diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
index 403cda39b9..064b8cc79e 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-12-11	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* bsp_specs, clock/clock.c, include/bsp.h, irq/irq.c,
+	startup/bspclean.c, startup/bspstart.c: Eliminate copies of the
+	Configuration Table. Use the RTEMS provided accessor macros to obtain
+	configuration fields.
+
 2007-12-06	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* include/mpc5200.h: Expand tabs.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/bsp_specs b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/bsp_specs
index d750e714d9..15998a67db 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/bsp_specs
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/bsp_specs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 %rename link old_link
 
 *startfile:
-%{!qrtems: %(old_startfile)} %{!nostdlib: %{qrtems:  ecrti%O%s rtems_crti%O%s  crtbegin.o%s  \
+%{!qrtems: %(old_startfile)} %{!nostdlib: %{qrtems:  ecrti%O%s rtems_crti%O%s \
 %{!qrtems_debug: start.o%s} \
 %{qrtems_debug: start_g.o%s}}}
 
 *endfile:
-%{!qrtems: %(old_endfile)} %{qrtems: crtend.o%s ecrtn.o%s}
+%{!qrtems: %(old_endfile)} %{qrtems: ecrtn.o%s}
 
 *link:
 %{!qrtems: %(old_link)} %{qrtems: -dc -dp -u __vectors -N -u start -e start}
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/clock/clock.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/clock/clock.c
index 9200eb3d6a..298d0cee19 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/clock/clock.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/clock/clock.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void mpc5200_gpt_clock_isr(rtems_irq_hdl_param handle)
   status = gpt->status;
 
   if (ClockInitialized  && (status & GPT_STATUS_TEXP)) {
-    gpt->status |= GPT_STATUS_TEXP;
+    gpt->status |= GPT_STATUS_RESET;
     Clock_last_TBR = PPC_Get_timebase_register();
 
     Clock_driver_ticks++;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ int BSP_connect_clock_handler (uint32_t gpt_no)
     status = gpt->status;                                                \
     \
     if (ClockInitialized  && (status & GPT_STATUS_TEXP)) {               \
-      gpt->status |= GPT_STATUS_TEXP;                                    \
+      gpt->status |= GPT_STATUS_RESET;                                   \
       Clock_last_TBR = PPC_Get_timebase_register();                      \
     }                                                                    \
   } while(0)
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/include/bsp.h b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/include/bsp.h
index 63d7744511..099a494e15 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/include/bsp.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/include/bsp.h
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ extern int rtems_mpc5200_fec_driver_attach_detach (struct rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig
 
 /* miscellaneous stuff assumed to exist */
 
-extern rtems_configuration_table BSP_Configuration;
 /*
  * We need to decide how much memory will be non-cacheable. This
  * will mainly be memory that will be used in DMA (network and serial
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/irq/irq.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/irq/irq.c
index 2914452f23..b792ca5fe7 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/irq/irq.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/irq/irq.c
@@ -631,6 +631,50 @@ int BSP_rtems_irq_mngt_get(rtems_irq_global_settings** config)
   return 0;
 }
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+uint64_t BSP_Starting_TBR;
+uint64_t BSP_Total_in_ISR;
+uint32_t BSP_ISR_Count;
+uint32_t BSP_Worst_ISR;
+#define BSP_COUNTED_IRQ 16
+uint32_t BSP_ISR_Count_Per[BSP_COUNTED_IRQ + 1];
+
+void BSP_initialize_IRQ_Timing(void)
+{
+  int i;
+  BSP_Starting_TBR = PPC_Get_timebase_register();
+  BSP_Total_in_ISR = 0;
+  BSP_ISR_Count = 0;
+  BSP_Worst_ISR = 0;
+  for ( i=0 ; i<BSP_COUNTED_IRQ ; i++ )
+    BSP_ISR_Count_Per[i] = 0;
+}
+
+static const char * u64tostring(
+  char *buffer,
+  uint64_t v
+)
+{
+  sprintf( buffer, "%lld %lld usecs", v, (v / 33) );
+  return buffer;
+}
+void BSP_report_IRQ_Timing(void)
+{
+  uint64_t now;
+  char buffer[96];
+  int i;
+
+  now = PPC_Get_timebase_register();
+  printk( "Started at: %s\n", u64tostring(buffer, BSP_Starting_TBR) );
+  printk( "Current   : %s\n", u64tostring(buffer, now) );
+  printk( "System up : %s\n", u64tostring(buffer, now - BSP_Starting_TBR) );
+  printk( "ISRs      : %d\n", BSP_ISR_Count );
+  printk( "ISRs ran  : %s\n", u64tostring(buffer, BSP_Total_in_ISR) );
+  printk( "Worst ISR : %s\n", u64tostring(buffer, BSP_Worst_ISR) );
+  for ( i=0 ; i<BSP_COUNTED_IRQ ; i++ )
+    printk( "IRQ %d: %d\n", i, BSP_ISR_Count_Per[i] );
+  printk( "Ticks     : %d\n",  Clock_driver_ticks );
+}
 
 /*
  * High level IRQ handler called from shared_raw_irq_code_entry
@@ -642,6 +686,14 @@ int C_dispatch_irq_handler (CPU_Interrupt_frame *frame, unsigned int excNum)
   register unsigned int new_msr;
   register unsigned int pmce;
   register unsigned int crit_pri_main_mask, per_mask;
+  uint64_t start, stop, thisTime;
+
+  start = PPC_Get_timebase_register();
+  BSP_ISR_Count++;
+  if ( excNum < BSP_COUNTED_IRQ )
+    BSP_ISR_Count_Per[excNum]++;
+  else
+    printk( "not counting %d\n", excNum);
 
   switch (excNum) {
     /*
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspclean.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspclean.c
index ebad9fc3c0..8dcba8bbc7 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspclean.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspclean.c
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ extern int mpc5200_uart_pollRead(int minor);
 
 void bsp_cleanup( void )
 {
+  
+  {
+    extern void BSP_report_IRQ_Timing(void);
+    BSP_report_IRQ_Timing();
+  }
+ 
   #if defined(BSP_PRESS_KEY_FOR_RESET)
     printk( "\nEXECUTIVE SHUTDOWN! Any key to reboot..." );
 
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspstart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspstart.c
index 7a0c81d026..f3ec7fe863 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspstart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/bspstart.c
@@ -120,16 +120,7 @@ bd_t uboot_bdinfo_copy;             /* will be overwritten with copy of bdinfo *
 SPR_RW(SPRG0)
 SPR_RW(SPRG1)
 
-/*
- *  The original table from the application (in ROM) and our copy of it with
- *  some changes. Configuration is defined in <confdefs.h>. Make sure that
- *  our configuration tables are uninitialized so that they get allocated in
- *  the .bss section (RAM).
- */
-extern rtems_configuration_table Configuration;
 extern unsigned long intrStackPtr;
-rtems_configuration_table  BSP_Configuration;
-char *rtems_progname;
 
 /*
  *  Driver configuration parameters
@@ -304,31 +295,23 @@ void bsp_start(void)
   rtems_cache_enable_data();
 #endif
 
-  /*
-   *  Allocate the memory for the RTEMS Work Space.  This can come from
-   *  a variety of places: hard coded address, malloc'ed from outside
-   *  RTEMS world (e.g. simulator or primitive memory manager), or (as
-   *  typically done by stock BSPs) by subtracting the required amount
-   *  of work space from the last physical address on the CPU board.
-   */
-
   /*
    *  Need to "allocate" the memory for the RTEMS Workspace and
    *  tell the RTEMS configuration where it is.  This memory is
    *  not malloc'ed.  It is just "pulled from the air".
    */
-  BSP_Configuration.work_space_start = (void *)&_WorkspaceBase;
-
-
-  /*
-  BSP_Configuration.microseconds_per_tick  = 1000;
-  */
+  Configuration.work_space_start = (void *)&_WorkspaceBase;
 
   /*
    * Initalize RTEMS IRQ system
    */
   BSP_rtems_irq_mng_init(0);
 
+  {
+    void BSP_initialize_IRQ_Timing(void);
+    BSP_initialize_IRQ_Timing();
+  }
+
 #ifdef SHOW_MORE_INIT_SETTINGS
   printk("Exit from bspstart\n");
 #endif
@@ -344,17 +327,13 @@ void bsp_start(void)
  *  defined in HID0.  HID0 is set during starup in start.S.
  *
  */
-Thread _Thread_Idle_body(uint32_t ignored )
-  {
-
-  for(;;)
-    {
-
-    asm volatile("mfmsr 3; oris 3,3,4; sync; mtmsr 3; isync; ori 3,3,0; ori 3,3,0");
-
-    }
-
-  return 0;
-
+Thread _Thread_Idle_body(uint32_t ignored)
+{
+  for(;;) {
+    asm volatile(
+      "mfmsr 3; oris 3,3,4; sync; mtmsr 3; isync; ori 3,3,0; ori 3,3,0"
+     );
   }
+  return 0;
+}