diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a38a82f4..b8b113c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Stefan Lankes <slankes@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>"]
 
 [dependencies]
-spin = "0.4.9"	# Spinlocks.
+#spin = "0.4.9"	# Spinlocks.
 cortex-a = "2.3.1"
 register = "0.3.2"
 r0 = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/aarch64-eduos.json b/aarch64-eduos.json
index bae91ff1..2646803e 100644
--- a/aarch64-eduos.json
+++ b/aarch64-eduos.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "os": "none",
     "executables": true,
     "linker-flavor": "ld.lld",
-    "linker": "rust-lld",
+    "linker": "lld-8",
     "panic-strategy": "abort",
     "disable-redzone": true,
     "features": "+a53,+strict-align,-fp-armv8",
diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/boot.S b/src/arch/aarch64/boot.S
index 70c308a4..ae14e97f 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/boot.S
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/boot.S
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
  * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  *
  */
+
+.section ".data"
+.global boot_stack
+.balign 0x10
+boot_stack: .skip 0x2000
+
 .section ".text.boot"
 
 .global _start
@@ -38,7 +44,8 @@ _start:
 2:  // cpu id == 0
 
     // init 1G stack stack in RAM area (>0x40000000 for qemu virt device)
-    movz x1, 0x5000, lsl 16
+    //movz x1, 0x5000, lsl 16
+    ldr x1, =(boot_stack+0x2000-0x10)
     mov sp, x1
 
     // jump to Rust code, should not return
diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/boot.rs b/src/arch/aarch64/boot.rs
index 563800b1..29ccca18 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/boot.rs
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/boot.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![no_std]
-
 /// Some space for init stuff before calling `main()`.
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn init() -> ! {
@@ -14,4 +12,4 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn init() -> ! {
 }
 
 // Disable all cores except core 0, and then jump to init()
-global_asm!(include_str!("boot.S"));
\ No newline at end of file
+global_asm!(include_str!("boot.S"));
diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/serial.rs b/src/arch/aarch64/serial.rs
index 6a22c367..514c8a52 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/serial.rs
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/serial.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use core::fmt;
-use spin::Mutex;
-use aarch64::io::*;
+use core::ptr::write_volatile;
 
 /// A COM serial port.
 pub struct ComPort {
@@ -23,11 +22,11 @@ impl fmt::Write for ComPort {
 		// Output each byte of our string.
 		for &b in s.as_bytes() {
 			// Write our byte.
-			write_byte(self.port_address, b);
+			unsafe { write_volatile(self.port_address as *mut u8, b); }
 		}
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }
 
 /// Our primary serial port.
-pub static COM1: Mutex<ComPort> = Mutex::new(ComPort::new(0x09000000));
+pub static mut COM1: ComPort = ComPort::new(0x800 /*0x09000000*/);
diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/serial.rs b/src/arch/x86_64/serial.rs
index de811a30..6e0123f7 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/serial.rs
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/serial.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use core::fmt;
-use spin::Mutex;
 use x86::io::*;
 
 /// A COM serial port.
@@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ impl fmt::Write for ComPort {
 }
 
 /// Our primary serial port.
-pub static COM1: Mutex<ComPort> = Mutex::new(ComPort::new(0x3F8));
+pub static mut COM1: ComPort = ComPort::new(0x3F8);
diff --git a/src/console.rs b/src/console.rs
index 2961c84e..dcd14989 100644
--- a/src/console.rs
+++ b/src/console.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! A wrapper around our serial console.
 
 use core::fmt;
-use spin::Mutex;
 use arch::serial;
 
 pub struct Console;
@@ -9,8 +8,6 @@ pub struct Console;
 impl fmt::Write for Console {
 	/// Output a string to each of our console outputs.
 	fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
-		serial::COM1.lock().write_str(s)
+		unsafe { serial::COM1.write_str(s) }
 	}
 }
-
-pub static CONSOLE: Mutex<Console> = Mutex::new(Console);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fac91c20..03b7608b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![feature(asm, const_fn, lang_items, global_asm)]
 #![no_std]
 
-extern crate spin;
+//extern crate spin;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 extern crate x86;
 
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index baf45ab8..ac472cbf 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 macro_rules! print {
 	($($arg:tt)*) => ({
 		use core::fmt::Write;
-		$crate::console::CONSOLE.lock().write_fmt(format_args!($($arg)*)).unwrap();
+        let mut console: $crate::console::Console = $crate::console::Console{};
+        console.write_fmt(format_args!($($arg)*)).unwrap();
 	});
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6d78aaef..f6b18d90 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 extern crate eduos_rs;
 
 use core::panic::PanicInfo;
-use core::ptr;
+// use core::ptr;
 // use eduos_rs::arch::processor::shutdown;
 
 /// This is the main function called by `init()` function from boot.rs