--- a/packages/hal/arm/arch/current/src/vectors.S
+++ b/packages/hal/arm/arch/current/src/vectors.S
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
 
 	.file	"vectors.S"
 
+	
+.macro LED x
+.endm
+
 
 //==========================================================================
 // Hardware exception vectors.
@@ -124,6 +128,8 @@ reset_vector:
 	beq	start
 #endif
 
+	LED 7
+
 	PLATFORM_SETUP1		// Early stage platform initialization
 				// see <cyg/hal/hal_platform_setup.h>
 
@@ -139,6 +145,9 @@ reset_vector:
 // Ugly hack to get into supervisor mode        
 	ldr	r2,[r1,#0x40]
 	str	r2,[r0,#0x28]
+
+	LED 6
+		
 	swi			// switch to supervisor mode
 #endif        
 
@@ -146,7 +155,9 @@ reset_vector:
 // Real startup code. We jump here from the reset vector to set up the world.
 	.globl	start
 start:	
-        
+
+	LED 5
+
 #if defined(CYG_HAL_STARTUP_RAM) && \
     !defined(CYGDBG_HAL_DEBUG_GDB_INCLUDE_STUBS)
 // If we get restarted, hang here to avoid corrupting memory
@@ -186,6 +197,8 @@ 10:
 	ldr	r2,[r1,#0x30]
 	str	r2,[r0,#0x30]
 
+	LED 4
+	
 #if defined(CYG_HAL_STARTUP_ROM) || defined(CYG_HAL_STARTUP_STUBS)
 	// Relocate [copy] data from ROM to RAM
 	ldr	r3,.__rom_data_start
@@ -236,9 +249,13 @@ 1:	str	r0,[r1],#4
 2:
 
 
+	LED 3
+	
 	// Call platform specific hardware initialization
 	bl	hal_hardware_init
 
+	LED 2
+	
 	// Run through static constructors
 	bl	cyg_hal_invoke_constructors
 
@@ -246,6 +263,8 @@ 2:
         bl      initialize_stub
 #endif
 
+	LED 7
+	
 	// This starts up the eCos kernel
 	bl	cyg_start
 _start_hang:
@@ -689,7 +708,11 @@ PTR(__interrupt_stack)
 // Interrupt vector tables.
 // These tables contain the isr, data and object pointers used to deliver
 // interrupts to user code.
-	
+
+// Despite appearances, their sizes are not #defines, but .equ symbols
+// generated by magic without proper dependencies in arm.inc
+// Recompiling will not DTRT without manual intervention.
+
 	.data
 
 init_flag: