diff --git a/arch/blackfin/cpu-bf561/start.S b/arch/blackfin/cpu-bf561/start.S
index 2664588..96da6b5 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/cpu-bf561/start.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/cpu-bf561/start.S
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@
         [p0] = r0;
 #endif
 
-	p0.l = _start_barebox;
-	p0.h = _start_barebox;
+	p0.l = _blackfin_start_barebox;
+	p0.h = _blackfin_start_barebox;
 	jump (p0);
 
 reset_start:
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/lib/board.c b/arch/blackfin/lib/board.c
index e335d6c..88ad618 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/lib/board.c
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
 
-int blackfin_mem_malloc_init(void)
+void __noreturn blackfin_start_barebox(void)
 {
 	mem_malloc_init((void *)(MALLOC_BASE),
 			(void *)(MALLOC_BASE + MALLOC_SIZE - 1));
-	return 0;
+	start_barebox();
 }
 
-core_initcall(blackfin_mem_malloc_init);
-
 void arch_shutdown(void)
 {
 	icache_disable();
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/main_entry.c b/arch/mips/boot/main_entry.c
index 0a33c45..015150b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/main_entry.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/main_entry.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/cpu-features.h>
 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
@@ -90,5 +92,8 @@
 
 	trap_init();
 
+	mem_malloc_init((void *)MALLOC_BASE,
+			(void *)(MALLOC_BASE + MALLOC_SIZE - 1));
+
 	start_barebox();
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/Makefile b/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
index a31046b..71c4f6b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 obj-y += lshrdi3.o
 obj-y += ashldi3.o
 obj-y += ashrdi3.o
-obj-y += memory.o
 obj-y += cpu-probe.o
 obj-y += traps.o
 obj-y += genex.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/memory.c b/arch/mips/lib/memory.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 003fc00..0000000
--- a/arch/mips/lib/memory.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov@gmail.com>
- *
- * This file is part of barebox.
- * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this project.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- */
-
-#include <common.h>
-#include <init.h>
-#include <memory.h>
-#include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
-
-static int mips_mem_malloc_init(void)
-{
-	mem_malloc_init((void *)MALLOC_BASE,
-			(void *)(MALLOC_BASE + MALLOC_SIZE - 1));
-	return 0;
-}
-core_initcall(mips_mem_malloc_init);
diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
index 42520d7..41f65ff 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 	/*
 	 * Call board_init -- never returns
 	 */
-	movhi   r4, %hi(start_barebox@h)
-	ori     r4, r4, %lo(start_barebox@h)
+	movhi   r4, %hi(nios_start_barebox@h)
+	ori     r4, r4, %lo(nios_start_barebox@h)
 	callr   r4
 
 	/* NEVER RETURNS -- but branch to the _start just
diff --git a/arch/nios2/lib/board.c b/arch/nios2/lib/board.c
index 624a4f8..7c4dc76 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/lib/board.c
@@ -18,23 +18,19 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
-#include <init.h>
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
 #include <cache.h>
 
-int altera_mem_malloc_init(void)
+void __noreturn nios_start_barebox(void)
 {
 
 	mem_malloc_init((void *)(NIOS_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - MALLOC_SIZE),
 			(void *)(NIOS_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - 1));
 
-	return 0;
+	start_barebox();
 }
 
-core_initcall(altera_mem_malloc_init);
-
 void arch_shutdown(void)
 {
 }
-
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S b/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
index 9109cce..269abc0 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/cpu/start.S
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 	l.andi	r30, r0, 0
 	l.andi	r31, r0, 0
 
-	l.j	start_barebox
+	l.j	openrisc_start_barebox
 	 l.nop
 
 	.size	_start, .-_start
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c b/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
index f62fbaf..98033b4 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/lib/board.c
@@ -22,17 +22,14 @@
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <asm-generic/memory_layout.h>
 
-int openrisc_mem_malloc_init(void)
+void __noreturn openrisc_start_barebox(void)
 {
-
 	mem_malloc_init((void *)(OPENRISC_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - MALLOC_SIZE),
 			(void *)(OPENRISC_SOPC_TEXT_BASE - 1));
 
-	return 0;
+	start_barebox();
 }
 
-core_initcall(openrisc_mem_malloc_init);
-
 void arch_shutdown(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/main_entry.c b/arch/x86/boot/main_entry.c
index f7f4710..afb7e32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/main_entry.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/main_entry.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
-extern void start_barebox(void);
+extern void x86_start_barebox(void);
 
 /**
  * Called plainly from assembler that switches from real to flat mode
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
 {
 	/* clear the BSS first */
 	memset(__bss_start, 0x00, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
-	start_barebox();
+	x86_start_barebox();
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memory.c b/arch/x86/lib/memory.c
index 43b6931..de0e5d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/memory.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * @brief Memory management
  */
 
+#include <common.h>
 #include <init.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <memory.h>
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
  * - memory above 0x100000
  */
 
-static int x86_mem_malloc_init(void)
+int x86_start_barebox(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_LAYOUT_DEFAULT
 	unsigned long memory_size;
@@ -57,7 +58,5 @@
 	mem_malloc_init((void *)MALLOC_BASE,
 			(void *)(MALLOC_BASE + MALLOC_SIZE - 1));
 #endif
-	return 0;
+	start_barebox();
 }
-
-core_initcall(x86_mem_malloc_init);
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index e2204da..5251be6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
 	if (get_bus_by_name(bus->name))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	strcpy(bus->dev.name, bus->name);
-	bus->dev.id = DEVICE_ID_SINGLE;
+	bus->dev = xzalloc(sizeof(*bus->dev));
+	strcpy(bus->dev->name, bus->name);
+	bus->dev->id = DEVICE_ID_SINGLE;
 
-	ret = register_device(&bus->dev);
+	ret = register_device(bus->dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index fa30c68..487f478 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 	if (new_device->bus) {
 		if (!new_device->parent)
-			new_device->parent = &new_device->bus->dev;
+			new_device->parent = new_device->bus->dev;
 
 		list_add_tail(&new_device->bus_list, &new_device->bus->device_list);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio.c
index 6d29224..6398268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <init.h>
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
 #include <complete.h>
@@ -13,7 +14,15 @@
 	char *label;
 };
 
-static struct gpio_info gpio_desc[ARCH_NR_GPIOS];
+static struct gpio_info *gpio_desc;
+
+static int gpio_desc_alloc(void)
+{
+	gpio_desc = xzalloc(sizeof(struct gpio_info) * ARCH_NR_GPIOS);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+pure_initcall(gpio_desc_alloc);
 
 static int gpio_ensure_requested(struct gpio_info *gi, int gpio)
 {
diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c
index 6346112..7e2fb78 100644
--- a/fs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/fs.c
@@ -119,14 +119,19 @@
 
 static char *cwd;
 
-static int init_cwd(void)
+static FILE *files;
+
+static int init_fs(void)
 {
 	cwd = xzalloc(PATH_MAX);
 	*cwd = '/';
+
+	files = xzalloc(sizeof(FILE) * MAX_FILES);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-postcore_initcall(init_cwd);
+postcore_initcall(init_fs);
 
 char *normalise_link(const char *pathname, const char *symlink)
 {
@@ -268,8 +273,6 @@
 	return fdev->path;
 }
 
-static FILE files[MAX_FILES];
-
 static FILE *get_file(void)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h
index 8598a39..716f792 100644
--- a/include/driver.h
+++ b/include/driver.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
 	int (*probe)(struct device_d *dev);
 	void (*remove)(struct device_d *dev);
 
-	struct device_d dev;
+	struct device_d *dev;
 
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct list_head device_list;