+--- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/boards/board_bcm963xx.c
++++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/boards/board_bcm963xx.c
+@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ void __init board_prom_init(void)
+ if (!memcmp(cfe, "cfe-v", 5))
+ snprintf(cfe_version, sizeof(cfe_version), "%u.%u.%u-%u.%u",
+ cfe[5], cfe[6], cfe[7], cfe[8], cfe[9]);
++ else if (!memcmp(cfe, "cfe-", 4))
++ snprintf(cfe_version, 16, "%s", (char *) &cfe[4]);
+ else
+ strcpy(cfe_version, "unknown");
+ printk(KERN_INFO PFX "CFE version: %s\n", cfe_version);
+--- a/drivers/mtd/bcm63xxpart.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/bcm63xxpart.c
+@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ static int bcm63xx_detect_cfe(struct mtd
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+- if (strncmp("cfe-v", buf, 5) == 0)
++ if (strncmp("cfe-", buf, 4) == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+- /* very old CFE's do not have the cfe-v string, so check for magic */
++ /* very old CFE's do not have the cfe- string, so check for magic */
+ ret = mtd_read(master, BCM63XX_CFE_MAGIC_OFFSET, 8, &retlen,
+ (void *)buf);
+ buf[retlen] = 0;