Index: arch/sparc64/loader/asm.S
===================================================================
--- arch/sparc64/loader/asm.S	(revision b95b717b5a93e7607dce1bab20b9e9588bc340a9)
+++ arch/sparc64/loader/asm.S	(revision c82950a5dd47112dc8c88844fe4d97bfc7683fa0)
@@ -38,6 +38,59 @@
 	
 memcpy:
-	b memcpy
-	nop
+	.register       %g2, #scratch
+        .register       %g3, #scratch
+	add	%o1, 7, %g1
+	and	%g1, -8, %g1
+	cmp	%o1, %g1
+	be,pn	%xcc, 3f
+	add	%o0, 7, %g1
+	mov	0, %g3
+0:
+	brz,pn	%o2, 2f
+	mov	0, %g2
+1:
+	ldub	[%g3 + %o1], %g1
+	add	%g2, 1, %g2
+	cmp	%o2, %g2
+	stb	%g1, [%g3 + %o0]
+	bne,pt	%xcc, 1b
+	mov	%g2, %g3
+2:
+	jmp	%o7 + 8			! exit point
+	mov	%o1, %o0
+3:
+	and	%g1, -8, %g1
+	cmp	%o0, %g1
+	bne,pt	%xcc, 0b
+	mov	0, %g3
+	srlx	%o2, 3, %g4
+	brz,pn	%g4, 5f
+	mov	0, %g5
+4:
+	sllx	%g3, 3, %g2
+	add	%g5, 1, %g3
+	ldx	[%o1 + %g2], %g1
+	mov	%g3, %g5
+	cmp	%g4, %g3
+	bne,pt	%xcc, 4b
+	stx	%g1, [%o0 + %g2]
+5:
+	and	%o2, 7, %o2
+	brz,pn	%o2, 2b
+	sllx	%g4, 3, %g1
+	mov	0, %g2
+	add	%g1, %o0, %o0
+	add	%g1, %o1, %g4
+	mov	0, %g3
+6:
+	ldub	[%g2 + %g4], %g1
+	stb	%g1, [%g2 + %o0]
+	add	%g3, 1, %g2
+	cmp	%o2, %g2
+	bne,pt	%xcc, 6b
+	mov	%g2, %g3
+
+	jmp	%o7 + 8			! exit point
+	mov	%o1, %o0
 
 jump_to_kernel:
Index: arch/sparc64/loader/boot.S
===================================================================
--- arch/sparc64/loader/boot.S	(revision b95b717b5a93e7607dce1bab20b9e9588bc340a9)
+++ arch/sparc64/loader/boot.S	(revision c82950a5dd47112dc8c88844fe4d97bfc7683fa0)
@@ -29,9 +29,34 @@
 #define INITIAL_STACK 0x0
 
+.register %g2, #scratch
+.register %g3, #scratch
+.register %g6, #scratch
+.register %g7, #scratch
+
 .section BOOTSTRAP, "ax"
 
 .global start
 start:
+	b 1f
+	nop
+
+/*
+ * This header forces SILO to load the image at 0x4000.
+ * More precisely, SILO will think this is an old version of Linux.
+ */
+	.ascii "HdrS"
+	.word 0
+	.half 0
+
+.align 8
+1:	
+	flushw
+
 	# TODO: set initial stack
+
+	set ofw, %l0
+ 
+	call init		! initialize OpenFirmware
+	stx %o4, [%l0]
 	
 	b bootstrap
Index: arch/sparc64/loader/ofw.c
===================================================================
--- arch/sparc64/loader/ofw.c	(revision b95b717b5a93e7607dce1bab20b9e9588bc340a9)
+++ arch/sparc64/loader/ofw.c	(revision c82950a5dd47112dc8c88844fe4d97bfc7683fa0)
@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@
 void write(const char *str, const int len)
 {
-	ofw_write(str, len);
+	int i;
+	
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (str[i] == '\n')
+			ofw_write("\r", 1);
+		ofw_write(&str[i], 1);
+	}
 }
Index: arch/sparc64/loader/pack
===================================================================
--- arch/sparc64/loader/pack	(revision b95b717b5a93e7607dce1bab20b9e9588bc340a9)
+++ arch/sparc64/loader/pack	(revision c82950a5dd47112dc8c88844fe4d97bfc7683fa0)
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
 
 SECTIONS {
-	.boot 0x4000: AT (0) {
+	.boot 0x4000: AT (0x4000) {
 		*(BOOTSTRAP);
 		*(.text);
@@ -75,5 +75,4 @@
 	
 	echo "
-		. = ALIGN(8192);
 		*(.${BASENAME}_image);" >> "$LINK"
 	
@@ -97,4 +96,8 @@
 
 echo '	}
+	/DISCARD/ : {
+		*(.comment);
+		*(.note*);
+	}
 }' >> "$LINK"