diff --git a/linker.ld b/linker.ld
index f7559dd..d87d503 100644
--- a/linker.ld
+++ b/linker.ld
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
     . = ALIGN(16);
     __stack_top = . + 0x10000;
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    PROVIDE(__memory_start = .);
 }
diff --git a/src/Fdt.zig b/src/Fdt.zig
index 89250f9..c62a030 100644
--- a/src/Fdt.zig
+++ b/src/Fdt.zig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub const ReserveEntry = extern struct {
     address: u64,
     size: u64,
 
-    pub fn toNative(self: *const ReserveEntry) struct { address: u64, size: u64 } {
+    pub fn toNative(self: *const ReserveEntry) packed struct { address: u64, size: u64 } {
         return .{
             .address = std.mem.bigToNative(u64, self.address),
             .size = std.mem.bigToNative(u64, self.size),
@@ -580,7 +580,16 @@ pub fn chosen(self: *const Fdt) ?Node {
 }
 
 pub fn memory(self: *const Fdt) ?Node {
-    return self.findNode("/memory") orelse self.findFirstCompatible("memory");
+    var n = self.nodes();
+    while (n.next()) |node| {
+        if (node.getProperty("device_type")) |dev_type| {
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, dev_type.asString().?, "memory")) {
+                return node;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
 }
 
 pub fn cpus(self: *const Fdt) ?Node {
@@ -626,7 +635,7 @@ pub const MemoryReservationIterator = struct {
     data: []const u8,
     pos: usize,
 
-    pub fn next(self: *MemoryReservationIterator) ?struct { address: u64, size: u64 } {
+    pub fn next(self: *MemoryReservationIterator) ?packed struct { address: u64, size: u64 } {
         if (self.pos + 16 > self.data.len) return null;
 
         const entry: *const ReserveEntry = @alignCast(@ptrCast(self.data.ptr + self.pos));
@@ -636,7 +645,7 @@ pub const MemoryReservationIterator = struct {
         // End marker is all zeros
         if (result.address == 0 and result.size == 0) return null;
 
-        return result;
+        return @bitCast(result);
     }
 };
 
@@ -652,5 +661,3 @@ pub fn parseReg(data: []const u8, address_cells: u32, size_cells: u32) RegIterat
         .pos = 0,
     };
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/debug.zig b/src/debug.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0450d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/debug.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const Console = @import("drivers/Console.zig");
+
+var console: Console = undefined;
+
+pub fn init(c: Console) void {
+    console = c;
+}
+
+pub fn print(comptime s: []const u8, args: anytype) void {
+    console.print(s, args);
+}
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f99108d..e40ff07 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const isa = @import("riscv/isa.zig");
 const Fdt = @import("Fdt.zig");
 const Console = @import("drivers/Console.zig");
+const debug = @import("debug.zig");
+const mem = @import("mem.zig");
 
 const UART_BASE: usize = 0x10000000;
-
-var console: Console = undefined;
+const MEMORY_START = @extern([*]u8, .{.name = "__memory_start"});
 
 fn uart_put(c: u8) void {
     const uart: *volatile u8 = @ptrFromInt(UART_BASE);
@@ -32,9 +33,29 @@ export fn kmain(hartid: u64, fdt_ptr: *const anyopaque) callconv(.c) noreturn {
         while (true) asm volatile ("wfi");
     };
 
-    console = Console.init(fdt).?;
+    const root = fdt.root().?;
 
-    console.print("booting hydra...\n", .{});
+    const console = Console.init(fdt).?;
+    debug.init(console);
+
+    debug.print("booting hydra...\n", .{});
+
+    var reservations = fdt.memoryReservations();
+
+    while (reservations.next()) |reservation| {
+        debug.print("0x{x}:0x{x}\n", .{reservation.address, reservation.size});
+    }
+    const memory = fdt.memory().?;
+    var reg_iter = Fdt.parseReg(memory.getProperty("reg").?.data, root.addressCells(), root.sizeCells());
+    const reg = reg_iter.next().?;
+    const memory_end = reg.address + reg.size;
+    
+    var buddy: mem.BuddyAllocator = .{};
+    buddy.init(MEMORY_START[0..memory_end - @intFromPtr(MEMORY_START)]);
+    debug.print("memory allocator initialized.\n", .{});
+
+    const allocator = buddy.allocator();
+    _ = allocator;
 
     while (true) {
         asm volatile ("wfi");
diff --git a/src/mem.zig b/src/mem.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95ea408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mem.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub const BuddyAllocator = @import("mem/BuddyAllocator.zig");
+
+pub const PAGE_SIZE = 0x1000;
diff --git a/src/mem/BuddyAllocator.zig b/src/mem/BuddyAllocator.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ae181b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mem/BuddyAllocator.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const BuddyAllocator = @This();
+const mem = @import("../mem.zig");
+const math = std.math;
+
+const MIN_BLOCK_SIZE = mem.PAGE_SIZE;
+const MAX_LEVEL = 16;
+
+const Block = struct {
+    next: ?*Block,
+    level: u8,
+};
+
+freelist: [MAX_LEVEL + 1]?*Block = .{null} ** (MAX_LEVEL + 1),
+
+pub fn init(self: *BuddyAllocator, range: []u8) void {
+    self.freeRange(range.ptr, range.len);
+}
+
+fn getLevelSize(level: u8) usize {
+    return @as(usize, MIN_BLOCK_SIZE) << @intCast(level);
+}
+
+pub fn freeRange(self: *BuddyAllocator, start: [*]u8, size: usize) void {
+    var current_addr = @intFromPtr(start);
+    const end_addr = current_addr + size;
+
+    current_addr = std.mem.alignForward(usize, current_addr, MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+
+    while (current_addr + getLevelSize(0) <= end_addr) {
+        var level: u8 = MAX_LEVEL;
+        while (level > 0) : (level -= 1) {
+            const blk_size = getLevelSize(level);
+            if (current_addr + blk_size <= end_addr and current_addr % blk_size == 0) {
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        const b = @as(*Block, @ptrFromInt(current_addr));
+        b.* = .{ .next = self.freelist[level], .level = level };
+        self.freelist[level] = b;
+
+        current_addr += getLevelSize(level);
+    }
+}
+
+fn getBuddy(block: *Block) *Block {
+    const addr = @intFromPtr(block);
+    const size = getLevelSize(block.level);
+    return @ptrFromInt(addr ^ size);
+}
+
+fn isFree(self: *BuddyAllocator, buddy: *Block, level: u8) bool {
+    var curr = self.freelist[level];
+    while (curr) |node| : (curr = node.next) {
+            if (node == buddy) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn allocBlock(self: *BuddyAllocator, level: u8) ?[*]u8 {
+    if (level > MAX_LEVEL) return null;
+
+    var target_level = level;
+    while (target_level <= MAX_LEVEL) : (target_level += 1) {
+            if (self.freelist[target_level]) |block| {
+                    self.freelist[target_level] = block.next;
+
+                    var b = block;
+                    while (b.level > level) {
+                            b.level -= 1;
+                            const buddy = getBuddy(b);
+                            buddy.* = .{ .next = self.freelist[b.level], .level = b.level };
+                            self.freelist[b.level] = buddy;
+                    }
+                    return @ptrCast(b);
+            }
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn freeBlock(self: *BuddyAllocator, addr: [*]u8, level: u8) void {
+    var b = @as(*Block, @alignCast(@ptrCast(addr)));
+    b.level = level;
+
+    while (b.level < MAX_LEVEL) {
+        const buddy = getBuddy(b);
+        if (!self.isFree(buddy, b.level)) break;
+
+        var prev: ?*Block = null;
+        var curr = self.freelist[b.level];
+        while (curr) |node| : (curr = node.next) {
+            if (node == buddy) {
+                if (prev) |p| p.next = node.next else self.freelist[b.level] = node.next;
+                break;
+            }
+            prev = node;
+        }
+
+        if (@intFromPtr(buddy) < @intFromPtr(b)) b = buddy;
+        b.level += 1;
+    }
+
+    b.next = self.freelist[b.level];
+    self.freelist[b.level] = b;
+}
+
+pub fn allocator(self: *BuddyAllocator) Allocator {
+    return .{
+        .ptr = self,
+        .vtable = &.{
+            .alloc = alloc,
+            .resize = Allocator.noResize,
+            .remap = Allocator.noRemap,
+            .free = free,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+fn alloc(ctx: *anyopaque, len: usize, ptr_align: std.mem.Alignment, ret_addr: usize) ?[*]u8 {
+    _ = ptr_align;
+    _ = ret_addr;
+    const self: *BuddyAllocator = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+
+    const actual_size = @max(len, MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+    const level = math.log2_int_ceil(usize, (actual_size + MIN_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+
+    return self.allocBlock(@intCast(level));
+}
+
+fn free(ctx: *anyopaque, buf: []u8, buf_align: std.mem.Alignment, ret_addr: usize) void {
+    _ = buf_align;
+    _ = ret_addr;
+    const self: *BuddyAllocator = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+
+    const actual_size = @max(buf.len, MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+    const level = math.log2_int_ceil(usize, (actual_size + MIN_BLOCK_SIZE - 1) / MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
+
+    self.freeBlock(buf.ptr, @intCast(level));
+}