diff --git a/config/common.mk b/config/common.mk
index 4247dcf6..ecb4fd92 100644
--- a/config/common.mk
+++ b/config/common.mk
@@ -49,13 +49,18 @@ endif
ATMOSPHERE_DEFINES += -DATMOSPHERE_GIT_BRANCH=\"$(ATMOSPHERE_GIT_BRANCH)\" -DATMOSPHERE_GIT_REVISION=\"$(ATMOSPHERE_GIT_REVISION)\"
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ensure top directory is set.
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+export TOPDIR ?= $(CURDIR)
+
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# TARGET is the name of the output
# SOURCES is a list of directories containing source code
# DATA is a list of directories containing data files
# INCLUDES is a list of directories containing header files
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-export TARGET := $(notdir $(CURDIR))
+export TARGET ?= $(notdir $(CURDIR))
export BUILD := build
export DATA := data
export INCLUDES := include
diff --git a/config/templates/mesosphere.mk b/config/templates/mesosphere.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abe2fc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/templates/mesosphere.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# pull in common atmosphere configuration
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+include $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))/../common.mk
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# options for code generation
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+export DEFINES := $(ATMOSPHERE_DEFINES) -DATMOSPHERE_IS_MESOSPHERE
+export SETTINGS := $(ATMOSPHERE_SETTINGS) -O2 -mgeneral-regs-only -Werror
+export CFLAGS := $(ATMOSPHERE_CFLAGS) $(SETTINGS) $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDE)
+export CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) $(ATMOSPHERE_CXXFLAGS)
+export ASFLAGS := $(ATMOSPHERE_ASFLAGS) $(SETTINGS)
+
+export LDFLAGS = -specs=$(TOPDIR)/kernel_ldr.specs -nostdlib -nostartfiles -g $(SETTINGS) -Wl,-Map,$(notdir $*.map)
+
+export CXXWRAPS := -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_pure_virtual \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_throw \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_rethrow \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_allocate_exception \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_free_exception \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_begin_catch \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_end_catch \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_call_unexpected \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__cxa_call_terminate \
+ -Wl,--wrap,__gxx_personality_v0 \
+ -Wl,--wrap,_Unwind_Resume \
+ -Wl,--wrap,_Unwind_Resume \
+ -Wl,--wrap,_ZSt19__throw_logic_errorPKc \
+ -Wl,--wrap,_ZSt20__throw_length_errorPKc \
+ -Wl,--wrap,_ZNSt11logic_errorC2EPKc
+
+export LIBS := -lmesosphere
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# list of directories containing libraries, this must be the top level containing
+# include and lib
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBDIRS := $(ATMOSPHERE_LIBRARIES_DIR)/libvapours $(ATMOSPHERE_LIBRARIES_DIR)/libmesosphere
diff --git a/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_libc.c b/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_libc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06ae0769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmesosphere/source/libc/kern_libc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Atmosphère-NX
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see .
+ */
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+/* Note: copied from newlib */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ <>---move possibly overlapping memory
+INDEX
+ memmove
+SYNOPSIS
+ #include
+ void *memmove(void *<[dst]>, const void *<[src]>, size_t <[length]>);
+DESCRIPTION
+ This function moves <[length]> characters from the block of
+ memory starting at <<*<[src]>>> to the memory starting at
+ <<*<[dst]>>>. <> reproduces the characters correctly
+ at <<*<[dst]>>> even if the two areas overlap.
+RETURNS
+ The function returns <[dst]> as passed.
+PORTABILITY
+<> is ANSI C.
+<> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
+QUICKREF
+ memmove ansi pure
+*/
+
+/* Nonzero if either X or Y is not aligned on a "long" boundary. */
+#define UNALIGNED(X, Y) \
+ (((long)X & (sizeof (long) - 1)) | ((long)Y & (sizeof (long) - 1)))
+
+/* How many bytes are copied each iteration of the 4X unrolled loop. */
+#define BIGBLOCKSIZE (sizeof (long) << 2)
+
+/* How many bytes are copied each iteration of the word copy loop. */
+#define LITTLEBLOCKSIZE (sizeof (long))
+
+/* Threshhold for punting to the byte copier. */
+#undef TOO_SMALL
+#define TOO_SMALL(LEN) ((LEN) < BIGBLOCKSIZE)
+
+/*SUPPRESS 20*/
+void *
+//__inhibit_loop_to_libcall
+memmove (void *dst_void,
+ const void *src_void,
+ size_t length)
+{
+#if defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
+ char *dst = dst_void;
+ const char *src = src_void;
+
+ if (src < dst && dst < src + length)
+ {
+ /* Have to copy backwards */
+ src += length;
+ dst += length;
+ while (length--)
+ {
+ *--dst = *--src;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ while (length--)
+ {
+ *dst++ = *src++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return dst_void;
+#else
+ char *dst = dst_void;
+ const char *src = src_void;
+ long *aligned_dst;
+ const long *aligned_src;
+
+ if (src < dst && dst < src + length)
+ {
+ /* Destructive overlap...have to copy backwards */
+ src += length;
+ dst += length;
+ while (length--)
+ {
+ *--dst = *--src;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Use optimizing algorithm for a non-destructive copy to closely
+ match memcpy. If the size is small or either SRC or DST is unaligned,
+ then punt into the byte copy loop. This should be rare. */
+ if (!TOO_SMALL(length) && !UNALIGNED (src, dst))
+ {
+ aligned_dst = (long*)dst;
+ aligned_src = (long*)src;
+
+ /* Copy 4X long words at a time if possible. */
+ while (length >= BIGBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ length -= BIGBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ /* Copy one long word at a time if possible. */
+ while (length >= LITTLEBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ length -= LITTLEBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ /* Pick up any residual with a byte copier. */
+ dst = (char*)aligned_dst;
+ src = (char*)aligned_src;
+ }
+
+ while (length--)
+ {
+ *dst++ = *src++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return dst_void;
+#endif /* not PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED */
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ <>---copy memory regions
+SYNOPSIS
+ #include
+ void* memcpy(void *restrict <[out]>, const void *restrict <[in]>,
+ size_t <[n]>);
+DESCRIPTION
+ This function copies <[n]> bytes from the memory region
+ pointed to by <[in]> to the memory region pointed to by
+ <[out]>.
+ If the regions overlap, the behavior is undefined.
+RETURNS
+ <> returns a pointer to the first byte of the <[out]>
+ region.
+PORTABILITY
+<> is ANSI C.
+<> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
+QUICKREF
+ memcpy ansi pure
+ */
+
+void *
+memcpy (void * dst0,
+ const void * __restrict src0,
+ size_t len0)
+{
+#if defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
+ char *dst = (char *) dst0;
+ char *src = (char *) src0;
+
+ void *save = dst0;
+
+ while (len0--)
+ {
+ *dst++ = *src++;
+ }
+
+ return save;
+#else
+ char *dst = dst0;
+ const char *src = src0;
+ long *aligned_dst;
+ const long *aligned_src;
+
+ /* If the size is small, or either SRC or DST is unaligned,
+ then punt into the byte copy loop. This should be rare. */
+ if (!TOO_SMALL(len0) && !UNALIGNED (src, dst))
+ {
+ aligned_dst = (long*)dst;
+ aligned_src = (long*)src;
+
+ /* Copy 4X long words at a time if possible. */
+ while (len0 >= BIGBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ len0 -= BIGBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ /* Copy one long word at a time if possible. */
+ while (len0 >= LITTLEBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ *aligned_dst++ = *aligned_src++;
+ len0 -= LITTLEBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ /* Pick up any residual with a byte copier. */
+ dst = (char*)aligned_dst;
+ src = (char*)aligned_src;
+ }
+
+ while (len0--)
+ *dst++ = *src++;
+
+ return dst0;
+#endif /* not PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED */
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ <>---set an area of memory
+INDEX
+ memset
+SYNOPSIS
+ #include
+ void *memset(void *<[dst]>, int <[c]>, size_t <[length]>);
+DESCRIPTION
+ This function converts the argument <[c]> into an unsigned
+ char and fills the first <[length]> characters of the array
+ pointed to by <[dst]> to the value.
+RETURNS
+ <> returns the value of <[dst]>.
+PORTABILITY
+<> is ANSI C.
+ <> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
+QUICKREF
+ memset ansi pure
+*/
+
+#include
+
+#undef LBLOCKSIZE
+#undef UNALIGNED
+#undef TOO_SMALL
+
+#define LBLOCKSIZE (sizeof(long))
+#define UNALIGNED(X) ((long)X & (LBLOCKSIZE - 1))
+#define TOO_SMALL(LEN) ((LEN) < LBLOCKSIZE)
+
+void *
+memset (void *m,
+ int c,
+ size_t n)
+{
+ char *s = (char *) m;
+
+#if !defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
+ unsigned int i;
+ unsigned long buffer;
+ unsigned long *aligned_addr;
+ unsigned int d = c & 0xff; /* To avoid sign extension, copy C to an
+ unsigned variable. */
+
+ while (UNALIGNED (s))
+ {
+ if (n--)
+ *s++ = (char) c;
+ else
+ return m;
+ }
+
+ if (!TOO_SMALL (n))
+ {
+ /* If we get this far, we know that n is large and s is word-aligned. */
+ aligned_addr = (unsigned long *) s;
+
+ /* Store D into each char sized location in BUFFER so that
+ we can set large blocks quickly. */
+ buffer = (d << 8) | d;
+ buffer |= (buffer << 16);
+ for (i = 32; i < LBLOCKSIZE * 8; i <<= 1)
+ buffer = (buffer << i) | buffer;
+
+ /* Unroll the loop. */
+ while (n >= LBLOCKSIZE*4)
+ {
+ *aligned_addr++ = buffer;
+ *aligned_addr++ = buffer;
+ *aligned_addr++ = buffer;
+ *aligned_addr++ = buffer;
+ n -= 4*LBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ while (n >= LBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ *aligned_addr++ = buffer;
+ n -= LBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+ /* Pick up the remainder with a bytewise loop. */
+ s = (char*)aligned_addr;
+ }
+
+#endif /* not PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED */
+
+ while (n--)
+ *s++ = (char) c;
+
+ return m;
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
+ <>---compare two memory areas
+INDEX
+ memcmp
+SYNOPSIS
+ #include
+ int memcmp(const void *<[s1]>, const void *<[s2]>, size_t <[n]>);
+DESCRIPTION
+ This function compares not more than <[n]> characters of the
+ object pointed to by <[s1]> with the object pointed to by <[s2]>.
+RETURNS
+ The function returns an integer greater than, equal to or
+ less than zero according to whether the object pointed to by
+ <[s1]> is greater than, equal to or less than the object
+ pointed to by <[s2]>.
+PORTABILITY
+<> is ANSI C.
+<> requires no supporting OS subroutines.
+QUICKREF
+ memcmp ansi pure
+*/
+
+#undef LBLOCKSIZE
+#undef UNALIGNED
+#undef TOO_SMALL
+
+/* Nonzero if either X or Y is not aligned on a "long" boundary. */
+#define UNALIGNED(X, Y) \
+ (((long)X & (sizeof (long) - 1)) | ((long)Y & (sizeof (long) - 1)))
+
+/* How many bytes are copied each iteration of the word copy loop. */
+#define LBLOCKSIZE (sizeof (long))
+
+/* Threshhold for punting to the byte copier. */
+#define TOO_SMALL(LEN) ((LEN) < LBLOCKSIZE)
+
+int
+memcmp (const void *m1,
+ const void *m2,
+ size_t n)
+{
+#if defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__)
+ unsigned char *s1 = (unsigned char *) m1;
+ unsigned char *s2 = (unsigned char *) m2;
+
+ while (n--)
+ {
+ if (*s1 != *s2)
+ {
+ return *s1 - *s2;
+ }
+ s1++;
+ s2++;
+ }
+ return 0;
+#else
+ unsigned char *s1 = (unsigned char *) m1;
+ unsigned char *s2 = (unsigned char *) m2;
+ unsigned long *a1;
+ unsigned long *a2;
+
+ /* If the size is too small, or either pointer is unaligned,
+ then we punt to the byte compare loop. Hopefully this will
+ not turn up in inner loops. */
+ if (!TOO_SMALL(n) && !UNALIGNED(s1,s2))
+ {
+ /* Otherwise, load and compare the blocks of memory one
+ word at a time. */
+ a1 = (unsigned long*) s1;
+ a2 = (unsigned long*) s2;
+ while (n >= LBLOCKSIZE)
+ {
+ if (*a1 != *a2)
+ break;
+ a1++;
+ a2++;
+ n -= LBLOCKSIZE;
+ }
+
+ /* check m mod LBLOCKSIZE remaining characters */
+
+ s1 = (unsigned char*)a1;
+ s2 = (unsigned char*)a2;
+ }
+
+ while (n--)
+ {
+ if (*s1 != *s2)
+ return *s1 - *s2;
+ s1++;
+ s2++;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+#endif /* not PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED */
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif