diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/gpio.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/gpio.c
index 94f1776cf312..23ea3d5fa09c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/gpio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/gpio.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  *	04-Oct-2004  BJD  Added irq filter controls for GPIO
  *	05-Nov-2004  BJD  EXPORT_SYMBOL() added for all code
  *	13-Mar-2005  BJD  Updates for __iomem
+ *	26-Oct-2005  BJD  Added generic configuration types
  */
 
 
@@ -58,6 +59,27 @@ void s3c2410_gpio_cfgpin(unsigned int pin, unsigned int function)
 		mask = 3 << S3C2410_GPIO_OFFSET(pin)*2;
 	}
 
+	switch (function) {
+	case S3C2410_GPIO_LEAVE:
+		mask = 0;
+		function = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case S3C2410_GPIO_INPUT:
+	case S3C2410_GPIO_OUTPUT:
+	case S3C2410_GPIO_SFN2:
+	case S3C2410_GPIO_SFN3:
+		if (pin < S3C2410_GPIO_BANKB) {
+			function &= 1;
+			function <<= S3C2410_GPIO_OFFSET(pin);
+		} else {
+			function &= 3;
+			function <<= S3C2410_GPIO_OFFSET(pin)*2;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* modify the specified register wwith IRQs off */
+
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	con  = __raw_readl(base + 0x00);
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/regs-gpio.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/regs-gpio.h
index 2053cbacffc3..cb33d57c146c 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/regs-gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/regs-gpio.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  *    18-11-2004     BJD     Added S3C2440 AC97 controls
  *    10-Mar-2005    LCVR    Changed S3C2410_VA to S3C24XX_VA
  *    28-Mar-2005    LCVR    Fixed definition of GPB10
+ *    26-Oct-2005    BJD     Added generic configuration types
 */
 
 
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@
 /* general configuration options */
 
 #define S3C2410_GPIO_LEAVE   (0xFFFFFFFF)
+#define S3C2410_GPIO_INPUT   (0xFFFFFFF0)
+#define S3C2410_GPIO_OUTPUT  (0xFFFFFFF1)
+#define S3C2410_GPIO_IRQ     (0xFFFFFFF2)	/* not available for all */
+#define S3C2410_GPIO_SFN2    (0xFFFFFFF2)	/* not available on A */
+#define S3C2410_GPIO_SFN3    (0xFFFFFFF3)	/* not available on A */
 
 /* configure GPIO ports A..G */