diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc_sys.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc_sys.c
--- a/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc_sys.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc_sys.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Maintainer: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>
  *
  * Copyright 2005 Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
+ * Copyright 2005 MontaVista, Inc. by Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
  *
  * 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
@@ -33,10 +34,48 @@ void __init identify_ppc_sys_by_id(u32 i
 	return;
 }
 
-void __init identify_ppc_sys_by_name(char *name)
+static int __init count_sys_specs(void)
 {
-	/* TODO */
-	return;
+	int i = 0;
+	while (strcmp(ppc_sys_specs[i].ppc_sys_name,""))
+		i++;
+	return i;
+}
+
+static int __init find_chip_by_name_and_id(char *name, u32 id)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+	unsigned int j = 0;
+	unsigned int dups = 0;
+	
+	unsigned int matched[count_sys_specs()];
+	
+	while (strcmp(ppc_sys_specs[i].ppc_sys_name,"")) {
+		if (!strcmp(ppc_sys_specs[i].ppc_sys_name, name))
+			matched[j++]=i;
+		i++;
+	}
+	if(j != 0)
+	{    	
+		for(i = 0;i < j;i++)
+		{	
+			if ((ppc_sys_specs[matched[i]].mask & id) == ppc_sys_specs[matched[i]].value)
+			{	
+				ret = matched[i];
+				dups++;
+			}
+		}
+		ret = (dups == 1) ? ret : (-1*dups);  
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void __init identify_ppc_sys_by_name_and_id(char* name, u32 id)
+{
+    int i = find_chip_by_name_and_id(name,id);
+    BUG_ON(i < 0);
+    cur_ppc_sys_spec = &ppc_sys_specs[i];
 }
 
 /* Update all memory resources by paddr, call before platform_device_register */
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/ppc_sys.h b/include/asm-ppc/ppc_sys.h
--- a/include/asm-ppc/ppc_sys.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/ppc_sys.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern struct ppc_sys_spec *cur_ppc_sys_
 
 /* determine which specific SOC we are */
 extern void identify_ppc_sys_by_id(u32 id) __init;
-extern void identify_ppc_sys_by_name(char *name) __init;
+extern void identify_ppc_sys_by_name_and_id(char *name, u32 id) __init;
 
 /* describes all devices that may exist in a given family of processors */
 extern struct platform_device ppc_sys_platform_devices[];