3 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/Cache.py b/src/mem/cache/Cache.py
index 531337f19..263b2fea8 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/Cache.py
+++ b/src/mem/cache/Cache.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class BaseCache(MemObject):
     tgts_per_mshr = Param.Unsigned("Max number of accesses per MSHR")
     write_buffers = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of write buffers")
 
-    forward_snoops = Param.Bool(True,
-        "Forward snoops from mem side to cpu side")
     is_read_only = Param.Bool(False, "Is this cache read only (e.g. inst)")
 
     prefetcher = Param.BasePrefetcher(NULL,"Prefetcher attached to cache")
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
index 41b6f38aa..a3ceaafa3 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ BaseCache::BaseCache(const BaseCacheParams *p, unsigned blk_size)
       fillLatency(p->response_latency),
       responseLatency(p->response_latency),
       numTarget(p->tgts_per_mshr),
-      forwardSnoops(p->forward_snoops),
+      forwardSnoops(true),
       isReadOnly(p->is_read_only),
       blocked(0),
       order(0),
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ BaseCache::BaseCache(const BaseCacheParams *p, unsigned blk_size)
       addrRanges(p->addr_ranges.begin(), p->addr_ranges.end()),
       system(p->system)
 {
+    // forward snoops is overridden in init() once we can query
+    // whether the connected master is actually snooping or not
 }
 
 void
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ BaseCache::init()
     if (!cpuSidePort->isConnected() || !memSidePort->isConnected())
         fatal("Cache ports on %s are not connected\n", name());
     cpuSidePort->sendRangeChange();
+    forwardSnoops = cpuSidePort->isSnooping();
 }
 
 BaseMasterPort &
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/base.hh
index 8cd932f01..1f1f1469f 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.hh
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
     const int numTarget;
 
     /** Do we forward snoops from mem side port through to cpu side port? */
-    const bool forwardSnoops;
+    bool forwardSnoops;
 
     /**
      * Is this cache read only, for example the instruction cache, or