diff --git a/kernel/Makefile.inc b/kernel/Makefile.inc
index 21907ad..6b1fa60 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile.inc
+++ b/kernel/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 KERNEL_PREFIX = kernel
 
-KOBJS += $(KERNEL_PREFIX)/hello.o
+KOBJS += $(KERNEL_PREFIX)/framebuffer.o
+KOBJS += $(KERNEL_PREFIX)/print.o
+KOBJS += $(KERNEL_PREFIX)/start_kernel.o
diff --git a/kernel/hello.c b/kernel/hello.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 694f5e1..0000000
--- a/kernel/hello.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#define SERIAL_BASE 0x16000000
-#define SERIAL_FLAG_REGISTER 0x18
-#define SERIAL_BUFFER_FULL (1 << 5)
- 
-void putc (char c)
-{
-    /* Wait until the serial buffer is empty */
-    while (*(volatile unsigned long*)(SERIAL_BASE + SERIAL_FLAG_REGISTER) 
-                                       & (SERIAL_BUFFER_FULL));
-    /* Put our character, c, into the serial buffer */
-    *(volatile unsigned long*)SERIAL_BASE = c;
-}
- 
-void puts (const char * str)
-{
-    while (*str) putc (*str++);
-}
- 
-int main (void)
-{
-    puts ("hello, world!\n");
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/kernel/start_kernel.c b/kernel/start_kernel.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0552d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/start_kernel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <print.h>
+#include <devices/pl011.h>
+
+#include <devices/pl110.h>
+#include <framebuffer.h>
+
+struct fb myfb;
+
+void video(void)
+{
+	unsigned int x, y;
+	pl110_init(&myfb, 16);
+	x = 0, y = 0;
+	for (x=0; x<640; x++)
+		for (y=0; y<480; y++)
+			fb_write_pixel(&myfb, x, y, 0x1f, 0x1f, 0x0);
+
+}
+ 
+int main(void)
+{
+	print_init(&pl011_putc); //initialize the serial console
+
+	video();
+
+	print("hello, world!\n");
+	return 0;
+}