diff --git a/common/cmd_mem.c b/common/cmd_mem.c
index d0fae6b..fcbb023 100644
--- a/common/cmd_mem.c
+++ b/common/cmd_mem.c
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@
 int do_mem_md ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	ulong	addr, length;
-	ulong	i, nbytes, linebytes;
-	u_char	*cp;
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH)
+	ulong	nbytes, linebytes;
+#endif
 	int	size;
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
 			length = simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16);
 	}
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH)
 	/* Print the lines.
 	 *
 	 * We buffer all read data, so we can make sure data is read only
@@ -136,64 +138,25 @@
 	nbytes = length * size;
 	do {
 		char	linebuf[DISP_LINE_LEN];
-		uint	*uip = (uint   *)linebuf;
-		ushort	*usp = (ushort *)linebuf;
-		u_char	*ucp = (u_char *)linebuf;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
-		int rc;
-#endif
-		printf("%08lx:", addr);
+		void* p;
 		linebytes = (nbytes>DISP_LINE_LEN)?DISP_LINE_LEN:nbytes;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
-		if ((rc = read_dataflash(addr, (linebytes/size)*size, linebuf)) == DATAFLASH_OK){
-			/* if outside dataflash */
-			/*if (rc != 1) {
-				dataflash_perror (rc);
-				return (1);
-			}*/
-			for (i=0; i<linebytes; i+= size) {
-				if (size == 4) {
-					printf(" %08x", *uip++);
-				} else if (size == 2) {
-					printf(" %04x", *usp++);
-				} else {
-					printf(" %02x", *ucp++);
-				}
-				addr += size;
-			}
+		rc = read_dataflash(addr, (linebytes/size)*size, linebuf);
+		p = (rc == DATAFLASH_OK) ? linebuf : (void*)addr;
+		print_buffer(addr, p, size, linebytes/size, DISP_LINE_LEN/size);
 
-		} else {	/* addr does not correspond to DataFlash */
-#endif
-		for (i=0; i<linebytes; i+= size) {
-			if (size == 4) {
-				printf(" %08x", (*uip++ = *((uint *)addr)));
-			} else if (size == 2) {
-				printf(" %04x", (*usp++ = *((ushort *)addr)));
-			} else {
-				printf(" %02x", (*ucp++ = *((u_char *)addr)));
-			}
-			addr += size;
-		}
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
-		}
-#endif
-		puts ("    ");
-		cp = (u_char *)linebuf;
-		for (i=0; i<linebytes; i++) {
-			if ((*cp < 0x20) || (*cp > 0x7e))
-				putc ('.');
-			else
-				printf("%c", *cp);
-			cp++;
-		}
-		putc ('\n');
 		nbytes -= linebytes;
+		addr += linebytes;
 		if (ctrlc()) {
 			rc = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	} while (nbytes > 0);
+#else
+	/* Print the lines. */
+	print_buffer(addr, (void*)addr, size, length, DISP_LINE_LEN/size);
+	addr += size*length;
+#endif
 
 	dp_last_addr = addr;
 	dp_last_length = length;
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 982d6a8..5b2e71c 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
 long int initdram (int);
 int	display_options (void);
 void	print_size (ulong, const char *);
+int	print_buffer (ulong addr, void* data, uint width, uint count,
+                      uint linelen);
 
 /* common/main.c */
 void	main_loop	(void);
diff --git a/lib_generic/display_options.c b/lib_generic/display_options.c
index 512e898..5ddd94f 100644
--- a/lib_generic/display_options.c
+++ b/lib_generic/display_options.c
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
  * MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
 
+#include <config.h>
 #include <common.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
 
 int display_options (void)
 {
@@ -65,3 +68,70 @@
 	}
 	printf (" %cB%s", c, s);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Print data buffer in hex and ascii form to the terminal.
+ *
+ * data reads are buffered so that each memory address is only read once.
+ * Useful when displaying the contents of volatile registers.
+ *
+ * parameters:
+ *    addr: Starting address to display at start of line
+ *    data: pointer to data buffer
+ *    width: data value width.  May be 1, 2, or 4.
+ *    count: number of values to display
+ *    linelen: Number of values to print per line; specify 0 for default length
+ */
+#define MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES (64)
+#define DEFAULT_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES (16)
+int print_buffer (ulong addr, void* data, uint width, uint count, uint linelen)
+{
+	uint8_t linebuf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES];
+	uint32_t *uip = (void*)linebuf;
+	uint16_t *usp = (void*)linebuf;
+	uint8_t *ucp = (void*)linebuf;
+	int i;
+
+	if (linelen*width > MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES)
+		linelen = MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES / width;
+	if (linelen < 1)
+		linelen = DEFAULT_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES / width;
+
+	while (count) {
+		printf("%08lx:", addr);
+
+		/* check for overflow condition */
+		if (count < linelen)
+			linelen = count;
+
+		/* Copy from memory into linebuf and print hex values */
+		for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++) {
+			if (width == 4) {
+				uip[i] = *(volatile uint32_t *)data;
+				printf(" %08x", uip[i]);
+			} else if (width == 2) {
+				usp[i] = *(volatile uint16_t *)data;
+				printf(" %04x", usp[i]);
+			} else {
+				ucp[i] = *(volatile uint8_t *)data;
+				printf(" %02x", ucp[i]);
+			}
+			data += width;
+		}
+
+		/* Print data in ASCII characters */
+		puts("    ");
+		for (i = 0; i < linelen * width; i++)
+			putc(isprint(ucp[i]) && (ucp[i] < 0x80) ? ucp[i] : '.');
+		putc ('\n');
+
+		/* update references */
+		addr += linelen * width;
+		count -= linelen;
+
+		if (ctrlc())
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}