--- a/target-utils/libc/Makefile	Fri Oct 28 22:20:26 2016 +0000
+++ b/target-utils/libc/Makefile	Fri Oct 28 22:22:56 2016 +0000
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 AR=	arm-elf-ar
 RANLIB=	arm-elf-ranlib
 
-OBJS=	atoi.o ctype_.o index.o rindex.o strcasecmp.o strcat.o strcmp.o \
+OBJS=	atoi.o bzero.o ctype_.o index.o rindex.o strcasecmp.o strcat.o strcmp.o\
 	strcpy.o strncat.o strncmp.o strncpy.o
 
 all:	libc.a

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/target-utils/libc/bzero.S	Fri Oct 28 22:22:56 2016 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * This ARM implementation of bzero() has been derived from:
+ *
+ *  linux/arch/arm/lib/memzero.S
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Russell King
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+	.text
+	.code	32
+	.globl	bzero
+
+/*
+ * Align the pointer in r0.  r3 contains the number of bytes that we are
+ * mis-aligned by, and r1 is the number of bytes.  If r1 < 4, then we
+ * don't bother; we use byte stores instead.
+ */
+1:	subs	r1, r1, #4		@ 1 do we have enough
+	blt	5f			@ 1 bytes to align with?
+	cmp	r3, #2			@ 1
+	strltb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	strleb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	strb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	add	r1, r1, r3		@ 1 (r1 = r1 - (4 - r3))
+/*
+ * The pointer is now aligned and the length is adjusted.  Try doing the
+ * bzero again.
+ */
+
+bzero:
+	mov	r2, #0			@ 1
+	ands	r3, r0, #3		@ 1 unaligned?
+	bne	1b			@ 1
+/*
+ * r3 = 0, and we know that the pointer in r0 is aligned to a word boundary.
+ */
+3:	subs	r1, r1, #4
+	strge	r2, [r0], #4
+	bgt	3b			@ 1
+	bxeq	lr			@ 1/2 quick exit
+/*
+ * No need to correct the count; we're only testing bits from now on
+ *
+ * When we get here, we've got less than 4 bytes to zero.  We
+ * may have an unaligned pointer as well.
+ */
+5:	tst	r1, #2			@ 1 2 bytes or more?
+	strneb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	strneb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	tst	r1, #1			@ 1 a byte left over
+	strneb	r2, [r0], #1		@ 1
+	bx	lr			@ 1