diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
index 8c37f8f..33f7a3d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/psr.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
+#include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 /* 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@
 	local_irq_enable();
 	mdelay(8);
 	local_irq_disable();
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (1);
 	prom_halt();
 	panic("Halt failed!");
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
 
 	p = strchr (reboot_command, '\n');
 	if (p) *p = 0;
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (1);
 	if (cmd)
 		prom_reboot(cmd);
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@
 void machine_power_off(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUN_AUXIO
-	if (auxio_power_register && (!serial_console || scons_pwroff))
+	if (auxio_power_register &&
+	    (strcmp(of_console_device->type, "serial") || scons_pwroff))
 		*auxio_power_register |= AUXIO_POWER_OFF;
 #endif
 	machine_halt();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.c
index 012f983..e3a5376 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -397,6 +397,135 @@
 	return dp;
 }
 
+struct device_node *of_console_device;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_device);
+
+char *of_console_path;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_path);
+
+char *of_console_options;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_options);
+
+extern void restore_current(void);
+
+static void __init of_console_init(void)
+{
+	char *msg = "OF stdout device is: %s\n";
+	struct device_node *dp;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	const char *type;
+	phandle node;
+	int skip, fd;
+
+	of_console_path = prom_early_alloc(256);
+
+	switch (prom_vers) {
+	case PROM_V0:
+	case PROM_SUN4:
+		skip = 0;
+		switch (*romvec->pv_stdout) {
+		case PROMDEV_SCREEN:
+			type = "display";
+			break;
+
+		case PROMDEV_TTYB:
+			skip = 1;
+			/* FALLTHRU */
+
+		case PROMDEV_TTYA:
+			type = "serial";
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			prom_printf("Invalid PROM_V0 stdout value %u\n",
+				    *romvec->pv_stdout);
+			prom_halt();
+		}
+
+		for_each_node_by_type(dp, type) {
+			if (!skip--)
+				break;
+		}
+		if (!dp) {
+			prom_printf("Cannot find PROM_V0 console node.\n");
+			prom_halt();
+		}
+		of_console_device = dp;
+
+		strcpy(of_console_path, dp->full_name);
+		if (!strcmp(type, "serial")) {
+			strcat(of_console_path,
+			       (skip ? ":b" : ":a"));
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+	case PROM_V2:
+	case PROM_V3:
+		fd = *romvec->pv_v2bootargs.fd_stdout;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&prom_lock, flags);
+		node = (*romvec->pv_v2devops.v2_inst2pkg)(fd);
+		restore_current();
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&prom_lock, flags);
+
+		if (!node) {
+			prom_printf("Cannot resolve stdout node from "
+				    "instance %08x.\n", fd);
+			prom_halt();
+		}
+		dp = of_find_node_by_phandle(node);
+		type = of_get_property(dp, "device_type", NULL);
+
+		if (!type) {
+			prom_printf("Console stdout lacks "
+				    "device_type property.\n");
+			prom_halt();
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(type, "display") && strcmp(type, "serial")) {
+			prom_printf("Console device_type is neither display "
+				    "nor serial.\n");
+			prom_halt();
+		}
+
+		of_console_device = dp;
+
+		if (prom_vers == PROM_V2) {
+			strcpy(of_console_path, dp->full_name);
+			switch (*romvec->pv_stdout) {
+			case PROMDEV_TTYA:
+				strcat(of_console_path, ":a");
+				break;
+			case PROMDEV_TTYB:
+				strcat(of_console_path, ":b");
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			const char *path;
+
+			dp = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+			path = of_get_property(dp, "stdout-path", NULL);
+			if (!path) {
+				prom_printf("No stdout-path in root node.\n");
+				prom_halt();
+			}
+			strcpy(of_console_path, path);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	of_console_options = strrchr(of_console_path, ':');
+	if (of_console_options) {
+		of_console_options++;
+		if (*of_console_options == '\0')
+			of_console_options = NULL;
+	}
+
+	prom_printf(msg, of_console_path);
+	printk(msg, of_console_path);
+}
+
 void __init prom_build_devicetree(void)
 {
 	struct device_node **nextp;
@@ -409,6 +538,8 @@
 	allnodes->child = build_tree(allnodes,
 				     prom_getchild(allnodes->node),
 				     &nextp);
+	of_console_init();
+
 	printk("PROM: Built device tree with %u bytes of memory.\n",
 	       prom_early_allocated);
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
index 64c0ed9..f822838 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -146,31 +146,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void __init process_console(char *commands)
-{
-	serial_console = 0;
-	commands += 8;
-	/* Linux-style serial */
-	if (!strncmp(commands, "ttyS", 4))
-		serial_console = simple_strtoul(commands + 4, NULL, 10) + 1;
-	else if (!strncmp(commands, "tty", 3)) {
-		char c = *(commands + 3);
-		/* Solaris-style serial */
-		if (c == 'a' || c == 'b')
-			serial_console = c - 'a' + 1;
-		/* else Linux-style fbcon, not serial */
-	}
-#if defined(CONFIG_PROM_CONSOLE)
-	if (!strncmp(commands, "prom", 4)) {
-		char *p;
-
-		for (p = commands - 8; *p && *p != ' '; p++)
-			*p = ' ';
-		conswitchp = &prom_con;
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 static void __init boot_flags_init(char *commands)
 {
 	while (*commands) {
@@ -187,9 +162,7 @@
 				process_switch(*commands++);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!strncmp(commands, "console=", 8)) {
-			process_console(commands);
-		} else if (!strncmp(commands, "mem=", 4)) {
+		if (!strncmp(commands, "mem=", 4)) {
 			/*
 			 * "mem=XXX[kKmM] overrides the PROM-reported
 			 * memory size.
@@ -341,41 +314,6 @@
 	smp_setup_cpu_possible_map();
 }
 
-static int __init set_preferred_console(void)
-{
-	int idev, odev;
-
-	/* The user has requested a console so this is already set up. */
-	if (serial_console >= 0)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	idev = prom_query_input_device();
-	odev = prom_query_output_device();
-	if (idev == PROMDEV_IKBD && odev == PROMDEV_OSCREEN) {
-		serial_console = 0;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_ITTYA && odev == PROMDEV_OTTYA) {
-		serial_console = 1;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_ITTYB && odev == PROMDEV_OTTYB) {
-		serial_console = 2;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_I_UNK && odev == PROMDEV_OTTYA) {
-		prom_printf("MrCoffee ttya\n");
-		serial_console = 1;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_I_UNK && odev == PROMDEV_OSCREEN) {
-		serial_console = 0;
-		prom_printf("MrCoffee keyboard\n");
-	} else {
-		prom_printf("Confusing console (idev %d, odev %d)\n",
-		    idev, odev);
-		serial_console = 1;
-	}
-
-	if (serial_console)
-		return add_preferred_console("ttyS", serial_console - 1, NULL);
-
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
-console_initcall(set_preferred_console);
-
 extern char *sparc_cpu_type;
 extern char *sparc_fpu_type;
 
@@ -461,7 +399,6 @@
 	prom_cmdline();
 }
 
-int serial_console = -1;
 int stop_a_enabled = 1;
 
 static int __init topology_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/console.c b/arch/sparc/prom/console.c
index 4e6e41d..8d1cfb0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/console.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/console.c
@@ -102,119 +102,3 @@
 	while(prom_nbputchar(c) == -1) ;
 	return;
 }
-
-/* Query for input device type */
-enum prom_input_device
-prom_query_input_device(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int st_p;
-	char propb[64];
-	char *p;
-	int propl;
-
-	switch(prom_vers) {
-	case PROM_V0:
-	case PROM_V2:
-	case PROM_SUN4:
-	default:
-		switch(*romvec->pv_stdin) {
-		case PROMDEV_KBD:	return PROMDEV_IKBD;
-		case PROMDEV_TTYA:	return PROMDEV_ITTYA;
-		case PROMDEV_TTYB:	return PROMDEV_ITTYB;
-		default:
-			return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-		};
-	case PROM_V3:
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&prom_lock, flags);
-		st_p = (*romvec->pv_v2devops.v2_inst2pkg)(*romvec->pv_v2bootargs.fd_stdin);
-		restore_current();
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&prom_lock, flags);
-		if(prom_node_has_property(st_p, "keyboard"))
-			return PROMDEV_IKBD;
-		if (prom_getproperty(st_p, "name", propb, sizeof(propb)) != -1) {
-			if(strncmp(propb, "keyboard", sizeof("serial")) == 0)
-				return PROMDEV_IKBD;
-		}
-		if (prom_getproperty(st_p, "device_type", propb, sizeof(propb)) != -1) {
-		if(strncmp(propb, "serial", sizeof("serial")))
-			return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-		}
-		propl = prom_getproperty(prom_root_node, "stdin-path", propb, sizeof(propb));
-		if(propl > 2) {
-			p = propb;
-			while(*p) p++; p -= 2;
-			if(p[0] == ':') {
-				if(p[1] == 'a')
-					return PROMDEV_ITTYA;
-				else if(p[1] == 'b')
-					return PROMDEV_ITTYB;
-			}
-		}
-		return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-	}
-}
-
-/* Query for output device type */
-
-enum prom_output_device
-prom_query_output_device(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int st_p;
-	char propb[64];
-	char *p;
-	int propl;
-
-	switch(prom_vers) {
-	case PROM_V0:
-	case PROM_SUN4:
-		switch(*romvec->pv_stdin) {
-		case PROMDEV_SCREEN:	return PROMDEV_OSCREEN;
-		case PROMDEV_TTYA:	return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-		case PROMDEV_TTYB:	return PROMDEV_OTTYB;
-		};
-		break;
-	case PROM_V2:
-	case PROM_V3:
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&prom_lock, flags);
-		st_p = (*romvec->pv_v2devops.v2_inst2pkg)(*romvec->pv_v2bootargs.fd_stdout);
-		restore_current();
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&prom_lock, flags);
-		propl = prom_getproperty(st_p, "device_type", propb, sizeof(propb));
-		if (propl == sizeof("display") &&
-			strncmp("display", propb, sizeof("display")) == 0)
-		{
-			return PROMDEV_OSCREEN;
-		}
-		if(prom_vers == PROM_V3) {
-			if(propl >= 0 &&
-			    strncmp("serial", propb, sizeof("serial")) != 0)
-				return PROMDEV_O_UNK;
-			propl = prom_getproperty(prom_root_node, "stdout-path",
-						 propb, sizeof(propb));
-			if(propl == CON_SIZE_JMC &&
-			    strncmp(propb, con_name_jmc, CON_SIZE_JMC) == 0)
-				return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-			if(propl > 2) {
-				p = propb;
-				while(*p) p++; p-= 2;
-				if(p[0]==':') {
-					if(p[1] == 'a')
-						return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-					else if(p[1] == 'b')
-						return PROMDEV_OTTYB;
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			switch(*romvec->pv_stdin) {
-			case PROMDEV_TTYA:	return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-			case PROMDEV_TTYB:	return PROMDEV_OTTYB;
-			};
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		;
-	};
-	return PROMDEV_O_UNK;
-}
diff --git a/arch/sparc/prom/misc.c b/arch/sparc/prom/misc.c
index 1942c7c..37cff5f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/prom/misc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/prom/misc.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	extern void install_linux_ticker(void);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if(!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (1);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&prom_lock, flags);
 	install_obp_ticker();
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUN_AUXIO
 	set_auxio(AUXIO_LED, 0);
 #endif
-	if(!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c
index b00feb0..881a09e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 void machine_power_off(void)
 {
 	sstate_poweroff();
-	if (!serial_console || scons_pwroff) {
+	if (strcmp(of_console_device->type, "serial") || scons_pwroff) {
 		if (power_reg) {
 			/* Both register bits seem to have the
 			 * same effect, so until I figure out
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index 9355750..fd7899b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 void machine_halt(void)
 {
 	sstate_halt();
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (1);
 	if (prom_keyboard)
 		prom_keyboard();
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 void machine_alt_power_off(void)
 {
 	sstate_poweroff();
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette(1);
 	if (prom_keyboard)
 		prom_keyboard();
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	sstate_reboot();
 	p = strchr (reboot_command, '\n');
 	if (p) *p = 0;
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette (1);
 	if (prom_keyboard)
 		prom_keyboard();
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
index 2b2017c..f4e0a9a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,60 @@
 	smp_fill_in_sib_core_maps();
 }
 
+struct device_node *of_console_device;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_device);
+
+char *of_console_path;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_path);
+
+char *of_console_options;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_console_options);
+
+static void __init of_console_init(void)
+{
+	char *msg = "OF stdout device is: %s\n";
+	struct device_node *dp;
+	const char *type;
+	phandle node;
+
+	of_console_path = prom_early_alloc(256);
+	if (prom_ihandle2path(prom_stdout, of_console_path, 256) < 0) {
+		prom_printf("Cannot obtain path of stdout.\n");
+		prom_halt();
+	}
+	of_console_options = strrchr(of_console_path, ':');
+	if (of_console_options) {
+		of_console_options++;
+		if (*of_console_options == '\0')
+			of_console_options = NULL;
+	}
+
+	node = prom_inst2pkg(prom_stdout);
+	if (!node) {
+		prom_printf("Cannot resolve stdout node from "
+			    "instance %08x.\n", prom_stdout);
+		prom_halt();
+	}
+
+	dp = of_find_node_by_phandle(node);
+	type = of_get_property(dp, "device_type", NULL);
+	if (!type) {
+		prom_printf("Console stdout lacks device_type property.\n");
+		prom_halt();
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(type, "display") && strcmp(type, "serial")) {
+		prom_printf("Console device_type is neither display "
+			    "nor serial.\n");
+		prom_halt();
+	}
+
+	of_console_device = dp;
+
+	prom_printf(msg, of_console_path);
+	printk(msg, of_console_path);
+}
+
 void __init prom_build_devicetree(void)
 {
 	struct device_node **nextp;
@@ -1658,6 +1712,8 @@
 	allnodes->child = build_tree(allnodes,
 				     prom_getchild(allnodes->node),
 				     &nextp);
+	of_console_init();
+
 	printk("PROM: Built device tree with %u bytes of memory.\n",
 	       prom_early_allocated);
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
index aafde3d..0f5be82 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -133,33 +133,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static void __init process_console(char *commands)
-{
-	serial_console = 0;
-	commands += 8;
-	/* Linux-style serial */
-	if (!strncmp(commands, "ttyS", 4))
-		serial_console = simple_strtoul(commands + 4, NULL, 10) + 1;
-	else if (!strncmp(commands, "tty", 3)) {
-		char c = *(commands + 3);
-		/* Solaris-style serial */
-		if (c == 'a' || c == 'b') {
-			serial_console = c - 'a' + 1;
-			prom_printf ("Using /dev/tty%c as console.\n", c);
-		}
-		/* else Linux-style fbcon, not serial */
-	}
-#if defined(CONFIG_PROM_CONSOLE)
-	if (!strncmp(commands, "prom", 4)) {
-		char *p;
-
-		for (p = commands - 8; *p && *p != ' '; p++)
-			*p = ' ';
-		conswitchp = &prom_con;
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 static void __init boot_flags_init(char *commands)
 {
 	while (*commands) {
@@ -176,9 +149,7 @@
 				process_switch(*commands++);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (!strncmp(commands, "console=", 8)) {
-			process_console(commands);
-		} else if (!strncmp(commands, "mem=", 4)) {
+		if (!strncmp(commands, "mem=", 4)) {
 			/*
 			 * "mem=XXX[kKmM]" overrides the PROM-reported
 			 * memory size.
@@ -378,44 +349,6 @@
 	paging_init();
 }
 
-static int __init set_preferred_console(void)
-{
-	int idev, odev;
-
-	/* The user has requested a console so this is already set up. */
-	if (serial_console >= 0)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	idev = prom_query_input_device();
-	odev = prom_query_output_device();
-	if (idev == PROMDEV_IKBD && odev == PROMDEV_OSCREEN) {
-		serial_console = 0;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_ITTYA && odev == PROMDEV_OTTYA) {
-		serial_console = 1;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_ITTYB && odev == PROMDEV_OTTYB) {
-		serial_console = 2;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_IRSC && odev == PROMDEV_ORSC) {
-		serial_console = 3;
-	} else if (idev == PROMDEV_IVCONS && odev == PROMDEV_OVCONS) {
-		/* sunhv_console_init() doesn't check the serial_console
-		 * value anyways...
-		 */
-		serial_console = 4;
-		return add_preferred_console("ttyHV", 0, NULL);
-	} else {
-		prom_printf("Inconsistent console: "
-			    "input %d, output %d\n",
-			    idev, odev);
-		prom_halt();
-	}
-
-	if (serial_console)
-		return add_preferred_console("ttyS", serial_console - 1, NULL);
-
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
-console_initcall(set_preferred_console);
-
 /* BUFFER is PAGE_SIZE bytes long. */
 
 extern char *sparc_cpu_type;
@@ -508,5 +441,4 @@
 	prom_cmdline();
 }
 
-int serial_console = -1;
 int stop_a_enabled = 1;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
index 719d676..7d36531 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@
 
 /* for input/keybdev */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sun_do_break);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(serial_console);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(stop_a_enabled);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/prom/console.c b/arch/sparc64/prom/console.c
index 7c25c54..3fafa9a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/prom/console.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/prom/console.c
@@ -73,88 +73,3 @@
 			   P1275_INOUT(3,1),
 			   prom_stdout, s, P1275_SIZE(len));
 }
-
-/* Query for input device type */
-enum prom_input_device
-prom_query_input_device(void)
-{
-	int st_p;
-	char propb[64];
-
-	st_p = prom_inst2pkg(prom_stdin);
-	if(prom_node_has_property(st_p, "keyboard"))
-		return PROMDEV_IKBD;
-	prom_getproperty(st_p, "device_type", propb, sizeof(propb));
-	if(strncmp(propb, "serial", 6))
-		return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-	/* FIXME: Is there any better way how to find out? */	
-	memset(propb, 0, sizeof(propb));
-	st_p = prom_finddevice ("/options");
-	prom_getproperty(st_p, "input-device", propb, sizeof(propb));
-
-	/*
-	 * If we get here with propb == 'keyboard', we are on ttya, as
-	 * the PROM defaulted to this due to 'no input device'.
-	 */
-	if (!strncmp(propb, "keyboard", 8))
-		return PROMDEV_ITTYA;
-
-	if (!strncmp (propb, "rsc", 3))
-		return PROMDEV_IRSC;
-
-	if (!strncmp (propb, "virtual-console", 3))
-		return PROMDEV_IVCONS;
-
-	if (strncmp (propb, "tty", 3) || !propb[3])
-		return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-
-	switch (propb[3]) {
-		case 'a': return PROMDEV_ITTYA;
-		case 'b': return PROMDEV_ITTYB;
-		default: return PROMDEV_I_UNK;
-	}
-}
-
-/* Query for output device type */
-
-enum prom_output_device
-prom_query_output_device(void)
-{
-	int st_p;
-	char propb[64];
-	int propl;
-
-	st_p = prom_inst2pkg(prom_stdout);
-	propl = prom_getproperty(st_p, "device_type", propb, sizeof(propb));
-	if (propl >= 0 && propl == sizeof("display") &&
-	    strncmp("display", propb, sizeof("display")) == 0)
-		return PROMDEV_OSCREEN;
-	if(strncmp("serial", propb, 6))
-		return PROMDEV_O_UNK;
-	/* FIXME: Is there any better way how to find out? */	
-	memset(propb, 0, sizeof(propb));
-	st_p = prom_finddevice ("/options");
-	prom_getproperty(st_p, "output-device", propb, sizeof(propb));
-
-	/*
-	 * If we get here with propb == 'screen', we are on ttya, as
-	 * the PROM defaulted to this due to 'no input device'.
-	 */
-	if (!strncmp(propb, "screen", 6))
-		return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-
-	if (!strncmp (propb, "rsc", 3))
-		return PROMDEV_ORSC;
-
-	if (!strncmp (propb, "virtual-console", 3))
-		return PROMDEV_OVCONS;
-
-	if (strncmp (propb, "tty", 3) || !propb[3])
-		return PROMDEV_O_UNK;
-
-	switch (propb[3]) {
-		case 'a': return PROMDEV_OTTYA;
-		case 'b': return PROMDEV_OTTYB;
-		default: return PROMDEV_O_UNK;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/prom/misc.c b/arch/sparc64/prom/misc.c
index 33c5b7d..68c83ad 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/prom/misc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/prom/misc.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette(1);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	smp_release();
 #endif
 
-	if (!serial_console && prom_palette)
+	if (prom_palette)
 		prom_palette(0);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/prom/tree.c b/arch/sparc64/prom/tree.c
index 17b7ecf..b2c5b12 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/prom/tree.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/prom/tree.c
@@ -304,3 +304,11 @@
 	if (node == -1) return 0;
 	return node;
 }
+
+int prom_ihandle2path(int handle, char *buffer, int bufsize)
+{
+	return p1275_cmd("instance-to-path",
+			 P1275_ARG(1,P1275_ARG_OUT_BUF)|
+			 P1275_INOUT(3, 1),
+			 handle, buffer, P1275_SIZE(bufsize));
+}