diff -r 9091c978b84e -r ecacded99f44 src/mem/abstract_mem.hh
--- a/src/mem/abstract_mem.hh	Fri Nov 02 13:15:10 2012 -0400
+++ b/src/mem/abstract_mem.hh	Fri Nov 02 13:15:11 2012 -0400
@@ -304,6 +304,18 @@
     void functionalAccess(PacketPtr pkt);
 
     /**
+     * Get a pointer to the backing store of this memory.
+     *
+     * @note Memory should normally be accessed using access() or
+     *       functionalAccess(). This interface is primarily intended
+     *       for CPU models using hardware virtualization.
+     *
+     * @return Pointer to the memory allocation backing this memory or
+     *         NULL if the memory is a read-as-zero memory.
+     */
+    uint8_t* getBackingStore() { return pmemAddr; }
+
+    /**
      * Register Statistics
      */
     virtual void regStats();
diff -r 9091c978b84e -r ecacded99f44 src/mem/physical.hh
--- a/src/mem/physical.hh	Fri Nov 02 13:15:10 2012 -0400
+++ b/src/mem/physical.hh	Fri Nov 02 13:15:11 2012 -0400
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@
     void functionalAccess(PacketPtr pkt);
 
     /**
+     * Get a list of all memories in the system.
+     *
+     * @note Memory should normally be accessed using access() or
+     *       functionalAccess(). This interface is primarily intended
+     *       for CPU models using hardware virtualization.
+     *
+     * @return A constant list of abstract memories
+     */
+    const std::vector<AbstractMemory*>& getMemories() { return memories; }
+
+    /**
      * Serialize all the memories in the system. This is independent
      * of the logical memory layout, and the serialization only sees
      * the contigous backing store, independent of how this maps to