diff --git a/mem/physical.cc b/mem/physical.cc
index 02563ac70b..031d832dda 100644
--- a/mem/physical.cc
+++ b/mem/physical.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ PhysicalMemory::prot_memset(Addr addr, uint8_t val, int size)
     memset(pmem_addr + addr - base_addr, val, size);
 }
 
+int
+PhysicalMemory::deviceBlockSize()
+{
+    //For now the largest accesses we can take are Page Sized
+    return VMPageSize;
+}
+
 void
 PhysicalMemory::serialize(ostream &os)
 {
diff --git a/mem/port.hh b/mem/port.hh
index c6dcb5d811..88cca885be 100644
--- a/mem/port.hh
+++ b/mem/port.hh
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ class Port
     */
     void setPeer(Port *port) { peer = port; }
 
+        /** Function to set the pointer for the peer port.
+        @todo should be called by the configuration stuff (python).
+    */
+    Port *getPeer(Port *port) { return peer; }
+
   protected:
 
     /** These functions are protected because they should only be
diff --git a/sim/process.cc b/sim/process.cc
index 013ac0890b..2335d5cc82 100644
--- a/sim/process.cc
+++ b/sim/process.cc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Process::startup()
     if (execContexts.empty())
         fatal("Process %s is not associated with any CPUs!\n", name());
 
-    initVirtMem = new TranslatingPort(system->physmem->getPort("any"), pTable);
+    initVirtMem = new TranslatingPort((system->physmem->getPort("any"))->getPeer(), pTable);
 
     // first exec context for this process... initialize & enable
     ExecContext *xc = execContexts[0];