diff --git a/Config.in.app-image b/Config.in.app-image
index 0dbda3ab1..312cb3f4e 100644
--- a/Config.in.app-image
+++ b/Config.in.app-image
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ menu "Demo Application Image Storage Setup"
 
 config IMG_ADDRESS
 	string "Flash Offset for Demo-App"
-	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH
+	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 	default "0x00008400" if DATAFLASH
 	default "0x00040000" if NANDFLASH
 	default	"0x00000000" if SDCARD
 
 config IMG_SIZE
 	string "Demo-App Image Size"
-	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH
+	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 	default	"0x00010000"	if LOAD_64KB
 	default	"0x00100000"	if LOAD_1MB
 	default	"0x00400000"	if LOAD_4MB
diff --git a/Config.in.kernel b/Config.in.kernel
index f10488b4d..67dfb3deb 100644
--- a/Config.in.kernel
+++ b/Config.in.kernel
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ config LINUX_KERNEL_ARG_STRING_FILE
 endif
 
 config IMG_ADDRESS
-	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH
+	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 	string "Flash Offset for Linux Kernel Image"
 	default "0x00200000" if FLASH
 	default "0x00040000" if DATAFLASH
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ config OF_LIBFDT
 
 config OF_OVERRIDE_DTB_NAME
 	string "Override Flattened Device Tree Blob filename"
-	depends on OF_LIBFDT && SDCARD
+	depends on OF_LIBFDT && (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 
 config OF_OFFSET
 	string "The Offset of Flash Device Tree Blob"
-	depends on OF_LIBFDT && (DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH)
+	depends on OF_LIBFDT && (DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS))
 	default "0x00008400" if DATAFLASH
 	default "0x00180000" if NANDFLASH
 	default "0x00100000" if FLASH
diff --git a/Config.in.u-boot b/Config.in.u-boot
index f65b207e6..0dad71c4f 100644
--- a/Config.in.u-boot
+++ b/Config.in.u-boot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ menu "U-Boot Image Storage Setup"
 
 config IMG_ADDRESS
 	string "Flash Offset for U-Boot"
-	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH
+	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 	default "0x00008000" if FLASH
 	default "0x00008000" if DATAFLASH
 	default "0x00040000" if NANDFLASH
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config IMG_ADDRESS
 
 config IMG_SIZE
 	string "U-Boot Image Size"
-	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH
+	depends on DATAFLASH || FLASH || NANDFLASH || (SDCARD && !FATFS)
 	default	"0x000a0000"
 	help
 	  at91bootstrap will copy this size of U-Boot image
diff --git a/driver/Config.in.nvm b/driver/Config.in.nvm
index 5fa474b87..90dc7e49b 100644
--- a/driver/Config.in.nvm
+++ b/driver/Config.in.nvm
@@ -112,9 +112,12 @@ config SDHC_8BIT_SUPPORT
 	  used for another interface.
 
 config FATFS
-	bool
+	bool "Load image from FAT partition"
 	depends on SDCARD
 	default y if SDCARD
+	help
+	  Load next stage image from FAT12/16/32 partition. Otherwise from raw
+	  block device, image offset must be a multiple 512 bytes.
 
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/driver/common.c b/driver/common.c
index 5a7598a9d..306667643 100644
--- a/driver/common.c
+++ b/driver/common.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 load_function load_image;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && defined(CONFIG_FATFS)
 char filename[FILENAME_BUF_LEN];
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 char of_filename[FILENAME_BUF_LEN];
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ load_function get_image_load_func(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH) || (defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && !defined(CONFIG_FATFS))
 unsigned int get_image_load_offset(unsigned int addr)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLASH
 	return (addr | 0x10000000);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_SDCARD)
 	return addr;
 #endif
 }
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ unsigned int get_image_load_offset(unsigned int addr)
 void init_load_image(struct image_info *image)
 {
 	memset(image,		0, sizeof(*image));
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && defined(CONFIG_FATFS)
 	memset(filename,	0, FILENAME_BUF_LEN);
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 	memset(of_filename,	0, FILENAME_BUF_LEN);
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH) || (defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && !defined(CONFIG_FATFS))
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_LOAD_LINUX) && !defined(CONFIG_LOAD_ANDROID)
 	image->length = IMG_SIZE;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void init_load_image(struct image_info *image)
 	image->of_dest = (unsigned char *)OF_ADDRESS;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && defined(CONFIG_FATFS)
 	image->filename = filename;
 	strcpy(image->filename, IMAGE_NAME);
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
diff --git a/driver/sdcard.c b/driver/sdcard.c
index 0fbb19212..ee8a2197b 100644
--- a/driver/sdcard.c
+++ b/driver/sdcard.c
@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@
 
 #include "string.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FATFS
 #include "ff.h"
+#else
+#include "media.h"
+#include "fdt.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "debug.h"
 
 #define CHUNK_SIZE	0x40000
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FATFS
 static int sdcard_loadimage(char *filename, BYTE *dest)
 {
 	FIL 	file;
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ static int sdcard_read_cmd(char *cmdline_file, char *cmdline_args)
 		ret = -1;
 		goto read_fail;
 	}
-        
+
         ret = 0;
 
 read_fail:
@@ -92,11 +98,43 @@ static int sdcard_read_cmd(char *cmdline_file, char *cmdline_args)
 
 }
 #endif
+#else
+#if defined(CONFIG_LOAD_LINUX) || defined(CONFIG_LOAD_ANDROID)
+static int update_image_length(unsigned int offset,
+			       unsigned char *dest,
+			       unsigned char flag)
+{
+	unsigned int length = 512;
+	int ret;
+
+	dbg_info("SD/MMC: update image length from image\n");
+
+	memcpy(dest, (const char *)offset, length);
+
+	if (flag == KERNEL_IMAGE)
+		return kernel_size(dest);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
+	else {
+		ret = check_dt_blob_valid((void *)dest);
+		if (!ret)
+			return of_get_dt_total_size((void *)dest);
+	}
+#endif
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
 
 int load_sdcard(struct image_info *image)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FATFS
 	FATFS	fs;
 	FRESULT	fret;
+#else
+	unsigned int start_block;
+	unsigned int block_count;
+#endif
 	int	ret;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AT91_MCI
@@ -113,6 +151,7 @@ int load_sdcard(struct image_info *image)
 	at91_sdhc_hw_init();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FATFS
 	/* mount fs */
 	fret = f_mount(0, &fs);
 	if (fret != FR_OK) {
@@ -171,4 +210,54 @@ int load_sdcard(struct image_info *image)
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+#else
+	ret = sdcard_initialize();
+	if (ret) {
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_LOAD_LINUX) || defined(CONFIG_LOAD_ANDROID)
+	int length = update_image_length(image->offset, image->dest, KERNEL_IMAGE);
+	if (length == -1)
+		return -1;
+
+	image->length = length;
+#endif
+
+	dbg_info("SD/MMC: Copy %x bytes from %x to %x\n",
+		 image->length, image->offset, image->dest);
+
+	start_block = image->offset / 512;
+	block_count = (image->length + 511) / 512;
+
+	ret = sdcard_block_read(start_block, block_count, image->dest);
+	ret = ret == block_count ? 0 : -1;
+	if (ret) {
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
+	if(image->of_dest) {
+		length = update_image_length(image->of_offset,
+						image->of_dest, DT_BLOB);
+		if (length == -1)
+			return -1;
+
+		image->of_length = length;
+
+		dbg_info("SD/MMC: dt blob: Copy %x bytes from %x to %x\n",
+			image->of_length, image->of_offset, image->of_dest);
+
+		start_block = image->of_offset / 512;
+		block_count = (image->of_length + 511) / 512;
+
+		ret = sdcard_block_read(start_block, block_count, image->of_dest);
+		ret = ret == block_count ? 0 : -1;
+		if (ret) {
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 79eb73755..b32751cab 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ enum {
 /* structure definition */
 struct image_info
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH) || (defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && !defined(CONFIG_FATFS))
 	unsigned int offset;
 	unsigned int length;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && defined(CONFIG_FATFS)
 	char *filename;
 #ifdef CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDLINE_FROM_EXT_FILE
 	char *cmdline_file;
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ struct image_info
 	unsigned char *dest;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
-#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH) || (defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && !defined(CONFIG_FATFS))
 	unsigned int of_offset;
 	unsigned int of_length;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDCARD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && defined(CONFIG_FATFS)
 	char *of_filename;
 #endif
 	unsigned char *of_dest;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ typedef int (*load_function)(struct image_info *image);
 
 load_function get_image_load_func(void);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH)
+#if defined(CONFIG_DATAFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_NANDFLASH) || defined(CONFIG_FLASH) || (defined(CONFIG_SDCARD) && !defined(CONFIG_FATFS))
 unsigned int get_image_load_offset(unsigned int addr);
 #endif