diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95540e3..79bea62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ GITSHA         ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 KERNEL_FILENAME:= popcorn.bin
 KERNEL_FONT    := assets/fonts/tamsyn8x16r.psf
 
-MODULES        :=
+MODULES        := kutil
 
 
 EFI_DIR        := external/gnu-efi
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ $(BUILD_D)/boot/%.c.o: src/boot/%.c $(INIT_DEP)
 	$(CC) $(BOOT_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(BUILD_D)/kernel.elf: $(KERN_OBJS) $(MOD_TARGETS) $(ARCH_D)/kernel.ld
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -u _header -T $(ARCH_D)/kernel.ld -o $@ $(patsubst %,-l%,$(MODULES)) $(KERN_OBJS)
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -u _header -T $(ARCH_D)/kernel.ld -o $@ $(KERN_OBJS) $(patsubst %,-l%,$(MODULES))
 	$(OBJC) --only-keep-debug $@ $@.sym
 
 $(BUILD_D)/kernel.dump: $(BUILD_D)/kernel.elf
diff --git a/src/kernel/acpi_tables.h b/src/kernel/acpi_tables.h
index d50fa88..3743bae 100644
--- a/src/kernel/acpi_tables.h
+++ b/src/kernel/acpi_tables.h
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
+#include "kutil/coord.h"
+#include "kutil/misc.h"
 
 struct acpi_table_header
 {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ struct acpi_table_header
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 #define TABLE_HEADER(signature) \
-	static const uint32_t type_id = byteswap(signature); \
+	static const uint32_t type_id = kutil::byteswap(signature); \
 	acpi_table_header header;
 
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/util.cpp b/src/kernel/assert.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from src/kernel/util.cpp
rename to src/kernel/assert.cpp
index 6f303a5..66ad5ed 100644
--- a/src/kernel/util.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/assert.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+#include "assert.h"
 #include "console.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 [[noreturn]] void
 __kernel_assert(const char *file, unsigned line, const char *message)
diff --git a/src/kernel/assert.h b/src/kernel/assert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1019d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kernel/assert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+[[noreturn]] void __kernel_assert(const char *file, unsigned line, const char *message);
+
+#define kassert(stmt, message)  if(!(stmt)) { __kernel_assert(__FILE__, __LINE__, (message)); } else {}
diff --git a/src/kernel/console.h b/src/kernel/console.h
index 3f748d8..0efbe9e 100644
--- a/src/kernel/console.h
+++ b/src/kernel/console.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "kutil/coord.h"
 #include "font.h"
 #include "screen.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 struct console_data;
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ private:
 	font m_font;
 	screen m_screen;
 
-	coord<unsigned> m_size;
-	coord<unsigned> m_pos;
+	kutil::coord<unsigned> m_size;
+	kutil::coord<unsigned> m_pos;
 	screen::pixel_t m_fg, m_bg;
 	uint16_t m_attr;
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/device_manager.cpp b/src/kernel/device_manager.cpp
index ad9c947..85915e1 100644
--- a/src/kernel/device_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/device_manager.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "kutil/memory.h"
 #include "acpi_tables.h"
+#include "assert.h"
 #include "device_manager.h"
 #include "console.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 static const char expected_signature[] = "RSD PTR ";
 
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ struct acpi2_rsdp
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 
-uint8_t acpi_checksum(const void *p, size_t len, size_t off = 0)
+uint8_t
+acpi_checksum(const void *p, size_t len, size_t off = 0)
 {
 	uint8_t sum = 0;
 	const uint8_t *c = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(p);
@@ -115,9 +117,6 @@ device_manager::load_xsdt(const acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
 	cons->puts("\n");
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-T read_from(const uint8_t *p) { return *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(p); }
-
 void
 device_manager::load_apic(const acpi_apic *apic)
 {
@@ -143,8 +142,8 @@ device_manager::load_apic(const acpi_apic *apic)
 			break;
 
 		case 1: // I/O APIC
-			m_io_apic = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t *>(read_from<uint32_t>(p+4));
-			m_global_interrupt_base = read_from<uint32_t>(p+8);
+			m_io_apic = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t *>(kutil::read_from<uint32_t>(p+4));
+			m_global_interrupt_base = kutil::read_from<uint32_t>(p+8);
 			cons->puts(" ");
 			cons->put_hex((uint64_t)m_io_apic);
 			cons->puts(" ");
diff --git a/src/kernel/font.h b/src/kernel/font.h
index 1299dca..47fd470 100644
--- a/src/kernel/font.h
+++ b/src/kernel/font.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "kutil/coord.h"
 #include "screen.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 class font
 {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ private:
 	font();
 	font(unsigned height, unsigned width, unsigned count, uint8_t const *data);
 
-	coord<unsigned> m_size;
+	kutil::coord<unsigned> m_size;
 	unsigned m_count;
 	uint8_t const *m_data;
 };
diff --git a/src/kernel/interrupts.cpp b/src/kernel/interrupts.cpp
index 48b1e56..ae6442a 100644
--- a/src/kernel/interrupts.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/interrupts.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "kutil/memory.h"
 #include "console.h"
 #include "interrupts.h"
 
@@ -112,10 +113,8 @@ set_idt_entry(uint8_t i, uint64_t addr, uint16_t selector, uint8_t flags)
 void
 interrupts_init()
 {
-	uint8_t *p;
-
-	p = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(&g_gdt_table);
-	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(g_gdt_table); ++i) p[i] = 0;
+	kutil::memset(&g_gdt_table, 0, sizeof(g_gdt_table));
+	kutil::memset(&g_idt_table, 0, sizeof(g_idt_table));
 
 	g_gdtr.limit = sizeof(g_gdt_table) - 1;
 	g_gdtr.base = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&g_gdt_table);
@@ -129,8 +128,6 @@ interrupts_init()
 	set_gdt_entry(7, 0, 0xfffff,  true, gdt_flags::rw | gdt_flags::ex);
 
 	gdt_write();
-	p = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(&g_idt_table);
-	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(g_idt_table); ++i) p[i] = 0;
 
 	g_idtr.limit = sizeof(g_idt_table) - 1;
 	g_idtr.base = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&g_idt_table);
diff --git a/src/kernel/screen.h b/src/kernel/screen.h
index e1baef0..03bb7ce 100644
--- a/src/kernel/screen.h
+++ b/src/kernel/screen.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
+#include "kutil/coord.h"
 
 class screen
 {
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ private:
 
 	pixel_t *m_framebuffer;
 	color_masks m_masks;
-	coord<unsigned> m_resolution;
+	kutil::coord<unsigned> m_resolution;
 };
diff --git a/src/kernel/util.h b/src/kernel/util.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fa3e959..0000000
--- a/src/kernel/util.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-template <typename T>
-struct coord {
-	T x, y;
-	coord() : x(T{}), y(T{}) {}
-	coord(T x, T y) : x(x), y(y) {}
-	T size() const { return x * y; }
-};
-
-[[noreturn]] void __kernel_assert(const char *file, unsigned line, const char *message);
-
-#define kassert(stmt, message)  if(!(stmt)) { __kernel_assert(__FILE__, __LINE__, (message)); } else {}
-
-constexpr uint32_t byteswap(uint32_t x)
-{
-	return ((x >> 24) & 0x000000ff) | ((x >>  8) & 0x0000ff00)
-		| ((x <<  8) & 0x00ff0000) | ((x << 24) & 0xff000000);
-}
diff --git a/src/modules/kutil/coord.h b/src/modules/kutil/coord.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32425bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/kutil/coord.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace kutil {
+
+template <typename T>
+struct coord
+{
+	T x, y;
+	coord() : x(T{}), y(T{}) {}
+	coord(T x, T y) : x(x), y(y) {}
+	T size() const { return x * y; }
+};
+
+} // namespace kutil
diff --git a/src/modules/kutil/memory.cpp b/src/modules/kutil/memory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cd81d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/kutil/memory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "memory.h"
+
+namespace kutil {
+
+void *
+memset(void *s, uint8_t v, size_t n)
+{
+	uint8_t *p = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(s);
+	for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) p[i] = 0;
+	return s;
+}
+
+} // namespace kutil
diff --git a/src/modules/kutil/memory.h b/src/modules/kutil/memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6af205e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/kutil/memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+namespace kutil {
+
+void * memset(void *p, uint8_t v, size_t n);
+
+template <typename T>
+T read_from(const void *p) { return *reinterpret_cast<const T *>(p); }
+
+} // namespace kutil
diff --git a/src/modules/kutil/misc.h b/src/modules/kutil/misc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01cbf83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/kutil/misc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace kutil {
+
+constexpr uint32_t
+byteswap(uint32_t x)
+{
+	return ((x >> 24) & 0x000000ff) | ((x >>  8) & 0x0000ff00)
+		| ((x <<  8) & 0x00ff0000) | ((x << 24) & 0xff000000);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/kernel/module.mk b/src/modules/kutil/module.mk
similarity index 51%
rename from src/kernel/module.mk
rename to src/modules/kutil/module.mk
index 56bdd2e..f7a0fb7 100644
--- a/src/kernel/module.mk
+++ b/src/modules/kutil/module.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MOD_NAME := main
+MOD_NAME := kutil
 include modules.mk