3 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.cc
index 78ca1e9e4..2c32eacdc 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/DirectoryMemory.cc
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ void DirectoryMemory::init()
       m_entries = new Directory_Entry*[m_num_entries];
       for (int i=0; i < m_num_entries; i++)
           m_entries[i] = NULL;
+      m_ram = g_system_ptr->getMemoryVector();
   }
 
-  m_ram = g_system_ptr->getMemoryVector();
-
   m_num_directories++;
   m_num_directories_bits = log_int(m_num_directories);
   m_total_size_bytes += m_size_bytes;
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.py b/src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.py
index 36bbd81ae..00d02b3df 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.py
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.py
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ class RubySystem(SimObject):
     tracer = Param.RubyTracer("");
     stats_filename = Param.String("ruby.stats",
         "file to which ruby dumps its stats")
+    no_mem_vec = Param.Bool(False, "do not allocate Ruby's mem vector");
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/System.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/System.cc
index 105f6fb36..69dbf69c4 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/System.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/System.cc
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@ RubySystem::RubySystem(const Params *p)
 
     g_eventQueue_ptr = new RubyEventQueue(p->eventq, m_clock);
     g_system_ptr = this;
-    m_mem_vec_ptr = new MemoryVector;
-    m_mem_vec_ptr->setSize(m_memory_size_bytes);
+    if (p->no_mem_vec) {
+        m_mem_vec_ptr = NULL;
+    } else {
+        m_mem_vec_ptr = new MemoryVector;
+        m_mem_vec_ptr->setSize(m_memory_size_bytes);
+    }
 
     //
     // Print ruby configuration and stats at exit
@@ -111,7 +115,9 @@ RubySystem::~RubySystem()
   delete m_network_ptr;
   delete m_profiler_ptr;
   delete m_tracer_ptr;
-  delete m_mem_vec_ptr;
+  if (m_mem_vec_ptr != NULL) {
+      delete m_mem_vec_ptr;
+  }
 }
 
 void RubySystem::printSystemConfig(ostream & out)