diff --git a/cpu/i386/sc520.c b/cpu/i386/sc520.c
index c83f0bb..1c4370b 100644
--- a/cpu/i386/sc520.c
+++ b/cpu/i386/sc520.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <config.h>
 #include <pci.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_SC520_SSI
 #include <ssi.h>
+#endif
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/pci.h>
 #include <asm/ic/sc520.h>
@@ -143,7 +145,15 @@
 
 	u32 dram_present=0;
 	u32 dram_ctrl;
-
+#ifdef CFG_SDRAM_DRCTMCTL
+	/* these memory control registers are set up in the assember part,
+	 * in sc520_asm.S, during 'mem_init'.  If we muck with them here,
+	 * after we are running a stack in RAM, we have troubles.  Besides,
+	 * these refresh and delay values are better ? simply specified 
+	 * outright in the include/configs/{cfg} file since the HW designer
+	 * simply dictates it.
+	 */
+#else
 	int val;
 
 	int cas_precharge_delay = CFG_SDRAM_PRECHARGE_DELAY;
@@ -162,6 +172,7 @@
 	} else {
 		val = 3;  /* 62.4us */
 	}
+
 	write_mmcr_byte(SC520_DRCCTL, (read_mmcr_byte(SC520_DRCCTL) & 0xcf) | (val<<4));
 
 	val = read_mmcr_byte(SC520_DRCTMCTL);
@@ -181,13 +192,12 @@
 		val |= 1;
 	}
 	write_mmcr_byte(SC520_DRCTMCTL, val);
-
+#endif
 
 	/* We read-back the configuration of the dram
 	 * controller that the assembly code wrote */
 	dram_ctrl = read_mmcr_long(SC520_DRCBENDADR);
 
-
 	bd->bi_dram[0].start = 0;
 	if (dram_ctrl & 0x80) {
 		/* bank 0 enabled */
@@ -274,7 +284,7 @@
 {
 	int i;
 
-# if 0
+# if 1
 	printf("set_irq(): map INT%c to IRQ%d\n", pci_pin + 'A', irq);
 #endif
 	if (irq < 0 || irq > 15) {
diff --git a/cpu/i386/sc520_asm.S b/cpu/i386/sc520_asm.S
index 80464fa..e1fa37a 100644
--- a/cpu/i386/sc520_asm.S
+++ b/cpu/i386/sc520_asm.S
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 .equ            DRCCFG,     0x0fffef014   /* DRAM bank configuration register */
 .equ            DRCBENDADR, 0x0fffef018   /* DRAM bank ending address register */
 .equ            ECCCTL,     0x0fffef020   /* DRAM ECC control register */
+.equ            ECCINT,     0x0fffefd18   /* DRAM ECC nmi-INT mapping */
 .equ            DBCTL,      0x0fffef040   /* DRAM buffer control register */
 
 .equ            CACHELINESZ, 0x00000010   /* size of our cache line (read buffer) */
@@ -459,6 +460,12 @@
 	incl    %edi
 	loop    cleanuplp
 
+#if defined CFG_SDRAM_DRCTMCTL
+	/* just have your hardware desinger _GIVE_ you what you need here! */
+	movl    $DRCTMCTL, %edi   
+	movb    $CFG_SDRAM_DRCTMCTL,%al
+	movb    (%edi), %al
+#else
 #if defined(CFG_SDRAM_CAS_LATENCY_2T) || defined(CFG_SDRAM_CAS_LATENCY_3T)
 	/* set the CAS latency now since it is hard to do
 	 * when we run from the RAM */
@@ -470,7 +477,8 @@
 #ifdef CFG_SDRAM_CAS_LATENCY_3T
 	orb     $0x10, %al
 #endif
-	movb    %al, (%edi)
+	movb    %al, (%edi) 
+#endif
 #endif
 	movl    $DRCCTL, %edi            /* DRAM Control register */
 	movb    $0x3,%al                 /* Load mode register cmd */
@@ -528,9 +536,49 @@
 	shll	$22, %eax
 	movl	%eax, %ebx
 
-done:	movl	%ebx, %eax
 
-	jmp	*%ebp
+done:	
+	movl	%ebx, %eax
 
+#if CFG_SDRAM_ECC_ENABLE
+	/* A nominal memory test: just a byte at each address line */
+	movl    %eax, %ecx
+	shrl    $0x1, %ecx
+	movl	$0x1, %edi
+memtest0:
+	movb	$0xa5, (%edi)
+	cmpb    $0xa5, (%edi) 
+	jne	out
+	shrl	$1, %ecx
+	andl	%ecx,%ecx
+	jz	set_ecc
+	shll	$1, %edi
+	jmp	memtest0
+
+set_ecc:
+	/* clear all ram with a memset */
+	movl	%eax, %ecx
+	xorl	%esi, %esi
+	xorl	%edi, %edi
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	shrl	$2, %ecx
+	cld
+	rep 	stosl
+			/* enable read, write buffers */
+	movb    $0x11, %al
+	movl    $DBCTL, %edi
+	movb    %al, (%edi)
+			/* enable NMI mapping for ECC */
+	movl    $ECCINT, %edi
+	mov	$0x10, %al
+	movb    %al, (%edi) 
+			/* Turn on ECC */
+	movl    $ECCCTL, %edi
+	mov	$0x05, %al
+	movb    %al, (%edi) 
+#endif
+out:
+	movl	%ebx, %eax
+	jmp	*%ebp
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SC520 */