diff --git a/src/modules/main/boot.s b/src/modules/main/boot.s
index 6df8f28..be3ff8a 100644
--- a/src/modules/main/boot.s
+++ b/src/modules/main/boot.s
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ section .text
 align 16
 global _start:function (_start.end - _start)
 _start:
+	cli
+
 	extern kernel_main
 	call kernel_main
 
@@ -26,3 +28,13 @@ _start:
 	hlt
 	jmp .hang
 .end:
+
+global interrupts_enable
+interrupts_enable:
+	sti
+	ret
+
+global interrupts_disable
+interrupts_disable:
+	cli
+	ret
diff --git a/src/modules/main/device_manager.cpp b/src/modules/main/device_manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..428306f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/device_manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "device_manager.h"
+#include "console.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+static const char expected_signature[] = "RSD PTR ";
+
+struct Acpi10RSDPDescriptor
+{
+	char signature[8];
+	uint8_t checksum;
+	char oem_id[6];
+	uint8_t revision;
+	uint32_t rsdt_address;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct Acpi20RSDPDescriptor
+{
+	char signature[8];
+	uint8_t checksum10;
+	char oem_id[6];
+	uint8_t revision;
+	uint32_t rsdt_address;
+
+	uint32_t length;
+	uint64_t xsdt_address;
+	uint8_t checksum20;
+	uint8_t reserved[3];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+
+template <typename T>
+uint8_t acpi_checksum(const T *p, size_t off = 0)
+{
+	uint8_t sum = 0;
+	const uint8_t *c = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(p);
+	for (int i = off; i < sizeof(T); ++i) sum += c[i];
+	return sum;
+}
+
+device_manager::device_manager(const void *root_table)
+{
+	console *cons = console::get();
+
+	kassert(root_table != 0, "ACPI root table pointer is null.");
+
+	const Acpi10RSDPDescriptor *acpi1 =
+		reinterpret_cast<const Acpi10RSDPDescriptor *>(root_table);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(acpi1->signature); ++i)
+		kassert(acpi1->signature[i] == expected_signature[i],
+				"ACPI RSDP table signature mismatch");
+
+	uint8_t sum = acpi_checksum(acpi1, 0);
+	kassert(sum == 0, "ACPI 1.0 RSDP checksum mismatch.");
+
+	kassert(acpi1->revision > 1, "ACPI 1.0 not supported.");
+
+	const Acpi20RSDPDescriptor *acpi2 =
+		reinterpret_cast<const Acpi20RSDPDescriptor *>(acpi1);
+
+	sum = acpi_checksum(acpi2, sizeof(Acpi10RSDPDescriptor));
+	kassert(sum == 0, "ACPI 2.0 RSDP checksum mismatch.");
+
+	cons->puts("ACPI 2.0 tables loading...\n");
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/main/device_manager.h b/src/modules/main/device_manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a42f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/device_manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
+
+class device_manager
+{
+public:
+	device_manager(const void *root_table);
+
+	device_manager() = delete;
+	device_manager(const device_manager &) = delete;
+};
diff --git a/src/modules/main/interrupt_isrs.inc b/src/modules/main/interrupt_isrs.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd79c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/interrupt_isrs.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+ISR( 0, isr0);
+ISR( 1, isr1);
+ISR( 2, isr2);
+ISR( 3, isr3);
+ISR( 4, isr4);
+ISR( 5, isr5);
+ISR( 6, isr6);
+ISR( 7, isr7);
+ISR( 8, isr8);
+ISR( 9, isr9);
+ISR(10, isr10);
+ISR(11, isr11);
+ISR(12, isr12);
+ISR(13, isr13);
+ISR(14, isr14);
+ISR(15, isr15);
+ISR(16, isr16);
+ISR(17, isr17);
+ISR(18, isr18);
+ISR(19, isr19);
+ISR(20, isr20);
+ISR(21, isr21);
+ISR(22, isr22);
+ISR(23, isr23);
+ISR(24, isr24);
+ISR(25, isr25);
+ISR(26, isr26);
+ISR(27, isr27);
+ISR(28, isr28);
+ISR(29, isr29);
+ISR(30, isr30);
+ISR(31, isr31);
diff --git a/src/modules/main/interrupts.cpp b/src/modules/main/interrupts.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fee8b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/interrupts.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "console.h"
+#include "interrupts.h"
+
+enum class gdt_flags : uint8_t
+{
+	ac = 0x01,
+	rw = 0x02,
+	dc = 0x04,
+	ex = 0x08,
+	r1 = 0x20,
+	r2 = 0x40,
+	r3 = 0x60,
+	pr = 0x80,
+
+	res_1 = 0x10
+};
+
+inline gdt_flags
+operator | (gdt_flags lhs, gdt_flags rhs)
+{
+	return static_cast<gdt_flags>(
+			static_cast<uint8_t>(lhs) | static_cast<uint8_t>(rhs));
+}
+
+struct gdt_descriptor
+{
+   uint16_t limit_low;
+   uint16_t base_low;
+   uint8_t base_mid;
+   uint8_t flags;
+   uint8_t granularity;
+   uint8_t base_high;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct idt_descriptor
+{
+   uint16_t base_low;
+   uint16_t selector;
+   uint8_t  ist;
+   uint8_t  flags;
+   uint16_t base_mid;
+   uint32_t base_high;
+   uint32_t reserved;		// must be zero
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct table_ptr
+{
+   uint16_t limit;
+   uint64_t base;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+gdt_descriptor g_gdt_table[10];
+idt_descriptor g_idt_table[256];
+table_ptr g_gdtr;
+table_ptr g_idtr;
+
+
+struct registers;
+
+extern "C" {
+	void idt_write();
+	void idt_load();
+
+	void gdt_write();
+	void gdt_load();
+
+	void isr_handler(registers);
+
+#define ISR(i, name)  extern void name ()
+#include "interrupt_isrs.inc"
+#undef ISR
+}
+
+void idt_dump(const table_ptr &table);
+void gdt_dump(const table_ptr &table);
+
+void
+set_gdt_entry(uint8_t i, uint32_t base, uint32_t limit, bool is64, gdt_flags flags)
+{
+   g_gdt_table[i].limit_low = limit & 0xffff;
+
+   g_gdt_table[i].base_low = base & 0xffff;
+   g_gdt_table[i].base_mid = (base >> 16) & 0xff;
+   g_gdt_table[i].base_high = (base >> 24) & 0xff;
+
+   g_gdt_table[i].granularity =
+		   ((limit >> 16) & 0xf) | (is64 ? 0xa0 : 0xc0);
+
+   g_gdt_table[i].flags = static_cast<uint8_t>(flags | gdt_flags::res_1 | gdt_flags::pr);
+}
+
+void
+set_idt_entry(uint8_t i, uint64_t addr, uint16_t selector, uint8_t flags)
+{
+	g_idt_table[i].base_low = addr & 0xffff;
+	g_idt_table[i].base_mid = (addr >> 16) & 0xffff;
+	g_idt_table[i].base_high = (addr >> 32) & 0xffffffff;
+	g_idt_table[i].selector = selector;
+	g_idt_table[i].flags = flags;
+	g_idt_table[i].ist = 0;
+	g_idt_table[i].reserved = 0;
+}
+
+void
+interrupts_init()
+{
+	uint8_t *p;
+
+	gdt_load();
+	gdt_dump(g_gdtr);
+
+	p = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(&g_gdt_table);
+	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(g_gdt_table); ++i) p[i] = 0;
+
+	g_gdtr.limit = sizeof(g_gdt_table) - 1;
+	g_gdtr.base = reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&g_gdt_table);
+
+	set_gdt_entry(1, 0, 0xfffff, false, gdt_flags::rw);
+	set_gdt_entry(2, 0, 0xfffff, false, gdt_flags::rw | gdt_flags::ex | gdt_flags::dc);
+	set_gdt_entry(3, 0, 0xfffff, false, gdt_flags::rw);
+	set_gdt_entry(4, 0, 0xfffff, false, gdt_flags::rw | gdt_flags::ex);
+
+	set_gdt_entry(6, 0, 0xfffff, false, gdt_flags::rw);
+	set_gdt_entry(7, 0, 0xfffff,  true, gdt_flags::rw | gdt_flags::ex);
+
+	gdt_write();
+	gdt_load();
+	gdt_dump(g_gdtr);
+
+	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);
+
+#define ISR(i, name)  set_idt_entry(i, reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(& name), 0x38, 0x8e);
+#include "interrupt_isrs.inc"
+#undef ISR
+
+	idt_write();
+}
+
+struct registers
+{
+	uint64_t ds;
+	uint64_t rdi, rsi, rbp, rsp, rbx, rdx, rcx, rax;
+	uint64_t interrupt, errorcode;
+	uint64_t rip, cs, eflags, user_esp, ss;
+};
+
+void
+isr_handler(registers regs)
+{
+	console::get()->puts("received interrupt: ");
+	console::get()->put_dec(regs.interrupt);
+	console::get()->puts("\n");
+	while(1);
+}
+
+
+void
+gdt_dump(const table_ptr &table)
+{
+	console *cons = console::get();
+
+	cons->puts("Loaded GDT at: ");
+	cons->put_hex(table.base);
+	cons->puts(" size: ");
+	cons->put_dec(table.limit + 1);
+	cons->puts(" bytes\n");
+
+	int count = (table.limit + 1) / sizeof(gdt_descriptor);
+	const gdt_descriptor *gdt =
+		reinterpret_cast<const gdt_descriptor *>(table.base);
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+		uint32_t base =
+			(gdt[i].base_high << 24) |
+			(gdt[i].base_mid << 16) |
+			gdt[i].base_low;
+
+		uint32_t limit =
+			static_cast<uint32_t>(gdt[i].granularity & 0x0f) << 16 |
+			gdt[i].limit_low;
+
+		cons->puts("   Entry ");
+		cons->put_dec(i);
+
+		cons->puts(": Base ");
+		cons->put_hex(base);
+
+		cons->puts("  Limit ");
+		cons->put_hex(limit);
+
+		cons->puts("  Privs ");
+		cons->put_dec((gdt[i].flags >> 5) & 0x03);
+
+		cons->puts("  Flags ");
+
+		if (gdt[i].flags & 0x80) {
+			cons->puts("P ");
+
+			if (gdt[i].flags & 0x08)
+				cons->puts("EX ");
+			else
+				cons->puts("   ");
+
+			if (gdt[i].flags & 0x04)
+				cons->puts("DC ");
+			else
+				cons->puts("   ");
+
+			if (gdt[i].flags & 0x02)
+				cons->puts("RW ");
+			else
+				cons->puts("   ");
+
+			if (gdt[i].granularity & 0x80)
+				cons->puts("KB ");
+			else
+				cons->puts(" B ");
+
+			if ((gdt[i].granularity & 0x60) == 0x20)
+				cons->puts("64");
+			else if ((gdt[i].granularity & 0x60) == 0x40)
+				cons->puts("32");
+			else
+				cons->puts("16");
+		}
+
+		cons->puts("\n");
+	}
+}
+
+void
+idt_dump(const table_ptr &table)
+{
+	console *cons = console::get();
+
+	cons->puts("Loaded IDT at: ");
+	cons->put_hex(table.base);
+	cons->puts(" size: ");
+	cons->put_dec(table.limit + 1);
+	cons->puts(" bytes\n");
+
+	int count = (table.limit + 1) / sizeof(idt_descriptor);
+	const idt_descriptor *idt =
+		reinterpret_cast<const idt_descriptor *>(table.base);
+
+	if (count > 32) count = 32;
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+		uint64_t base =
+			(static_cast<uint64_t>(idt[i].base_high) << 32) |
+			(static_cast<uint64_t>(idt[i].base_mid)  << 16) |
+			idt[i].base_low;
+
+		cons->puts("   Entry ");
+		cons->put_dec(i);
+
+		cons->puts(": Base ");
+		cons->put_hex(base);
+
+		cons->puts("  Sel(");
+		cons->put_dec(idt[i].selector & 0x3);
+		cons->puts(",");
+		cons->put_dec((idt[i].selector & 0x4) >> 2);
+		cons->puts(",");
+		cons->put_dec(idt[i].selector >> 3);
+		cons->puts(") ");
+
+		cons->puts("IST ");
+		cons->put_dec(idt[i].ist);
+
+		switch (idt[i].flags & 0xf) {
+			case 0x5: cons->puts(" 32tsk "); break;
+			case 0x6: cons->puts(" 16int "); break;
+			case 0x7: cons->puts(" 16trp "); break;
+			case 0xe: cons->puts(" 32int "); break;
+			case 0xf: cons->puts(" 32trp "); break;
+			default:
+				cons->puts("   ?");
+				cons->put_hex(idt[i].flags & 0xf);
+				cons->puts(" ");
+				break;
+		}
+
+		cons->puts("DPL ");
+		cons->put_dec((idt[i].flags >> 5) & 0x3);
+
+		if (idt[i].flags & 0x80)
+			cons->puts(" P");
+
+		cons->puts("\n");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/main/interrupts.h b/src/modules/main/interrupts.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c001ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/interrupts.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#pragma once
+
+extern "C" {
+	void interrupts_enable();
+	void interrupts_disable();
+}
+
+void interrupts_init();
diff --git a/src/modules/main/interrupts.s b/src/modules/main/interrupts.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02b14fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/main/interrupts.s
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+extern g_idtr
+extern g_gdtr
+
+global idt_write
+idt_write:
+	lidt [g_idtr]
+	ret
+
+global idt_load
+idt_load:
+	sidt [g_idtr]
+	ret
+
+global gdt_write
+gdt_write:
+	lgdt [g_gdtr]
+	ret
+
+global gdt_load
+gdt_load:
+	sgdt [g_gdtr]
+	ret
+
+%macro ISR_NOERRCODE 1
+	global isr%1
+	isr%1:
+		cli
+		push byte 0
+		push byte %1
+		jmp isr_handler_prelude
+%endmacro
+
+%macro ISR_ERRCODE 1
+	global isr%1
+	isr%1:
+		cli
+		push byte %1
+		jmp isr_handler_prelude
+%endmacro
+
+ISR_NOERRCODE  0
+ISR_NOERRCODE  1
+ISR_NOERRCODE  2
+ISR_NOERRCODE  3
+ISR_NOERRCODE  4
+ISR_NOERRCODE  5
+ISR_NOERRCODE  6
+ISR_NOERRCODE  7
+ISR_ERRCODE    8
+ISR_NOERRCODE  9
+ISR_ERRCODE   10
+ISR_ERRCODE   11
+ISR_ERRCODE   12
+ISR_ERRCODE   13
+ISR_ERRCODE   14
+ISR_NOERRCODE 15
+ISR_NOERRCODE 16
+ISR_NOERRCODE 17
+ISR_NOERRCODE 18
+ISR_NOERRCODE 19
+ISR_NOERRCODE 20
+ISR_NOERRCODE 21
+ISR_NOERRCODE 22
+ISR_NOERRCODE 23
+ISR_NOERRCODE 24
+ISR_NOERRCODE 25
+ISR_NOERRCODE 26
+ISR_NOERRCODE 27
+ISR_NOERRCODE 28
+ISR_NOERRCODE 29
+ISR_NOERRCODE 30
+ISR_NOERRCODE 31
+
+extern isr_handler
+global isr_handler_prelude
+isr_handler_prelude:
+	push rax
+	push rcx
+	push rdx
+	push rbx
+	push rbp
+	push rsi
+	push rdi
+
+	mov ax, ds		; Save the data segment register
+	push rax
+
+	mov ax, 0x10	; load the kernel data segment
+	mov ds, ax
+	mov es, ax
+	mov fs, ax
+	mov gs, ax
+
+	call isr_handler
+
+	pop rax
+	mov ds, ax
+	mov es, ax
+	mov fs, ax
+	mov gs, ax
+
+	pop rdi
+	pop rsi
+	pop rbp
+	pop rbx
+	pop rdx
+	pop rcx
+	pop rax
+
+	add rsp, 8		; because the ISRs added err/num
+	sti
+	iretq
diff --git a/src/modules/main/main.cpp b/src/modules/main/main.cpp
index e68e2c0..89a46c2 100644
--- a/src/modules/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/main/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "console.h"
 #include "font.h"
+#include "interrupts.h"
 #include "kernel_data.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ load_console(const popcorn_data *header)
 		header->log_length};
 }
 
+extern "C" { void isr31(); }
+
 void
 kernel_main(popcorn_data *header)
 {
@@ -37,5 +40,14 @@ kernel_main(popcorn_data *header)
 	cons.set_color(0x08, 0x00);
 	cons.puts(GIT_VERSION " booting...\n");
 
+	interrupts_init();
+	interrupts_enable();
+
+	cons.puts("Interrupts initialized.\n");
+
+	// isr31();
+ 	__asm__ __volatile__("int $31");
+
+	cons.puts("boogity!");
 	do_the_set_registers(header);
 }