diff --git a/classes/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bbclass b/classes/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bbclass
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+++ b/classes/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bbclass
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+# Common code for recipes that implement Phosphor OpenBMC filesystem
+
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "obmc-phosphor-initfs"
+PROVIDES += "obmc-phosphor-initfs"
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh
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+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-init.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+rodir=run/initramfs/ro
+rwdir=run/initramfs/rw
+upper=$rwdir/cow
+work=$rwdir/work
+
+cd /
+mkdir -p sys proc dev run
+mount dev dev -tdevtmpfs
+mount sys sys -tsysfs
+mount proc proc -tproc
+if ! grep run proc/mounts
+then
+	mount tmpfs run -t tmpfs -o mode=755,nodev
+fi
+
+mkdir -p $rodir $rwdir
+
+cp -rp init shutdown update whitelist bin sbin usr lib etc var run/initramfs
+
+# To start a interactive shell with job control at this point, run
+# getty 38400 ttyS4
+
+findmtd() {
+	m=$(grep -xl "$1" /sys/class/mtd/*/name)
+	m=${m%/name}
+	m=${m##*/}
+	echo $m
+}
+
+rofs=$(findmtd rofs)
+rwfs=$(findmtd rwfs)
+
+rofst=squashfs
+rwfst=ext4
+
+echo rofs = $rofs $rofst   rwfs = $rwfs $rwfst
+
+if grep -w debug-init-sh /proc/cmdline ||
+	! mount -o rw /dev/mtdblock${rwfs#mtd} $rwdir -t $rwfst
+then
+	echo Please mount the rw file system on $rwdir from this shell
+	while ! sulogin && ! test -f /takeover
+	do
+		echo getty failed, retrying
+	done
+fi
+
+# Touch /takeover in the above getty to become pid 1
+if test -e /takeover
+then
+	export PS1=init#\ 
+	exec /bin/sh
+fi
+
+mount -o ro /dev/mtdblock${rofs#mtd} $rodir -t $rofst
+
+rm -rf $work
+mkdir -p $upper
+mkdir -p $work
+
+mount -t overlay -o lowerdir=$rodir,upperdir=$upper,workdir=$work cow /root
+
+if ! chroot /root /bin/sh -c exit
+then
+	echo 'chroot test failed; invoking emergency shell.'
+	PS1=rescue#\  sulogin
+fi
+
+for f in sys dev proc run
+do
+	mount --move $f root/$f
+done
+
+# switch_root /root /sbin/init
+exec chroot /root /sbin/init
+
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..029cd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-shutdown.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo shutdown: "$@"
+
+export PS1=shutdown-sh#\ 
+# exec bin/sh
+
+if [ ! -e /proc/mounts ]
+then
+	mkdir -p /proc
+	mount  proc proc -tproc
+	umount_proc=1
+else
+	umount_proc=
+fi
+
+# remove an empty oldroot, that means we are not invoked from systemd-shutdown
+rmdir /oldroot 2>/dev/null
+
+set -x
+for f in $( awk '/oldroot/ { print $2 }' < /proc/mounts | sort -r )
+do
+	umount $f
+done
+set +x
+
+
+if test -x /update && ls image-* > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+	exec /update ${1+"$@"}
+fi
+
+echo Remaining mounts:
+cat /proc/mounts
+
+test "umount_proc" && umount /proc && rmdir /proc
+
+
+
+# Execute the command systemd told us to ...
+if test -d /oldroot  && test "$1"
+then
+	if test "$1" == kexec
+	then
+		$1 -f -e
+	else
+		$1 -f
+	fi
+fi
+
+
+echo "Execute ${1-reboot} -f if all unounted ok, or exec /init"
+
+export PS1=shutdown-sh#\ 
+exec /bin/sh
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1122e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/obmc-update.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo update: "$@"
+
+export PS1=update-sh#\ 
+# exec /bin/sh
+
+cd /
+if ! test -r /proc/mounts || ! test -f /proc/mounts
+then
+	mkdir -p /proc
+	mount -t proc proc proc
+fi
+if ! test -d /sys/class
+then
+	mkdir -p /sys
+	mount -t sysfs sys sys
+fi
+if ! test -c /dev/null
+then
+	mkdir -p /dev
+	mount -t devtmpfs dev dev
+fi
+while grep mtd /proc/mounts
+do
+	echo 1>&2 "Error: A mtd device is mounted."
+	sulogin
+	# exec /bin/sh
+done
+
+findmtd() {
+	m=$(grep -xl "$1" /sys/class/mtd/*/name)
+	m=${m%/name}
+	m=${m##*/}
+	echo $m
+}
+
+rofs=$(findmtd rofs)
+rwfs=$(findmtd rwfs)
+
+rofst=squahsfs
+rwfst=ext4
+
+if test -n "$rwfs" && test -s whitelist
+then
+
+	mkdir -p rw
+	mount /dev/mtdblock${rwfs#mtd} rw -oro -t $rwfst
+
+	while read f
+	do
+		if ! test -e rw/cow/$f
+		then
+			continue
+		fi
+		d="save/cow/$f"
+		mkdir -p "${d%/*}"
+		cp -rp rw/cow/$f "${d%/*}/"
+	done < whitelist
+
+	umount rw
+fi
+
+
+for f in image-*
+do
+	m=$(findmtd ${f#image-})
+	if test -z "$m"
+	then
+		echo 1>&2  "Unable to find mtd partiton for $f"
+		exec /bin/sh
+	fi
+done
+
+for f in image-*
+do
+	m=$(findmtd ${f#image-})
+	echo "Updating ${f#image-}"
+	# flasheraseall /dev/$m && dd if=$f of=/dev/$m
+	flashcp -v $f /dev/$m
+done
+
+
+if test -d save/cow
+then
+	mount /dev/mtdblock${rwfs#mtd} rw -o rw -t $rwfst
+	cp -rp save/cow/. rw/cow/
+	umount rw
+fi
+
+# Execute the command systemd told us to ...
+if test -d /oldroot && test -x "/sbin/$1" && test -f "/sbin/$1"
+then
+	if test "$1" == kexec
+	then
+		/sbin/$1 -f -e
+	else
+		/sbin/$1 -f
+	fi
+fi
+
+
+echo "Execute ${1-reboot} -f if all is ok"
+
+export PS1=update-sh#\ 
+exec /bin/sh
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/whitelist b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/whitelist
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index 0000000..80f9c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/files/whitelist
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
+/etc/systemd/network
+/etc/resolv.conf
+/etc/machine-id
+/etc/passwd
+/etc/group
+/etc/shadow
+/etc/gshadow
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-init.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-init.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68ee00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-initfs/obmc-phosphor-init.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC pre-init scripts"
+DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC filesytem mount reference implementation."
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+inherit obmc-phosphor-initfs
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+SRC_URI += "file://obmc-init.sh"
+SRC_URI += "file://obmc-shutdown.sh"
+SRC_URI += "file://obmc-update.sh"
+SRC_URI += "file://whitelist"
+
+do_install() {
+        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-init.sh ${D}/init
+        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-shutdown.sh ${D}/shutdown
+        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-update.sh ${D}/update
+        install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/whitelist ${D}/whitelist
+        install -d ${D}/dev
+        mknod -m 622 ${D}/dev/console c 5 1
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += " /init /shutdown /update /whitelist /dev "