diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index ba412e02ec..2c9e5bf734 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1538,6 +1538,23 @@ config MCPM
 	  for (multi-)cluster based systems, such as big.LITTLE based
 	  systems.
 
+config BIG_LITTLE
+	bool "big.LITTLE support (Experimental)"
+	depends on CPU_V7 && SMP
+	select MCPM
+	help
+	  This option enables support for the big.LITTLE architecture.
+
+config BL_SWITCHER
+	bool "big.LITTLE switcher support"
+	depends on BIG_LITTLE && MCPM && HOTPLUG_CPU
+	select CPU_PM
+	select ARM_CPU_SUSPEND
+	help
+	  The big.LITTLE "switcher" provides the core functionality to
+	  transparently handle transition between a cluster of A15's
+	  and a cluster of A7's in a big.LITTLE system.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Memory split"
 	default VMSPLIT_3G
diff --git a/arch/arm/common/Makefile b/arch/arm/common/Makefile
index 8c60f473e9..2586240d5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/common/Makefile
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MCPM)		+= mcpm_head.o mcpm_entry.o mcpm_platsmp.o vlock.o
 AFLAGS_mcpm_head.o		:= -march=armv7-a
 AFLAGS_vlock.o			:= -march=armv7-a
 obj-$(CONFIG_TI_PRIV_EDMA)	+= edma.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BL_SWITCHER)	+= bL_switcher.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e63881b430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/*
+ * arch/arm/common/bL_switcher.c -- big.LITTLE cluster switcher core driver
+ *
+ * Created by:	Nicolas Pitre, March 2012
+ * Copyright:	(C) 2012-2013  Linaro Limited
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/cpu_pm.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h>
+
+#include <asm/smp_plat.h>
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/suspend.h>
+#include <asm/mcpm.h>
+#include <asm/bL_switcher.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * Use our own MPIDR accessors as the generic ones in asm/cputype.h have
+ * __attribute_const__ and we don't want the compiler to assume any
+ * constness here as the value _does_ change along some code paths.
+ */
+
+static int read_mpidr(void)
+{
+	unsigned int id;
+	asm volatile ("mrc\tp15, 0, %0, c0, c0, 5" : "=r" (id));
+	return id & MPIDR_HWID_BITMASK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * bL switcher core code.
+ */
+
+static void bL_do_switch(void *_unused)
+{
+	unsigned mpidr, cpuid, clusterid, ob_cluster, ib_cluster;
+
+	/*
+	 * We now have a piece of stack borrowed from the init task's.
+	 * Let's also switch to init_mm right away to match it.
+	 */
+	cpu_switch_mm(init_mm.pgd, &init_mm);
+
+	pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
+
+	mpidr = read_mpidr();
+	cpuid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
+	clusterid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1);
+	ob_cluster = clusterid;
+	ib_cluster = clusterid ^ 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Our state has been saved at this point.  Let's release our
+	 * inbound CPU.
+	 */
+	mcpm_set_entry_vector(cpuid, ib_cluster, cpu_resume);
+	sev();
+
+	/*
+	 * From this point, we must assume that our counterpart CPU might
+	 * have taken over in its parallel world already, as if execution
+	 * just returned from cpu_suspend().  It is therefore important to
+	 * be very careful not to make any change the other guy is not
+	 * expecting.  This is why we need stack isolation.
+	 *
+	 * Fancy under cover tasks could be performed here.  For now
+	 * we have none.
+	 */
+
+	/* Let's put ourself down. */
+	mcpm_cpu_power_down();
+
+	/* should never get here */
+	BUG();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Stack isolation.  To ensure 'current' remains valid, we just borrow
+ * a slice of the init/idle task which should be fairly lightly used.
+ * The borrowed area starts just above the thread_info structure located
+ * at the very bottom of the stack, aligned to a cache line.
+ */
+#define STACK_SIZE 256
+extern void call_with_stack(void (*fn)(void *), void *arg, void *sp);
+static int bL_switchpoint(unsigned long _arg)
+{
+	unsigned int mpidr = read_mpidr();
+	unsigned int cpuid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
+	unsigned int clusterid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1);
+	unsigned int cpu_index = cpuid + clusterid * MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER;
+	void *stack = &init_thread_info + 1;
+	stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack, L1_CACHE_BYTES);
+	stack += cpu_index * STACK_SIZE + STACK_SIZE;
+	call_with_stack(bL_do_switch, (void *)_arg, stack);
+	BUG();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Generic switcher interface
+ */
+
+/*
+ * bL_switch_to - Switch to a specific cluster for the current CPU
+ * @new_cluster_id: the ID of the cluster to switch to.
+ *
+ * This function must be called on the CPU to be switched.
+ * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code.
+ */
+static int bL_switch_to(unsigned int new_cluster_id)
+{
+	unsigned int mpidr, cpuid, clusterid, ob_cluster, ib_cluster, this_cpu;
+	int ret;
+
+	mpidr = read_mpidr();
+	cpuid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
+	clusterid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1);
+	ob_cluster = clusterid;
+	ib_cluster = clusterid ^ 1;
+
+	if (new_cluster_id == clusterid)
+		return 0;
+
+	pr_debug("before switch: CPU %d in cluster %d\n", cpuid, clusterid);
+
+	/* Close the gate for our entry vectors */
+	mcpm_set_entry_vector(cpuid, ob_cluster, NULL);
+	mcpm_set_entry_vector(cpuid, ib_cluster, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Let's wake up the inbound CPU now in case it requires some delay
+	 * to come online, but leave it gated in our entry vector code.
+	 */
+	ret = mcpm_cpu_power_up(cpuid, ib_cluster);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s: mcpm_cpu_power_up() returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * From this point we are entering the switch critical zone
+	 * and can't sleep/schedule anymore.
+	 */
+	local_irq_disable();
+	local_fiq_disable();
+
+	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+	/* redirect GIC's SGIs to our counterpart */
+	gic_migrate_target(cpuid + ib_cluster*4);
+
+	/*
+	 * Raise a SGI on the inbound CPU to make sure it doesn't stall
+	 * in a possible WFI, such as in mcpm_power_down().
+	 */
+	arch_send_wakeup_ipi_mask(cpumask_of(this_cpu));
+
+	ret = cpu_pm_enter();
+
+	/* we can not tolerate errors at this point */
+	if (ret)
+		panic("%s: cpu_pm_enter() returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
+
+	/*
+	 * Flip the cluster in the CPU logical map for this CPU.
+	 * This must be flushed to RAM as the resume code
+	 * needs to access it while the caches are still disabled.
+	 */
+	cpu_logical_map(this_cpu) ^= (1 << 8);
+	sync_cache_w(&cpu_logical_map(this_cpu));
+
+	/* Let's do the actual CPU switch. */
+	ret = cpu_suspend(0, bL_switchpoint);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		panic("%s: cpu_suspend() returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
+
+	/* We are executing on the inbound CPU at this point */
+	mpidr = read_mpidr();
+	cpuid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 0);
+	clusterid = MPIDR_AFFINITY_LEVEL(mpidr, 1);
+	pr_debug("after switch: CPU %d in cluster %d\n", cpuid, clusterid);
+	BUG_ON(clusterid != ib_cluster);
+
+	mcpm_cpu_powered_up();
+
+	ret = cpu_pm_exit();
+
+	local_fiq_enable();
+	local_irq_enable();
+
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("%s exiting with error %d\n", __func__, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct switch_args {
+	unsigned int cluster;
+	struct work_struct work;
+};
+
+static void __bL_switch_to(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct switch_args *args = container_of(work, struct switch_args, work);
+	bL_switch_to(args->cluster);
+}
+
+/*
+ * bL_switch_request - Switch to a specific cluster for the given CPU
+ *
+ * @cpu: the CPU to switch
+ * @new_cluster_id: the ID of the cluster to switch to.
+ *
+ * This function causes a cluster switch on the given CPU.  If the given
+ * CPU is the same as the calling CPU then the switch happens right away.
+ * Otherwise the request is put on a work queue to be scheduled on the
+ * remote CPU.
+ */
+void bL_switch_request(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int new_cluster_id)
+{
+	unsigned int this_cpu = get_cpu();
+	struct switch_args args;
+
+	if (cpu == this_cpu) {
+		bL_switch_to(new_cluster_id);
+		put_cpu();
+		return;
+	}
+	put_cpu();
+
+	args.cluster = new_cluster_id;
+	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&args.work, __bL_switch_to);
+	schedule_work_on(cpu, &args.work);
+	flush_work(&args.work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bL_switch_request);
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bL_switcher.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bL_switcher.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72efe3f349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bL_switcher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * arch/arm/include/asm/bL_switcher.h
+ *
+ * Created by:  Nicolas Pitre, April 2012
+ * Copyright:   (C) 2012-2013  Linaro Limited
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ASM_BL_SWITCHER_H
+#define ASM_BL_SWITCHER_H
+
+void bL_switch_request(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int new_cluster_id);
+
+#endif
