diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index c58387a..100efdc 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -829,9 +829,6 @@ struct exec
 #define ZMAGIC 0413
 #define QMAGIC 0314
 
-/* max code+data+bss+brk space allocated to ET_DYN executables */
-#define ET_DYN_MAP_SIZE (128 * 1024 * 1024)
-
 /* Necessary parameters */
 #define TARGET_ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE TARGET_PAGE_SIZE
 #define TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(_v) ((_v) & ~(unsigned long)(TARGET_ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE-1))
@@ -1168,7 +1165,7 @@ static abi_ulong create_elf_tables(abi_ulong p, int argc, int envc,
    On return: INFO values will be filled in, as necessary or available.  */
 
 static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd,
-                           struct image_info *info,
+                           struct image_info *info, char **pinterp_name,
                            char bprm_buf[BPRM_BUF_SIZE])
 {
     struct elfhdr *ehdr = (struct elfhdr *)bprm_buf;
@@ -1228,6 +1225,20 @@ static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd,
         if (load_addr == -1) {
             goto exit_perror;
         }
+    } else if (pinterp_name != NULL) {
+        /* This is the main executable.  Make sure that the low
+           address does not conflict with MMAP_MIN_ADDR.  */
+        /* ??? Ideally, we'd check against more than just the
+           minimum mmap address, but also against the QEMU program
+           image itself.  I.e. find a range that does not conflict
+           with PAGE_RESERVED entries.  Except that we havn't read
+           those in yet, since that code uses the guest_base that
+           we set up here.  Blah.  */
+#if defined(CONFIG_USE_GUEST_BASE)
+        if (HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(loaddr) < mmap_min_addr) {
+            guest_base = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(mmap_min_addr);
+        }
+#endif
     }
     load_bias = load_addr - loaddr;
 
@@ -1289,6 +1300,30 @@ static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd,
                     info->brk = vaddr_em;
                 }
             }
+        } else if (eppnt->p_type == PT_INTERP && pinterp_name) {
+            char *interp_name;
+
+            if (*pinterp_name) {
+                errmsg = "Multiple PT_INTERP entries";
+                goto exit_errmsg;
+            }
+            interp_name = malloc(eppnt->p_filesz);
+
+            if (eppnt->p_offset + eppnt->p_filesz <= BPRM_BUF_SIZE) {
+                memcpy(interp_name, bprm_buf + eppnt->p_offset,
+                       eppnt->p_filesz);
+            } else {
+		retval = pread(image_fd, interp_name, eppnt->p_filesz,
+                               eppnt->p_offset);
+                if (retval != eppnt->p_filesz) {
+                    goto exit_perror;
+                }
+            }
+            if (interp_name[eppnt->p_filesz - 1] != 0) {
+                errmsg = "Invalid PT_INTERP entry";
+                goto exit_errmsg;
+            }
+            *pinterp_name = interp_name;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1335,7 +1370,7 @@ static void load_elf_interp(const char *filename, struct image_info *info,
         memset(bprm_buf + retval, 0, BPRM_BUF_SIZE - retval);
     }
 
-    load_elf_image(filename, fd, info, bprm_buf);
+    load_elf_image(filename, fd, info, NULL, bprm_buf);
     return;
 
  exit_perror:
@@ -1479,230 +1514,31 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct target_pt_regs * regs,
 {
     struct image_info interp_info;
     struct elfhdr elf_ex;
-    abi_ulong load_addr, load_bias;
-    int load_addr_set = 0;
-    int i;
-    struct elf_phdr * elf_ppnt;
-    struct elf_phdr *elf_phdata;
-    abi_ulong k, elf_brk;
-    int retval;
     char *elf_interpreter = NULL;
-    abi_ulong elf_entry;
-    int status;
-    abi_ulong start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data;
-    abi_ulong elf_stack;
 
-    status = 0;
-    load_addr = 0;
-    load_bias = 0;
-    elf_ex = *((struct elfhdr *) bprm->buf);          /* exec-header */
+    info->start_mmap = (abi_ulong)ELF_START_MMAP;
+    info->mmap = 0;
+    info->rss = 0;
+
+    load_elf_image(bprm->filename, bprm->fd, info,
+                   &elf_interpreter, bprm->buf);
 
-    /* First of all, some simple consistency checks */
-    if (!elf_check_ident(&elf_ex)) {
-        return -ENOEXEC;
-    }
-    bswap_ehdr(&elf_ex);
-    if (!elf_check_ehdr(&elf_ex)) {
-        return -ENOEXEC;
-    }
+    /* ??? We need a copy of the elf header for passing to create_elf_tables.
+       If we do nothing, we'll have overwritten this when we re-use bprm->buf
+       when we load the interpreter.  */
+    elf_ex = *(struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf;
 
     bprm->p = copy_elf_strings(1, &bprm->filename, bprm->page, bprm->p);
     bprm->p = copy_elf_strings(bprm->envc,bprm->envp,bprm->page,bprm->p);
     bprm->p = copy_elf_strings(bprm->argc,bprm->argv,bprm->page,bprm->p);
     if (!bprm->p) {
-        retval = -E2BIG;
-    }
-
-    /* Now read in all of the header information */
-    elf_phdata = (struct elf_phdr *)
-        malloc(elf_ex.e_phnum * sizeof(struct elf_phdr));
-    if (elf_phdata == NULL) {
-	return -ENOMEM;
-    }
-
-    i = elf_ex.e_phnum * sizeof(struct elf_phdr);
-    if (elf_ex.e_phoff + i <= BPRM_BUF_SIZE) {
-        memcpy(elf_phdata, bprm->buf + elf_ex.e_phoff, i);
-    } else {
-	retval = pread(bprm->fd, (char *) elf_phdata, i, elf_ex.e_phoff);
-        if (retval != i) {
-            perror("load_elf_binary");
-            exit(-1);
-        }
-    }
-    bswap_phdr(elf_phdata, elf_ex.e_phnum);
-
-    elf_brk = 0;
-    elf_stack = ~((abi_ulong)0UL);
-    start_code = ~((abi_ulong)0UL);
-    end_code = 0;
-    start_data = 0;
-    end_data = 0;
-
-    elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
-    for(i=0;i < elf_ex.e_phnum; i++) {
-	if (elf_ppnt->p_type == PT_INTERP) {
-            if (elf_ppnt->p_offset + elf_ppnt->p_filesz <= BPRM_BUF_SIZE) {
-                elf_interpreter = bprm->buf + elf_ppnt->p_offset;
-            } else {
-                elf_interpreter = alloca(elf_ppnt->p_filesz);
-		retval = pread(bprm->fd, elf_interpreter, elf_ppnt->p_filesz,
-                               elf_ppnt->p_offset);
-                if (retval != elf_ppnt->p_filesz) {
-                    perror("load_elf_binary");
-                    exit(-1);
-                }
-	    }
-	}
-	elf_ppnt++;
-    }
-
-    /* OK, This is the point of no return */
-    info->end_data = 0;
-    info->end_code = 0;
-    info->start_mmap = (abi_ulong)ELF_START_MMAP;
-    info->mmap = 0;
-    elf_entry = (abi_ulong) elf_ex.e_entry;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_USE_GUEST_BASE)
-    /*
-     * In case where user has not explicitly set the guest_base, we
-     * probe here that should we set it automatically.
-     */
-    if (!have_guest_base) {
-        /*
-         * Go through ELF program header table and find out whether
-	 * any of the segments drop below our current mmap_min_addr and
-         * in that case set guest_base to corresponding address.
-         */
-        for (i = 0, elf_ppnt = elf_phdata; i < elf_ex.e_phnum;
-             i++, elf_ppnt++) {
-            if (elf_ppnt->p_type != PT_LOAD)
-                continue;
-            if (HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(elf_ppnt->p_vaddr) < mmap_min_addr) {
-                guest_base = HOST_PAGE_ALIGN(mmap_min_addr);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", bprm->filename, strerror(E2BIG));
+        exit(-1);
     }
-#endif /* CONFIG_USE_GUEST_BASE */
 
     /* Do this so that we can load the interpreter, if need be.  We will
        change some of these later */
-    info->rss = 0;
     bprm->p = setup_arg_pages(bprm->p, bprm, info);
-    info->start_stack = bprm->p;
-
-    /* Now we do a little grungy work by mmaping the ELF image into
-     * the correct location in memory.  At this point, we assume that
-     * the image should be loaded at fixed address, not at a variable
-     * address.
-     */
-
-    for(i = 0, elf_ppnt = elf_phdata; i < elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
-        int elf_prot = 0;
-        int elf_flags = 0;
-        abi_ulong error;
-
-	if (elf_ppnt->p_type != PT_LOAD)
-            continue;
-
-        if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_R) elf_prot |= PROT_READ;
-        if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_W) elf_prot |= PROT_WRITE;
-        if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X) elf_prot |= PROT_EXEC;
-        elf_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE;
-        if (elf_ex.e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set) {
-            elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED;
-        } else if (elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
-            /* Try and get dynamic programs out of the way of the default mmap
-               base, as well as whatever program they might try to exec.  This
-               is because the brk will follow the loader, and is not movable.  */
-            /* NOTE: for qemu, we do a big mmap to get enough space
-               without hardcoding any address */
-            error = target_mmap(0, ET_DYN_MAP_SIZE,
-                                PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON,
-                                -1, 0);
-            if (error == -1) {
-                perror("mmap");
-                exit(-1);
-            }
-            load_bias = TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(error - elf_ppnt->p_vaddr);
-        }
-
-        error = target_mmap(TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias + elf_ppnt->p_vaddr),
-                            (elf_ppnt->p_filesz +
-                             TARGET_ELF_PAGEOFFSET(elf_ppnt->p_vaddr)),
-                            elf_prot,
-                            (MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE),
-                            bprm->fd,
-                            (elf_ppnt->p_offset -
-                             TARGET_ELF_PAGEOFFSET(elf_ppnt->p_vaddr)));
-        if (error == -1) {
-            perror("mmap");
-            exit(-1);
-        }
-
-#ifdef LOW_ELF_STACK
-        if (TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(elf_ppnt->p_vaddr) < elf_stack)
-            elf_stack = TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(elf_ppnt->p_vaddr);
-#endif
-
-        if (!load_addr_set) {
-            load_addr_set = 1;
-            load_addr = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr - elf_ppnt->p_offset;
-            if (elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
-                load_bias += error -
-                    TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias + elf_ppnt->p_vaddr);
-                load_addr += load_bias;
-            }
-        }
-        k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
-        if (k < start_code)
-            start_code = k;
-        if (start_data < k)
-            start_data = k;
-        k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr + elf_ppnt->p_filesz;
-        if ((elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X) && end_code <  k)
-            end_code = k;
-        if (end_data < k)
-            end_data = k;
-        k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr + elf_ppnt->p_memsz;
-        if (k > elf_brk) {
-            elf_brk = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(k);
-        }
-
-        /* If the load segment requests extra zeros (e.g. bss), map it.  */
-        if (elf_ppnt->p_filesz < elf_ppnt->p_memsz) {
-            abi_ulong base = load_bias + elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
-            zero_bss(base + elf_ppnt->p_filesz,
-                     base + elf_ppnt->p_memsz, elf_prot);
-        }
-    }
-
-    elf_entry += load_bias;
-    elf_brk += load_bias;
-    start_code += load_bias;
-    end_code += load_bias;
-    start_data += load_bias;
-    end_data += load_bias;
-
-    info->load_bias = load_bias;
-    info->load_addr = load_addr;
-    info->entry = elf_entry;
-    info->start_brk = info->brk = elf_brk;
-    info->end_code = end_code;
-    info->start_code = start_code;
-    info->start_data = start_data;
-    info->end_data = end_data;
-    info->personality = PER_LINUX;
-
-    free(elf_phdata);
-
-    if (qemu_log_enabled()) {
-	load_symbols(&elf_ex, bprm->fd, load_bias);
-    }
-
-    close(bprm->fd);
 
     if (elf_interpreter) {
         load_elf_interp(elf_interpreter, &interp_info, bprm->buf);
@@ -1734,6 +1570,7 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct target_pt_regs * regs,
     if (elf_interpreter) {
         info->load_addr = interp_info.load_addr;
         info->entry = interp_info.entry;
+        free(elf_interpreter);
     }
 
 #ifdef USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP
