diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/start.S b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
index 26a5934..90ee7e0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/start.S
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/start.S
@@ -50,18 +50,20 @@
 1:
 #endif
 
-	/* Setup stack- and frame-pointers */
+	/* Establish C runtime stack and frame */
 	mov	%sp, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
 	mov	%fp, %sp
 
-	/* Allocate and zero GD, update SP */
+	/* Allocate reserved area from current top of stack */
 	mov	%r0, %sp
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
-
-	/* Update stack- and frame-pointers */
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
+	/* Set stack below reserved area, adjust frame pointer accordingly */
 	mov	%sp, %r0
 	mov	%fp, %sp
 
+	/* Initialize reserved area - note: r0 already contains address */
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
+
 	/* Zero the one and only argument of "board_init_f" */
 	mov_s	%r0, 0
 	j	board_init_f
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S b/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
index 80548eb..4f2a712 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/crt0.S
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@
 	bic	sp, sp, #7	/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 #endif
 	mov	r0, sp
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
 	mov	sp, r0
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
 
 	mov	r0, #0
 	bl	board_init_f
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/crt0_64.S b/arch/arm/lib/crt0_64.S
index cef1c71..b4fc760 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/crt0_64.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/crt0_64.S
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
 	ldr	x0, =(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR)
 #endif
 	bic	sp, x0, #0xf	/* 16-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
+	mov	x0, sp
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
 	mov	sp, x0
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
 
 	mov	x0, #0
 	bl	board_init_f
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/cpu/start.S b/arch/microblaze/cpu/start.S
index 14f46a8..206be3e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/cpu/start.S
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 	addi	r8, r0, __end
 	mts	rslr, r8
-	/* TODO: Redo this code to call board_init_f_mem() */
+	/* TODO: Redo this code to call board_init_f_*() */
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
 	addi	r1, r0, CONFIG_SPL_STACK_ADDR
 	mts	rshr, r1
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 	ori	r12, r12, 0x1a0
 	mts	rmsr, r12
 
-	/* TODO: Redo this code to call board_init_f_mem() */
+	/* TODO: Redo this code to call board_init_f_*() */
 clear_bss:
 	/* clear BSS segments */
 	addi	r5, r0, __bss_start
diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
index 54787c5..204d0cd 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
@@ -106,14 +106,18 @@
 	stw	r0, 4(sp)
 	mov	fp, sp
 
-	/* Allocate and zero GD, update SP */
+	/* Allocate and initialize reserved area, update SP */
 	mov	r4, sp
-	movhi	r2, %hi(board_init_f_mem@h)
-	ori	r2, r2, %lo(board_init_f_mem@h)
+	movhi	r2, %hi(board_init_f_alloc_reserve@h)
+	ori	r2, r2, %lo(board_init_f_alloc_reserve@h)
 	callr	r2
-
-	/* Update stack- and frame-pointers */
 	mov	sp, r2
+	mov	r4, sp
+	movhi	r2, %hi(board_init_f_init_reserve@h)
+	ori	r2, r2, %lo(board_init_f_init_reserve@h)
+	callr	r2
+
+	/* Update frame-pointer */
 	mov	fp, sp
 
 	/* Call board_init_f -- never returns */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.S b/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.S
index 3dd0557..137afce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.S
@@ -762,8 +762,9 @@
 	bl	cpu_init_f	/* run low-level CPU init code	   (from Flash) */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 	mr	r3, r1
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
 	mr	r1, r3
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
 	li	r0,0
 	stwu	r0, -4(r1)
 	stwu	r0, -4(r1)
@@ -1038,8 +1039,9 @@
 	bl	cpu_init_f	/* run low-level CPU init code	   (from Flash) */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 	mr	r3, r1
-	bl	board_init_f_mem
+	bl	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
 	mr	r1, r3
+	bl	board_init_f_init_reserve
 	stwu	r0, -4(r1)
 	stwu	r0, -4(r1)
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index 5b4ee79..485868f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@
 #endif
 	/* Set up global data */
 	mov	%esp, %eax
-	call	board_init_f_mem
+	call	board_init_f_alloc_reserve
 	mov	%eax, %esp
+	call	board_init_f_init_reserve
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_UART
 	call	debug_uart_init
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c b/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
index 5276ce6..8479af1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_common.c
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
 		/*
 		 * The second time we enter here, adjust the size of malloc()
 		 * pool before relocation. Given gd->malloc_base was adjusted
-		 * after the call to board_init_f_mem() in arch/x86/cpu/start.S,
-		 * we should fix up gd->malloc_limit here.
+		 * after the call to board_init_f_init_reserve() in arch/x86/
+		 * cpu/start.S, we should fix up gd->malloc_limit here.
 		 */
 		gd->malloc_limit += CONFIG_FSP_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN;
 	}