diff -uprN u-boot-orig/lib_avr32/board.c u-boot/lib_avr32/board.c
--- u-boot-orig/lib_avr32/board.c	2007-01-01 19:26:46.000000000 +0100
+++ u-boot/lib_avr32/board.c	2007-01-05 13:29:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/initcalls.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
 #define CONFIG_IDENT_STRING ""
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ void start_u_boot (void)
 {
 	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 	gd_t gd_data;
+#if defined(CONFIG_VFD) || defined(CONFIG_LCD)
+	unsigned long size;
+	unsigned long addr;
+#endif
 
 	/* Initialize the global data pointer */
 	memset(&gd_data, 0, sizeof(gd_data));
@@ -172,9 +177,38 @@ void start_u_boot (void)
 	if (!gd->bd->bi_boot_params)
 		puts("WARNING: Cannot allocate space for boot parameters\n");
 
+#if CONFIG_SPI
+	board_init_spi();
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_VFD
+	/*
+	 * reserve memory for VFD display (always full pages)
+	 */
+	/* bss_end is defined in the board-specific linker script */
+	addr = CFG_LCD_BASE;
+	size = vfd_setmem(addr);
+	gd->fb_base = addr;
+#endif /* CONFIG_VFD */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LCD
+	/*
+	 * reserve memory for LCD display (always full pages)
+	 */
+	/* bss_end is defined in the board-specific linker script */
+	addr = CFG_LCD_BASE;
+	size = lcd_setmem(addr);
+	gd->fb_base = addr;
+#endif /* CONFIG_LCD */
+
 	/* initialize environment */
 	env_relocate();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VFD
+	/* must do this after the framebuffer is allocated */
+	drv_vfd_init();
+#endif /* CONFIG_VFD */
+
 	devices_init();
 	jumptable_init();
 	console_init_r();