diff --git a/qiboot/src/led.S b/qiboot/src/led.S
index 04a98ee..1d5ccc1 100644
--- a/qiboot/src/led.S
+++ b/qiboot/src/led.S
@@ -2,16 +2,74 @@
 _start:	b       start_code
 
 start_code:	
-	ldr	sp,=1024*4
 
+	/*
+	 * set the cpu to SVC32 mode
+	 */
+	mrs	r0,cpsr
+	bic	r0,r0,#0x1f
+	orr	r0,r0,#0xd3
+	msr	cpsr,r0
+	
 	/* turn off the watchdog */
-#  define pWTCON		0x53000000
+# define pWTCON		0x53000000
+# define INTMSK		0x4A000008	/* Interupt-Controller base addresses */
+# define INTSUBMSK	0x4A00001C
+# define INTSUBMSK_val	0xffff
+# define CAMDIVN		0x4C000018
+
 	ldr     r0, =pWTCON
 	mov     r1, #0x0
 	str     r1, [r0]
+	/*
+	 * mask all IRQs by setting all bits in the INTMR - default
+	 */
+	mov	r1, #0xffffffff
+	ldr	r0, =INTMSK
+	str	r1, [r0]
 
+	ldr	r1, =INTSUBMSK_val
+	ldr	r0, =INTSUBMSK
+	str	r1, [r0]
+
+	/* Make sure we get FCLK:HCLK:PCLK = 1:3:6 */
+	ldr	r0, =CAMDIVN
+	mov	r1, #0
+	str	r1, [r0]
+
+	/* Clock asynchronous mode */
+	mrc	p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0
+	orr	r1, r1, #0xc0000000
+	mcr	p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0
+
+	/* enable uart */
+	ldr	r0, =0x4c00000c		/* clkcon */
+	ldr	r1, =0x7fff0		/* all clocks on */
+	str	r1, [r0]
+
+	/* gpio UART0 init */
+	ldr	r0, =0x56000070
+	mov	r1, #0xaa
+	str	r1, [r0]
+
+	/* init uart */
+	ldr	r0, =0x50000000
+	mov	r1, #0x03
+	str	r1, [r0]
+	ldr	r1, =0x245
+	str	r1, [r0, #0x04]
+	mov	r1, #0x01
+	str	r1, [r0, #0x08]
+	mov	r1, #0x00
+	str	r1, [r0, #0x0c]
+	mov	r1, #0x1a
+	str	r1, [r0, #0x28]
+
+	/* blink led */
+	ldr	sp,=1024*4
 .extern blink_led
 	bl	blink_led
+
 .global delay
 delay:
 	subs	r0,r0,#0x1