diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
index 36b92cc..227af6d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <asm-offsets.h>
 #include <config.h>
+#include <asm/asm.h>
 #include <asm/regdef.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
 
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@
 reset:
 
 	/* Clear watch registers */
-	mtc0	zero, CP0_WATCHLO
-	mtc0	zero, CP0_WATCHHI
+	MTC0	zero, CP0_WATCHLO
+	MTC0	zero, CP0_WATCHHI
 
 	/* WP(Watch Pending), SW0/1 should be cleared */
 	mtc0	zero, CP0_CAUSE
@@ -116,21 +117,26 @@
 	mtc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG
 #endif
 
-	/* Initialize $gp */
+	/*
+	 * Initialize $gp, force pointer sized alignment of bal instruction to
+	 * forbid the compiler to put nop's between bal and _gp. This is
+	 * required to keep _gp and ra aligned to 8 byte.
+	 */
+	.align	PTRLOG
 	bal	1f
 	 nop
-	.word	_gp
+	PTR	_gp
 1:
-	lw	gp, 0(ra)
+	PTR_L	gp, 0(ra)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 	/* Initialize any external memory */
-	la	t9, lowlevel_init
+	PTR_LA	t9, lowlevel_init
 	jalr	t9
 	 nop
 
 	/* Initialize caches... */
-	la	t9, mips_cache_reset
+	PTR_LA	t9, mips_cache_reset
 	jalr	t9
 	 nop
 
@@ -140,15 +146,15 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* Set up temporary stack */
-	li	t0, -16
-	li	t1, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
+	PTR_LI	t0, -16
+	PTR_LI	t1, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
 	and	sp, t1, t0		# force 16 byte alignment
-	sub	sp, sp, GD_SIZE		# reserve space for gd
+	PTR_SUB	sp, sp, GD_SIZE		# reserve space for gd
 	and	sp, sp, t0		# force 16 byte alignment
 	move	k0, sp			# save gd pointer
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
-	li	t2, CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
-	sub	sp, sp, t2		# reserve space for early malloc
+	PTR_LI	t2, CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
+	PTR_SUB	sp, sp, t2		# reserve space for early malloc
 	and	sp, sp, t0		# force 16 byte alignment
 #endif
 	move	fp, sp
@@ -158,14 +164,14 @@
 1:
 	sw	zero, 0(t0)
 	blt	t0, t1, 1b
-	 addi	t0, 4
+	 PTR_ADDI t0, 4
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
-	addu	t0, k0, GD_MALLOC_BASE	# gd->malloc_base offset
+	PTR_ADDU t0, k0, GD_MALLOC_BASE	# gd->malloc_base offset
 	sw	sp, 0(t0)
 #endif
 
-	la	t9, board_init_f
+	PTR_LA	t9, board_init_f
 	jr	t9
 	 move	ra, zero
 
@@ -188,14 +194,14 @@
 	move	s0, a1			# save gd in s0
 	move	s2, a2			# save destination address in s2
 
-	li	t0, CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE
-	sub	s1, s2, t0		# s1 <-- relocation offset
+	PTR_LI	t0, CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE
+	PTR_SUB	s1, s2, t0		# s1 <-- relocation offset
 
-	la	t3, in_ram
-	lw	t2, -12(t3)		# t2 <-- __image_copy_end
+	PTR_LA	t3, in_ram
+	PTR_L	t2, -(3 * PTRSIZE)(t3)	# t2 <-- __image_copy_end
 	move	t1, a2
 
-	add	gp, s1			# adjust gp
+	PTR_ADD	gp, s1			# adjust gp
 
 	/*
 	 * t0 = source address
@@ -205,26 +211,26 @@
 1:
 	lw	t3, 0(t0)
 	sw	t3, 0(t1)
-	addu	t0, 4
+	PTR_ADDU t0, 4
 	blt	t0, t2, 1b
-	 addu	t1, 4
+	 PTR_ADDU t1, 4
 
 	/* If caches were enabled, we would have to flush them here. */
-	sub	a1, t1, s2		# a1 <-- size
-	la	t9, flush_cache
+	PTR_SUB	a1, t1, s2		# a1 <-- size
+	PTR_LA	t9, flush_cache
 	jalr	t9
 	 move	a0, s2			# a0 <-- destination address
 
 	/* Jump to where we've relocated ourselves */
-	addi	t0, s2, in_ram - _start
+	PTR_ADDI t0, s2, in_ram - _start
 	jr	t0
 	 nop
 
-	.word	__rel_dyn_end
-	.word	__rel_dyn_start
-	.word	__image_copy_end
-	.word	_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
-	.word	num_got_entries
+	PTR	__rel_dyn_end
+	PTR	__rel_dyn_start
+	PTR	__image_copy_end
+	PTR	_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+	PTR	num_got_entries
 
 in_ram:
 	/*
@@ -233,46 +239,46 @@
 	 * GOT[0] is reserved. GOT[1] is also reserved for the dynamic object
 	 * generated by GNU ld. Skip these reserved entries from relocation.
 	 */
-	lw	t3, -4(t0)		# t3 <-- num_got_entries
-	lw	t8, -8(t0)		# t8 <-- _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
-	add	t8, s1			# t8 now holds relocated _G_O_T_
-	addi	t8, t8, 8		# skipping first two entries
-	li	t2, 2
+	PTR_L	t3, -(1 * PTRSIZE)(t0)	# t3 <-- num_got_entries
+	PTR_L	t8, -(2 * PTRSIZE)(t0)	# t8 <-- _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+	PTR_ADD	t8, s1			# t8 now holds relocated _G_O_T_
+	PTR_ADDI t8, t8, 2 * PTRSIZE	# skipping first two entries
+	PTR_LI	t2, 2
 1:
-	lw	t1, 0(t8)
+	PTR_L	t1, 0(t8)
 	beqz	t1, 2f
-	 add	t1, s1
-	sw	t1, 0(t8)
+	 PTR_ADD t1, s1
+	PTR_S	t1, 0(t8)
 2:
-	addi	t2, 1
+	PTR_ADDI t2, 1
 	blt	t2, t3, 1b
-	 addi	t8, 4
+	 PTR_ADDI t8, PTRSIZE
 
 	/* Update dynamic relocations */
-	lw	t1, -16(t0)		# t1 <-- __rel_dyn_start
-	lw	t2, -20(t0)		# t2 <-- __rel_dyn_end
+	PTR_L	t1, -(4 * PTRSIZE)(t0)	# t1 <-- __rel_dyn_start
+	PTR_L	t2, -(5 * PTRSIZE)(t0)	# t2 <-- __rel_dyn_end
 
 	b	2f			# skip first reserved entry
-	 addi	t1, 8
+	 PTR_ADDI t1, 2 * PTRSIZE
 
 1:
 	lw	t8, -4(t1)		# t8 <-- relocation info
 
-	li	t3, 3
+	PTR_LI	t3, 3
 	bne	t8, t3, 2f		# skip non R_MIPS_REL32 entries
 	 nop
 
-	lw	t3, -8(t1)		# t3 <-- location to fix up in FLASH
+	PTR_L	t3, -(2 * PTRSIZE)(t1)	# t3 <-- location to fix up in FLASH
 
-	lw	t8, 0(t3)		# t8 <-- original pointer
-	add	t8, s1			# t8 <-- adjusted pointer
+	PTR_L	t8, 0(t3)		# t8 <-- original pointer
+	PTR_ADD	t8, s1			# t8 <-- adjusted pointer
 
-	add	t3, s1			# t3 <-- location to fix up in RAM
-	sw	t8, 0(t3)
+	PTR_ADD	t3, s1			# t3 <-- location to fix up in RAM
+	PTR_S	t8, 0(t3)
 
 2:
 	blt	t1, t2, 1b
-	 addi	t1, 8			# each rel.dyn entry is 8 bytes
+	 PTR_ADDI t1, 2 * PTRSIZE	# each rel.dyn entry is 2*PTRSIZE bytes
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear BSS
@@ -280,17 +286,17 @@
 	 * GOT is now relocated. Thus __bss_start and __bss_end can be
 	 * accessed directly via $gp.
 	 */
-	la	t1, __bss_start		# t1 <-- __bss_start
-	la	t2, __bss_end		# t2 <-- __bss_end
+	PTR_LA	t1, __bss_start		# t1 <-- __bss_start
+	PTR_LA	t2, __bss_end		# t2 <-- __bss_end
 
 1:
-	sw	zero, 0(t1)
+	PTR_S	zero, 0(t1)
 	blt	t1, t2, 1b
-	 addi	t1, 4
+	 PTR_ADDI t1, PTRSIZE
 
 	move	a0, s0			# a0 <-- gd
 	move	a1, s2
-	la	t9, board_init_r
+	PTR_LA	t9, board_init_r
 	jr	t9
 	 move	ra, zero