diff -r 00f68b7fa9c5 -r e13fcf4f00d3 src/dev/io_device.hh
--- a/src/dev/io_device.hh	Fri Aug 13 11:58:20 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/dev/io_device.hh	Fri Aug 13 11:58:44 2010 -0500
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     DmaPort(MemObject *dev, System *s, Tick min_backoff, Tick max_backoff);
 
     void dmaAction(Packet::Command cmd, Addr addr, int size, Event *event,
-                   uint8_t *data, Tick delay);
+                   uint8_t *data, Tick delay, Request::Flags flag = 0);
 
     bool dmaPending() { return pendingCount > 0; }
 
diff -r 00f68b7fa9c5 -r e13fcf4f00d3 src/dev/io_device.cc
--- a/src/dev/io_device.cc	Fri Aug 13 11:58:20 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/dev/io_device.cc	Fri Aug 13 11:58:44 2010 -0500
@@ -221,18 +221,19 @@
 
 void
 DmaPort::dmaAction(Packet::Command cmd, Addr addr, int size, Event *event,
-                   uint8_t *data, Tick delay)
+                   uint8_t *data, Tick delay, Request::Flags flag)
 {
     assert(device->getState() == SimObject::Running);
 
     DmaReqState *reqState = new DmaReqState(event, this, size, delay);
 
 
-    DPRINTF(DMA, "Starting DMA for addr: %#x size: %d sched: %d\n", addr, size,
-            event->scheduled());
+    //DPRINTF(DMA, "Starting DMA for addr: %#x size: %d sched: %d\n", addr, size,
+    //        event->scheduled());
+    DPRINTF(DMA, "Starting DMA for addr: %#x size: %d\n", addr, size);
     for (ChunkGenerator gen(addr, size, peerBlockSize());
          !gen.done(); gen.next()) {
-            Request *req = new Request(gen.addr(), gen.size(), 0);
+            Request *req = new Request(gen.addr(), gen.size(), flag);
             PacketPtr pkt = new Packet(req, cmd, Packet::Broadcast);
 
             // Increment the data pointer on a write