diff --git a/src/arch/armv7/romstage.ld b/src/arch/armv7/romstage.ld
index 568ac1aa94..6e86acdfe0 100644
--- a/src/arch/armv7/romstage.ld
+++ b/src/arch/armv7/romstage.ld
@@ -47,10 +47,28 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.rodata);
 		*(.machine_param);
 		*(.data);
-		. = ALIGN(8);
+		. = ALIGN(16);
+		_car_migrate_start = .;
+		*(.car.migrate);
+		_car_migrate_end = .;
+		. = ALIGN(16);
 		_erom = .;
 	}
 
+	.car.data . (NOLOAD) : {
+		_car_data_start = .;
+		*(.car.global_data);
+		/* The cbmem_console section comes last to take advantage of
+		 * a zero-sized array to hold the memconsole contents that
+		 * grows to a bound of CONFIG_CONSOLE_CAR_BUFFER_SIZE. However,
+		 * collisions within the cache-as-ram region cannot be
+		 * statically checked because the cache-as-ram region usage is
+		 * cpu/chipset dependent. */
+		*(.car.cbmem_console);
+		_car_data_end = .;
+	}
+
+
 	__image_copy_end = .;
 
 	/* bss does not contain data, it is just a space that should be zero
diff --git a/src/cpu/Kconfig b/src/cpu/Kconfig
index b0b8e0c1d9..540f169c25 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ config CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_NONE
 
 endchoice
 
+config CAR_MIGRATION
+	def_bool n
+	depends on DYNAMIC_CBMEM || EARLY_CBMEM_INIT
+	help
+	  Migrate the cache-as-ram variables to CBMEM once CBMEM is set up
+	  in romstage. This option is only needed if one will be doing more
+	  work in romstage after the cache-as-ram is torn down aside from
+	  loading ramstage.
 config CPU_MICROCODE_FILE
 	  string "Path and filename of CPU microcode"
 	  depends on CPU_MICROCODE_CBFS_EXTERNAL
diff --git a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
index 6731bb60e4..83ff4cbe87 100644
--- a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5250/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config CPU_SAMSUNG_EXYNOS5250
 	select HAVE_UART_SPECIAL
 	select EARLY_CONSOLE
 	select DYNAMIC_CBMEM
+	select CAR_MIGRATION
 	bool
 	default n
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5420/Kconfig b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5420/Kconfig
index df721ae0c1..c6d88c69c4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5420/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/samsung/exynos5420/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config CPU_SAMSUNG_EXYNOS5420
 	select HAVE_UART_SPECIAL
 	select EARLY_CONSOLE
 	select DYNAMIC_CBMEM
+	select CAR_MIGRATION
 	bool
 	default n
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
index c10dd1579f..305c2f2422 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
@@ -116,11 +116,4 @@ config X86_AMD_FIXED_MTRRS
 	  This option informs the MTRR code to use the RdMem and WrMem fields
 	  in the fixed MTRR MSRs.
 
-config CAR_MIGRATION
-	def_bool n
-	depends on DYNAMIC_CBMEM || EARLY_CBMEM_INIT
-	help
-	  Migrate the cache-as-ram variables to CBMEM once CBMEM is set up
-	  in romstage. This option is only needed if one will be doing more
-	  work in romstage after the cache-as-ram is torn down aside from
-	  loading ramstage.
+