2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mem/physical.cc b/mem/physical.cc
index 603f8f63e..b00935990 100644
--- a/mem/physical.cc
+++ b/mem/physical.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ PhysicalMemory::PhysicalMemory(const string &n)
     page_ptr = 0;
 }
 
+void
+PhysicalMemory::init()
+{
+    if (!port)
+        panic("PhysicalMemory not connected to anything!");
+    port->sendStatusChange(Port::RangeChange);
+}
+
 PhysicalMemory::~PhysicalMemory()
 {
     if (pmem_addr)
diff --git a/mem/physical.hh b/mem/physical.hh
index 53e86f85f..ce0a2099c 100644
--- a/mem/physical.hh
+++ b/mem/physical.hh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class PhysicalMemory : public MemObject
     int deviceBlockSize();
     void getAddressRanges(AddrRangeList &resp, AddrRangeList &snoop);
     virtual Port *getPort(const std::string &if_name);
-    void virtual init() { port->sendStatusChange(Port::RangeChange); }
+    void virtual init();
 
     // fast back-door memory access for vtophys(), remote gdb, etc.
     // uint64_t phys_read_qword(Addr addr) const;