diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/eNB_scheduler_ulsch.c b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/eNB_scheduler_ulsch.c
index 493ff11d33..e6033d5057 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/eNB_scheduler_ulsch.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/MAC/eNB_scheduler_ulsch.c
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ void rx_sdu(
 
     switch (rx_lcids[i]) {
     case CCCH :
+      if (rx_lengths[i] > CCCH_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX) {
+        LOG_E(MAC, "[eNB %d/%d] frame %d received CCCH of size %d (too big, maximum allowed is %d), dropping packet\n",
+              enb_mod_idP, CC_idP, frameP, rx_lengths[i], CCCH_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX);
+        break;
+      }
+
       LOG_I(MAC,"[eNB %d][RAPROC] CC_id %d Frame %d, Received CCCH:  %x.%x.%x.%x.%x.%x, Terminating RA procedure for UE rnti %x\n",
             enb_mod_idP,CC_idP,frameP,
             payload_ptr[0],payload_ptr[1],payload_ptr[2],payload_ptr[3],payload_ptr[4], payload_ptr[5], rntiP);
@@ -302,26 +308,23 @@ void rx_sdu(
 #endif
 
       if (UE_id != -1) {
-        //  This check is just to make sure we didn't get a bogus SDU length, to be removed ...
-        if (rx_lengths[i]<CCCH_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX) {
-          LOG_D(MAC,"[eNB %d] CC_id %d Frame %d : ULSCH -> UL-DCCH, received %d bytes form UE %d on LCID %d \n",
-                enb_mod_idP,CC_idP,frameP, rx_lengths[i], UE_id, rx_lcids[i]);
+        LOG_D(MAC,"[eNB %d] CC_id %d Frame %d : ULSCH -> UL-DCCH, received %d bytes form UE %d on LCID %d \n",
+              enb_mod_idP,CC_idP,frameP, rx_lengths[i], UE_id, rx_lcids[i]);
 
-          mac_rlc_data_ind(
-			   enb_mod_idP,
-			   rntiP,
-			   enb_mod_idP,
-			   frameP,
-			   ENB_FLAG_YES,
-			   MBMS_FLAG_NO,
-			   rx_lcids[i],
-			   (char *)payload_ptr,
-			   rx_lengths[i],
-			   1,
-			   NULL);//(unsigned int*)crc_status);
-          UE_list->eNB_UE_stats[CC_idP][UE_id].num_pdu_rx[rx_lcids[i]]+=1;
-          UE_list->eNB_UE_stats[CC_idP][UE_id].num_bytes_rx[rx_lcids[i]]+=rx_lengths[i];
-        }
+        mac_rlc_data_ind(
+			 enb_mod_idP,
+			 rntiP,
+			 enb_mod_idP,
+			 frameP,
+			 ENB_FLAG_YES,
+			 MBMS_FLAG_NO,
+			 rx_lcids[i],
+			 (char *)payload_ptr,
+			 rx_lengths[i],
+			 1,
+			 NULL);//(unsigned int*)crc_status);
+        UE_list->eNB_UE_stats[CC_idP][UE_id].num_pdu_rx[rx_lcids[i]]+=1;
+        UE_list->eNB_UE_stats[CC_idP][UE_id].num_bytes_rx[rx_lcids[i]]+=rx_lengths[i];
       } /* UE_id != -1 */
 
       //      }
diff --git a/targets/ARCH/COMMON/common_lib.c b/targets/ARCH/COMMON/common_lib.c
index e4ee06d0a4..dea02f2bba 100644
--- a/targets/ARCH/COMMON/common_lib.c
+++ b/targets/ARCH/COMMON/common_lib.c
@@ -103,14 +103,18 @@ int load_lib(openair0_device *device, openair0_config_t *openair0_cfg, eth_param
   if (flag == BBU_LOCAL_RADIO_HEAD) {
       lib_handle = dlopen(OAI_RF_LIBNAME, RTLD_LAZY);
       if (!lib_handle) {
-	printf( "Unable to locate %s: HW device set to NONE_DEV.\n", OAI_RF_LIBNAME);
-	return 0;
+	fprintf(stderr,"Unable to locate %s: HW device set to NONE_DEV.\n", OAI_RF_LIBNAME);
+	fprintf(stderr,"%s\n",dlerror());
+	return -1;
       } 
       
       dp = dlsym(lib_handle,"device_init");
       
       if (dp != NULL ) {
-	dp(device,openair0_cfg);
+	if (dp(device,openair0_cfg)!=0) {
+	  fprintf(stderr,"Error initializing device\n");
+	  return -1;
+	}
       } else {
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s %d:oai device intializing function not found %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, dlerror());
 	return -1;
@@ -119,7 +123,8 @@ int load_lib(openair0_device *device, openair0_config_t *openair0_cfg, eth_param
       lib_handle = dlopen(OAI_TP_LIBNAME, RTLD_LAZY);
       if (!lib_handle) {
 	printf( "Unable to locate %s: transport protocol set to NONE_TP.\n", OAI_TP_LIBNAME);
-	return 0;
+	printf( "%s\n",dlerror());
+	return -1;
       } 
       
       tp = dlsym(lib_handle,"transport_init");
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ int openair0_device_load(openair0_device *device, openair0_config_t *openair0_cf
     }   
   }
   #endif
-  return 0;
+  return rc;
 }
 
 int openair0_transport_load(openair0_device *device, openair0_config_t *openair0_cfg, eth_params_t * eth_params) {
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ int openair0_transport_load(openair0_device *device, openair0_config_t *openair0
       return -1;		   
       }   
   }
-  return 0;
+  return rc;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/Si5351C/CMakeLists.txt b/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/Si5351C/CMakeLists.txt
index 88a021ae00..c331185e17 100644
--- a/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/Si5351C/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/Si5351C/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(si5351_src_files
 	Si5351C.cpp
 )
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
-  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${C_FLAGS_PROCESSOR} -std=c++11 "
+  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${C_FLAGS_PROCESSOR} -std=c++11 -fPIC"
 )
 
 
diff --git a/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/lms7002m/CMakeLists.txt b/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/lms7002m/CMakeLists.txt
index cea22ac829..4613e9ce72 100644
--- a/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/lms7002m/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/targets/ARCH/LMSSDR/USERSPACE/LIB/lms7002m/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} GREATER 2)
 endif()
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-    SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x")
+    SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x -fPIC")
 endif()
 
 # set up include-directories