6 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/sim/insttracer.hh b/src/sim/insttracer.hh
index 82b86ca84..9a20c7c56 100644
--- a/src/sim/insttracer.hh
+++ b/src/sim/insttracer.hh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class InstRecord
 class InstTracer : public SimObject
 {
   public:
-    InstTracer(const std::string & name) : SimObject(name)
+    InstTracer(const Params *p) : SimObject(p)
     {}
 
     virtual ~InstTracer()
diff --git a/src/sim/process.cc b/src/sim/process.cc
index 1e6395d55..4fa5c7aad 100644
--- a/src/sim/process.cc
+++ b/src/sim/process.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Process::Process(const string &nm,
                  int stdin_fd, 	// initial I/O descriptors
                  int stdout_fd,
                  int stderr_fd)
-    : SimObject(nm), system(_system)
+    : SimObject(makeParams(nm)), system(_system)
 {
     M5_pid = system->allocatePID();
     // initialize first 3 fds (stdin, stdout, stderr)
diff --git a/src/sim/sim_object.cc b/src/sim/sim_object.cc
index 67604e24c..907f015dc 100644
--- a/src/sim/sim_object.cc
+++ b/src/sim/sim_object.cc
@@ -70,25 +70,13 @@ SimObject::SimObject(const Params *p)
 }
 
 SimObjectParams *
-makeParams(const string &name)
+SimObject::makeParams(const std::string &name)
 {
     SimObjectParams *params = new SimObjectParams;
     params->name = name;
-
     return params;
 }
 
-SimObject::SimObject(const string &_name)
-    : _params(makeParams(_name))
-{
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    doDebugBreak = false;
-#endif
-
-    simObjectList.push_back(this);
-    state = Running;
-}
-
 void
 SimObject::init()
 {
diff --git a/src/sim/sim_object.hh b/src/sim/sim_object.hh
index 2e99a85bf..b70f1d5d3 100644
--- a/src/sim/sim_object.hh
+++ b/src/sim/sim_object.hh
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ class SimObject : public Serializable, protected StartupCallback
     typedef SimObjectParams Params;
     const Params *params() const { return _params; }
     SimObject(const Params *_params);
-    SimObject(const std::string &_name);
     virtual ~SimObject() {}
 
+  protected:
+    // static: support for old-style constructors (call manually)
+    static Params *makeParams(const std::string &name);
+
+  public:
+
     virtual const std::string name() const { return params()->name; }
 
     // initialization pass of all objects.
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 512d4bdb5..41c1b94e3 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ vector<System *> System::systemList;
 int System::numSystemsRunning = 0;
 
 System::System(Params *p)
-    : SimObject(p->name), physmem(p->physmem), numcpus(0),
+    : SimObject(p), physmem(p->physmem), numcpus(0),
 #if FULL_SYSTEM
       init_param(p->init_param),
       functionalPort(p->name + "-fport"),
diff --git a/src/sim/tlb.hh b/src/sim/tlb.hh
index 4239b4cf3..b5e341185 100644
--- a/src/sim/tlb.hh
+++ b/src/sim/tlb.hh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Packet;
 class GenericTLB : public SimObject
 {
   protected:
-    GenericTLB(const std::string &name) : SimObject(name)
+    GenericTLB(const Params *p) : SimObject(p)
     {}
 
   public: