diff --git a/debug.sh b/debug.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77154a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Run run.sh before this!
+set -euo pipefail
+exec rust-lldb \
+  -s lldb-init \
+  target/aarch64-unknown-none/debug/kernel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/console.rs b/kernel/src/console.rs
index ce345ac..c55c9d1 100644
--- a/kernel/src/console.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/console.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 use core::fmt::{self, Write};
 
-use crate::uart::uart_init;
+use crate::{spinlock::SpinLock, uart::UART};
 
 /// A wrapper around the console
-pub struct Console {}
+pub struct Console {
+  lock: SpinLock,
+  uart: UART,
+}
 
 impl Console {
   pub fn init() -> Self {
-    uart_init();
-    Console {}
+    let lock = SpinLock::init("console");
+    let uart = UART::init();
+    Console { lock, uart }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/src/main.rs b/kernel/src/main.rs
index 04d937b..e470826 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/main.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ mod console;
 mod io;
 mod memory_layout;
 mod panic;
+mod spinlock;
 mod uart;
 
 global_asm!(include_str!("start.s"));
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn main() {
-  // let mut console = Console::init();
+  let mut console = Console::init();
   // let _ = writeln!(console, "eos0 is booting...");
 
   let out_str = b"AArch64 Bare Metal";
diff --git a/kernel/src/spinlock.rs b/kernel/src/spinlock.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ded9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/spinlock.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pub struct SpinLock {
+  locked: bool,
+
+  /// The name of the lock, for debugging
+  name: [u8; 32],
+}
+
+impl SpinLock {
+  pub fn init(name: &'static str) -> Self {
+    let mut this_name = [0; 32];
+    this_name.copy_from_slice(&name.as_bytes()[..32]);
+
+    SpinLock {
+      locked: false,
+      name: this_name,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kernel/src/uart.rs b/kernel/src/uart.rs
index a9d1db4..da4c1de 100644
--- a/kernel/src/uart.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/uart.rs
@@ -2,28 +2,39 @@
 
 use crate::memory_layout::UART0;
 
-/// http://byterunner.com/16550.html
-enum Register {}
+/// The UART Interface
+pub struct UART {}
 
-impl Register {
-  fn offset(&self) -> u64 {
-    todo!()
+impl UART {
+  /// Most of this is just a port from xv6 right now, I have no idea why any of this works
+  pub fn init() -> Self {
+    unsafe {
+      UART::write_register(WriteRegister::IER, 0x00);
+    }
+    UART {}
   }
+
+  #[inline]
+  pub unsafe fn write_register(reg: WriteRegister, val: u8) {
+    *reg.as_mut_ptr() = val;
+  }
+
+  pub unsafe fn put_char(&self) {}
 }
 
-/// the UART control registers are memory-mapped
-/// at address UART0. this macro returns the
-/// address of one of the registers
-#[inline]
-fn register(reg: Register) -> *mut u8 {
-  // (UART0 + reg.offset()) as *mut u8
-  UART0
+/// <http://byterunner.com/16550.html>
+pub enum ReadRegister {}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum WriteRegister {
+  IER = 1,
+}
+
+impl WriteRegister {
+  pub fn as_mut_ptr(&self) -> *mut u8 {
+    unsafe { UART0.offset(*self as isize) }
+  }
 }
 
 #[inline]
 fn read_register() {}
-
-#[inline]
-fn write_register() {}
-
-pub fn uart_init() {}
diff --git a/lldb-init b/lldb-init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9bbdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb-init
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target create target/aarch64-unknown-none/debug/kernel
+gdb-remote 1234
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 3a62632..c596ac6 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 cargo xbuild --target=aarch64-unknown-none.json
+
+printf "Running with qemu...\n"
+set -x
 exec qemu-system-aarch64 \
   -machine virt \
+  -s -S \
   -m 1024M \
   -cpu cortex-a53 \
   -nographic \