diff --git a/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm b/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
index adb243e634..bc65946dec 100644
--- a/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
+++ b/kernel/branches/net/kernel.asm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $Revision $
 USE_COM_IRQ     equ 1      ; make irq 3 and irq 4 available for PCI devices
 
 ; Enabling the next line will enable serial output console
-;debug_com_base  equ 0x3f8  ; 0x3f8 is com1, 0x2f8 is com2, 0x3e8 is com3, 0x2e8 is com4, no irq's are used
+debug_com_base  equ 0x2f8  ; 0x3f8 is com1, 0x2f8 is com2, 0x3e8 is com3, 0x2e8 is com4, no irq's are used
 
 include "proc32.inc"
 include "kglobals.inc"
@@ -2044,12 +2044,12 @@ sysfn_terminate:        ; 18.2 = TERMINATE
         mov     eax, [TASK_COUNT]
         mov     edx, [ecx+CURRENT_TASK+TASKDATA.pid]
 
-        cmp     byte [ecx+CURRENT_TASK+TASKDATA.state], 9
+        add     ecx, CURRENT_TASK+TASKDATA.state
+        cmp     byte [ecx], 9
         jz      noprocessterminate
 ;--------------------------------------
 ; terminate all network sockets it used
         pusha
-        mov     eax, edx
         call    SOCKET_process_end
         popa
 ;--------------------------------------
diff --git a/kernel/branches/net/network/socket.inc b/kernel/branches/net/network/socket.inc
index 69d7c84a6d..6befa1b74c 100644
--- a/kernel/branches/net/network/socket.inc
+++ b/kernel/branches/net/network/socket.inc
@@ -1711,29 +1711,28 @@ SOCKET_check_owner:
 ; This function will check if the process had any open sockets
 ; And update them accordingly
 ;
-; IN:  eax = pid
+; IN:  edx = pid
 ; OUT: /
 ;
 ;------------------------------------------------------
 align 4
 SOCKET_process_end:
 
-        DEBUGF  1,"SOCKET_process_end: %x\n", eax
+        DEBUGF  1,"SOCKET_process_end: %x\n", edx
 
         push    ebx
         mov     ebx, net_sockets
 
   .next_socket:
-
         mov     ebx, [ebx + SOCKET.NextPtr]
   .test_socket:
         test    ebx, ebx
         jz      .done
 
-        cmp     [ebx + SOCKET.PID], eax
+        cmp     [ebx + SOCKET.PID], edx
         jne     .next_socket
 
-        DEBUGF  1,"closing socket %x", eax, ebx
+        DEBUGF  1,"closing socket %x", edx, ebx
 
         mov     [ebx + SOCKET.PID], 0
 
@@ -1748,7 +1747,6 @@ SOCKET_process_end:
         jmp     .test_socket
 
   .tcp:
-
         push    [ebx + SOCKET.NextPtr]
         mov     eax, ebx
         call    TCP_close