diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h b/include/llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h
index 2f74afbb482..ca58bfb0d73 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ namespace llvm {
                                                   CodeGenOpt::Level OL);
     typedef AsmPrinter *(*AsmPrinterCtorTy)(TargetMachine &TM,
                                             MCStreamer &Streamer);
-    typedef MCAsmBackend *(*MCAsmBackendCtorTy)(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+    typedef MCAsmBackend *(*MCAsmBackendCtorTy)(const Target &T,
+                                                StringRef TT,
+                                                StringRef CPU);
     typedef MCTargetAsmLexer *(*MCAsmLexerCtorTy)(const Target &T,
                                                   const MCRegisterInfo &MRI,
                                                   const MCAsmInfo &MAI);
@@ -352,10 +354,10 @@ namespace llvm {
     /// createMCAsmBackend - Create a target specific assembly parser.
     ///
     /// \param Triple The target triple string.
-    MCAsmBackend *createMCAsmBackend(StringRef Triple) const {
+    MCAsmBackend *createMCAsmBackend(StringRef Triple, StringRef CPU) const {
       if (!MCAsmBackendCtorFn)
         return 0;
-      return MCAsmBackendCtorFn(*this, Triple);
+      return MCAsmBackendCtorFn(*this, Triple, CPU);
     }
 
     /// createMCAsmLexer - Create a target specific assembly lexer.
@@ -1062,8 +1064,9 @@ namespace llvm {
     }
 
   private:
-    static MCAsmBackend *Allocator(const Target &T, StringRef Triple) {
-      return new MCAsmBackendImpl(T, Triple);
+    static MCAsmBackend *Allocator(const Target &T, StringRef Triple,
+                                   StringRef CPU) {
+      return new MCAsmBackendImpl(T, Triple, CPU);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
index cac0c83bcac..24daafaa62e 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool LLVMTargetMachine::addPassesToEmitFile(PassManagerBase &PM,
       const MCSubtargetInfo &STI = getSubtarget<MCSubtargetInfo>();
       MCE = getTarget().createMCCodeEmitter(*getInstrInfo(), MRI, STI,
                                             *Context);
-      MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple());
+      MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple(), TargetCPU);
     }
 
     MCStreamer *S = getTarget().createAsmStreamer(*Context, Out,
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ bool LLVMTargetMachine::addPassesToEmitFile(PassManagerBase &PM,
     // emission fails.
     MCCodeEmitter *MCE = getTarget().createMCCodeEmitter(*getInstrInfo(), MRI,
                                                          STI, *Context);
-    MCAsmBackend *MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple());
+    MCAsmBackend *MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple(), TargetCPU);
     if (MCE == 0 || MAB == 0)
       return true;
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ bool LLVMTargetMachine::addPassesToEmitMC(PassManagerBase &PM,
   const MCSubtargetInfo &STI = getSubtarget<MCSubtargetInfo>();
   MCCodeEmitter *MCE = getTarget().createMCCodeEmitter(*getInstrInfo(), MRI,
                                                        STI, *Ctx);
-  MCAsmBackend *MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple());
+  MCAsmBackend *MAB = getTarget().createMCAsmBackend(getTargetTriple(), TargetCPU);
   if (MCE == 0 || MAB == 0)
     return true;
 
diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
index ac6ce642dfa..68c47ac6d94 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ void DarwinARMAsmBackend::applyFixup(const MCFixup &Fixup, char *Data,
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createARMAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createARMAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU) {
   Triple TheTriple(TT);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSDarwin()) {
diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCTargetDesc.h b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCTargetDesc.h
index 510302d4b3d..a89981e4f06 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMMCTargetDesc.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createARMMCCodeEmitter(const MCInstrInfo &MCII,
                                       const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                       MCContext &Ctx);
 
-MCAsmBackend *createARMAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+MCAsmBackend *createARMAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU);
 
 /// createARMELFObjectWriter - Construct an ELF Mach-O object writer.
 MCObjectWriter *createARMELFObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS,
diff --git a/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeAsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeAsmBackend.cpp
index f383fecdc25..44feeb49e7f 100644
--- a/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeAsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeAsmBackend.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ void ELFMBlazeAsmBackend::applyFixup(const MCFixup &Fixup, char *Data,
 }
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMBlazeAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMBlazeAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                           StringRef CPU) {
   Triple TheTriple(TT);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSDarwin())
diff --git a/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeMCTargetDesc.h b/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeMCTargetDesc.h
index 7cc96c62c83..7bc7d8f2072 100644
--- a/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeMCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/lib/Target/MBlaze/MCTargetDesc/MBlazeMCTargetDesc.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createMBlazeMCCodeEmitter(const MCInstrInfo &MCII,
                                          const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                          MCContext &Ctx);
 
-MCAsmBackend *createMBlazeAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+MCAsmBackend *createMBlazeAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                     StringRef CPU);
 
 MCObjectWriter *createMBlazeELFObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS, uint8_t OSABI);
 } // End llvm namespace
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsAsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsAsmBackend.cpp
index cccff3e2b38..9a35bb6bd70 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsAsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsAsmBackend.cpp
@@ -244,22 +244,26 @@ public:
 } // namespace
 
 // MCAsmBackend
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEL32(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEL32(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                             StringRef CPU) {
   return new MipsAsmBackend(T, Triple(TT).getOS(),
                             /*IsLittle*/true, /*Is64Bit*/false);
 }
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEB32(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEB32(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                             StringRef CPU) {
   return new MipsAsmBackend(T, Triple(TT).getOS(),
                             /*IsLittle*/false, /*Is64Bit*/false);
 }
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEL64(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEL64(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                             StringRef CPU) {
   return new MipsAsmBackend(T, Triple(TT).getOS(),
                             /*IsLittle*/true, /*Is64Bit*/true);
 }
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEB64(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createMipsAsmBackendEB64(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                             StringRef CPU) {
   return new MipsAsmBackend(T, Triple(TT).getOS(),
                             /*IsLittle*/false, /*Is64Bit*/true);
 }
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsMCTargetDesc.h b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsMCTargetDesc.h
index bfcc2a2e4ae..71954a4bd86 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsMCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsMCTargetDesc.h
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createMipsMCCodeEmitterEL(const MCInstrInfo &MCII,
                                          const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                          MCContext &Ctx);
 
-MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEB32(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
-MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEL32(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
-MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEB64(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
-MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEL64(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEB32(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                       StringRef CPU);
+MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEL32(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                       StringRef CPU);
+MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEB64(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                       StringRef CPU);
+MCAsmBackend *createMipsAsmBackendEL64(const Target &T, StringRef TT,
+                                       StringRef CPU);
 
 MCObjectWriter *createMipsELFObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS,
                                           uint8_t OSABI,
diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCAsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCAsmBackend.cpp
index 48de583afdf..17447386222 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCAsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCAsmBackend.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace {
 
 
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createPPCAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createPPCAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU) {
   if (Triple(TT).isOSDarwin())
     return new DarwinPPCAsmBackend(T);
 
diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.h b/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.h
index 7162e158f03..a0e4cf3005f 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createPPCMCCodeEmitter(const MCInstrInfo &MCII,
                                       const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                       MCContext &Ctx);
 
-MCAsmBackend *createPPCAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+MCAsmBackend *createPPCAsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU);
 
 /// createPPCELFObjectWriter - Construct an PPC ELF object writer.
 MCObjectWriter *createPPCELFObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS,
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
index 4e0103a6456..68464ed5cdd 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ public:
 };
 
 class X86AsmBackend : public MCAsmBackend {
+  StringRef CPU;
 public:
-  X86AsmBackend(const Target &T)
-    : MCAsmBackend() {}
+  X86AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef _CPU)
+    : MCAsmBackend(), CPU(_CPU) {}
 
   unsigned getNumFixupKinds() const {
     return X86::NumTargetFixupKinds;
@@ -305,6 +306,13 @@ bool X86AsmBackend::writeNopData(uint64_t Count, MCObjectWriter *OW) const {
     {0x66, 0x2e, 0x0f, 0x1f, 0x84, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
   };
 
+  // This CPU doesnt support long nops. If needed add more.
+  if (CPU == "geode") {
+    for (uint64_t i = 0; i < Count; ++i)
+      OW->Write8(0x90);
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // Write an optimal sequence for the first 15 bytes.
   const uint64_t OptimalCount = (Count < 16) ? Count : 15;
   const uint64_t Prefixes = OptimalCount <= 10 ? 0 : OptimalCount - 10;
@@ -327,8 +335,8 @@ namespace {
 class ELFX86AsmBackend : public X86AsmBackend {
 public:
   uint8_t OSABI;
-  ELFX86AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t _OSABI)
-    : X86AsmBackend(T), OSABI(_OSABI) {
+  ELFX86AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t _OSABI, StringRef CPU)
+    : X86AsmBackend(T, CPU), OSABI(_OSABI) {
     HasReliableSymbolDifference = true;
   }
 
@@ -340,8 +348,8 @@ public:
 
 class ELFX86_32AsmBackend : public ELFX86AsmBackend {
 public:
-  ELFX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t OSABI)
-    : ELFX86AsmBackend(T, OSABI) {}
+  ELFX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t OSABI, StringRef CPU)
+    : ELFX86AsmBackend(T, OSABI, CPU) {}
 
   MCObjectWriter *createObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS) const {
     return createX86ELFObjectWriter(OS, /*Is64Bit*/ false, OSABI);
@@ -350,8 +358,8 @@ public:
 
 class ELFX86_64AsmBackend : public ELFX86AsmBackend {
 public:
-  ELFX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t OSABI)
-    : ELFX86AsmBackend(T, OSABI) {}
+  ELFX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, uint8_t OSABI, StringRef CPU)
+    : ELFX86AsmBackend(T, OSABI, CPU) {}
 
   MCObjectWriter *createObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS) const {
     return createX86ELFObjectWriter(OS, /*Is64Bit*/ true, OSABI);
@@ -362,8 +370,8 @@ class WindowsX86AsmBackend : public X86AsmBackend {
   bool Is64Bit;
 
 public:
-  WindowsX86AsmBackend(const Target &T, bool is64Bit)
-    : X86AsmBackend(T)
+  WindowsX86AsmBackend(const Target &T, bool is64Bit, StringRef CPU)
+    : X86AsmBackend(T, CPU)
     , Is64Bit(is64Bit) {
   }
 
@@ -374,14 +382,14 @@ public:
 
 class DarwinX86AsmBackend : public X86AsmBackend {
 public:
-  DarwinX86AsmBackend(const Target &T)
-    : X86AsmBackend(T) { }
+  DarwinX86AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef CPU)
+    : X86AsmBackend(T, CPU) { }
 };
 
 class DarwinX86_32AsmBackend : public DarwinX86AsmBackend {
 public:
-  DarwinX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T)
-    : DarwinX86AsmBackend(T) {}
+  DarwinX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef CPU)
+    : DarwinX86AsmBackend(T, CPU) {}
 
   MCObjectWriter *createObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS) const {
     return createX86MachObjectWriter(OS, /*Is64Bit=*/false,
@@ -392,8 +400,8 @@ public:
 
 class DarwinX86_64AsmBackend : public DarwinX86AsmBackend {
 public:
-  DarwinX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T)
-    : DarwinX86AsmBackend(T) {
+  DarwinX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef CPU)
+    : DarwinX86AsmBackend(T, CPU) {
     HasReliableSymbolDifference = true;
   }
 
@@ -439,28 +447,28 @@ public:
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU) {
   Triple TheTriple(TT);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSDarwin() || TheTriple.getEnvironment() == Triple::MachO)
-    return new DarwinX86_32AsmBackend(T);
+    return new DarwinX86_32AsmBackend(T, CPU);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSWindows())
-    return new WindowsX86AsmBackend(T, false);
+    return new WindowsX86AsmBackend(T, false, CPU);
 
   uint8_t OSABI = MCELFObjectTargetWriter::getOSABI(TheTriple.getOS());
-  return new ELFX86_32AsmBackend(T, OSABI);
+  return new ELFX86_32AsmBackend(T, OSABI, CPU);
 }
 
-MCAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT) {
+MCAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU) {
   Triple TheTriple(TT);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSDarwin() || TheTriple.getEnvironment() == Triple::MachO)
-    return new DarwinX86_64AsmBackend(T);
+    return new DarwinX86_64AsmBackend(T, CPU);
 
   if (TheTriple.isOSWindows())
-    return new WindowsX86AsmBackend(T, true);
+    return new WindowsX86AsmBackend(T, true, CPU);
 
   uint8_t OSABI = MCELFObjectTargetWriter::getOSABI(TheTriple.getOS());
-  return new ELFX86_64AsmBackend(T, OSABI);
+  return new ELFX86_64AsmBackend(T, OSABI, CPU);
 }
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86MCTargetDesc.h b/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86MCTargetDesc.h
index 46500699ebe..4b0cacecfab 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86MCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86MCTargetDesc.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createX86MCCodeEmitter(const MCInstrInfo &MCII,
                                       const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                       MCContext &Ctx);
 
-MCAsmBackend *createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
-MCAsmBackend *createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT);
+MCAsmBackend *createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU);
+MCAsmBackend *createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T, StringRef TT, StringRef CPU);
 
 /// createX86MachObjectWriter - Construct an X86 Mach-O object writer.
 MCObjectWriter *createX86MachObjectWriter(raw_ostream &OS,
diff --git a/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp b/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
index 3bceb146241..756221b79a6 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     MCAsmBackend *MAB = 0;
     if (ShowEncoding) {
       CE = TheTarget->createMCCodeEmitter(*MCII, *MRI, *STI, Ctx);
-      MAB = TheTarget->createMCAsmBackend(TripleName);
+      MAB = TheTarget->createMCAsmBackend(TripleName, MCPU);
     }
     Str.reset(TheTarget->createAsmStreamer(Ctx, FOS, /*asmverbose*/true,
                                            /*useLoc*/ true,
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   } else {
     assert(FileType == OFT_ObjectFile && "Invalid file type!");
     MCCodeEmitter *CE = TheTarget->createMCCodeEmitter(*MCII, *MRI, *STI, Ctx);
-    MCAsmBackend *MAB = TheTarget->createMCAsmBackend(TripleName);
+    MCAsmBackend *MAB = TheTarget->createMCAsmBackend(TripleName, MCPU);
     Str.reset(TheTarget->createMCObjectStreamer(TripleName, Ctx, *MAB,
                                                 FOS, CE, RelaxAll,
                                                 NoExecStack));