--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ menuconfig MTD
 
 if MTD
 
+menu "OpenWrt specific MTD options"
+
+config MTD_ROOTFS_ROOT_DEV
+	bool "Automatically set 'rootfs' partition to be root filesystem"
+	default y
+
+config MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE
+	bool "Automatically split firmware partition for kernel+rootfs"
+	default y
+
+config MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME
+	string "Firmware partition name"
+	depends on MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE
+	default "firmware"
+
+endmenu
+
 config MTD_TESTS
 	tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
 	depends on m
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include "mtdcore.h"
+#include "mtdsplit/mtdsplit.h"
 
 /* Our partition linked list */
 static LIST_HEAD(mtd_partitions);
@@ -45,13 +47,14 @@ struct mtd_part {
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
+static void mtd_partition_split(struct mtd_info *master, struct mtd_part *part);
+
 /*
  * Given a pointer to the MTD object in the mtd_part structure, we can retrieve
  * the pointer to that structure with this macro.
  */
 #define PART(x)  ((struct mtd_part *)(x))
 
-
 /*
  * MTD methods which simply translate the effective address and pass through
  * to the _real_ device.
@@ -547,8 +550,10 @@ out_register:
 	return slave;
 }
 
-int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
-		      long long offset, long long length)
+
+static int
+__mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
+		    long long offset, long long length, bool dup_check)
 {
 	struct mtd_partition part;
 	struct mtd_part *p, *new;
@@ -580,21 +585,24 @@ int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *m
 	end = offset + length;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(p, &mtd_partitions, list)
-		if (p->master == master) {
-			if ((start >= p->offset) &&
-			    (start < (p->offset + p->mtd.size)))
-				goto err_inv;
-
-			if ((end >= p->offset) &&
-			    (end < (p->offset + p->mtd.size)))
-				goto err_inv;
-		}
+	if (dup_check) {
+		list_for_each_entry(p, &mtd_partitions, list)
+			if (p->master == master) {
+				if ((start >= p->offset) &&
+				    (start < (p->offset + p->mtd.size)))
+					goto err_inv;
+
+				if ((end >= p->offset) &&
+				    (end < (p->offset + p->mtd.size)))
+					goto err_inv;
+			}
+	}
 
 	list_add(&new->list, &mtd_partitions);
 	mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
 
 	add_mtd_device(&new->mtd);
+	mtd_partition_split(master, new);
 
 	return ret;
 err_inv:
@@ -604,6 +612,12 @@ err_inv:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_add_partition);
 
+int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
+		      long long offset, long long length)
+{
+	return __mtd_add_partition(master, name, offset, length, true);
+}
+
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno)
 {
 	struct mtd_part *slave, *next;
@@ -627,6 +641,35 @@ int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *m
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_del_partition);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME
+#define SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME	CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME
+#else
+#define SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME	"unused"
+#endif
+
+static void split_firmware(struct mtd_info *master, struct mtd_part *part)
+{
+}
+
+void __weak arch_split_mtd_part(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
+                                int offset, int size)
+{
+}
+
+static void mtd_partition_split(struct mtd_info *master, struct mtd_part *part)
+{
+	static int rootfs_found = 0;
+
+	if (rootfs_found)
+		return;
+
+	if (!strcmp(part->mtd.name, SPLIT_FIRMWARE_NAME) &&
+	    config_enabled(CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_FIRMWARE))
+		split_firmware(master, part);
+
+	arch_split_mtd_part(master, part->mtd.name, part->offset,
+			    part->mtd.size);
+}
 /*
  * This function, given a master MTD object and a partition table, creates
  * and registers slave MTD objects which are bound to the master according to
@@ -656,6 +699,7 @@ int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *
 		mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
 
 		add_mtd_device(&slave->mtd);
+		mtd_partition_split(master, slave);
 
 		cur_offset = slave->offset + slave->mtd.size;
 	}
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -84,5 +84,7 @@ int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *m
 		      long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);
 uint64_t mtd_get_device_size(const struct mtd_info *mtd);
+extern void __weak arch_split_mtd_part(struct mtd_info *master,
+				       const char *name, int offset, int size);
 
 #endif
