diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r1.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r1.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a11cd8715519e06e38621ba912a4f0f55a33e731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r1.config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R1=y
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r2.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r2.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9570672d4f9f671a2f4b7a5462e7c2bf416b4eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r2.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r6.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r6.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca606e71f4d02611f2b1989013035c1c364d8610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/32r6.config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R6=y
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r1.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r1.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c1ea7e7bae325bc87b68f54d580827499390ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r1.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_64BIT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_O32=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_N32=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r2.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r2.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4d31ae8bfec0fbc5b9b9bfa5199abfc5a992f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r2.config
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_64BIT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_O32=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_N32=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r6.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r6.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7cac0339c4d52db0c419d3409ee411da8d400e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/64r6.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R6=y
+CONFIG_64BIT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_O32=y
+CONFIG_MIPS32_N32=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-boston.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-boston.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19560a45b683a5d84e01af23633b56623a5606e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-boston.config
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+CONFIG_FIT_IMAGE_FDT_BOSTON=y
+
+CONFIG_ATA=y
+CONFIG_SATA_AHCI=y
+CONFIG_SCSI=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
+
+CONFIG_AUXDISPLAY=y
+CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD=y
+
+CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_BOSTON=y
+
+CONFIG_DMADEVICES=y
+CONFIG_PCH_DMA=y
+
+CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_PCH=y
+
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+CONFIG_I2C_EG20T=y
+
+CONFIG_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_PCI=y
+
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_PCH_GBE=y
+
+CONFIG_PCI=y
+CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y
+CONFIG_PCIE_XILINX=y
+
+CONFIG_PCH_PHUB=y
+
+CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_RTC_DRV_M41T80=y
+
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
+
+CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SPI_TOPCLIFF_PCH=y
+
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
+CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-ni169445.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-ni169445.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f72223b366cabc4294a4ec40c9e3eb5987cfb55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-ni169445.config
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# require CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
+# require CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+
+CONFIG_FIT_IMAGE_FDT_NI169445=y
+
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
+
+CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_GENERIC_PLATFORM=y
+
+CONFIG_MTD=y
+CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
+
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC=y
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC_BCH=y
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND=y
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND_IDS=y
+
+CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y
+CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BLOCK=y
+
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH=y
+CONFIG_STMMAC_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_DWMAC_GENERIC=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-sead-3.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-sead-3.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df49a592dbb5b288e9091b3b59e6fef7c3b1af4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-sead-3.config
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# require CONFIG_32BIT=y
+
+CONFIG_LEGACY_BOARD_SEAD3=y
+
+CONFIG_AUXDISPLAY=y
+CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD=y
+
+CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_SYSCON=y
+
+CONFIG_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SPI=y
+
+CONFIG_MTD=y
+CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CFI=y
+CONFIG_MTD_CFI_INTELEXT=y
+CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS=y
+CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
+CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_OF=y
+CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y
+CONFIG_MTD_UBI_GLUEBI=y
+
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_SMSC911X=y
+CONFIG_SMSC_PHY=y
+
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
+
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-xilfpga.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-xilfpga.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9cce57385b038c2c4a449ab02290b26d71023d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/board-xilfpga.config
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# require CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
+# require CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_XILINX=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
+CONFIG_FIT_IMAGE_FDT_XILFPGA=y
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
+CONFIG_I2C_XILINX=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_ADT7410=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_XILINX_EMACLITE=y
+CONFIG_SMSC_PHY=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/eb.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/eb.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5cdc99a6530f1b51df7bc3fa29454470f5e17aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/eb.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/el.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/el.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee43fdb3b8f4ca8257847c5a59705ac55f1e1499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/el.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic/micro32r2.config b/arch/mips/configs/generic/micro32r2.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b701fe7aaa680b3e13ac6eb84b4706a25ceed346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic/micro32r2.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26b1cd5ffbf550d33b7ff1afe567b30bbfe265b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_CPS=y
+CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA=y
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
+CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
+CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG=y
+CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP=y
+CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
+CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH=y
+CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_PIDS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
+CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y
+CONFIG_USERFAULTFD=y
+CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+# CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
+# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
+CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y
+CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
+# CONFIG_WIRELESS is not set
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
+CONFIG_SCSI=y
+# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set
+# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set
+# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
+# CONFIG_SERIO is not set
+CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
+# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
+CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON=y
+CONFIG_HID_A4TECH=y
+CONFIG_HID_APPLE=y
+CONFIG_HID_BELKIN=y
+CONFIG_HID_CHERRY=y
+CONFIG_HID_CHICONY=y
+CONFIG_HID_CYPRESS=y
+CONFIG_HID_EZKEY=y
+CONFIG_HID_KENSINGTON=y
+CONFIG_HID_LOGITECH=y
+CONFIG_HID_MICROSOFT=y
+CONFIG_HID_MONTEREY=y
+# CONFIG_MIPS_PLATFORM_DEVICES is not set
+# CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION=y
+CONFIG_FANOTIFY=y
+CONFIG_FUSE_FS=y
+CONFIG_CUSE=y
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=y
+CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
+CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
+# CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS is not set
+CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
+CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y
+CONFIG_NFS_V4=y
+CONFIG_NFS_V4_1=y
+CONFIG_NFS_V4_2=y
+CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
+CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
+# CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
+# CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="earlycon"
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_X86 is not set
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_POWERPC is not set
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_IA64 is not set
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_ARM is not set
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_ARMTHUMB is not set
+# CONFIG_XZ_DEC_SPARC is not set