diff --git a/kernel/bench.c b/kernel/bench.c
index d51fed8..8bc820d 100644
--- a/kernel/bench.c
+++ b/kernel/bench.c
@@ -126,12 +126,13 @@ int run_suite(testcase_t *tests)
   for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
     testresult_t result;
     run_benchmark(&tests[i], &result);
-    if(enable_printf) print_result(&tests[i], &result);
-
+    if(enable_printf && (get_core_id()==0))
+      print_result(&tests[i], &result);
     errors += result.errors;
   }
 
-  print_summary(errors);
+  if(get_core_id() == 0)
+    print_summary(errors);
 
   return errors;
 }
@@ -275,5 +276,9 @@ extern int main(int argc, const char * const argv[]);
 
 int bench_cluster_forward(int cid)
 {
+  #ifdef ARCHI_NO_FC
+  return 0;
+  #else
   return bench_cluster_exec(cid, main);
+  #endif
 }
diff --git a/kernel/cluster.c b/kernel/cluster.c
index 872eab9..3b122b4 100644
--- a/kernel/cluster.c
+++ b/kernel/cluster.c
@@ -47,12 +47,19 @@ void cluster_entry_stub()
 {
     cluster_core_init();
 
+    synch_barrier();
+
     int retval = ((int (*)())cluster_entry)();
 
+    synch_barrier();
+
     if (hal_core_id() == 0)
     {
         cluster_retval = retval;
         cluster_running = 0;
+        #ifdef ARCHI_NO_FC
+        exit(cluster_retval);
+        #endif
     }
 
     pos_wait_forever();
@@ -65,18 +72,22 @@ void cluster_start(int cid, int (*entry)())
     cluster_entry = entry;
 
     // Init FLL
+    #ifndef ARCHI_NO_FC
     pos_fll_init(POS_FLL_CL);
-      
+    #endif
+
     // Initialize cluster L1 memory allocator
     alloc_init_l1(cid);
 
     // Activate icache
     hal_icache_cluster_enable(cid);
 
+    #ifndef ARCHI_NO_FC
     if (!hal_is_fc())
     {
         cluster_core_init();
     }
+    #endif
 
     alloc_init_l1(cid);
 
@@ -87,12 +98,14 @@ void cluster_start(int cid, int (*entry)())
     cluster_running = 1;
 
     // Fetch all cores
+    #ifndef ARCHI_NO_FC
     for (int i=0; i<ARCHI_CLUSTER_NB_PE; i++)
     {
       plp_ctrl_core_bootaddr_set_remote(cid, i, (int)_start);
     }
 
     eoc_fetch_enable_remote(cid, (1<<ARCHI_CLUSTER_NB_PE) - 1);
+    #endif
 }
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/crt0.S b/kernel/crt0.S
index ef8bce5..c6c755a 100644
--- a/kernel/crt0.S
+++ b/kernel/crt0.S
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ pos_init_entry:
 #if defined(ARCHI_HAS_CLUSTER)
     csrr    a0, 0xF14
     andi    a1, a0, 0x1f
+#ifdef ARCHI_NO_FC
+    # PEs from 1 to 7 will go to sync_loop and wait. PE0 will reach them
+    # later after the pos_init_start. Then, they'll set up their stack into
+    # the L1 and jump to cluster_entry_stub
+    li t0, 0x10080000
+    sw x0, 0(t0)
+    bnez    a0,  sync_loop
+#else   
     srli    a0, a0, 5
 #ifdef ARCHI_CL_BOOT
 
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ pos_init_entry:
 
 #endif
 
-
+#endif
 
     # Clear the bss segment
     la      t0, _bss_start
@@ -65,7 +73,14 @@ pos_init_entry:
     /* Do all other initializations from C code */
     jal  x1, pos_init_start
 
-
+#ifdef ARCHI_NO_FC
+    csrr    a0, 0xF14
+    andi    a1, a0, 0x1f
+    li t0, 0x10080000
+    li t1, 0x1
+    sw t1, 0(t0)
+    j pe_start
+#endif
 
 .section .text
 
@@ -174,3 +189,8 @@ loop:
     sw x0, 0(x2)
     wfi
     j loop
+
+sync_loop:
+    lw t1, 0(t0)
+    bnez    t1,  pe_start
+    j sync_loop
diff --git a/kernel/init.c b/kernel/init.c
index 8a7d254..765a3a9 100644
--- a/kernel/init.c
+++ b/kernel/init.c
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ void pos_init_start()
 
   pos_irq_init();
 
+  #ifdef ARCHI_NO_FC
   pos_soc_event_init();
+  #endif
 
   // Initialize first the memory allocators and the utils so that they are
   // available for constructors, especially to let them declare