diff --git a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
index 57dc1a0065c2..ebda6876d3a9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include <video/broadsheetfb.h>
@@ -306,6 +307,473 @@ static u16 broadsheet_read_reg(struct broadsheetfb_par *par, u16 reg)
 	return broadsheet_get_data(par);
 }
 
+/* functions for waveform manipulation */
+static int is_broadsheet_pll_locked(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
+{
+	return broadsheet_read_reg(par, 0x000A) & 0x0001;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_setup_plls(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
+{
+	int retry_count = 0;
+	u16 tmp;
+
+	/* disable arral saemipu mode */
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0006, 0x0000);
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0010, 0x0004);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0012, 0x5949);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0014, 0x0040);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0016, 0x0000);
+
+	do {
+		if (retry_count++ > 100)
+			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		mdelay(1);
+	} while (!is_broadsheet_pll_locked(par));
+
+	tmp = broadsheet_read_reg(par, 0x0006);
+	tmp &= ~0x1;
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0006, tmp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_setup_spi(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
+{
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0204, ((3 << 3) | 1));
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0x0001);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_setup_spiflash(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						u16 *orig_sfmcd)
+{
+
+	*orig_sfmcd = broadsheet_read_reg(par, 0x0204);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0204, 0);
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0204, ((3 << 3) | 1));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_bit(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						u16 reg, int bitnum, int val,
+						int timeout)
+{
+	u16 tmp;
+
+	do {
+		tmp = broadsheet_read_reg(par, reg);
+		if (((tmp >> bitnum) & 1) == val)
+			return 0;
+		mdelay(1);
+	} while (timeout--);
+
+	return -ETIMEDOUT;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(struct broadsheetfb_par *par, u8 data)
+{
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0202, (data | 0x100));
+
+	return broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_bit(par, 0x0206, 3, 0, 100);
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_read_byte(struct broadsheetfb_par *par, u8 *data)
+{
+	int err;
+	u16 tmp;
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0202, 0);
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_bit(par, 0x0206, 3, 0, 100);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	tmp = broadsheet_read_reg(par, 0x200);
+
+	*data = tmp & 0xFF;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_status(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+								int timeout)
+{
+	u8 tmp;
+	int err;
+
+	do {
+		broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 1);
+
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, 0x05);
+		if (err)
+			goto failout;
+
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_byte(par, &tmp);
+		if (err)
+			goto failout;
+
+		broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+
+		if (!(tmp & 0x1))
+			return 0;
+
+		mdelay(5);
+	} while (timeout--);
+
+	dev_err(par->info->device, "Timed out waiting for spiflash status\n");
+	return -ETIMEDOUT;
+
+failout:
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_op_on_address(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+							u8 op, u32 addr)
+{
+	int i;
+	u8 tmp;
+	int err;
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 1);
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, op);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	for (i = 2; i >= 0; i--) {
+		tmp = ((addr >> (i * 8)) & 0xFF);
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, tmp);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_verify_spiflash(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						int *flash_type)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	u8 sig;
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_op_on_address(par, 0xAB, 0x00000000);
+	if (err)
+		goto failout;
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_byte(par, &sig);
+	if (err)
+		goto failout;
+
+	if ((sig != 0x10) && (sig != 0x11)) {
+		dev_err(par->info->device, "Unexpected flash type\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto failout;
+	}
+
+	*flash_type = sig;
+
+failout:
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_setup_for_wfm_write(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+					u16 *initial_sfmcd, int *flash_type)
+
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = broadsheet_setup_plls(par);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0106, 0x0203);
+
+	err = broadsheet_setup_spi(par);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = broadsheet_setup_spiflash(par, initial_sfmcd);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return broadsheet_verify_spiflash(par, flash_type);
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_write_control(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						int mode)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 1);
+	if (mode)
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, 0x06);
+	else
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, 0x04);
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_erase_sector(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						int addr)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	broadsheet_spiflash_write_control(par, 1);
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_op_on_address(par, 0xD8, addr);
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_status(par, 1000);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_read_range(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						int addr, int size, char *data)
+{
+	int err;
+	int i;
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_op_on_address(par, 0x03, addr);
+	if (err)
+		goto failout;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_byte(par, &data[i]);
+		if (err)
+			goto failout;
+	}
+
+failout:
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+	return err;
+}
+
+#define BS_SPIFLASH_PAGE_SIZE 256
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_write_page(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						int addr, const char *data)
+{
+	int err;
+	int i;
+
+	broadsheet_spiflash_write_control(par, 1);
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_op_on_address(par, 0x02, addr);
+	if (err)
+		goto failout;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BS_SPIFLASH_PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_byte(par, data[i]);
+		if (err)
+			goto failout;
+	}
+
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0208, 0);
+
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_wait_for_status(par, 100);
+
+failout:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_write_sector(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+				int addr, const char *data, int sector_size)
+{
+	int i;
+	int err;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sector_size; i += BS_SPIFLASH_PAGE_SIZE) {
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_page(par, addr + i, &data[i]);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The caller must guarantee that the data to be rewritten is entirely
+ * contained within this sector. That is, data_start_addr + data_len
+ * must be less than sector_start_addr + sector_size.
+ */
+static int broadsheet_spiflash_rewrite_sector(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+					int sector_size, int data_start_addr,
+					int data_len, const char *data)
+{
+	int err;
+	char *sector_buffer;
+	int tail_start_addr;
+	int start_sector_addr;
+
+	sector_buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(char)*sector_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sector_buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* the start address of the sector is the 0th byte of that sector */
+	start_sector_addr = (data_start_addr / sector_size) * sector_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * check if there is head data that we need to readback into our sector
+	 * buffer first
+	 */
+	if (data_start_addr != start_sector_addr) {
+		/*
+		 * we need to read every byte up till the start address of our
+		 * data and we put it into our sector buffer.
+		 */
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_range(par, start_sector_addr,
+						data_start_addr, sector_buffer);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	/* now we copy our data into the right place in the sector buffer */
+	memcpy(sector_buffer + data_start_addr, data, data_len);
+
+	/*
+	 * now we check if there is a tail section of the sector that we need to
+	 * readback.
+	 */
+	tail_start_addr = (data_start_addr + data_len) % sector_size;
+
+	if (tail_start_addr) {
+		int tail_len;
+
+		tail_len = sector_size - tail_start_addr;
+
+		/* now we read this tail into our sector buffer */
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_range(par, tail_start_addr,
+			tail_len, sector_buffer + tail_start_addr);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	/* if we got here we have the full sector that we want to rewrite. */
+
+	/* first erase the sector */
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_erase_sector(par, start_sector_addr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* now write it */
+	err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_sector(par, start_sector_addr,
+					sector_buffer, sector_size);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_write_spiflash(struct broadsheetfb_par *par, u32 wfm_addr,
+				const u8 *wfm, int bytecount, int flash_type)
+{
+	int sector_size;
+	int err;
+	int cur_addr;
+	int writecount;
+	int maxlen;
+	int offset = 0;
+
+	switch (flash_type) {
+	case 0x10:
+		sector_size = 32*1024;
+		break;
+	case 0x11:
+	default:
+		sector_size = 64*1024;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	while (bytecount) {
+		cur_addr = wfm_addr + offset;
+		maxlen = roundup(cur_addr, sector_size) - cur_addr;
+		writecount = min(bytecount, maxlen);
+
+		err = broadsheet_spiflash_rewrite_sector(par, sector_size,
+				cur_addr, writecount, wfm + offset);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		offset += writecount;
+		bytecount -= writecount;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int broadsheet_store_waveform_to_spiflash(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
+						const u8 *wfm, size_t wfm_size)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	u16 initial_sfmcd = 0;
+	int flash_type = 0;
+
+	err = broadsheet_setup_for_wfm_write(par, &initial_sfmcd, &flash_type);
+	if (err)
+		goto failout;
+
+	err = broadsheet_write_spiflash(par, 0x886, wfm, wfm_size, flash_type);
+
+failout:
+	broadsheet_write_reg(par, 0x0204, initial_sfmcd);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static ssize_t broadsheet_loadstore_waveform(struct device *dev,
+						struct device_attribute *attr,
+						const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct fb_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct broadsheetfb_par *par = info->par;
+	const struct firmware *fw_entry;
+
+	if (len < 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = request_firmware(&fw_entry, "broadsheet.wbf", dev);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to get broadsheet waveform\n");
+		goto err_failed;
+	}
+
+	/* try to enforce reasonable min max on waveform */
+	if ((fw_entry->size < 8*1024) || (fw_entry->size > 64*1024)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Invalid waveform\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_failed;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&(par->io_lock));
+	err = broadsheet_store_waveform_to_spiflash(par, fw_entry->data,
+							fw_entry->size);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&(par->io_lock));
+	if (err < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to store broadsheet waveform\n");
+		goto err_failed;
+	}
+
+	dev_info(dev, "Stored broadsheet waveform, size %zd\n", fw_entry->size);
+
+	return len;
+
+err_failed:
+	return err;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(loadstore_waveform, S_IWUSR, NULL,
+			broadsheet_loadstore_waveform);
+
+/* upper level functions that manipulate the display and other stuff */
 static void __devinit broadsheet_init_display(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
 {
 	u16 args[5];
@@ -366,6 +834,21 @@ static void __devinit broadsheet_init_display(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
 	par->board->wait_for_rdy(par);
 }
 
+static void __devinit broadsheet_identify(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
+{
+	u16 rev, prc;
+	struct device *dev = par->info->device;
+
+	rev = broadsheet_read_reg(par, BS_REG_REV);
+	prc = broadsheet_read_reg(par, BS_REG_PRC);
+	dev_info(dev, "Broadsheet Rev 0x%x, Product Code 0x%x\n", rev, prc);
+
+	if (prc != 0x0047)
+		dev_warn(dev, "Unrecognized Broadsheet Product Code\n");
+	if (rev != 0x0100)
+		dev_warn(dev, "Unrecognized Broadsheet Revision\n");
+}
+
 static void __devinit broadsheet_init(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
 {
 	broadsheet_send_command(par, BS_CMD_INIT_SYS_RUN);
@@ -380,6 +863,7 @@ static void broadsheetfb_dpy_update_pages(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
 	u16 args[5];
 	unsigned char *buf = (unsigned char *)par->info->screen_base;
 
+	mutex_lock(&(par->io_lock));
 	/* y1 must be a multiple of 4 so drop the lower bits */
 	y1 &= 0xFFFC;
 	/* y2 must be a multiple of 4 , but - 1 so up the lower bits */
@@ -409,6 +893,7 @@ static void broadsheetfb_dpy_update_pages(struct broadsheetfb_par *par,
 	broadsheet_send_command(par, BS_CMD_WAIT_DSPE_FREND);
 
 	par->board->wait_for_rdy(par);
+	mutex_unlock(&(par->io_lock));
 
 }
 
@@ -416,6 +901,7 @@ static void broadsheetfb_dpy_update(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
 {
 	u16 args[5];
 
+	mutex_lock(&(par->io_lock));
 	args[0] = 0x3 << 4;
 	broadsheet_send_cmdargs(par, BS_CMD_LD_IMG, 1, args);
 
@@ -435,7 +921,7 @@ static void broadsheetfb_dpy_update(struct broadsheetfb_par *par)
 	broadsheet_send_command(par, BS_CMD_WAIT_DSPE_FREND);
 
 	par->board->wait_for_rdy(par);
-
+	mutex_unlock(&(par->io_lock));
 }
 
 /* this is called back from the deferred io workqueue */
@@ -641,6 +1127,8 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	par->read_reg = broadsheet_read_reg;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&par->waitq);
 
+	mutex_init(&par->io_lock);
+
 	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
 
 	info->fbdefio = &broadsheetfb_defio;
@@ -667,13 +1155,20 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto err_free_irq;
 
+	broadsheet_identify(par);
+
 	broadsheet_init(par);
 
 	retval = register_framebuffer(info);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto err_free_irq;
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(dev, info);
 
+	retval = device_create_file(&dev->dev, &dev_attr_loadstore_waveform);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		goto err_unreg_fb;
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO
 	       "fb%d: Broadsheet frame buffer, using %dK of video memory\n",
 	       info->node, videomemorysize >> 10);
@@ -681,6 +1176,8 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_unreg_fb:
+	unregister_framebuffer(info);
 err_free_irq:
 	board->cleanup(par);
 err_cmap:
@@ -701,6 +1198,8 @@ static int __devexit broadsheetfb_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	if (info) {
 		struct broadsheetfb_par *par = info->par;
+
+		device_remove_file(info->dev, &dev_attr_loadstore_waveform);
 		unregister_framebuffer(info);
 		fb_deferred_io_cleanup(info);
 		par->board->cleanup(par);
diff --git a/include/video/broadsheetfb.h b/include/video/broadsheetfb.h
index d65b6689e92c..548d28f4ec67 100644
--- a/include/video/broadsheetfb.h
+++ b/include/video/broadsheetfb.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #define BS_CMD_UPD_FULL		0x33
 #define BS_CMD_UPD_GDRV_CLR	0x37
 
+/* Broadsheet register interface defines */
+#define BS_REG_REV		0x00
+#define BS_REG_PRC		0x02
+
 /* Broadsheet pin interface specific defines */
 #define BS_CS	0x01
 #define BS_DC 	0x02
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ struct broadsheetfb_par {
 	u16 (*read_reg)(struct broadsheetfb_par *, u16 reg);
 	wait_queue_head_t waitq;
 	int panel_index;
+	struct mutex io_lock;
 };
 
 /* board specific routines */