diff --git a/lib/clog2.c b/lib/clog2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0198dd610a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/clog2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * clog2 -- get a log2 in C. 
+ * 
+ *
+ * Author(s) unknown, but this classic code was found by
+ * Ronald G. Minnich somewhere. 
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA, 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+/* Assume 8 bits per byte */
+#define CHAR_BIT 8
+
+unsigned long log2(unsigned long x)
+{
+        unsigned long i = 1ULL << (sizeof(x)* CHAR_BIT - 1ULL);
+        unsigned long pow = sizeof(x) * CHAR_BIT - 1ULL;
+
+        if (! x) {
+                return -1;
+        }
+        for(; i > x; i >>= 1, pow--)
+                ;
+
+        return pow;
+}
diff --git a/lib/lar.c b/lib/lar.c
index 6159310c29..5d77bb9583 100644
--- a/lib/lar.c
+++ b/lib/lar.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ printk(BIOS_INFO, "start 0x%x len 0x%x\n", archive->start, archive->len);
 	for (walk = archive->start; walk < (char *)archive->start + 
 			archive->len; walk+=16) {
 printk(BIOS_INFO, "in for loop *start is %x\n", *(unsigned long *) archive->start);
-printk(BIOS_INFO, "walk is %s\n", walk);
+printk(BIOS_INFO, "walk is %s(%p)\n", walk, walk);
 		if(strcmp(walk, MAGIC)!=0)
 			continue;
 
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ printk(BIOS_INFO, "fullname is %s\n", fullname);
 		}
 
 		// skip file
+/*		FIXME: This is doing the wrong thing. its skipping too much.
 		walk += ( ntohl(header->offset) + ntohl(header->len)
 				+ 15 ) & 0xfffffff0;
+ */
+		walk += 16;
 	}
 printk(BIOS_INFO, "return 1! walk %p archive->start %p start _+ len %p\n", walk, archive->start, (char *)archive->start + 
                         archive->len);
diff --git a/lib/malloc.c b/lib/malloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb861afc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/malloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * malloc -- simple non-freeing malloc. 
+ * 
+ *
+ * Author unkown. I guess we need a 'tomb of the unknown coder'. 
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA, 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+
+#if 0
+#define MALLOCDBG(x)
+#else
+#define MALLOCDBG(x) printk x
+#endif
+
+/* instead of ldscript magic, just declare an array. The array 
+ * will consume no bytes in the image. And it won't run into trouble
+ * the way the V2 allocator could. 
+ */
+
+#define HEAPSIZE (256*1024)
+static unsigned char heap[HEAPSIZE];
+static size_t free_mem_ptr = (size_t)&heap;		/* Start of heap */
+static size_t free_mem_end_ptr = (size_t)&heap[HEAPSIZE];
+/* to keep gcc etc. happy ... */
+typedef size_t malloc_mark_t;
+
+void malloc_mark(malloc_mark_t *place)
+{
+	*place = free_mem_ptr;
+	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "malloc_mark 0x%08lx\n", (unsigned long)free_mem_ptr);
+}
+
+void malloc_release(malloc_mark_t *ptr)
+{
+	free_mem_ptr = *ptr;
+	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "malloc_release 0x%08lx\n", (unsigned long)free_mem_ptr);
+}
+
+void *malloc(size_t size)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	MALLOCDBG(("%s Enter, size %d, free_mem_ptr %p\n", __FUNCTION__, size, free_mem_ptr));
+	if (size < 0)
+		die("Error! malloc: Size < 0");
+	if (free_mem_ptr <= 0)
+		die("Error! malloc: Free_mem_ptr <= 0");
+
+	free_mem_ptr = (free_mem_ptr + 3) & ~3;	/* Align */
+
+	p = (void *) free_mem_ptr;
+	free_mem_ptr += size;
+
+	if (free_mem_ptr >= free_mem_end_ptr)
+		die("Error! malloc: free_mem_ptr >= free_mem_end_ptr");
+
+	MALLOCDBG(("malloc 0x%08lx\n", (unsigned long)p));
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+void free(void *where)
+{
+	/* Don't care */
+}
diff --git a/lib/mem.c b/lib/mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bf4d90286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * mem -- simple routines that have no optimizations for anything
+ * 
+ *
+ * Copright (C) 2007 Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA, 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+/* this one is pretty stupid. Won't handle overlaps, it's not efficient, etc. */
+void memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *d = dest;
+	const unsigned char *s = src;
+	while (len--)
+		*d++ = *s++;
+}
+
+void memset(void *v, unsigned char a, int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *cp = v;
+	while(len--)
+		*cp++ = a;
+}
+