if=vrl4.out of=/dev/sdx bs=512 seek=1
+ */
+asmlinkage void mmcif_loader(unsigned char *buf, unsigned long len)
+{
+	mmcif_init_progress();
+	mmcif_update_progress(MMCIF_PROGRESS_ENTER);
+
+	/* Initialise MMC
+	 * registers: PORT84CR-PORT92CR
+	 *            (MMCD0_0-MMCD0_7,MMCCMD0 Control)
+	 * value: 0x04 - select function 4
+	 */
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT84CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT85CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT86CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT87CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT88CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT89CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT90CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT91CR);
+	 __raw_writeb(0x04, PORT92CR);
+
+	/* Initialise MMC
+	 * registers: PORT99CR (MMCCLK0 Control)
+	 * value: 0x10 | 0x04 - enable output | select function 4
+	 */
+	__raw_writeb(0x14, PORT99CR);
+
+	/* Enable clock to MMC hardware block */
+	__raw_writel(__raw_readl(SMSTPCR3) & ~(1 << 12), SMSTPCR3);
+
+	mmcif_update_progress(MMCIF_PROGRESS_INIT);
+
+	/* setup MMCIF hardware */
+	sh_mmcif_boot_init(MMCIF_BASE);
+
+	mmcif_update_progress(MMCIF_PROGRESS_LOAD);
+
+	/* load kernel via MMCIF interface */
+	sh_mmcif_boot_do_read(MMCIF_BASE, 2, /* Kernel is at block 2 */
+			      (len + SH_MMCIF_BBS - 1) / SH_MMCIF_BBS, buf);
+
+
+	/* Disable clock to MMC hardware block */
+	__raw_writel(__raw_readl(SMSTPCR3) & (1 << 12), SMSTPCR3);
+
+	mmcif_update_progress(MMCIF_PROGRESS_DONE);
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif-ap4eb.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif-ap4eb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6b10ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif-ap4eb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef MMCIF_AP4EB_H
+#define MMCIF_AP4EB_H
+
+#define PORT185CR      0xe60520b9
+#define PORT186CR      0xe60520ba
+#define PORT187CR      0xe60520bb
+#define PORT188CR      0xe60520bc
+
+#define PORTR191_160DR 0xe6056014
+
+static inline void mmcif_init_progress(void)
+{
+       /* Initialise LEDS1-4
+        * registers: PORT185CR-PORT188CR (LED1-LED4 Control)
+        * value:     0x10 - enable output
+        */
+       __raw_writeb(0x10, PORT185CR);
+       __raw_writeb(0x10, PORT186CR);
+       __raw_writeb(0x10, PORT187CR);
+       __raw_writeb(0x10, PORT188CR);
+}
+
+static inline void mmcif_update_progress(int n)
+{
+	__raw_writel((__raw_readl(PORTR191_160DR) & ~(0xf << 25)) |
+		     (1 << (25 + n)), PORTR191_160DR);
+}
+
+#endif /* MMCIF_AP4EB_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif.h b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0812f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-shmobile/include/mach/mmcif.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef MMCIF_H
+#define MMCIF_H
+
+/**************************************************
+ *
+ *		board specific settings
+ *
+ **************************************************/
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_AP4EVB
+#include "mach/mmcif-ap4eb.h"
+#else
+#error "unsupported board."
+#endif
+
+#endif /* MMCIF_H */
