diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 44eeefa635ac6414a01f39393c8daca6b567ba01..9f653a013739dd9666bf0f2202f85397c437295d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Maintainers List (try to look for most precise areas first)
 		-----------------------------------
 ARC
 M:	Alexey Brodkin <alexey.brodkin@synopsys.com>
+M:	Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>
 S:	Maintained
+L:	uboot-snps-arc@synopsys.com
 T:	git git://git.denx.de/u-boot-arc.git
 F:	arch/arc/
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/init_helpers.c b/arch/arc/lib/init_helpers.c
index 435fe96ef447aa0e0779cb00de34d91b93e1cbaf..822318ff439458959f8dc57071a7b2b11d50a5ee 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/init_helpers.c
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/init_helpers.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <common.h>
 
-DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-
 int init_cache_f_r(void)
 {
 	sync_n_cleanup_cache_all();
diff --git a/configs/axs101_defconfig b/configs/axs101_defconfig
index 174b80aeed763b210bcea406c4bf8eebb2319670..25b10888ced97970742ba9d095f53fd5a154b394 100644
--- a/configs/axs101_defconfig
+++ b/configs/axs101_defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS3,115200n8"
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="AXS# "
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
diff --git a/configs/axs103_defconfig b/configs/axs103_defconfig
index 953006156895dcfd45770ac6d7b79648eebe2f42..b9d387b88a8f9e6d8ff7a566e68e9c81168dd56e 100644
--- a/configs/axs103_defconfig
+++ b/configs/axs103_defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS3,115200n8"
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="AXS# "
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
diff --git a/configs/hsdk_defconfig b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
index 37f61902d376cbffa483fed56a773d4851c8e55b..844decad2dc87822cf2c70b28c8333ee5d41a22d 100644
--- a/configs/hsdk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARC=y
 CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_HSDK=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x81000000
-CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ=1000000000
+CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ=500000000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="hsdk"
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200n8"