diff --git a/fastboot/engine.c b/fastboot/engine.c
index 6d62c6e..8ba202c 100644
--- a/fastboot/engine.c
+++ b/fastboot/engine.c
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@
         a->start = now();
         if (start < 0) start = a->start;
         if (a->msg) {
-            fprintf(stderr,"%30s... ",a->msg);
+            // fprintf(stderr,"%30s... ",a->msg);
+            fprintf(stderr,"%s...\n",a->msg);
         }
         if (a->op == OP_DOWNLOAD) {
             status = fb_download_data(usb, a->data, a->size);
diff --git a/fastboot/protocol.c b/fastboot/protocol.c
index c788a12..3948363 100644
--- a/fastboot/protocol.c
+++ b/fastboot/protocol.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         }
 
         if(!memcmp(status, "INFO", 4)) {
-            fprintf(stderr,"%s\n", status);
+            fprintf(stderr,"(bootloader) %s\n", status + 4);
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/init/property_service.c b/init/property_service.c
index e35cd38..d8fea56 100644
--- a/init/property_service.c
+++ b/init/property_service.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <cutils/misc.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
-#include <cutils/ashmem.h>
 
 #define _REALLY_INCLUDE_SYS__SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_H_
 #include <sys/_system_properties.h>
@@ -110,21 +109,31 @@
     void *data;
     int fd;
 
-    fd = ashmem_create_region("system_properties", size);
-    if(fd < 0)
+        /* dev is a tmpfs that we can use to carve a shared workspace
+         * out of, so let's do that...
+         */
+    fd = open("/dev/__properties__", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+    if (fd < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (ftruncate(fd, size) < 0)
+        goto out;
+
     data = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
     if(data == MAP_FAILED)
         goto out;
 
-    /* allow the wolves we share with to do nothing but read */
-    ashmem_set_prot_region(fd, PROT_READ);
+    close(fd);
+
+    fd = open("/dev/__properties__", O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    unlink("/dev/__properties__");
 
     w->data = data;
     w->size = size;
     w->fd = fd;
-
     return 0;
 
 out: