diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.10 b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.10
index 614205fb78b41a3a5edd553ddbb8d0a47d7943a0..9d4f503d07364e3f787b1a623d4611c8a45f4b5c 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.10
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.10
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_DEVRES=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_WDT=y
 CONFIG_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS=y
 CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y
 CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/brcm47xx/image/Makefile
index 9a477a6fdaf587528cbf8a1111f86fa86a47f433..eca09a8c5b621a595136fa822bfab381b7fb6003 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/image/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ endef
 
 define Image/Prepare
 	cat $(KDIR)/vmlinux | $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e -si -so -eos -lc1 -lp2 -pb2 > $(KDIR)/vmlinux.lzma
+	gzip -nc9 $(KDIR)/vmlinux > $(KDIR)/vmlinux.gz
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS),)
 	cat $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs | $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e -si -so -eos -lc1 -lp2 -pb2 > $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs.lzma
 endif
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ define Image/Build/Edi
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/trx2edips $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-$(1).trx $(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(2)-$(3).bin
 endef
 
+define Image/Build/Huawei
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(2)-$(3)-gz.bin bs=92 count=1
+	echo -ne 'HDR0\x08\x00\x00\x00' >> $(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(2)-$(3)-gz.bin
+	cat $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-$(1)-gz.trx >> $(BIN_DIR)/openwrt-$(2)-$(3)-gz.bin
+endef
+
 define trxalign/jffs2-128k
 -a 0x20000 -f $(KDIR)/root.$(1)
 endef
@@ -134,9 +141,13 @@ define Image/Build
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/trx -o $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-$(1).trx \
 		-f $(KDIR)/loader.gz -f $(KDIR)/vmlinux.lzma \
 		$(call trxalign/$(1),$(1))
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/trx -o $(BIN_DIR)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-$(1)-gz.trx \
+		-f $(KDIR)/vmlinux.gz \
+		$(call trxalign/$(1),$(1))
 	$(call Image/Build/$(1),$(1))
 	$(call Image/Build/Motorola,$(1),wr850g,1,$(1))
 	$(call Image/Build/USR,$(1),usr5461,$(1))
+	$(call Image/Build/Huawei,$(1),e970,$(1))
 	$(call Image/Build/Chk,$(1),wgr614_v8,U12H072T00_NETGEAR,2,$(patsubst jffs2-%,jffs2,$(1)))
 #	$(call Image/Build/Chk,$(1),wgr614_v9,U12H094T00_NETGEAR,2,$(patsubst jffs2-%,jffs2,$(1)))
 	$(call Image/Build/Chk,$(1),wndr3300_v1,U12H093T00_NETGEAR,2,$(patsubst jffs2-%,jffs2,$(1)))
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/830-huawei_e970_support.patch b/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/830-huawei_e970_support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..12539fd9be45055fcd1453e0577787202a9c4cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/830-huawei_e970_support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
++++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
+@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
+ #include <linux/bcma/bcma_soc.h>
+ #include <linux/serial.h>
+ #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
++#include <linux/gpio_wdt.h>
+ #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
+ #include <asm/reboot.h>
+ #include <asm/time.h>
+ #include <bcm47xx.h>
+ #include <bcm47xx_nvram.h>
++#include <bcm47xx_board.h>
+ 
+ union bcm47xx_bus bcm47xx_bus;
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcm47xx_bus);
+@@ -254,6 +256,33 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
+ 	pm_power_off = bcm47xx_machine_halt;
+ }
+ 
++static struct gpio_wdt_platform_data gpio_wdt_data;
++
++static struct platform_device gpio_wdt_device = {
++	.name			= "gpio-wdt",
++	.id			= 0,
++	.dev			= {
++		.platform_data	= &gpio_wdt_data,
++	},
++};
++
++static int __init bcm47xx_register_gpio_watchdog(void)
++{
++	enum bcm47xx_board board = bcm47xx_board_get();
++
++	switch (board) {
++	case BCM47XX_BOARD_HUAWEI_E970:
++		pr_info("bcm47xx: detected Huawei E970 or similar, starting early gpio_wdt timer\n");
++		gpio_wdt_data.gpio = 7;
++		gpio_wdt_data.interval = HZ;
++		gpio_wdt_data.first_interval = HZ / 5;
++		return platform_device_register(&gpio_wdt_device);
++	default:
++		/* Nothing to do */
++		return 0;
++	}
++}
++
+ static int __init bcm47xx_register_bus_complete(void)
+ {
+ 	switch (bcm47xx_bus_type) {
+@@ -268,6 +297,8 @@ static int __init bcm47xx_register_bus_c
+ 		break;
+ #endif
+ 	}
++	bcm47xx_register_gpio_watchdog();
++
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+ device_initcall(bcm47xx_register_bus_complete);
+--- a/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/configs/bcm47xx_defconfig
+@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ CONFIG_THERMAL=y
+ CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
+ CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT=y
+ CONFIG_BCM47XX_WDT=y
++CONFIG_GPIO_WDT=y
+ CONFIG_SSB_DRIVER_GIGE=y
+ CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT=m
+ CONFIG_SOUND=m
+--- a/drivers/ssb/embedded.c
++++ b/drivers/ssb/embedded.c
+@@ -34,11 +34,36 @@ int ssb_watchdog_timer_set(struct ssb_bu
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ssb_watchdog_timer_set);
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_BCM47XX
++#include <bcm47xx_board.h>
++
++static bool ssb_watchdog_supported(void)
++{
++	enum bcm47xx_board board = bcm47xx_board_get();
++
++	/* The Huawei E970 has a hardware watchdog using a GPIO */
++	switch (board) {
++	case BCM47XX_BOARD_HUAWEI_E970:
++		return false;
++	default:
++		return true;
++	}
++}
++#else
++static bool ssb_watchdog_supported(void)
++{
++	return true;
++}
++#endif
++
+ int ssb_watchdog_register(struct ssb_bus *bus)
+ {
+ 	struct bcm47xx_wdt wdt = {};
+ 	struct platform_device *pdev;
+ 
++	if (!ssb_watchdog_supported())
++		return 0;
++
+ 	if (ssb_chipco_available(&bus->chipco)) {
+ 		wdt.driver_data = &bus->chipco;
+ 		wdt.timer_set = ssb_chipco_watchdog_timer_set_wdt;
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch b/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch
index 455067631a76a6c455fd56bae21620ac195f9550..f30a4fbd755416995f8b2e39ad2509df913a621b 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.10/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
 +++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
-@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ static int bcm47xx_get_invariants(struct
+@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ static int bcm47xx_get_invariants(struct
  	if (bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("cardbus", buf, sizeof(buf)) >= 0)
  		iv->has_cardbus_slot = !!simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);