diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index d66a47fde80..6c847569232 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ config KEXEC
 config CRASH_DUMP
 	bool "Build a kdump crash kernel"
 	depends on PPC64 || 6xx || FSL_BOOKE
-	select RELOCATABLE if PPC64 || FSL_BOOKE
+	select RELOCATABLE if PPC64
+	select DYNAMIC_MEMSTART if FSL_BOOKE
 	help
 	  Build a kernel suitable for use as a kdump capture kernel.
 	  The same kernel binary can be used as production kernel and dump
@@ -777,6 +778,10 @@ source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
 
+config NONSTATIC_KERNEL
+	bool
+	default n
+
 menu "Advanced setup"
 	depends on PPC32
 
@@ -826,23 +831,39 @@ config LOWMEM_CAM_NUM
 	int "Number of CAMs to use to map low memory" if LOWMEM_CAM_NUM_BOOL
 	default 3
 
-config RELOCATABLE
-	bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+config DYNAMIC_MEMSTART
+	bool "Enable page aligned dynamic load address for kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ADVANCED_OPTIONS && FLATMEM && (FSL_BOOKE || PPC_47x)
+	select NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	help
-	  This builds a kernel image that is capable of running at the
-	  location the kernel is loaded at (some alignment restrictions may
-	  exist).
+	  This option enables the kernel to be loaded at any page aligned
+	  physical address. The kernel creates a mapping from KERNELBASE to 
+	  the address where the kernel is loaded. The page size here implies
+	  the TLB page size of the mapping for kernel on the particular platform.
+	  Please refer to the init code for finding the TLB page size.
 
-	  One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
-	  must live at a different physical address than the primary
-	  kernel.
+	  DYNAMIC_MEMSTART is an easy way of implementing pseudo-RELOCATABLE
+	  kernel image, where the only restriction is the page aligned kernel
+	  load address. When this option is enabled, the compile time physical 
+	  address CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START is ignored.
 
-	  Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
-	  it has been loaded at and the compile time physical addresses
-	  CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START is ignored.  However CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
-	  setting can still be useful to bootwrappers that need to know the
-	  load location of the kernel (eg. u-boot/mkimage).
+# Mapping based RELOCATABLE is moved to DYNAMIC_MEMSTART
+# config RELOCATABLE
+#	bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+#	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ADVANCED_OPTIONS && FLATMEM && (FSL_BOOKE || PPC_47x)
+#	help
+#	  This builds a kernel image that is capable of running at the
+#	  location the kernel is loaded at, without any alignment restrictions.
+#
+#	  One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
+#	  must live at a different physical address than the primary
+#	  kernel.
+#
+#	  Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
+#	  it has been loaded at and the compile time physical addresses
+#	  CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START is ignored.  However CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
+#	  setting can still be useful to bootwrappers that need to know the
+#	  load location of the kernel (eg. u-boot/mkimage).
 
 config PAGE_OFFSET_BOOL
 	bool "Set custom page offset address"
@@ -872,7 +893,7 @@ config KERNEL_START_BOOL
 config KERNEL_START
 	hex "Virtual address of kernel base" if KERNEL_START_BOOL
 	default PAGE_OFFSET if PAGE_OFFSET_BOOL
-	default "0xc2000000" if CRASH_DUMP && !RELOCATABLE
+	default "0xc2000000" if CRASH_DUMP && !NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	default "0xc0000000"
 
 config PHYSICAL_START_BOOL
@@ -885,7 +906,7 @@ config PHYSICAL_START_BOOL
 
 config PHYSICAL_START
 	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if PHYSICAL_START_BOOL
-	default "0x02000000" if PPC_STD_MMU && CRASH_DUMP && !RELOCATABLE
+	default "0x02000000" if PPC_STD_MMU && CRASH_DUMP && !NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	default "0x00000000"
 
 config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
@@ -931,6 +952,7 @@ endmenu
 if PPC64
 config RELOCATABLE
 	bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
+	select NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	help
 	  This builds a kernel image that is capable of running anywhere
 	  in the RMA (real memory area) at any 16k-aligned base address.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/44x/iss476-smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/44x/iss476-smp_defconfig
index a6eb6ad05b2..ca00cf750d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/44x/iss476-smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/44x/iss476-smp_defconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/issblk0"
 # CONFIG_PCI is not set
 CONFIG_ADVANCED_OPTIONS=y
-CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_MEMSTART=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kdump.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kdump.h
index bffd062adf7..c9776202d7e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kdump.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kdump.h
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) && !defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL)
 extern void reserve_kdump_trampoline(void);
 extern void setup_kdump_trampoline(void);
 #else
-/* !CRASH_DUMP || RELOCATABLE */
+/* !CRASH_DUMP || !NONSTATIC_KERNEL */
 static inline void reserve_kdump_trampoline(void) { ; }
 static inline void setup_kdump_trampoline(void) { ; }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index 9d7485c7e6f..f149967ee6b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ extern unsigned int HPAGE_SHIFT;
 #define PAGE_OFFSET	ASM_CONST(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)
 #define LOAD_OFFSET	ASM_CONST((CONFIG_KERNEL_START-CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START))
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)
+#if defined(CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL)
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 extern phys_addr_t memstart_addr;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern phys_addr_t kernstart_addr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define MEMORY_START	0UL
-#elif defined(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL)
 #define MEMORY_START	memstart_addr
 #else
 #define MEMORY_START	(PHYSICAL_START + PAGE_OFFSET - KERNELBASE)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 424afb6b8fb..b3ba5163eae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define DBG(fmt...)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 void __init reserve_kdump_trampoline(void)
 {
 	memblock_reserve(0, KDUMP_RESERVE_LIMIT);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void __init setup_kdump_trampoline(void)
 
 	DBG(" <- setup_kdump_trampoline()\n");
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_RELOCATABLE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL */
 
 static int __init parse_savemaxmem(char *p)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index bb7a9c7a4c0..d7a1debda10 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ _ENTRY(_start);
 
 	bl	early_init
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_MEMSTART
 	/*
+	 * Mapping based, page aligned dynamic kernel loading.
+	 *
 	 * r25 will contain RPN/ERPN for the start address of memory
 	 *
 	 * Add the difference between KERNELBASE and PAGE_OFFSET to the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 9f5d210ddf3..d5d78c4ceef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ _ENTRY(__early_start)
 
 	bl	early_init
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_MEMSTART
 	lis	r3,kernstart_addr@ha
 	la	r3,kernstart_addr@l(r3)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 9ce1672afb5..ec50bb96553 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void __init reserve_crashkernel(void)
 
 	crash_size = resource_size(&crashk_res);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	if (crashk_res.start != KDUMP_KERNELBASE)
 		printk("Crash kernel location must be 0x%x\n",
 				KDUMP_KERNELBASE);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 55b4080a821..eca626ea3f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@ unsigned long __init prom_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4,
 	RELOC(of_platform) = prom_find_machine_type();
 	prom_printf("Detected machine type: %x\n", RELOC(of_platform));
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	/* Bail if this is a kdump kernel. */
 	if (PHYSICAL_START > 0)
 		prom_panic("Error: You can't boot a kdump kernel from OF!\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
index 5d4e3fff6d6..388b95e1a00 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void setup_initial_memory_limit(phys_addr_t first_memblock_base,
 {
 	u64 size;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifndef CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL
 	/* We don't currently support the first MEMBLOCK not mapping 0
 	 * physical on those processors
 	 */