diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-1-always-bitbang-spi b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-1-always-bitbang-spi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44cd2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-1-always-bitbang-spi
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+Index: linux-3.8.3/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.8.3.orig/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
++++ linux-3.8.3/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
+@@ -282,7 +282,11 @@ static int ath79_spi_do_read_flash_cmd(s
+ static bool ath79_spi_is_read_cmd(struct spi_device *spi,
+ 				 struct spi_transfer *t)
+ {
++#if 0
+ 	return t->type == SPI_TRANSFER_FLASH_READ_CMD;
++#else
++	return 1 == 0;
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ static bool ath79_spi_is_data_read(struct spi_device *spi,
+Index: linux-3.8.3/drivers/mtd/tplinkpart.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.8.3.orig/drivers/mtd/tplinkpart.c
++++ linux-3.8.3/drivers/mtd/tplinkpart.c
+@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int tplink_parse_partitions(struc
+ 	parts[3].name = "art";
+ 	parts[3].offset = art_offset;
+ 	parts[3].size = TPLINK_ART_LEN;
+-	parts[3].mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
++	//parts[3].mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
+ 
+ 	parts[4].name = "firmware";
+ 	parts[4].offset = offset;
+Index: linux-3.8.3/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.8.3.orig/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
++++ linux-3.8.3/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct m25p {
+ 	u8			*command;
+ 	bool			fast_read;
+ 	size_t			max_read_len;
++	u32			jedec_id;
+ };
+ 
+ static inline struct m25p *mtd_to_m25p(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+@@ -914,6 +915,7 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device 
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	flash->spi = spi;
++	flash->jedec_id = info->jedec_id;
+ 	mutex_init(&flash->lock);
+ 	dev_set_drvdata(&spi->dev, flash);
+ 
+@@ -990,7 +992,7 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device 
+ 		/* enable 4-byte addressing if the device exceeds 16MiB */
+ 		if (flash->mtd.size > 0x1000000) {
+ 			flash->addr_width = 4;
+-			set_4byte(flash, info->jedec_id, 1);
++			set_4byte(flash, flash->jedec_id, 1);
+ 		} else
+ 			flash->addr_width = 3;
+ 	}
+@@ -1030,8 +1032,14 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device 
+ static int m25p_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
+ {
+ 	struct m25p	*flash = dev_get_drvdata(&spi->dev);
++        struct flash_info               *info;
+ 	int		status;
+ 
++	if (flash->addr_width == 4) {
++		printk(KERN_ERR "Switching flash back into 3 byte mode for boot\n");
++		set_4byte(flash, flash->jedec_id, 0);
++	}
++
+ 	/* Clean up MTD stuff. */
+ 	status = mtd_device_unregister(&flash->mtd);
+ 	if (status == 0) {
+Index: linux-3.8.3/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.8.3.orig/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
++++ linux-3.8.3/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
+@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
+ 
+ #include <asm/mach-ath79/ath79.h>
+ #include <asm/mach-ath79/ar71xx_regs.h>
++#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
++#include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
+ 
+ #include "common.h"
+ #include "dev-eth.h"
+@@ -82,11 +84,60 @@ static struct gpio_keys_button tl_mr11u_
+ 	},
+ };
+ 
+-static void __init common_setup(void)
++#define MAC_LEN 6
++#define ART_LEN (ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS << 1)
++
++#define CONFIG_OFFSET 0x1fc00
++#define ART_OFFSET 0x1000
++
++static u8 *mac, *art;
++
++static void notify_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)
++{
++	size_t len;
++
++	if (!strcmp(mtd->name, "u-boot") && !mac) {
++	       mac = kmalloc(MAC_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
++	       if (!mac) return;
++
++	       mtd_read(mtd, CONFIG_OFFSET, MAC_LEN, &len, mac);
++
++	       ath79_init_mac(ath79_eth0_data.mac_addr, mac, 0);
++	       ath79_register_mdio(0, 0x0);
++	       ath79_register_eth(0);
++	       ath79_eth0_data.phy_mask = BIT(0);
++
++	}
++
++	if (!strcmp(mtd->name, "art") && !art) {
++	       art = kmalloc(ART_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
++	       if (!art) return;
++
++	       mtd_read(mtd, ART_OFFSET, ART_LEN, &len, art);
++	}
++
++
++	if (mac && art) {
++	       ath79_register_wmac(art , mac);
++	       kfree(mac);
++	       kfree(art);
++
++	       art = NULL;
++	       mac = NULL;
++	}
++}
++
++static void notify_remove(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+ {
+-	u8 *mac = (u8 *) KSEG1ADDR(0x1f01fc00);
+-	u8 *ee = (u8 *) KSEG1ADDR(0x1fff1000);
++}
++
++static struct mtd_notifier spi_notifier = {
++	.add    = notify_add,
++	.remove = notify_remove
++};
+ 
++static void __init common_setup(void)
++{
+ 	/* Disable hardware control LAN1 and LAN2 LEDs, enabling GPIO14 and GPIO15 */
+ 	ath79_gpio_function_disable(AR933X_GPIO_FUNC_ETH_SWITCH_LED1_EN |
+ 				    AR933X_GPIO_FUNC_ETH_SWITCH_LED2_EN);
+@@ -94,18 +145,13 @@ static void __init common_setup(void)
+ 	/* disable PHY_SWAP and PHY_ADDR_SWAP bits */
+ 	ath79_setup_ar933x_phy4_switch(false, false);
+ 
++	register_mtd_user(&spi_notifier);
++
+ 	ath79_register_m25p80(&tl_mr11u_flash_data);
+ 	ath79_register_leds_gpio(-1, ARRAY_SIZE(tl_mr11u_leds_gpio),
+ 				 tl_mr11u_leds_gpio);
+ 
+ 	ath79_register_usb();
+-
+-	ath79_init_mac(ath79_eth0_data.mac_addr, mac, 0);
+-
+-	ath79_register_mdio(0, 0x0);
+-	ath79_register_eth(0);
+-
+-	ath79_register_wmac(ee, mac);
+ }
+ 
+ static void __init tl_mr11u_setup(void)