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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/boot.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/boot.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c656b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/boot.S
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * boot.S - the final jump to the payload. x0 = dtb, x1 = x2 = x3 = 0,
+ * MMU and caches off, D cache flushed, I cache invalidated. that is
+ * the whole contract from Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
+ */
+
+#include <asm/linkage.h>
+
+.pushsection .text.tb_boot_linux, "ax"
+ENTRY(tb_boot_linux)
+	/* ep in x0, dtb in x1, per the kernel boot protocol */
+	mov	x8, x0
+	mov	x0, x1
+	mov	x1, xzr
+	mov	x2, xzr
+	mov	x3, xzr
+
+	/* clean the caches so the kernel reads the image from RAM */
+	bl	tb_flush_dcache_all
+	bl	tb_invalidate_icache_all
+
+	/* MMU off, caches off, the kernel sets up its own state */
+	mrs	x9, sctlr_el1
+	bic	x9, x9, #(1 << 0)	/* M, MMU */
+	bic	x9, x9, #(1 << 2)	/* C, D-cache */
+	bic	x9, x9, #(1 << 12)	/* I, I-cache */
+	msr	sctlr_el1, x9
+	isb
+
+	br	x8
+ENDPROC(tb_boot_linux)
+.popsection
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/start.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/start.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..776744c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/start.S
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * tashaboot arm64 entry. firmware drops us here, usually at EL2 on
+ * qemu virt. we park the secondaries, drop to EL1, set the stack and
+ * hand the dtb pointer to C.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
+ */
+
+#include <asm/macro.h>
+
+.section .text.boot
+.globl _start
+_start:
+	b	reset
+
+	.balign 8
+.globl _text_base
+_text_base:
+	.quad	0x40000000
+
+reset:
+	/* keep the dtb pointer before anything clobbers x0 */
+	mov	x19, x0
+
+	/* park secondary cores, they have nothing to do yet */
+	mrs	x0, mpidr_el1
+	and	x0, x0, #0xff
+	cbnz	x0, park
+
+	/* figure out which EL we got */
+	mrs	x0, CurrentEL
+	lsr	x0, x0, #2
+	cmp	x0, #3
+	b.eq	from_el3
+	cmp	x0, #2
+	b.eq	from_el2
+	cmp	x0, #1
+	b.eq	el1_entry
+	b	park
+
+from_el3:
+	/* EL3 is a dead end for us, drop through the EL2 path if we can */
+	b	park
+
+from_el2:
+	/* EL1 must be aarch64 */
+	mov	x0, #(1 << 31)
+	msr	hcr_el2, x0
+
+	/* scrub the EL2 state so EL1 starts clean */
+	msr	cptr_el2, xzr
+	msr	hstr_el2, xzr
+	mrs	x0, cnthctl_el2
+	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 0)
+	msr	cnthctl_el2, x0
+	msr	vpidr_el2, xzr
+
+	mov	x0, #0x3c5
+	msr	scr_el3, x0
+
+	/* no MMU, no caches at EL1 yet */
+	msr	sctlr_el1, xzr
+	isb
+
+	/* SPSR for EL1h with interrupts masked */
+	mov	x0, #0x3c5
+	msr	spsr_el2, x0
+	adr	x0, el1_entry
+	msr	elr_el2, x0
+	eret
+
+el1_entry:
+	/* stack for the bootloader, grows down from the image end */
+	ldr	x0, =__image_end
+	mov	sp, x0
+
+	/* clear bss */
+	ldr	x0, =__bss_start
+	ldr	x1, =__bss_end
+1:	cmp	x0, x1
+	b.hs	2f
+	str	xzr, [x0], #8
+	b	1b
+2:
+
+	/* dtb pointer into C arg 0 */
+	mov	x0, x19
+	bl	tashaboot_main
+
+	/* if main returns there is nothing sensible to do */
+park:
+	wfe
+	b	park
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/tashaboot.lds b/arch/arm64/kernel/tashaboot.lds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f8dfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/tashaboot.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * tashaboot arm64 memory layout. one segment, loaded at the bottom of
+ * RAM, right where qemu -kernel drops a raw image on virt.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
+ */
+
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-littleaarch64", "elf64-littleaarch64", "elf64-littleaarch64")
+OUTPUT_ARCH(aarch64)
+ENTRY(_start)
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+	. = 0x40000000;
+
+	__image_copy_start = .;
+	_text_start = .;
+
+	.text :
+	{
+		arch/arm64/kernel/start.o (.text.boot)
+		*(.text.boot)
+		*(.text*)
+	}
+
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__text_end = .;
+
+	.rodata :
+	{
+		*(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata*))
+	}
+
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__rodata_end = .;
+
+	.data :
+	{
+		*(.data*)
+	}
+
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__image_end = .;
+
+	__bss_start = .;
+	.bss :
+	{
+		*(.bss*)
+		*(COMMON)
+	}
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	__bss_end = .;
+
+	__image_copy_end = .;
+
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynsym) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynstr*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.dynamic*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.plt*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.comment) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.note*) }
+	/DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame*) }
+}