3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 5bfd584929c8..f0f90f06f84b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1014,7 +1014,6 @@ config ARCH_MULTI_V7
         bool "ARMv7 based platforms (Cortex-A, PJ4, Krait)"
         default y
         select ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7
-        select ARCH_VEXPRESS
         select CPU_V7
 
 config ARCH_MULTI_V6_V7
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
index 70f1bdeb241b..5af04f6daa33 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ struct machine_desc * __init setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys)
         unsigned long dt_root;
         const char *model;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
+        DT_MACHINE_START(GENERIC_DT, "Generic DT based system")
+        MACHINE_END
+
+        mdesc_best = (struct machine_desc *)&__mach_desc_GENERIC_DT;
+#endif
+
         if (!dt_phys)
                 return NULL;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 3f6cbb2e3eda..08a627b61b7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
@@ -640,9 +641,19 @@ struct screen_info screen_info = {
 
 static int __init customize_machine(void)
 {
-        /* customizes platform devices, or adds new ones */
+        /*
+         * customizes platform devices, or adds new ones
+         * On DT based machines, we fall back to populating the
+         * machine from the device tree, if no callback is provided,
+         * otherwise we would always need an init_machine callback.
+         */
         if (machine_desc->init_machine)
                 machine_desc->init_machine();
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+        else
+                of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table,
+                                        NULL, NULL);
+#endif
         return 0;
 }
 arch_initcall(customize_machine);