diff --git a/boards/raspberry-pi1.sh b/boards/raspberry-pi1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb0dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/raspberry-pi1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Dyne.org Foundation
+# arm-sdk is written and maintained by Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
+#
+# This file is part of arm-sdk
+#
+# This source code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this source code. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## kernel build script for Raspberry Pi 2/3 boards
+
+## settings & config
+vars+=(device_name arch size parted_type parted_boot parted_root inittab)
+vars+=(gitkernel gitbranch rpifirmware)
+arrs+=(custmodules)
+
+device_name="raspi1"
+arch="armel"
+size=1337
+inittab="T0:23:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100"
+
+parted_type="dos"
+parted_boot="fat32 0 64"
+parted_root="ext4 64 -1"
+
+extra_packages+=()
+custmodules=(snd_bcm2835)
+
+gitkernel="https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git"
+gitbranch="rpi-4.4.y"
+rpifirmware="https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware.git"
+
+
+prebuild() {
+	fn prebuild
+	req=(device_name strapdir)
+	ckreq || return 1
+
+	notice "executing $device_name prebuild"
+
+	enablessh
+	write-fstab
+	copy-zram-init
+	install-custom-packages
+
+	mkdir -p $R/tmp/kernels/$device_name
+}
+
+postbuild() {
+	fn postbuild
+
+	notice "executing $device_name postbuild"
+
+	## {{{ boot txts
+	notice "creating cmdline.txt"
+	cat <<EOF | sudo tee ${strapdir}/boot/cmdline.txt
+dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=2 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait rootflags=noload net.ifnames=0 quiet
+EOF
+
+	notice "creating config.txt"
+	cat <<EOF | sudo tee ${strapdir}/boot/config.txt
+## memory shared with the GPU
+gpu_mem=64
+
+## always audio
+dtparam=audio=on
+
+## maximum amps on usb ports
+max_usb_current=1
+EOF
+	## }}}
+
+	## TODO: remove systemd merda from raspi-config and add here
+
+	postbuild-clean
+}
+
+build_kernel_armel() {
+	fn build_kernel_armel
+	req=(R arch device_name gitkernel gitbranch MAKEOPTS rpifirmware)
+	req+=(strapdir)
+	ckreq || return 1
+
+	notice "building $arch kernel"
+
+	prebuild || zerr
+
+	get-kernel-sources
+	pushd $R/tmp/kernels/$device_name/${device_name}-linux
+		make bcm2709_defconfig
+		make $MAKEOPTS || zerr
+		sudo -E PATH="$PATH" \
+			make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$strapdir modules_install || zerr
+	popd
+
+	clone-git $rpifirmware "$R/tmp/kernels/$device_name/${device_name}-firmware"
+	sudo cp $CPVERBOSE -rf  $R/tmp/kernels/$device_name/${device_name}-firmware/boot/* $strapdir/boot/
+
+	pushd $R/tmp/kernels/$device_name/${device_name}-linux
+	sudo perl scripts/mkknlimg --dtok arch/arm/boot/zImage       $strapdir/boot/kernel7.img
+	sudo cp $CPVERBOSE arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm*.dtb                $strapdir/boot/
+	sudo cp $CPVERBOSE arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/*.dtbo $strapdir/boot/overlays/
+	sudo cp $CPVERBOSE arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/README $strapdir/boot/overlays/
+	popd
+
+	#sudo rm -rf $strapdir/lib/firmware
+	#get-kernel-firmware
+	#sudo cp $CPVERBOSE -ra $R/tmp/linux-firmware $strapdir/lib/firmware
+
+	pushd $R/tmp/kernels/$device_name/${device_name}-linux
+		sudo -E PATH="$PATH" \
+			make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$strapdir firmware_install || zerr
+		make mrproper
+		make bcm2709_defconfig
+		sudo -E PATH="$PATH" \
+			make modules_prepare || zerr
+	popd
+
+	postbuild || zerr
+}
diff --git a/config b/config
index ca5e9f1..207904c 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ compiler="armv7-devuan-linux-gnueabihf-"
 export PATH="$R/gcc/armv7-devuan-linux-gnueabihf/bin:$PATH:/sbin"
 
 
+## custom toolchain (armv6+armel; gcc 4.9.3)
+## https://pub.parazyd.cf/mirror/
+#compiler="armv6-devuan-linux-gnueabi-"
+#export PATH="$R/gcc/armv6-devuan-linux-gnueabi/bin:$PATH:/sbin"
+
+
 ## custom toolchain (aarch64+arm64; gcc 4.9.3)
 ## https://pub.parazyd.cf/mirror/
 #compiler="aarch64-devuan-linux-gnueabi-"
@@ -51,4 +57,4 @@ qemu_bin="/usr/bin/qemu-arm-static"      # Devuan
 
 
 ## extra_packages for all images
-extra_packages=()
+extra_packages=(fake-hwclock)
diff --git a/extra/blends/README b/extra/blends/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ab7ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/blends/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+see `doc/blends` for more info
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 4b55ab0..da75ff0 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ cd gcc
 		&& tar xfp $(basename $armhfurldl)
 cd -
 
+## ===============
+## armel toolchain
+## ===============
+armelurldl=http://pub.parazyd.cf/mirror/armv6-devuan-linux-gnueabi.txz
+armelshahc=9aa5095f6587fea4e79e8894557044879e98917be5fa37000cf2f474c00d451f
+armhfshadl=$(curl -s ${armelurldl}.sha | awk '{print $1}')
+
+test $armhfshahc = $armhfshadl || {
+	printf "(!!) armel sha256sum doesn't match with hardcoded one\n"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cd gcc
+	curl -O ${armelurldl} && \
+	curl -O ${armelurldl}.sha && \
+	sha256sum   -c $(basename $armelurldl).sha \
+		&& tar xfp $(basename $armelurldl)
+cd -
+
 ## ===============
 ## arm64 toolchain
 ## ===============
diff --git a/lib/libdevuansdk b/lib/libdevuansdk
index d28e0a9..5f988be 160000
--- a/lib/libdevuansdk
+++ b/lib/libdevuansdk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d28e0a93f4561099adc6c270027ed3331ce44489
+Subproject commit 5f988be6b8d97341e2d1bbda542f71684a4f3f26
diff --git a/sdk b/sdk
index 2a88e87..74d9332 100755
--- a/sdk
+++ b/sdk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ QUIET=0
 
 [[ $DEBUG = 1 ]] && {
 	CPVERBOSE="-v"
-	LOG="armsdk.log"
+	#LOG="armsdk.log"
 } || [[ $DEBUG = 0 ]] && {
 	CPVERBOSE=""
 	setopt pushdsilent
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ source $R/lib/zuper/zuper
 ## global vars
 vars+=(armsdk_version)
 vars+=(R workdir strapdir)
-vars+=(os boardlib oslib)
+vars+=(os boardlib oslib blendlib)
 vars+=(MAKEOPTS)
 
 ## global arrs
 arrs+=(extra_packages)
 
 ## global maps
-maps+=(board_map os_map)
+maps+=(board_map os_map blend_map)
 
 source $R/config
 source $R/lib/helpers
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ load() {
 	fn load "$@"
 	os="$1"
 	dev="$2"
+	blend="$3"
 	req=(os dev)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
@@ -81,32 +82,47 @@ load() {
 		"n900"            "$R/boards/nokia-n900.sh"
 		"odroidxu"        "$R/boards/odroid-xu.sh"
 		"ouya"            "$R/boards/ouya.sh"
+		"raspi1"          "$R/boards/raspberry-pi1.sh"
 		"raspi2"          "$R/boards/raspberry-pi2.sh"
 		"raspi3"          "$R/boards/raspberry-pi3.sh"
 	)
 
 	os_map=(
-	    "devuan"          "$R/lib/libdevuansdk/libdevuansdk"
+		"devuan"          "$R/lib/libdevuansdk/libdevuansdk"
+	)
+
+	blend_map=(
+		"dowse"           "https://github.com/dyne/dowse/raw/master/ops/dowse.blend"
 	)
 
 	boardlib="${board_map[$dev]}"
 	oslib="${os_map[$os]}"
+	blendlib="${blend_map[$blend]}"
+
+	[[ $blendlib =~ '^http' ]] && {
+		notice "grabbing blend from the internetz"
+		pushd $R/extra/blends
+		curl -Ls -O $blendlib
+		popd
+		blendlib="$R/extra/blends/$(basename $blendlib)"
+	}
 
 	[[ -f $boardlib ]] || { die "no valid boards specified"; exit 1 }
-	[[ -f $oslib ]]    || { die "no valid distro specified"; exit 1 }
+	[[ -f $oslib    ]] || { die "no valid distro specified"; exit 1 }
+	[[ -f $blendlib ]] ||  warn "no valid blend specified"
 
-	source $boardlib && act "$device_name build script loaded"
-	export OS=$os
-	source $oslib
+	[[ -f $boardlib ]] && source $boardlib && act "$device_name build script loaded"
+	[[ -f $oslib    ]] && source $oslib
+	[[ -f $blendlib ]] && source $blendlib && act "$os blend loaded" && export BLEND=1
 
-	workdir="$R/tmp/${device_name}-build"
+	workdir="$R/tmp/${os}-${arch}-build"
 	strapdir="$workdir/bootstrap"
 	mkdir -p $strapdir
 
 	export LANG=C
 	export LC_ALL=C
 	export ARCH=arm
-	export CROSS_COMPILE=$compiler
+	export CROSS_COMPILE="$compiler"
 
 	source $R/lib/zuper/zuper.init
 }