diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 6f36f23..858b0e8 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -183,8 +183,15 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
-$(obj)mkimage$(SFX):	$(obj)crc32.o $(obj)mkimage.o $(obj)image.o $(obj)md5.o $(obj)mkimage.o \
-			$(obj)os_support.o $(obj)sha1.o $(LIBFDT_OBJS)
+$(obj)mkimage$(SFX):	$(obj)crc32.o \
+			$(obj)default_image.o \
+			$(obj)fit_image.o \
+			$(obj)image.o \
+			$(obj)md5.o \
+			$(obj)mkimage.o \
+			$(obj)os_support.o \
+			$(obj)sha1.o \
+			$(LIBFDT_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
@@ -200,6 +207,12 @@
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 # Some files complain if compiled with -pedantic, use FIT_CFLAGS
+$(obj)default_image.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/default_image.c
+	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(obj)fit_image.o: $(SRCTREE)/tools/fit_image.c
+	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
 $(obj)image.o: $(SRCTREE)/common/image.c
 	$(CC) -g $(FIT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
diff --git a/tools/default_image.c b/tools/default_image.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5bad47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/default_image.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2008 Semihalf
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * DENX Software Engineering
+ * Wolfgang Denk, wd@denx.de
+ *
+ * Updated-by: Prafulla Wadaskar <prafulla@marvell.com>
+ *		default_image specific code abstracted from mkimage.c
+ *		some functions added to address abstraction
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include "mkimage.h"
+#include <image.h>
+#include <u-boot/crc.h>
+
+static image_header_t header;
+
+static int image_check_image_types (uint8_t type)
+{
+	if ((type > IH_TYPE_INVALID) && (type < IH_TYPE_FLATDT))
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	else
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+
+static int image_check_params (struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	return	((params->dflag && (params->fflag || params->lflag)) ||
+		(params->fflag && (params->dflag || params->lflag)) ||
+		(params->lflag && (params->dflag || params->fflag)));
+}
+
+static int image_verify_header (unsigned char *ptr, int image_size,
+			struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	uint32_t len;
+	const unsigned char *data;
+	uint32_t checksum;
+	image_header_t header;
+	image_header_t *hdr = &header;
+
+	/*
+	 * create copy of header so that we can blank out the
+	 * checksum field for checking - this can't be done
+	 * on the PROT_READ mapped data.
+	 */
+	memcpy (hdr, ptr, sizeof(image_header_t));
+
+	if (be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_magic) != IH_MAGIC) {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+			"%s: Bad Magic Number: \"%s\" is no valid image\n",
+			params->cmdname, params->imagefile);
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC;
+	}
+
+	data = (const unsigned char *)hdr;
+	len  = sizeof(image_header_t);
+
+	checksum = be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_hcrc);
+	hdr->ih_hcrc = cpu_to_be32(0);	/* clear for re-calculation */
+
+	if (crc32 (0, data, len) != checksum) {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+			"%s: ERROR: \"%s\" has bad header checksum!\n",
+			params->cmdname, params->imagefile);
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE;
+	}
+
+	data = (const unsigned char *)ptr + sizeof(image_header_t);
+	len  = image_size - sizeof(image_header_t) ;
+
+	checksum = be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_dcrc);
+	if (crc32 (0, data, len) != checksum) {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+			"%s: ERROR: \"%s\" has corrupted data!\n",
+			params->cmdname, params->imagefile);
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void image_set_header (void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf, int ifd,
+				struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	uint32_t checksum;
+
+	image_header_t * hdr = (image_header_t *)ptr;
+
+	checksum = crc32 (0,
+			(const unsigned char *)(ptr +
+				sizeof(image_header_t)),
+			sbuf->st_size - sizeof(image_header_t));
+
+	/* Build new header */
+	image_set_magic (hdr, IH_MAGIC);
+	image_set_time (hdr, sbuf->st_mtime);
+	image_set_size (hdr, sbuf->st_size - sizeof(image_header_t));
+	image_set_load (hdr, params->addr);
+	image_set_ep (hdr, params->ep);
+	image_set_dcrc (hdr, checksum);
+	image_set_os (hdr, params->os);
+	image_set_arch (hdr, params->arch);
+	image_set_type (hdr, params->type);
+	image_set_comp (hdr, params->comp);
+
+	image_set_name (hdr, params->imagename);
+
+	checksum = crc32 (0, (const unsigned char *)hdr,
+				sizeof(image_header_t));
+
+	image_set_hcrc (hdr, checksum);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Default image type parameters definition
+ */
+static struct image_type_params defimage_params = {
+	.name = "Default Image support",
+	.header_size = sizeof(image_header_t),
+	.hdr = (void*)&header,
+	.check_image_type = image_check_image_types,
+	.verify_header = image_verify_header,
+	.print_header = image_print_contents,
+	.set_header = image_set_header,
+	.check_params = image_check_params,
+};
+
+void init_default_image_type (void)
+{
+	mkimage_register (&defimage_params);
+}
diff --git a/tools/fit_image.c b/tools/fit_image.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1e612f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fit_image.c
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2008 Semihalf
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * DENX Software Engineering
+ * Wolfgang Denk, wd@denx.de
+ *
+ * Updated-by: Prafulla Wadaskar <prafulla@marvell.com>
+ *		FIT image specific code abstracted from mkimage.c
+ *		some functions added to address abstraction
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include "mkimage.h"
+#include <image.h>
+#include <u-boot/crc.h>
+
+static image_header_t header;
+
+static int fit_verify_header (unsigned char *ptr, int image_size,
+			struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	return fdt_check_header ((void *)ptr);
+}
+
+static int fit_check_image_types (uint8_t type)
+{
+	if (type == IH_TYPE_FLATDT)
+		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	else
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fit_handle_file - main FIT file processing function
+ *
+ * fit_handle_file() runs dtc to convert .its to .itb, includes
+ * binary data, updates timestamp property and calculates hashes.
+ *
+ * datafile  - .its file
+ * imagefile - .itb file
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *     only on success, otherwise calls exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ */
+static int fit_handle_file (struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	char tmpfile[MKIMAGE_MAX_TMPFILE_LEN];
+	char cmd[MKIMAGE_MAX_DTC_CMDLINE_LEN];
+	int tfd;
+	struct stat sbuf;
+	unsigned char *ptr;
+
+	/* Flattened Image Tree (FIT) format  handling */
+	debug ("FIT format handling\n");
+
+	/* call dtc to include binary properties into the tmp file */
+	if (strlen (params->imagefile) +
+		strlen (MKIMAGE_TMPFILE_SUFFIX) + 1 > sizeof (tmpfile)) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Image file name (%s) too long, "
+				"can't create tmpfile",
+				params->imagefile, params->cmdname);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	sprintf (tmpfile, "%s%s", params->imagefile, MKIMAGE_TMPFILE_SUFFIX);
+
+	/* dtc -I dts -O -p 200 datafile > tmpfile */
+	sprintf (cmd, "%s %s %s > %s",
+		MKIMAGE_DTC, params->dtc, params->datafile, tmpfile);
+	debug ("Trying to execute \"%s\"\n", cmd);
+	if (system (cmd) == -1) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: system(%s) failed: %s\n",
+				params->cmdname, cmd, strerror(errno));
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* load FIT blob into memory */
+	tfd = open (tmpfile, O_RDWR|O_BINARY);
+
+	if (tfd < 0) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
+				params->cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	if (fstat (tfd, &sbuf) < 0) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
+				params->cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	ptr = mmap (0, sbuf.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+				tfd, 0);
+	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't read %s: %s\n",
+				params->cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* check if ptr has a valid blob */
+	if (fdt_check_header (ptr)) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Invalid FIT blob\n", params->cmdname);
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* set hashes for images in the blob */
+	if (fit_set_hashes (ptr)) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s Can't add hashes to FIT blob",
+				params->cmdname);
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* add a timestamp at offset 0 i.e., root  */
+	if (fit_set_timestamp (ptr, 0, sbuf.st_mtime)) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't add image timestamp\n",
+				params->cmdname);
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	debug ("Added timestamp successfully\n");
+
+	munmap ((void *)ptr, sbuf.st_size);
+	close (tfd);
+
+	if (rename (tmpfile, params->imagefile) == -1) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't rename %s to %s: %s\n",
+				params->cmdname, tmpfile, params->imagefile,
+				strerror (errno));
+		unlink (tmpfile);
+		unlink (params->imagefile);
+		return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static void fit_set_header (void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf, int ifd,
+				struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	uint32_t checksum;
+
+	image_header_t * hdr = (image_header_t *)ptr;
+
+	checksum = crc32 (0,
+			(const unsigned char *)(ptr +
+				sizeof(image_header_t)),
+			sbuf->st_size - sizeof(image_header_t));
+
+	/* Build new header */
+	image_set_magic (hdr, IH_MAGIC);
+	image_set_time (hdr, sbuf->st_mtime);
+	image_set_size (hdr, sbuf->st_size - sizeof(image_header_t));
+	image_set_load (hdr, params->addr);
+	image_set_ep (hdr, params->ep);
+	image_set_dcrc (hdr, checksum);
+	image_set_os (hdr, params->os);
+	image_set_arch (hdr, params->arch);
+	image_set_type (hdr, params->type);
+	image_set_comp (hdr, params->comp);
+
+	image_set_name (hdr, params->imagename);
+
+	checksum = crc32 (0, (const unsigned char *)hdr,
+				sizeof(image_header_t));
+
+	image_set_hcrc (hdr, checksum);
+}
+
+static int fit_check_params (struct mkimage_params *params)
+{
+	return	((params->dflag && (params->fflag || params->lflag)) ||
+		(params->fflag && (params->dflag || params->lflag)) ||
+		(params->lflag && (params->dflag || params->fflag)));
+}
+
+static struct image_type_params fitimage_params = {
+	.name = "FIT Image support",
+	.header_size = sizeof(image_header_t),
+	.hdr = (void*)&header,
+	.verify_header = fit_verify_header,
+	.print_header = fit_print_contents,
+	.check_image_type = fit_check_image_types,
+	.fflag_handle = fit_handle_file,
+	.set_header = fit_set_header,
+	.check_params = fit_check_params,
+};
+
+void init_fit_image_type (void)
+{
+	mkimage_register (&fitimage_params);
+}
diff --git a/tools/mkimage.c b/tools/mkimage.c
index b0c02eb..c43b207 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage.c
+++ b/tools/mkimage.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * (C) Copyright 2008 Semihalf
  *
- * (C) Copyright 2000-2004
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2009
  * DENX Software Engineering
  * Wolfgang Denk, wd@denx.de
  *
@@ -23,126 +23,223 @@
 
 #include "mkimage.h"
 #include <image.h>
-#include <u-boot/crc.h>
 
-static	void		copy_file (int, const char *, int);
-static	void		usage (void);
-static	int		image_verify_header (char *, int);
-static	void		fit_handle_file (void);
+static void copy_file(int, const char *, int);
+static void usage(void);
 
-char	*datafile;
-char	*imagefile;
-char	*cmdname;
+/* image_type_params link list to maintain registered image type supports */
+struct image_type_params *mkimage_tparams = NULL;
 
-int dflag    = 0;
-int eflag    = 0;
-int fflag    = 0;
-int lflag    = 0;
-int vflag    = 0;
-int xflag    = 0;
-int opt_os   = IH_OS_LINUX;
-int opt_arch = IH_ARCH_PPC;
-int opt_type = IH_TYPE_KERNEL;
-int opt_comp = IH_COMP_GZIP;
-char *opt_dtc = MKIMAGE_DEFAULT_DTC_OPTIONS;
+/* parameters initialized by core will be used by the image type code */
+struct mkimage_params params = {
+	.os = IH_OS_LINUX,
+	.arch = IH_ARCH_PPC,
+	.type = IH_TYPE_KERNEL,
+	.comp = IH_COMP_GZIP,
+	.dtc = MKIMAGE_DEFAULT_DTC_OPTIONS,
+};
 
-image_header_t header;
-image_header_t *hdr = &header;
+/*
+ * mkimage_register -
+ *
+ * It is used to register respective image generation/list support to the
+ * mkimage core
+ *
+ * the input struct image_type_params is checked and appended to the link
+ * list, if the input structure is already registered, error
+ */
+void mkimage_register (struct image_type_params *tparams)
+{
+	struct image_type_params **tp;
+
+	if (!tparams) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: Null input\n",
+			params.cmdname, __FUNCTION__);
+		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* scan the linked list, check for registry and point the last one */
+	for (tp = &mkimage_tparams; *tp != NULL; tp = &(*tp)->next) {
+		if (!strcmp((*tp)->name, tparams->name)) {
+			fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s already registered\n",
+				params.cmdname, tparams->name);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* add input struct entry at the end of link list */
+	*tp = tparams;
+	/* mark input entry as last entry in the link list */
+	tparams->next = NULL;
+
+	debug ("Registered %s\n", tparams->name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * mkimage_get_type -
+ *
+ * It scans all registers image type supports
+ * checks the input type_id for each supported image type
+ *
+ * if successful,
+ * 	returns respective image_type_params pointer if success
+ * if input type_id is not supported by any of image_type_support
+ * 	returns NULL
+ */
+struct image_type_params *mkimage_get_type(int type)
+{
+	struct image_type_params *curr;
+
+	for (curr = mkimage_tparams; curr != NULL; curr = curr->next) {
+		if (curr->check_image_type) {
+			if (!curr->check_image_type (type))
+				return curr;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * mkimage_verify_print_header -
+ *
+ * It scans mkimage_tparams link list,
+ * verifies image_header for each supported image type
+ * if verification is successful, prints respective header
+ *
+ * returns negative if input image format does not match with any of
+ * supported image types
+ */
+int mkimage_verify_print_header (void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf)
+{
+	int retval = -1;
+	struct image_type_params *curr;
+
+	for (curr = mkimage_tparams; curr != NULL; curr = curr->next ) {
+		if (curr->verify_header) {
+			retval = curr->verify_header (
+				(unsigned char *)ptr, sbuf->st_size,
+				&params);
+
+			if (retval == 0) {
+				/*
+				 * Print the image information
+				 * if verify is successful
+				 */
+				if (curr->print_header)
+					curr->print_header (ptr);
+				else {
+					fprintf (stderr,
+					"%s: print_header undefined for %s\n",
+					params.cmdname, curr->name);
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return retval;
+}
 
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ifd = -1;
-	uint32_t checksum;
-	uint32_t addr;
-	uint32_t ep;
 	struct stat sbuf;
 	unsigned char *ptr;
-	char *name = "";
 	int retval = 0;
+	struct image_type_params *tparams = NULL;
 
-	cmdname = *argv;
+	/* Init FIT image generation/list support */
+	init_fit_image_type ();
+	/* Init Default image generation/list support */
+	init_default_image_type ();
 
-	addr = ep = 0;
+	params.cmdname = *argv;
+	params.addr = params.ep = 0;
 
 	while (--argc > 0 && **++argv == '-') {
 		while (*++*argv) {
 			switch (**argv) {
 			case 'l':
-				lflag = 1;
+				params.lflag = 1;
 				break;
 			case 'A':
 				if ((--argc <= 0) ||
-				    (opt_arch = genimg_get_arch_id (*++argv)) < 0)
+					(params.arch =
+					genimg_get_arch_id (*++argv)) < 0)
 					usage ();
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'C':
 				if ((--argc <= 0) ||
-				    (opt_comp = genimg_get_comp_id (*++argv)) < 0)
+					(params.comp =
+					genimg_get_comp_id (*++argv)) < 0)
 					usage ();
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'D':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				opt_dtc = *++argv;
+				params.dtc = *++argv;
 				goto NXTARG;
 
 			case 'O':
 				if ((--argc <= 0) ||
-				    (opt_os = genimg_get_os_id (*++argv)) < 0)
+					(params.os =
+					genimg_get_os_id (*++argv)) < 0)
 					usage ();
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'T':
 				if ((--argc <= 0) ||
-				    (opt_type = genimg_get_type_id (*++argv)) < 0)
+					(params.type =
+					genimg_get_type_id (*++argv)) < 0)
 					usage ();
 				goto NXTARG;
 
 			case 'a':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				addr = strtoul (*++argv, (char **)&ptr, 16);
+				params.addr = strtoul (*++argv,
+					(char **)&ptr, 16);
 				if (*ptr) {
 					fprintf (stderr,
 						"%s: invalid load address %s\n",
-						cmdname, *argv);
+						params.cmdname, *argv);
 					exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 				}
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'd':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				datafile = *++argv;
-				dflag = 1;
+				params.datafile = *++argv;
+				params.dflag = 1;
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'e':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				ep = strtoul (*++argv, (char **)&ptr, 16);
+				params.ep = strtoul (*++argv,
+						(char **)&ptr, 16);
 				if (*ptr) {
 					fprintf (stderr,
 						"%s: invalid entry point %s\n",
-						cmdname, *argv);
+						params.cmdname, *argv);
 					exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 				}
-				eflag = 1;
+				params.eflag = 1;
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'f':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				datafile = *++argv;
-				fflag = 1;
+				params.datafile = *++argv;
+				params.fflag = 1;
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'n':
 				if (--argc <= 0)
 					usage ();
-				name = *++argv;
+				params.imagename = *++argv;
 				goto NXTARG;
 			case 'v':
-				vflag++;
+				params.vflag++;
 				break;
 			case 'x':
-				xflag++;
+				params.xflag++;
 				break;
 			default:
 				usage ();
@@ -151,91 +248,112 @@
 NXTARG:		;
 	}
 
-	if ((argc != 1) ||
-		(dflag && (fflag || lflag)) ||
-		(fflag && (dflag || lflag)) ||
-		(lflag && (dflag || fflag)))
-		usage();
+	if (argc != 1)
+		usage ();
 
-	if (!eflag) {
-		ep = addr;
+	/* set tparams as per input type_id */
+	tparams = mkimage_get_type(params.type);
+	if (tparams == NULL) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: unsupported type %s\n",
+			params.cmdname, genimg_get_type_name(params.type));
+		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * check the passed arguments parameters meets the requirements
+	 * as per image type to be generated/listed
+	 */
+	if (tparams->check_params)
+		if (tparams->check_params (&params))
+			usage ();
+
+	if (!params.eflag) {
+		params.ep = params.addr;
 		/* If XIP, entry point must be after the U-Boot header */
-		if (xflag)
-			ep += image_get_header_size ();
+		if (params.xflag)
+			params.ep += tparams->header_size;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If XIP, ensure the entry point is equal to the load address plus
 	 * the size of the U-Boot header.
 	 */
-	if (xflag) {
-		if (ep != addr + image_get_header_size ()) {
+	if (params.xflag) {
+		if (params.ep != params.addr + tparams->header_size) {
 			fprintf (stderr,
 				"%s: For XIP, the entry point must be the load addr + %lu\n",
-				cmdname,
-				(unsigned long)image_get_header_size ());
+				params.cmdname,
+				(unsigned long)tparams->header_size);
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
 
-	imagefile = *argv;
+	params.imagefile = *argv;
 
-	if (!fflag){
-		if (lflag) {
-			ifd = open (imagefile, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
+	if (!params.fflag){
+		if (params.lflag) {
+			ifd = open (params.imagefile, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY);
 		} else {
-			ifd = open (imagefile,
+			ifd = open (params.imagefile,
 				O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_BINARY, 0666);
 		}
 
 		if (ifd < 0) {
 			fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+				params.cmdname, params.imagefile,
+				strerror(errno));
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (lflag) {
+	if (params.lflag) {
 		/*
 		 * list header information of existing image
 		 */
 		if (fstat(ifd, &sbuf) < 0) {
 			fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+				params.cmdname, params.imagefile,
+				strerror(errno));
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 
-		if ((unsigned)sbuf.st_size < image_get_header_size ()) {
+		if ((unsigned)sbuf.st_size < tparams->header_size) {
 			fprintf (stderr,
-				"%s: Bad size: \"%s\" is no valid image\n",
-				cmdname, imagefile);
+				"%s: Bad size: \"%s\" is not valid image\n",
+				params.cmdname, params.imagefile);
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 
 		ptr = mmap(0, sbuf.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, ifd, 0);
 		if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
 			fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't read %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+				params.cmdname, params.imagefile,
+				strerror(errno));
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 
-		if (!(retval = fdt_check_header (ptr))) {
-			/* FIT image */
-			fit_print_contents (ptr);
-		} else if (!(retval = image_verify_header ((char *)ptr,
-							   sbuf.st_size))) {
-			/* old-style image */
-			image_print_contents ((image_header_t *)ptr);
-		}
+		/*
+		 * scan through mkimage registry for all supported image types
+		 * and verify the input image file header for match
+		 * Print the image information for matched image type
+		 * Returns the error code if not matched
+		 */
+		retval = mkimage_verify_print_header (ptr, &sbuf);
 
 		(void) munmap((void *)ptr, sbuf.st_size);
 		(void) close (ifd);
 
 		exit (retval);
-	} else if (fflag) {
-		/* Flattened Image Tree (FIT) format  handling */
-		debug ("FIT format handling\n");
-		fit_handle_file ();
+	} else if (params.fflag) {
+		if (tparams->fflag_handle)
+			/*
+			 * in some cases, some additional processing needs
+			 * to be done if fflag is defined
+			 *
+			 * For ex. fit_handle_file for Fit file support
+			 */
+			retval = tparams->fflag_handle(&params);
+
 		exit (retval);
 	}
 
@@ -244,16 +362,17 @@
 	 *
 	 * write dummy header, to be fixed later
 	 */
-	memset (hdr, 0, image_get_header_size ());
+	memset (tparams->hdr, 0, tparams->header_size);
 
-	if (write(ifd, hdr, image_get_header_size ()) != image_get_header_size ()) {
+	if (write(ifd, tparams->hdr, tparams->header_size)
+					!= tparams->header_size) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Write error on %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, params.imagefile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (opt_type == IH_TYPE_MULTI || opt_type == IH_TYPE_SCRIPT) {
-		char *file = datafile;
+	if (params.type == IH_TYPE_MULTI || params.type == IH_TYPE_SCRIPT) {
+		char *file = params.datafile;
 		uint32_t size;
 
 		for (;;) {
@@ -266,7 +385,7 @@
 
 				if (stat (file, &sbuf) < 0) {
 					fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-						cmdname, file, strerror(errno));
+						params.cmdname, file, strerror(errno));
 					exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 				}
 				size = cpu_to_uimage (sbuf.st_size);
@@ -276,7 +395,8 @@
 
 			if (write(ifd, (char *)&size, sizeof(size)) != sizeof(size)) {
 				fprintf (stderr, "%s: Write error on %s: %s\n",
-					cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+					params.cmdname, params.imagefile,
+					strerror(errno));
 				exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
 
@@ -292,7 +412,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		file = datafile;
+		file = params.datafile;
 
 		for (;;) {
 			char *sep = strchr(file, ':');
@@ -307,11 +427,14 @@
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		copy_file (ifd, datafile, 0);
+		copy_file (ifd, params.datafile, 0);
 	}
 
 	/* We're a bit of paranoid */
-#if defined(_POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO) && !defined(__sun__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(_POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO) && \
+   !defined(__sun__) && \
+   !defined(__FreeBSD__) && \
+   !defined(__APPLE__)
 	(void) fdatasync (ifd);
 #else
 	(void) fsync (ifd);
@@ -319,50 +442,42 @@
 
 	if (fstat(ifd, &sbuf) < 0) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, params.imagefile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
 	ptr = mmap(0, sbuf.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, ifd, 0);
 	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't map %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, params.imagefile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	hdr = (image_header_t *)ptr;
+	/* Setup the image header as per input image type*/
+	if (tparams->set_header)
+		tparams->set_header (ptr, &sbuf, ifd, &params);
+	else {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't set header for %s: %s\n",
+			params.cmdname, tparams->name, strerror(errno));
+		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 
-	checksum = crc32 (0,
-			  (const unsigned char *)(ptr +
-				image_get_header_size ()),
-			  sbuf.st_size - image_get_header_size ()
-			 );
-
-	/* Build new header */
-	image_set_magic (hdr, IH_MAGIC);
-	image_set_time (hdr, sbuf.st_mtime);
-	image_set_size (hdr, sbuf.st_size - image_get_header_size ());
-	image_set_load (hdr, addr);
-	image_set_ep (hdr, ep);
-	image_set_dcrc (hdr, checksum);
-	image_set_os (hdr, opt_os);
-	image_set_arch (hdr, opt_arch);
-	image_set_type (hdr, opt_type);
-	image_set_comp (hdr, opt_comp);
-
-	image_set_name (hdr, name);
-
-	checksum = crc32 (0, (const unsigned char *)hdr,
-					image_get_header_size ());
-
-	image_set_hcrc (hdr, checksum);
-
-	image_print_contents (hdr);
+	/* Print the image information by processing image header */
+	if (tparams->print_header)
+		tparams->print_header (ptr);
+	else {
+		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't print header for %s: %s\n",
+			params.cmdname, tparams->name, strerror(errno));
+		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 
 	(void) munmap((void *)ptr, sbuf.st_size);
 
 	/* We're a bit of paranoid */
-#if defined(_POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO) && !defined(__sun__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(_POSIX_SYNCHRONIZED_IO) && \
+   !defined(__sun__) && \
+   !defined(__FreeBSD__) && \
+   !defined(__APPLE__)
 	(void) fdatasync (ifd);
 #else
 	(void) fsync (ifd);
@@ -370,7 +485,7 @@
 
 	if (close(ifd)) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Write error on %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, params.imagefile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
@@ -387,31 +502,32 @@
 	int zero = 0;
 	int offset = 0;
 	int size;
+	struct image_type_params *tparams = mkimage_get_type (params.type);
 
-	if (vflag) {
+	if (params.vflag) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "Adding Image %s\n", datafile);
 	}
 
 	if ((dfd = open(datafile, O_RDONLY|O_BINARY)) < 0) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
 	if (fstat(dfd, &sbuf) < 0) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
 	ptr = mmap(0, sbuf.st_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, dfd, 0);
 	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't read %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, datafile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (xflag) {
+	if (params.xflag) {
 		unsigned char *p = NULL;
 		/*
 		 * XIP: do not append the image_header_t at the
@@ -419,29 +535,29 @@
 		 * reserved for it.
 		 */
 
-		if ((unsigned)sbuf.st_size < image_get_header_size ()) {
+		if ((unsigned)sbuf.st_size < tparams->header_size) {
 			fprintf (stderr,
 				"%s: Bad size: \"%s\" is too small for XIP\n",
-				cmdname, datafile);
+				params.cmdname, datafile);
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 
-		for (p = ptr; p < ptr + image_get_header_size (); p++) {
+		for (p = ptr; p < ptr + tparams->header_size; p++) {
 			if ( *p != 0xff ) {
 				fprintf (stderr,
 					"%s: Bad file: \"%s\" has invalid buffer for XIP\n",
-					cmdname, datafile);
+					params.cmdname, datafile);
 				exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
 		}
 
-		offset = image_get_header_size ();
+		offset = tparams->header_size;
 	}
 
 	size = sbuf.st_size - offset;
 	if (write(ifd, ptr + offset, size) != size) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Write error on %s: %s\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+			params.cmdname, params.imagefile, strerror(errno));
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
@@ -449,7 +565,8 @@
 
 		if (write(ifd, (char *)&zero, 4-tail) != 4-tail) {
 			fprintf (stderr, "%s: Write error on %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, imagefile, strerror(errno));
+				params.cmdname, params.imagefile,
+				strerror(errno));
 			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
@@ -463,7 +580,7 @@
 {
 	fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s -l image\n"
 			 "          -l ==> list image header information\n",
-		cmdname);
+		params.cmdname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "       %s [-x] -A arch -O os -T type -C comp "
 			 "-a addr -e ep -n name -d data_file[:data_file...] image\n"
 			 "          -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'\n"
@@ -475,157 +592,9 @@
 			 "          -n ==> set image name to 'name'\n"
 			 "          -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'\n"
 			 "          -x ==> set XIP (execute in place)\n",
-		cmdname);
+		params.cmdname);
 	fprintf (stderr, "       %s [-D dtc_options] -f fit-image.its fit-image\n",
-		cmdname);
+		params.cmdname);
 
 	exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
-
-static int
-image_verify_header (char *ptr, int image_size)
-{
-	int len;
-	const unsigned char *data;
-	uint32_t checksum;
-	image_header_t header;
-	image_header_t *hdr = &header;
-
-	/*
-	 * create copy of header so that we can blank out the
-	 * checksum field for checking - this can't be done
-	 * on the PROT_READ mapped data.
-	 */
-	memcpy (hdr, ptr, sizeof(image_header_t));
-
-	if (be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_magic) != IH_MAGIC) {
-		fprintf (stderr,
-			"%s: Bad Magic Number: \"%s\" is no valid image\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile);
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC;
-	}
-
-	data = (const unsigned char *)hdr;
-	len  = sizeof(image_header_t);
-
-	checksum = be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_hcrc);
-	hdr->ih_hcrc = cpu_to_be32(0);	/* clear for re-calculation */
-
-	if (crc32 (0, data, len) != checksum) {
-		fprintf (stderr,
-			"%s: ERROR: \"%s\" has bad header checksum!\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile);
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE;
-	}
-
-	data = (const unsigned char *)ptr + sizeof(image_header_t);
-	len  = image_size - sizeof(image_header_t) ;
-
-	if (crc32 (0, data, len) != be32_to_cpu(hdr->ih_dcrc)) {
-		fprintf (stderr,
-			"%s: ERROR: \"%s\" has corrupted data!\n",
-			cmdname, imagefile);
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * fit_handle_file - main FIT file processing function
- *
- * fit_handle_file() runs dtc to convert .its to .itb, includes
- * binary data, updates timestamp property and calculates hashes.
- *
- * datafile  - .its file
- * imagefile - .itb file
- *
- * returns:
- *     only on success, otherwise calls exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
- */
-static void fit_handle_file (void)
-{
-	char tmpfile[MKIMAGE_MAX_TMPFILE_LEN];
-	char cmd[MKIMAGE_MAX_DTC_CMDLINE_LEN];
-	int tfd;
-	struct stat sbuf;
-	unsigned char *ptr;
-
-	/* call dtc to include binary properties into the tmp file */
-	if (strlen (imagefile) + strlen (MKIMAGE_TMPFILE_SUFFIX) + 1 >
-		sizeof (tmpfile)) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Image file name (%s) too long, "
-				"can't create tmpfile",
-				imagefile, cmdname);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	sprintf (tmpfile, "%s%s", imagefile, MKIMAGE_TMPFILE_SUFFIX);
-
-	/* dtc -I dts -O -p 200 datafile > tmpfile */
-	sprintf (cmd, "%s %s %s > %s",
-			MKIMAGE_DTC, opt_dtc, datafile, tmpfile);
-	debug ("Trying to execute \"%s\"\n", cmd);
-	if (system (cmd) == -1) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: system(%s) failed: %s\n",
-				cmdname, cmd, strerror(errno));
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	/* load FIT blob into memory */
-	tfd = open (tmpfile, O_RDWR|O_BINARY);
-
-	if (tfd < 0) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't open %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	if (fstat (tfd, &sbuf) < 0) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't stat %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	ptr = mmap (0, sbuf.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, tfd, 0);
-	if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't read %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, tmpfile, strerror(errno));
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	/* check if ptr has a valid blob */
-	if (fdt_check_header (ptr)) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Invalid FIT blob\n", cmdname);
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	/* set hashes for images in the blob */
-	if (fit_set_hashes (ptr)) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s Can't add hashes to FIT blob", cmdname);
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	/* add a timestamp at offset 0 i.e., root  */
-	if (fit_set_timestamp (ptr, 0, sbuf.st_mtime)) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't add image timestamp\n", cmdname);
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	debug ("Added timestamp successfully\n");
-
-	munmap ((void *)ptr, sbuf.st_size);
-	close (tfd);
-
-	if (rename (tmpfile, imagefile) == -1) {
-		fprintf (stderr, "%s: Can't rename %s to %s: %s\n",
-				cmdname, tmpfile, imagefile, strerror (errno));
-		unlink (tmpfile);
-		unlink (imagefile);
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tools/mkimage.h b/tools/mkimage.h
index c077dc9..120970f 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage.h
+++ b/tools/mkimage.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  * MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
 
+#ifndef _MKIIMAGE_H_
+#define _MKIIMAGE_H_
+
 #include "os_support.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <sha1.h>
 #include "fdt_host.h"
 
-#define MKIMAGE_DEBUG
+#undef MKIMAGE_DEBUG
 
 #ifdef MKIMAGE_DEBUG
 #define debug(fmt,args...)	printf (fmt ,##args)
@@ -44,3 +47,99 @@
 #define MKIMAGE_DEFAULT_DTC_OPTIONS	"-I dts -O dtb -p 500"
 #define MKIMAGE_MAX_DTC_CMDLINE_LEN	512
 #define MKIMAGE_DTC			"dtc"   /* assume dtc is in $PATH */
+
+/*
+ * This structure defines all such variables those are initialized by
+ * mkimage main core and need to be referred by image type specific
+ * functions
+ */
+struct mkimage_params {
+	int dflag;
+	int eflag;
+	int fflag;
+	int lflag;
+	int vflag;
+	int xflag;
+	int os;
+	int arch;
+	int type;
+	int comp;
+	char *dtc;
+	unsigned int addr;
+	unsigned int ep;
+	char *imagename;
+	char *datafile;
+	char *imagefile;
+	char *cmdname;
+};
+
+/*
+ * image type specific variables and callback functions
+ */
+struct image_type_params {
+	/* name is an identification tag string for added support */
+	char *name;
+	/*
+	 * header size is local to the specific image type to be supported,
+	 * mkimage core treats this as number of bytes
+	 */
+	uint32_t header_size;
+	/* Image type header pointer */
+	void *hdr;
+	/*
+	 * There are several arguments that are passed on the command line
+	 * and are registered as flags in mkimage_params structure.
+	 * This callback function can be used to check the passed arguments
+	 * are in-lined with the image type to be supported
+	 *
+	 * Returns 1 if parameter check is successful
+	 */
+	int (*check_params) (struct mkimage_params *);
+	/*
+	 * This function is used by list command (i.e. mkimage -l <filename>)
+	 * image type verification code must be put here
+	 *
+	 * Returns 0 if image header verification is successful
+	 * otherwise, returns respective negative error codes
+	 */
+	int (*verify_header) (unsigned char *, int, struct mkimage_params *);
+	/* Prints image information abstracting from image header */
+	void (*print_header) (void *);
+	/*
+	 * The header or image contents need to be set as per image type to
+	 * be generated using this callback function.
+	 * further output file post processing (for ex. checksum calculation,
+	 * padding bytes etc..) can also be done in this callback function.
+	 */
+	void (*set_header) (void *, struct stat *, int,
+					struct mkimage_params *);
+	/*
+	 * Some image generation support for ex (default image type) supports
+	 * more than one type_ids, this callback function is used to check
+	 * whether input (-T <image_type>) is supported by registered image
+	 * generation/list low level code
+	 */
+	int (*check_image_type) (uint8_t);
+	/* This callback function will be executed if fflag is defined */
+	int (*fflag_handle) (struct mkimage_params *);
+	/* pointer to the next registered entry in linked list */
+	struct image_type_params *next;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Exported functions
+ */
+void mkimage_register (struct image_type_params *tparams);
+
+/*
+ * There is a c file associated with supported image type low level code
+ * for ex. default_image.c, fit_image.c
+ * init is the only function referred by mkimage core.
+ * to avoid a single lined header file, you can define them here
+ *
+ * Supported image types init functions
+ */
+void init_default_image_type (void);
+void init_fit_image_type (void);
+
+#endif /* _MKIIMAGE_H_ */