diff --git a/arch/x86/scc/RCCE_admin.c b/arch/x86/scc/RCCE_admin.c
index 0c9f9303..c2f85b09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/scc/RCCE_admin.c
+++ b/arch/x86/scc/RCCE_admin.c
@@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ int RCCE_init(
   RCCE_malloc_init(RCCE_comm_buffer[RCCE_IAM],RCCE_BUFF_SIZE);
 #ifdef SHMADD
 
-  RCCE_shmalloc_init(map_region(NULL, RC_SHM_BUFFER_START()+RCCE_SHM_BUFFER_offset, RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX/PAGE_SIZE, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_MPE), RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX);
+  RCCE_shmalloc_init(RC_SHM_BUFFER_START()+RCCE_SHM_BUFFER_offset, RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX);
 #ifdef SHMDBG
   kprintf("\n%d:%s:%d: RCCE_SHM_BUFFER_offset, RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX: %x %x\n", RCCE_IAM, 
     __FILE__,__LINE__,RCCE_SHM_BUFFER_offset ,RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX);
 #endif
 #else
-  RCCE_shmalloc_init(map_region(NULL, RC_SHM_BUFFER_START(), RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX/PAGE_SIZE, MAP_KERNEL_SPACE|MAP_NO_CACHE), RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX);
+  RCCE_shmalloc_init(map_region(RC_SHM_BUFFER_START(), RCCE_SHM_SIZE_MAX);
 #endif
 
   // initialize the (global) flag bookkeeping data structure
diff --git a/kernel/init.c b/kernel/init.c
index a29807ac..462578e1 100644
--- a/kernel/init.c
+++ b/kernel/init.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int network_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 #else
-	mmnif_open();
+	//mmnif_open();
 #endif
 
 	// start echo and ping server
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int network_shutdown(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LWIP
 #ifdef CONFIG_ROCKCREEK
-	mmnif_close();
+	//mmnif_close();
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PCI)
 	dhcp_release(default_netif);
 	dhcp_stop(default_netif);