diff --git a/cpu/nios2/sysid.c b/cpu/nios2/sysid.c
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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2004, Psyent Corporation <www.psyent.com>
+ * Scott McNutt <smcnutt@psyent.com>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+
+#if defined (CFG_NIOS_SYSID_BASE)
+
+#include <command.h>
+#include <nios2.h>
+#include <nios2-io.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+
+void display_sysid (void)
+{
+	struct nios_sysid_t *sysid =
+		(struct nios_sysid_t *)CACHE_BYPASS(CFG_NIOS_SYSID_BASE);
+	struct tm t;
+	char asc[32];
+
+	localtime_r ((time_t *)&sysid->timestamp, &t);
+	asctime_r (&t, asc);
+	printf ("SYSID : %08x, %s", sysid->id, asc);
+
+}
+
+int do_sysid (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	display_sysid ();
+	return (0);
+}
+
+U_BOOT_CMD(
+	sysid,	1,	1,	do_sysid,
+	"sysid   - display Nios-II system id\n\n",
+	"\n    - display Nios-II system id\n"
+);
+#endif /* CFG_NIOS_SYSID_BASE */