}
 }
 
-/*
- * This gets run with P1 containing the
- * function to call, and R1 containing
- * the "args".  Note P0 is clobbered on the way here.
- */
-void kernel_thread_helper(void);
-__asm__(".section .text\n"
-       ".align 4\n"
-       "_kernel_thread_helper:\n\t"
-       "\tsp += -12;\n\t"
-       "\tr0 = r1;\n\t" "\tcall (p1);\n\t" "\tcall _do_exit;\n" ".previous");
-
-/*
- * Create a kernel thread.
- */
-pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn) (void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
-{
-       struct pt_regs regs;
-
-       memset(®s, 0, sizeof(regs));
-
-       regs.r1 = (unsigned long)arg;
-       regs.p1 = (unsigned long)fn;
-       regs.pc = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_helper;
-       regs.orig_p0 = -1;
-       /* Set bit 2 to tell ret_from_fork we should be returning to kernel
-          mode.  */
-       regs.ipend = 0x8002;
-       __asm__ __volatile__("%0 = syscfg;":"=da"(regs.syscfg):);
-       return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, ®s, 0, NULL,
-                      NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
-
 /*
  * Do necessary setup to start up a newly executed thread.
  *
            struct task_struct *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
        struct pt_regs *childregs;
+       unsigned long *v;
 
        childregs = (struct pt_regs *) (task_stack_page(p) + THREAD_SIZE) - 1;
-       *childregs = *regs;
-       childregs->r0 = 0;
+       v = ((unsigned long *)childregs) - 2;
+       if (unlikely(!regs)) {
+               memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
+               v[0] = usp;
+               v[1] = topstk;
+               childregs->orig_p0 = -1;
+               childregs->ipend = 0x8000;
+               __asm__ __volatile__("%0 = syscfg;":"=da"(childregs->syscfg):);
+               p->thread.usp = 0;
+       } else {
+               *childregs = *regs;
+               childregs->r0 = 0;
+               p->thread.usp = usp;
+               v[0] = v[1] = 0;
+       }
 
-       p->thread.usp = usp;
-       p->thread.ksp = (unsigned long)childregs;
+       p->thread.ksp = (unsigned long)v;
        p->thread.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
 
        return 0;
 
        jump .Lsyscall_really_exit;
 ENDPROC(_trap)
 
-ENTRY(_kernel_execve)
-       link SIZEOF_PTREGS;
-       p0 = sp;
-       r3 = SIZEOF_PTREGS / 4;
-       r4 = 0(x);
-.Lclear_regs:
-       [p0++] = r4;
-       r3 += -1;
-       cc = r3 == 0;
-       if !cc jump .Lclear_regs (bp);
-
-       p0 = sp;
-       sp += -16;
-       [sp + 12] = p0;
-       pseudo_long_call _do_execve, p5;
-       SP += 16;
-       cc = r0 == 0;
-       if ! cc jump .Lexecve_failed;
-       /* Success.  Copy our temporary pt_regs to the top of the kernel
-        * stack and do a normal exception return.
-        */
-       r1 = sp;
-       r0 = (-KERNEL_STACK_SIZE) (x);
-       r1 = r1 & r0;
-       p2 = r1;
-       p3 = [p2];
-       r0 = KERNEL_STACK_SIZE - 4 (z);
-       p1 = r0;
-       p1 = p1 + p2;
-
-       p0 = fp;
-       r4 = [p0--];
-       r3 = SIZEOF_PTREGS / 4;
-.Lcopy_regs:
-       r4 = [p0--];
-       [p1--] = r4;
-       r3 += -1;
-       cc = r3 == 0;
-       if ! cc jump .Lcopy_regs (bp);
-
-       r0 = (KERNEL_STACK_SIZE - SIZEOF_PTREGS) (z);
-       p1 = r0;
-       p1 = p1 + p2;
-       sp = p1;
-       r0 = syscfg;
-       [SP + PT_SYSCFG] = r0;
-       [p3 + (TASK_THREAD + THREAD_KSP)] = sp;
-
-       RESTORE_CONTEXT;
-       rti;
-.Lexecve_failed:
-       unlink;
-       rts;
-ENDPROC(_kernel_execve)
-
 ENTRY(_system_call)
        /* Store IPEND */
        p2.l = lo(IPEND);