diff --git a/test/backend/test_schedule.py b/test/backend/test_schedule.py
index c6acb0de55..5aebd606ba 100644
--- a/test/backend/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/backend/test_schedule.py
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class TestCopyFolding(unittest.TestCase):
     x = y.one_hot(10)
     check_schedule(x, 3, filter_sink=False)
 
+  @unittest.skip("no longer supported")
   def test_late_const_copy_folding(self):
     a = Tensor.arange(3).clone().realize()
     zeros = Tensor.zeros(3, buffer=False).realize()
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py b/tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py
index 96d6ea3c78..2c8b6d4555 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import time, inspect
 from collections import deque
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, UOpMetaClass, track_rewrites, graph_rewrite, gate_kernel_sink, KernelInfo
 from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify, spec_tensor
-from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, cpu_profile, TracingKey, SPEC, pluralize, SCACHE, BASEDIR, partition
+from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, cpu_profile, TracingKey, SPEC, pluralize, SCACHE, BASEDIR, partition, dedup
 
 # **** schedule linearizer
 
@@ -134,6 +134,39 @@ pm_schedule = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.SINK, name="function"), lower_sink_to_linear),
 ])
 
+def assert_all_same_devices(ast:UOp):
+  devices = dedup([x.device for x in ast.toposort() if x.op is Ops.PARAM and x.device is not None])
+  if len(devices) >= 2: raise RuntimeError(f"all buffers must be on the same device: {devices}")
+
+def copy_kernel_to_copy_uop(call:UOp, dst:UOp, src:UOp, r:UOp|None=None):
+  if dst.device == src.device and not (isinstance(dst.device, str) and dst.device.startswith("DISK")): return None
+  return call.replace(src=(UOp(Ops.COPY, dtype=src.dtype, src=(src,), arg=dst.device),) + call.src[1:])
+
+def simplify_copy_kernel(call:UOp, ast:UOp, dst:UOp, src:UOp):
+  # NOTE: this is a codegen for SDMA devices
+  if dst.device == src.device and not (isinstance(dst.device, str) and dst.device.startswith("DISK")): return None
+  from tinygrad.codegen.simplify import pm_flatten_range, pm_simplify_ranges
+  from tinygrad.schedule.rangeify import pm_mops
+  from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import sym
+  sink = graph_rewrite(ast, sym+pm_mops+pm_flatten_range+pm_simplify_ranges, ctx={}, name="simplify ranges in copy")
+  return call.replace(src=(sink,) + call.src[1:])
+
+pm_copy_from_store = PatternMatcher([
+  # simplify copy kernels
+  (UPat(Ops.CALL, src=(UPat(Ops.SINK, name="ast"), UPat.var("dst"), UPat.var("src")), name="call"), simplify_copy_kernel),
+
+  # replace this with a copy if it's a copy
+  (UPat(Ops.CALL, src=(UPat(Ops.PARAM, name="dst").index(UPat(Ops.CONST, arg=0))
+                .store(UPat(Ops.PARAM, name="src").index(UPat(Ops.CONST, arg=0))).sink(),),
+                name="call", allow_any_len=True), copy_kernel_to_copy_uop),
+  (UPat(Ops.CALL, src=(UPat(Ops.PARAM, name="dst").index(UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="r"))
+                .store(UPat(Ops.PARAM, name="src").index(UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="r"))).end(UPat(Ops.RANGE, name="r")).sink(),),
+                name="call", allow_any_len=True), copy_kernel_to_copy_uop),
+
+  # if it wasn't copy, it currently can't be cross device
+  (UPat(Ops.CALL, src=(UPat(Ops.SINK, name="ast"),), allow_any_len=True), assert_all_same_devices),
+])
+
 @track_rewrites(lambda _,ret: f"Schedule {pluralize('Kernel', len(ret[0].src))}")
 def create_linear_with_vars(big_sink:UOp) -> tuple[UOp, dict[str, int]]:
   # big_sink srcs are all the Tensors
@@ -142,6 +175,9 @@ def create_linear_with_vars(big_sink:UOp) -> tuple[UOp, dict[str, int]]:
   # this recursively resolves the linear_call and allocates buffers
   linear = graph_rewrite(linear_call, pm_resolve_linear_call, name="resolve linear call")
 
+  # create copies
+  linear = graph_rewrite(linear, pm_copy_from_store, name="create COPY kernels for SDMA")
+
   # vars used in the schedule
   used_vars = set().union(*[{v.expr for v in si.src[0].variables()} for si in linear.src])
   # get var_vals
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/multi.py b/tinygrad/schedule/multi.py
index d311d61288..4f3f74ded9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/multi.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/multi.py
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ def mstack_early_shrink(ms:UOp, shrink:UOp):
       ret.append(apply_shrink(x, i).contiguous())
   return ms.replace(src=tuple(ret))
 
+def lower_broadcast_copy(c:UOp, x:UOp):
+  if not (isinstance(c.device, tuple) and isinstance(x.device, str)): return None
+  if (sx:=x.simplify()).device is None and sx.base.op is Ops.CONST: return UOp(Ops.MSTACK, src=(sx,)*len(c.device))
+  return UOp(Ops.MSTACK, src=tuple(x.copy_to_device(d) for d in c.device))
+
 replace_allreduce = PatternMatcher([
   # BROADCAST: explicitly expand broadcast copies and combine with MSTACK
-  (UPat(Ops.COPY, name="c", src=(UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.CONST}, name="x"),)), lambda c,x:
-    UOp(Ops.MSTACK, src=tuple(x.copy_to_device(d) for d in c.device)) if isinstance(c.device, tuple) and isinstance(x.device, str) else None),
+  (UPat(Ops.COPY, name="c", src=(UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.CONST}, name="x"),)), lower_broadcast_copy),
   # COPY_TO_ONE: if copying from multidevice to one, MSELECT the first (TODO: a little from each?)
   (UPat(Ops.COPY, name="c", src=(UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.CONST}, name="x"),)), lambda c,x:
     x.mselect(0).copy_to_device(c.device) if isinstance(c.device, str) and isinstance(x.device, tuple) else None),
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index 400649d7ea..9598c6d1d5 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UPat, Ops, UOp, resolve, GroupOp, K
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import graph_rewrite, sint, AxisType, BottomUpGate, profile_matches, identity_element
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import symbolic
 from tinygrad.uop.movement import mop_cleanup
-from tinygrad.helpers import prod, all_same, getenv, dedup, all_int, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, DEBUG_RANGEIFY, VIZ, MAX_KERNEL_BUFFERS
+from tinygrad.helpers import prod, getenv, dedup, all_int, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, DEBUG_RANGEIFY, VIZ, MAX_KERNEL_BUFFERS
 from tinygrad.helpers import PCONTIG, FLOAT16, OPENPILOT_HACKS, argsort, partition, get_single_element
 from tinygrad.codegen.simplify import pm_flatten_range, pm_reduce_simplify
 from tinygrad.codegen.opt import Opt
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ earliest_rewrites = mop_cleanup+PatternMatcher([
   # copy only to different device
   (UPat(Ops.COPY, src=(UPat.var("x"),), name="copy"), lambda x,copy: x.f(Ops.NOOP) if x.device == copy.device else None),
 
+  # copy on reshape is reshape on copy
+  (UPat(Ops.COPY, src=(UPat(Ops.RESHAPE, name="shp"),), name="cpy"), lambda shp,cpy: shp.src[0].copy_to_device(cpy.device).reshape(shp.shape)),
+
+  # reshaping on STORE can be a NOOP
+  (UPat(Ops.STORE, src=(UPat(Ops.RESHAPE, src=(UPat.var("dst",),), allow_any_len=True),
+                        UPat(Ops.RESHAPE, src=(UPat.var("src",),), allow_any_len=True))),
+   lambda dst,src: dst.store(src) if dst.shape == src.shape else None),
+
   # ** store rules **
 
   # fix store hazard (dest is in used in src) by adding contiguous: TestAssign.test_post_flipped_assignment
@@ -514,28 +522,44 @@ def split_store(x:UOp) -> UOp|None:
   lctx = LocalAddBufferContext()
   ret = graph_rewrite(x, to_define_global+pm_flatten_range+rangeify_codegen, ctx=lctx, name="kernel split", bottom_up=True)
 
-  # SINK requires all buffers on the same device, but COPY is cross-device
-  if ret.op is Ops.STORE: stored = ret.src[1]
-  elif ret.op is Ops.END and ret.src[0].op is Ops.STORE: stored = ret.src[0].src[1]
-  else: raise RuntimeError(f"unknown kernel type {ret.op}")
-  if stored.op is Ops.COPY: ret = stored.replace(src=stored.src + ret.ended_ranges)
-  else: ret = ret.sink(arg=KernelInfo(opts_to_apply=lctx.opts))
-
-  kernel = ret.call(*lctx.map.values(), *lctx.vars.keys())
-  if ret.op is Ops.SINK and not all_same([x.device for x in kernel.src[1:] if x.op is not Ops.BIND]):
-    raise RuntimeError(f"all buffers must be on the same device: {tuple(b.buf_uop for b in kernel.src[1:])}")
-  return kernel
+  # create the Kernel. NOTE: buffers can be on different devices here now, they are compiled to SDMA copies later by schedule
+  return ret.sink(arg=KernelInfo(opts_to_apply=lctx.opts)).call(*lctx.map.values(), *lctx.vars.keys())
 
 split_kernels = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat((Ops.STORE, Ops.END), name="x"), split_store),
 ])
 
+def convert_copy_to_store(ctx, x:UOp, existing_buf:UOp|None=None):
+  # x is the copy
+  input_src = x.src[0]
+  # if the src doesn't have buffer identity, we need to contiguous it
+  if not input_src.has_buffer_identity(after_ok=True): input_src = input_src.contiguous()
+  # flatten the input
+  input_src = input_src.flatten()
+  if existing_buf is not None:
+    # if the existing buffer is not a full buffer, we can't use it
+    if not existing_buf.has_buffer_identity(after_ok=True): return None
+    # if there's already a buffer, we just use it
+    return existing_buf.flatten().store(input_src)
+  else:
+    # create the output buffer
+    buf = UOp(Ops.BUFFER, src=(shape_to_shape_arg(input_src.max_shape),), arg=ParamArg(next(ctx), x.dtype, device=x.device))
+    # reshape back to input
+    return buf.after(buf.store(input_src)).reshape(x.shape)
+
+pm_copy_is_store = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat(name="existing_buf").store(UPat(Ops.COPY, name="x")), convert_copy_to_store),
+  (UPat(Ops.COPY, name="x"), convert_copy_to_store),
+])
+
 @profile_matches
 def get_kernel_graph(sink:UOp) -> UOp:
   tsink = graph_rewrite(sink, multi_pm, name="multi_pm")
   if OPENPILOT_HACKS: tsink = graph_rewrite(tsink, pm_fold_moved_after, ctx={}, name="fold moved afters")
   tsink = graph_rewrite(tsink, pm_mops+earliest_rewrites, bottom_up=True, name="earliest rewrites")
 
+  tsink = graph_rewrite(tsink, pm_copy_is_store, ctx=itertools.count(0), bottom_up=True, name="convert copy to store")
+
   # convert movement ops to ranges
   tsink, rctx = run_rangeify(tsink, bool(DEBUG_RANGEIFY))
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index b49bb1243d..0ea5a0642b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -863,9 +863,10 @@ class UOp(RandMixin, metaclass=UOpMetaClass):
     out = graph_rewrite(idx, pm_mops+symbolic+pm_contiguous_view_offset, ctx=self, name="contiguous_view_offset")
     return out.arg if out.op is Ops.CONST and isinstance(out.arg, int) else None
 
-  def has_buffer_identity(self):
+  def has_buffer_identity(self, after_ok=False):
     """Check if this UOp has a concrete buffer identity in the graph (RESHAPE/MULTI -> BUFFER chain)."""
-    if self.op in {Ops.RESHAPE, Ops.MULTI}: return self.src[0].has_buffer_identity()
+    if self.op in {Ops.RESHAPE, Ops.MULTI, Ops.MSELECT}: return self.src[0].has_buffer_identity(after_ok)
+    if after_ok and self.op == Ops.AFTER: return self.src[0].has_buffer_identity(after_ok)
     return self.op in {Ops.BUFFER, Ops.SLICE, Ops.PARAM}
 
   def _base_buffer_is_realized(self) -> bool:
@@ -1319,6 +1320,8 @@ class UPat(OpMixin):
   def f(self, op, **kwargs): return UPat(op, src=(self,), **kwargs)
 
   # copied from UOp
+  def sink(*srcs:UPat|None, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=no-self-argument
+    return UPat(Ops.SINK, src=tuple([x for x in srcs if x is not None]), **kwargs)
   def index(self, *srcs:UPat|None, **kwargs):
     return UPat(Ops.INDEX, src=(self,)+tuple(x for x in srcs if x is not None), **kwargs)
   def cast(self, dtype=None, **kwargs):