--- /dev/null
+
+extern struct platform_device mxc_gpt1;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_gpt2;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_gpt3;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_gpt4;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_gpt5;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_wdt;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_irda_device;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device0;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device1;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device2;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device3;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device4;
+extern struct platform_device mxc_uart_device5;
+
 
 #include <mach/iomux-mx1-mx2.h>
 #include <mach/board-mx27ads.h>
 
+#include "devices.h"
+
 /* ADS's NOR flash */
 static struct physmap_flash_data mx27ads_flash_data = {
        .width = 2,
 
 static void __init mx27ads_board_init(void)
 {
-       int i;
-
        gpio_fec_active();
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
-               imx_init_uart(i, &uart_pdata[i]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device0, &uart_pdata[0]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device1, &uart_pdata[1]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device2, &uart_pdata[2]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device3, &uart_pdata[3]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device4, &uart_pdata[4]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device5, &uart_pdata[5]);
 
        platform_add_devices(platform_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(platform_devices));
 }
 
 #include <mach/imx-uart.h>
 #include <mach/board-pcm038.h>
 
+#include "devices.h"
+
 /*
  * Phytec's phyCORE-i.MX27 comes with 32MiB flash,
  * 16 bit width
 
 static void __init pcm038_init(void)
 {
-       int i;
        gpio_fec_active();
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-               imx_init_uart(i, &uart_pdata[i]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device0, &uart_pdata[0]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device1, &uart_pdata[1]);
+       mxc_register_device(&mxc_uart_device2, &uart_pdata[2]);
 
        platform_add_devices(platform_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(platform_devices));
 
 
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device0 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device0 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 0,
        .resource = uart0,
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device1 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device1 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 1,
        .resource = uart1,
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device2 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device2 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 2,
        .resource = uart2,
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device3 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device3 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 3,
        .resource = uart3,
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device4 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device4 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 4,
        .resource = uart4,
        },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device mxc_uart_device5 = {
+struct platform_device mxc_uart_device5 = {
        .name = "imx-uart",
        .id = 5,
        .resource = uart5,
        .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(uart5),
 };
-
-/*
- * Register only those UARTs that physically exists
- */
-int __init imx_init_uart(int uart_no, struct imxuart_platform_data *pdata)
-{
-       switch (uart_no) {
-       case 0:
-               mxc_uart_device0.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device0);
-               break;
-       case 1:
-               mxc_uart_device1.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device1);
-               break;
-#ifndef CONFIG_MXC_IRDA
-       case 2:
-               mxc_uart_device2.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device2);
-               break;
-#endif
-       case 3:
-               mxc_uart_device3.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device3);
-               break;
-       case 4:
-               mxc_uart_device4.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device4);
-               break;
-       case 5:
-               mxc_uart_device5.dev.platform_data = pdata;
-               platform_device_register(&mxc_uart_device5);
-               break;
-       default:
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
-
-       return 0;
-}