diff --git a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.lock b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.lock
index a3385eac..fedc8fae 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cslice"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f8cb7306107e4b10e64994de6d3274bd08996a7c1322a27b86482392f96be0a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -33,7 +27,6 @@ checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
 name = "linalg"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "cslice",
  "nalgebra",
 ]
 
diff --git a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.toml b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.toml
index 923faae5..d3ce20fb 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 nalgebra = {version = "0.32.6", default-features = false, features = ["libm", "alloc"]}
-cslice = "0.3.0"
+#cslice = "0.3.0"
+
+#[dependencies.nalgebra]
+#git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-labs/nalgebra.git"
+#rev = "dd00f9b"
+#default-features = false
+#features = ["libm", "alloc"]
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/cross_shell.nix b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/cross_shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b1bf2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/cross_shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# cross-shell.nix
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.binutils
+    pkgs.gcc
+    pkgs.rustc.override { targets = ["i686-unknown-linux-gnu"]; }
+    pkgs.cargo.override { targets = ["i686-unknown-linux-gnu"]; }
+  ];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/default.nix b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..510a6c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+let
+  fenix = import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/fenix/archive/main.tar.gz") {
+    system = "x86_64-linux";
+  };
+
+  targets = ["i686-unknown-linux-gnu" "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"];
+
+  fenixToolchain = fenix.stable.toolchain.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    inherit targets;
+  });
+
+in
+pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  name = "my-crate";
+  src = ./.;
+
+  cargoLock = {
+    lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with fenixToolchain; [
+    rust
+  ] ++ (builtins.concatLists (
+    map (target: [
+      (rust.override { inherit targets; })
+    ]) targets
+  ));
+
+  buildAndTestSubdir = ".";
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ${builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (target:
+      ''
+        cargo build --release --target ${target} --locked
+      ''
+    ) targets)}
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    ${builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (map (target:
+      ''
+        cp target/${target}/release/libmy_crate.a $out/lib/libmy_crate-${target}.a
+      ''
+    ) targets)}
+  '';
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84adf9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/i686-unknown-linux-gnu.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "llvm-target": "i686-unknown-none",
+    "data-layout": "e-m:e-p:32:32-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-f64:32:64-f80:32-n8:16:32-S128",
+    "arch": "x86",
+    "target-endian": "little",
+    "target-pointer-width": "32",
+    "target-c-int-width": "32",
+    "os": "none",
+    "executables": true,
+    "linker-flavor": "ld.lld",
+    "linker": "rust-lld",
+    "panic-strategy": "abort",
+    "disable-redzone": true,
+    "pre-link-args": {
+        "ld.lld": [
+	    "--script=linker.ld",
+        "--Map=target/linker.map"
+        ]
+    },
+    "features": "-mmx,-sse,+soft-float"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..313e487c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/linker.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+ENTRY(_start_bootloader)
+
+SECTIONS {
+    . = 0x4000;
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    __smp_trampoline_start = .;
+    .smp_trampoline :
+    {
+        *(.smp_trampoline)
+    }
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    __smp_trampoline_end = .;
+    . = 1M;
+
+    __bootloader_start = .;
+    .boot : ALIGN(2)
+    {
+        /* ensure that the multiboot header is at the beginning */
+        KEEP(*(.multiboot_header))
+    }
+    .bootloader : ALIGN(16)
+    {
+        *(.init_bootloader)
+        *(.text .text.*)
+        *(.rodata .rodata.*)
+        *(.data .data.*)
+        *(.bss .bss.*)
+        *(.got .got.*)
+    }
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    __bootloader_end = .;
+
+    . = 2M;
+    __kernel_start = .;
+    .kernel :
+    {
+        KEEP(*(.kernel))
+    }
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    __kernel_end = .;
+
+    . = ALIGN(0x1000);
+    __page_table_start = .;
+        _p4 = .;
+        . += 0x1000;
+        _p3 = .;
+        . += 0x1000;
+        _p2_tables_start = .;
+            . += 0x4000; /* One p2 table equals 1Gb memory mapped */
+        _p2_tables_end = .;
+        _p1_tables_start = .;
+        . += 0x1000; /* First p1 table to map 0-2Mb with 4Kb pages*/
+        _p1_tss_tables_start = .;
+        . += 0x1000 * 128; /* 1Mb per core for interrupt stacks (max 256 cores) */
+        _p1_tables_end = .;
+    __page_table_end = .; 
+    __minimum_mem_requirement = .;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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diff --git a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/src/lib.rs b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/src/lib.rs
index c671e0b7..f7d34b3d 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3standalone/demo/linalg/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 // * Both `nalgebra::Matrix` and `NDArray` require their content to be stored in row-major order
 // * `NDArray` data pointer can be directly read and converted to `nalgebra::Matrix` (row and column number must be known)
 // * `nalgebra::Matrix::as_slice` returns the content of matrix in column-major order and initial data needs to be transposed before storing it in `NDArray` data pointer
+extern crate core;
 
-use core::slice;
+use std::slice;
 use nalgebra::DMatrix;
 
 fn report_error(
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ fn report_error(
     panic!(
         "Exception {} from {} in {}:{}:{}, message: {}",
         error_name, fn_name, file_name, line_num, col_num, err_msg
-    );
+    )
 }
 
 pub struct InputMatrix {
@@ -247,7 +248,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn np_linalg_matrix_power(
     let out_slice = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(out.data, outdim[0] * outdim[1]) };
     let data_slice1 = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(mat1.data, dim1[0] * dim1[1]) };
 
-    let abs_pow = power.abs();
+    let mut abs_pow = power;
+    if abs_pow < 0.0 {
+        abs_pow = abs_pow * -1.0;
+    }
     let matrix1 = DMatrix::from_row_slice(dim1[0], dim1[1], data_slice1);
     let mut result = matrix1.pow(abs_pow as u32);