diff --git a/src/bsp/lk/kernel/vm/bootalloc.c b/src/bsp/lk/kernel/vm/bootalloc.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Travis Geiselbrecht
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+ * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
+ * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+ * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#include <kernel/vm.h>
+#include "vm_priv.h"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <trace.h>
+
+#define LOCAL_TRACE 0
+
+/* cheezy allocator that chews up space just after the end of the kernel mapping */
+
+/* track how much memory we've used */
+extern int _end;
+
+uintptr_t boot_alloc_start = (uintptr_t)&_end;
+uintptr_t boot_alloc_end = (uintptr_t)&_end;
+
+void *boot_alloc_mem(size_t len)
+{
+    uintptr_t ptr;
+
+    ptr = ALIGN(boot_alloc_end, 8);
+    boot_alloc_end = (ptr + ALIGN(len, 8));
+
+    LTRACEF("len %zu, ptr %p\n", len, (void *)ptr);
+
+    return (void *)ptr;
+}
+