3 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/sim/process.cc b/sim/process.cc
index 7b27c4274..b483c70dc 100644
--- a/sim/process.cc
+++ b/sim/process.cc
@@ -153,21 +153,11 @@ Process::startup()
     // mark this context as active so it will start ticking.
     xc->activate(0);
 
-    // Here we are grabbing the memory port of the CPU hosting the
-    // initial execution context for initialization.  In the long run
-    // this is not what we want, since it means that all
-    // initialization accesses (e.g., loading object file sections)
-    // will be done a cache block at a time through the CPU's cache.
-    // We really want something more like:
-    //
-    // memport = system->physmem->getPort();
-    // myPort.setPeer(memport);
-    // memport->setPeer(&myPort);
-    // initVirtMem = new TranslatingPort(myPort, pTable);
-    //
-    // but we need our own dummy port "myPort" that doesn't exist.
-    // In the short term it works just fine though.
-    initVirtMem = xc->getMemPort();
+    Port *mem_port;
+    mem_port = system->physmem->getPort("functional");
+    initVirtMem = new TranslatingPort(pTable, true);
+    mem_port->setPeer(initVirtMem);
+    initVirtMem->setPeer(mem_port);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/sim/system.cc b/sim/system.cc
index 409e41ead..cfa316b11 100644
--- a/sim/system.cc
+++ b/sim/system.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #if FULL_SYSTEM
 #include "base/remote_gdb.hh"
 #include "kern/kernel_stats.hh"
-#include "mem/functional/memory_control.hh"
 #include "arch/vtophys.hh"
 #endif
 
@@ -37,6 +36,16 @@ System::System(Params *p)
     kernelSymtab = new SymbolTable;
     debugSymbolTable = new SymbolTable;
 
+
+    /**
+     * Get a functional port to memory
+     */
+    Port *mem_port;
+    mem_port = physmem->getPort("functional");
+    functionalPort.setPeer(mem_port);
+    mem_port->setPeer(&functionalPort);
+
+
     /**
      * Load the kernel code into memory
      */
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ System::System(Params *p)
         fatal("Could not load kernel file %s", params()->kernel_path);
 
     // Load program sections into memory
-    kernel->loadSections(physmem, true);
+    kernel->loadSections(&functionalPort, LoadAddrMask);
 
     // setup entry points
     kernelStart = kernel->textBase();
diff --git a/sim/system.hh b/sim/system.hh
index 0f82f81f5..11f8ac70a 100644
--- a/sim/system.hh
+++ b/sim/system.hh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "base/misc.hh"
 #include "base/statistics.hh"
 #include "cpu/pc_event.hh"
+#include "mem/port.hh"
 #include "sim/sim_object.hh"
 #if FULL_SYSTEM
 #include "kern/system_events.hh"
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ class System : public SimObject
     Platform *platform;
     uint64_t init_param;
 
+    /** Port to physical memory used for writing object files into ram at
+     * boot.*/
+    FunctionalPort functionalPort;
+
     /** kernel symbol table */
     SymbolTable *kernelSymtab;