diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index fde4796a4f53ecfe6614777f7763470d5177ff8c..9a4b0b5ad39ae9d8ff81b221e4dd961958729972 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub struct Error {
     pub errno: i32,
 }
 
-pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T, E = Error> = result::Result<T, E>;
 
 impl Error {
     pub fn new(errno: i32) -> Error {
diff --git a/src/io/mmio.rs b/src/io/mmio.rs
index f2126362cf3ea2eea0bc48ce02050fb22bd390f0..42251adcece991f6b69c15e7f8ed742302ed9002 100644
--- a/src/io/mmio.rs
+++ b/src/io/mmio.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,23 @@ pub struct Mmio<T> {
 
 impl<T> Mmio<T> {
     /// Create a new Mmio without initializing
+    #[deprecated = "unsound because it's possible to read even though it's uninitialized"]
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Mmio {
-            value: MaybeUninit::uninit()
+        unsafe { Self::uninit() }
+    }
+    pub unsafe fn zeroed() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: MaybeUninit::zeroed(),
+        }
+    }
+    pub unsafe fn uninit() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: MaybeUninit::uninit(),
+        }
+    }
+    pub const fn from(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: MaybeUninit::new(value),
         }
     }
 }