diff -urN a/include/configs/omap4_common.h b/include/configs/omap4_common.h
--- a/include/configs/omap4_common.h	2013-05-29 14:33:35.068105081 -0600
+++ b/include/configs/omap4_common.h	2013-05-29 14:41:54.424745536 -0600
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 	"fdtaddr=0x80f80000\0" \
 	"bootpart=0:2\0" \
 	"bootdir=/boot\0" \
+	"fdtdir=/boot/dtbs\0" \
 	"bootfile=zImage\0" \
 	"usbtty=cdc_acm\0" \
 	"vram=16M\0" \
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
 	"buddy=none\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcpart=1\0" \
-	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro\0" \
+	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \
 	"mmcrootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc\0" \
 	"mmcargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} " \
 		"buddy=${buddy} "\
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@
 			"setenv fdtfile omap4-sdp.dtb; fi; " \
 		"if test $board_name = panda; then " \
 			"setenv fdtfile omap4-panda-es.dtb; fi\0" \
-	"loadfdt=load mmc ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${bootdir}/${fdtfile}\0" \
+	"loadfdt=load mmc ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${fdtdir}/${fdtfile}\0" \
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND \
 	"run findfdt; " \