diff --git a/kernel/kernel.c b/kernel/kernel.c
index a580723..8090cff 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel/kernel.c
@@ -78,29 +78,27 @@ int k_mbsave(mb_info_t *mbinfo, unsigned int mb_magic)
 /* Main kernel initialization routine */
 void k_init()
 {
+	k_enter_critical();
 	mm_init();
 	vmm_init();
 	if (real_mode_module)
 	{
 		(*(char*)(CONSOLE_MEMORY+40))++;
 	}
-//	u32_t *ptr = malloc(sizeof(u32_t));
-//	*ptr = 42;
-//	while (*ptr == 42);
+	u32_t *ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(u32_t));
+	BOCHS_DEBUG(50, (u32_t)ptr);
+	*ptr = 42;
+	while (*ptr == 42);
+	kfree(ptr);
 //	dev_init();
-	for (;;)
-	{
-		(*(char*)CONSOLE_MEMORY)++;
-	}
+	BOCHS_DEBUG(0, 0xdeadbeef);
+	criticalCounter--;
 }
 
 void isr(u32_t num)
 {
 	criticalCounter++;
-	for (;;)
-	{
-		(*(char*)(CONSOLE_MEMORY+158))++;
-	}
+	BOCHS_DEBUG(158, 0xbeef1234);
 	switch (num)
 	{
 
@@ -122,3 +120,10 @@ void k_leave_critical()
 		enable_ints();
 }
 
+void BOCHS_DEBUG(u32_t pos, u32_t param)
+{
+	for (;;)
+	{
+		(*(char*)(0xC00B8000+pos))++;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.h b/kernel/kernel.h
index 271a531..7b2bdc8 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.h
+++ b/kernel/kernel.h
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ void isr();
 void k_enter_critical();	// functions for implementing "atomic actions"
 void k_leave_critical();
 
+void BOCHS_DEBUG(u32_t pos, u32_t param);
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/mm/mm.c b/kernel/mm/mm.c
index 3de10c6..d18acc2 100644
--- a/kernel/mm/mm.c
+++ b/kernel/mm/mm.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ void	mm_init()
 //  specified in base for a length of pages pages
 void	mm_pfreen(u32_t base, u32_t pages)
 {
-	pages = base + (pages << 12);		//convert #pages to #bytes
-	for (; base < pages; base += 4096)
+	//convert pages to max address
+	for (pages = base + (pages << 12); base < pages; base += 4096)
 		mm_pfree(base);
 }
 
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ void	mm_pfree(u32_t base)
 //  specified in base for a length of pages pages
 void	mm_preserven(u32_t base, u32_t pages)
 {
-	pages = base + (pages << 12);		//convert #pages to #bytes
-	for (; base < pages; base += 4096)
+	//convert pages to max address
+	for (pages = base + (pages << 12); base < pages; base += 4096)
 		mm_preserve(base);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/mm/vmm.c b/kernel/mm/vmm.c
index 45f804b..919afec 100644
--- a/kernel/mm/vmm.c
+++ b/kernel/mm/vmm.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Author: Josh Holtrop
 // Date: 09/30/03
 // Rewritten from scratch: 12/23/03
-// Modified: 07/29/04
+// Modified: 07/30/04
 
 #include "hos_defines.h"
 #include "kernel.h"
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ int	vmm_mapn(unsigned int virt, unsigned int physical, unsigned int n);
 void	vmm_unmap1(unsigned int virt);
 void	vmm_unmapn(unsigned int virt, unsigned int n);
 int	vmm_map_range(void *virt_start, void *virt_end, u32_t phys_start);
+void *vmm_getFreeChunk(u32_t size);
+void	vmm_removeHeapEntry(u32_t queue, HeapEntry_t *he);
+int	vmm_moreCore(u32_t size);
+int	vmm_coalesceEntry(u32_t queue, HeapEntry_t *newHE);
 void	vmm_heb_init(HeapEntryBlock_t *heb);
 void	vmm_addToQueue(u32_t queue, HeapEntry_t *preceeding, HeapEntry_t *he);
 int	vmm_countHeapEntries(HeapEntry_t *he);
@@ -23,8 +27,6 @@ HeapEntry_t *vmm_followChain(HeapEntry_t *he);
 HeapEntry_t *vmm_getUnusedEntry();
 HeapEntry_t *vmm_stripUnusedEntry();
 
-//void	*calloc(unsigned int number, unsigned int size);
-
 extern	mb_info_t mb_info_block;
 extern	mb_module_t mb_modules[MAX_MODULES];
 extern	u32_t mm_freepages;
@@ -144,9 +146,22 @@ int	vmm_map_range(void *virt_start, void *virt_end, u32_t phys_start)
 void *kmalloc(u32_t size)
 {
 	k_enter_critical();
-	
+	if (size % VMM_MALLOC_GRANULARITY)
+		size = size + VMM_MALLOC_GRANULARITY - (size % VMM_MALLOC_GRANULARITY);
+	void *attempt = vmm_getFreeChunk(size);
+	if (attempt)
+	{
+		k_leave_critical();
+		return attempt;
+	}
+	if (vmm_moreCore(size))
+	{
+		k_leave_critical();
+		return NULL;			//we could not get any more heap memory
+	}
+	attempt = vmm_getFreeChunk(size);
 	k_leave_critical();
-	return NULL;
+	return attempt;
 }
 
 
@@ -154,7 +169,20 @@ void *kmalloc(u32_t size)
 int kfree(void *addr)
 {
 	k_enter_critical();
-	
+	HeapEntry_t *he = heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_USED].head->next;
+	while (he->next)
+	{
+		if (he->base == addr)
+		{
+			vmm_removeHeapEntry(VMM_HE_USED, he);
+			if (vmm_coalesceEntry(VMM_HE_FREE, he))
+				vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_FREE, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_FREE].head, he);
+			else
+				vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_UNUSED, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_UNUSED].head, he);
+			break;
+		}
+		he = (HeapEntry_t *)he->next;
+	}
 	k_leave_critical();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -170,11 +198,7 @@ void *vmm_palloc()
 	{
 		if (he->length == 4096)
 		{
-			((HeapEntry_t *)he->prev)->next = he->next;
-			((HeapEntry_t *)he->next)->prev = he->prev;
-			heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_HOLE].count--;
-			he->next = NULL;
-			he->prev = NULL;
+			vmm_removeHeapEntry(VMM_HE_HOLE, he);
 			vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_USED, &heapEntryHeadNodes[VMM_HE_USED], he);
 			vmm_map(he->base);
 			k_leave_critical();
@@ -228,17 +252,150 @@ int vmm_pfree(void *addr)
 
 // This function allocates and zeros memory for the given number of objects,
 //  given the size of each object
-/*
-void	*calloc(u32_t number, u32_t size)
+void	*kcalloc(u32_t number, u32_t size)
 {
-	void *mem = malloc(number * size);
+	void *mem = kmalloc(number * size);
 	if (!mem)
 		return NULL;	//could not get memory
 	memset(mem, 0, number * size);
 	return mem;
-}*/
+}
 
 
+// This function re-allocates memory already allocated, preserving the old contents
+//  (as long as newSize is greater than oldSize)
+void	*krealloc(void *orig, unsigned int newSize)
+{
+	void *newMem;
+	if ((newMem = kmalloc(newSize)))
+	{
+		HeapEntry_t *he = heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_USED].head->next;
+		while (he->next)
+		{
+			if (he->base == orig)
+			{
+				memcpy(newMem, orig, (he->length < newSize ? he->length : newSize));
+				kfree(orig);
+				return newMem;
+			}
+			he = (HeapEntry_t *)he->next;
+		}
+		kfree(newMem);
+		return NULL;	// base address not found
+	}
+	else
+		return NULL;	// could not get mem for new chunk
+}
+
+
+// This function returns the base address of a free chunk of virtual memory - called from kmalloc()
+void *vmm_getFreeChunk(u32_t size)
+{
+	HeapEntry_t *he = heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_FREE].head->next;
+	HeapEntry_t *good = NULL;
+	while (he->next)	// he is not the tail node
+	{
+		if (he->length == size)
+		{
+			vmm_removeHeapEntry(VMM_HE_FREE, he);
+			vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_USED, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_USED].head, he);
+			return he->base;
+		}
+		if (good)
+		{
+			if ((he->length > size) && (he->length < good->length))
+				good = he;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (he->length > size)
+				good = he;
+		}
+		he = (HeapEntry_t *)he->next;
+	}
+	if (good)
+	{
+		HeapEntry_t *newHE = vmm_getUnusedEntry();
+		newHE->base = good->base;
+		newHE->length = size;
+		good->base += size;
+		good->length -= size;
+		vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_USED, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_USED].head, newHE);
+		return newHE->base;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+// This function retrieves more core memory for the virtual memory allocator to allocate
+int	vmm_moreCore(u32_t size)
+{
+	int pages = (size >> 12) + 2;
+	size = pages << 12;
+	if ((mm_freepages - 5) < pages)
+		return -1;		// out of physical memory
+	HeapEntry_t *he = heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_HOLE].head->next;
+	HeapEntry_t *wilderness = he;
+	while (he->next)
+	{
+		if (he->length > wilderness->length)
+			wilderness = he;
+		he = (HeapEntry_t *)he->next;
+	}
+	if (wilderness->length <= size)
+		return -2;		// out of virtual memory
+	int i;
+	void *virt = wilderness->base;
+	for (i = 0; i < pages; i++)
+	{
+		vmm_map(virt);
+		virt += 4096;
+	}
+	HeapEntry_t *newHE = vmm_getUnusedEntry();
+	newHE->base = wilderness->base;
+	newHE->length = size;
+	wilderness->base += size;
+	wilderness->length -= size;
+	if (vmm_coalesceEntry(VMM_HE_FREE, newHE))	// returns 0 on success (coalesced into previous entry)
+		vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_FREE, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_FREE].head, newHE);
+	else
+		vmm_addToQueue(VMM_HE_UNUSED, heapEntryQueues[VMM_HE_UNUSED].head, newHE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+// This function coalesces to heap entries into one
+int	vmm_coalesceEntry(u32_t queue, HeapEntry_t *newHE)
+{
+	HeapEntry_t *existing = heapEntryQueues[queue].head->next;
+	while (existing->next)
+	{
+		if ((existing->base + existing->length) == newHE->base)
+		{
+			existing->length += newHE->length;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		else if ((newHE->base + newHE->length) == existing->base)
+		{
+			existing->base -= newHE->length;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		existing = (HeapEntry_t *)existing->next;
+	}
+	return -1;	// an entry to coalesce with was not found
+}
+
+
+// This function removes a heap entry from a queue
+void	vmm_removeHeapEntry(u32_t queue, HeapEntry_t *he)
+{
+	((HeapEntry_t *)he->prev)->next = he->next;
+	((HeapEntry_t *)he->next)->prev = he->prev;
+	heapEntryQueues[queue].count--;
+	he->next = NULL;
+	he->prev = NULL;
+}
+
 
 // This function initialzes a Heap Entry Block to entries linked together
 void	vmm_heb_init(HeapEntryBlock_t *heb)
diff --git a/kernel/mm/vmm.h b/kernel/mm/vmm.h
index 71ad89c..c814c61 100644
--- a/kernel/mm/vmm.h
+++ b/kernel/mm/vmm.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Author: Josh Holtrop
 // Date: 09/30/03
 // Rewritten from scratch: 12/23/03, 07/13/04
-// Modified: 07/15/04
+// Modified: 07/30/04
 
 #ifndef __HOS_VMM__
 #define __HOS_VMM__ __HOS_VMM__
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void *kmalloc(u32_t size);
 int kfree(void *addr);
 void *vmm_palloc();
 int vmm_pfree(void *addr);
+void	*kcalloc(unsigned int number, unsigned int size);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/rmmod/Makefile b/rmmod/Makefile
index e69de29..2c0f7a2 100644
--- a/rmmod/Makefile
+++ b/rmmod/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+clean:
+	- rm *~ *.o *.bin *.lst