diff --git a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec07709e0cb7a3820706292731b2826626b0861d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/00_model
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+
+. /lib/functions/uci-defaults-new.sh
+
+board_config_update
+
+ucidef_set_board_id "$(cat /tmp/sysinfo/board_name)"
+ucidef_set_model_name "$(cat /tmp/sysinfo/model)"
+
+board_config_flush
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd5ad2d05be7b412bac03cff85753df9cd2805a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+
+. /lib/arc.sh
+. /lib/functions/uci-defaults-new.sh
+
+board_config_update
+
+case "$( arc_board_name )" in
+"arc-sdp"*)
+	ucidef_set_interface_lan "eth0" "dhcp"
+	;;
+esac
+
+board_config_flush
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network
deleted file mode 100644
index 87cfe81db539dc51bf38ed3c38fca0539854cd69..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
-#
-
-[ -e /etc/config/network ] && exit 0
-
-touch /etc/config/network
-
-. /lib/arc.sh
-. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
-
-ucidef_set_interface_loopback
-
-case "$( arc_board_name )" in
-"arc-sdp"*)
-	ucidef_set_interface_raw "lan" "eth0" "dhcp"
-	;;
-esac
-
-uci commit network
-
-exit 0