diff --git a/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.c b/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.c
index b34dd020..d679c8b3 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.c
+++ b/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.c
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ void* dccm_malloc(uint16_t size)
     return addr;
 }
 
-void *dccm_memalign(uint16_t size)
-{
-  if ((dccm_index +3) > DCCM_SIZE)
-    return 0;
-
-  dccm_index = (dccm_index + 3) & ~((uint16_t)0x3);  /* 4 byte addr alignment */
-  return dccm_malloc(size);
-}
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.h b/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.h
index a25ca9c7..bddc21d3 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.h
+++ b/cores/arduino/dccm/dccm_alloc.h
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
 void* dccm_malloc(uint16_t size);
 
-void *dccm_memalign(uint16_t size);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 
-#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/libarc32_arduino101/Makefile b/system/libarc32_arduino101/Makefile
index bccd2ab3..8b81ad32 100644
--- a/system/libarc32_arduino101/Makefile
+++ b/system/libarc32_arduino101/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CFGFLAGS+=-DCONFIG_BLUETOOTH_MAX_CONN=2
 CFGFLAGS+=-DCONFIG_BT_GATT_BLE_MAX_SERVICES=10
 CFGFLAGS+=-DCONFIG_BLUETOOTH_GATT_CLIENT
 CFGFLAGS+=-DCONFIG_BLUETOOTH_CENTRAL -DCONFIG_BLUETOOTH_PERIPHERAL
-INCLUDES=-I. -Icommon -Idrivers -Ibootcode -Iframework/include -Iframework/include/services/ble -Iframework/src/services/ble_service -I../../cores/arduino/dccm
+INCLUDES=-I. -Icommon -Idrivers -Ibootcode -Iframework/include -Iframework/include/services/ble -Iframework/src/services/ble_service
 #-Iframework/src/services/ble -Iframework/include/services/ble
 INCLUDES+= -Idrivers/rpc -Iframework/src
 EXTRA_CFLAGS=-D__CPU_ARC__ -DCLOCK_SPEED=32 -std=c99 -fno-reorder-functions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-defer-pop -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-main -ffreestanding -fno-stack-protector -mno-sdata -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
diff --git a/system/libarc32_arduino101/bootcode/c_init.c b/system/libarc32_arduino101/bootcode/c_init.c
index a6256c45..243622d6 100644
--- a/system/libarc32_arduino101/bootcode/c_init.c
+++ b/system/libarc32_arduino101/bootcode/c_init.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
 #include "interrupt.h"
 #include "arcv2_timer0.h"
-#include "os/os.h"
 
 /* Application main() function prototype */
 extern int main (void);
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ static void _exec_ctors (void)
     interrupt_unit_device_init();
     /* Start the system's virtual 64-bit Real Time Counter */
     timer0_driver_init();
-    /* Initialize the memory buffer for balloc() calls. */
-    os_abstraction_init_malloc();
     /* Jump to application main() */
     main ();
     /* Never reached */
diff --git a/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/include/os/os.h b/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/include/os/os.h
index 7f5103d9..12b9a11a 100644
--- a/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/include/os/os.h
+++ b/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/include/os/os.h
@@ -132,15 +132,6 @@ extern void queue_get_message (T_QUEUE queue, T_QUEUE_MESSAGE* message, int time
  */
 extern void queue_send_message(T_QUEUE queue, T_QUEUE_MESSAGE message, OS_ERR_TYPE* err );
 
-/**
- * \brief Initialize the resources used by the framework's memory allocation services
- *
- * IMPORTANT : This function must be called during the initialization
- *             of the OS abstraction layer.
- *             This function shall only be called once after reset.
- */
-extern void os_abstraction_init_malloc(void);
-
 /**
  * \brief Reserves a block of memory
  *
diff --git a/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/src/os/balloc.c b/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/src/os/balloc.c
index aa2906b3..f1691472 100644
--- a/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/src/os/balloc.c
+++ b/system/libarc32_arduino101/framework/src/os/balloc.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "os/os.h"
 #include "infra/log.h"
-#include "dccm_alloc.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_POOLS_BALLOC_TRACK_OWNER
 #include "misc/printk.h"
@@ -48,18 +47,19 @@ typedef struct {
 /** Allocate the memory blocks and tracking variables for each pool */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_POOLS_BALLOC_TRACK_OWNER
 #define DECLARE_MEMORY_POOL(index, size, count) \
-    uint8_t mblock_ ## index[count][size] __aligned(4); \
+    uint8_t mblock_ ## index[count][size] __aligned(4)  __attribute__ ((section(".kernelmempool"))); \
     uint32_t mblock_alloc_track_ ## index[count / BITS_PER_U32 + 1] = { 0 }; \
     uint32_t *mblock_owners_ ## index[count] = { 0 };
 #else
 #define DECLARE_MEMORY_POOL(index, size, count) \
-    uint8_t mblock_ ## index[count][size] __aligned(4); \
+    uint8_t mblock_ ## index[count][size] __aligned(4) __attribute__ ((section(".kernelmempool"))); \
     uint32_t mblock_alloc_track_ ## index[count / BITS_PER_U32 + \
                           1] = { 0 };
 #endif
 
 #include "memory_pool_list.def"
 
+
 /** Pool descriptor definition */
 T_POOL_DESC mpool[] =
 {
@@ -100,19 +100,21 @@ T_POOL_DESC mpool[] =
 
 /** Allocate the memory blocks and tracking variables for each pool */
 #define DECLARE_MEMORY_POOL(index, size, count) \
+    uint8_t mblock_ ## index[count][size] __attribute__ ((section(".kernelmempool"))); \
     uint32_t mblock_alloc_track_ ## index[count / BITS_PER_U32 + 1] = { 0 };
 
 #include "memory_pool_list.def"
 
 
+
 /** Pool descriptor definition */
 T_POOL_DESC mpool [] =
 {
 #define DECLARE_MEMORY_POOL(index, size, count) \
     { \
 /* T_POOL_DESC.track */ mblock_alloc_track_ ## index, \
-/* T_POOL_DESC.start */ 0, \
-/* T_POOL_DESC.end */ 0, \
+/* T_POOL_DESC.start */ (uint32_t)mblock_ ## index, \
+/* T_POOL_DESC.end */ (uint32_t)mblock_ ## index + count * size, \
 /* T_POOL_DESC.count */ count, \
 /* T_POOL_DESC.size */ size \
     },
@@ -331,6 +333,7 @@ static void print_pool(int method, void *ctx)
  */
 void os_abstraction_init_malloc(void)
 {
+/*
   int indx;
   uint32_t bufSize;
 
@@ -339,6 +342,7 @@ void os_abstraction_init_malloc(void)
     mpool[indx].start = (uint32_t)dccm_memalign((uint16_t)bufSize);
     mpool[indx].end = mpool[indx].start + bufSize;
   }
+*/
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/variants/arduino_101/libarc32drv_arduino101.a b/variants/arduino_101/libarc32drv_arduino101.a
index db6e5b45..f839afbc 100644
Binary files a/variants/arduino_101/libarc32drv_arduino101.a and b/variants/arduino_101/libarc32drv_arduino101.a differ
diff --git a/variants/arduino_101/linker_scripts/flash.ld b/variants/arduino_101/linker_scripts/flash.ld
index 335f7ef6..53eaddf4 100644
--- a/variants/arduino_101/linker_scripts/flash.ld
+++ b/variants/arduino_101/linker_scripts/flash.ld
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-littlearc", "elf32-bigarc", "elf32-littlearc")
 MEMORY
     {
     FLASH                 (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x40034000, LENGTH = 152K
-    SRAM                  (wx) : ORIGIN = 0xa800e000, LENGTH = 24K
-    DCCM                  (wx) : ORIGIN = 0x80000000, LENGTH = 8K
+    SRAM                  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0xa800e000, LENGTH = 24K
+    DCCM                  (rw) : ORIGIN = 0x80000000, LENGTH = 8K
     }
 
 /* Define default stack size and FIRQ stack size.
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Data Closely Coupled Memory (DCCM) */
 /* DCCM Start */
+    .kernelmempool (NOLOAD) :
+    {
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	__dccm_start = .;
+	*(.kernelmempool)
+	*(".kernelmempool.*")
+	__dccm_end = ALIGN(4);
+    } > DCCM
 /* DCCM End */
 
     }