diff -r 1cd76e45e284 -r 4e0263e32883 src/arch/alpha/system.hh
--- a/src/arch/alpha/system.hh	Mon Aug 19 10:33:41 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/arch/alpha/system.hh	Mon Aug 19 10:33:50 2013 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "base/loader/symtab.hh"
 #include "cpu/pc_event.hh"
 #include "kern/system_events.hh"
+#include "mem/fs_translating_port_proxy.hh"
 #include "params/AlphaSystem.hh"
 #include "sim/sim_object.hh"
 #include "sim/system.hh"
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@
   protected:
     Tick intrFreq;
 
+    /**
+     * Proxy used to copy arguments directly into kernel memory.
+     */
+    FSTranslatingPortProxy virtProxy;
+
     const Params *params() const { return (const Params *)_params; }
 
 
diff -r 1cd76e45e284 -r 4e0263e32883 src/arch/alpha/system.cc
--- a/src/arch/alpha/system.cc	Mon Aug 19 10:33:41 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/arch/alpha/system.cc	Mon Aug 19 10:33:50 2013 +0100
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 using namespace AlphaISA;
 
 AlphaSystem::AlphaSystem(Params *p)
-    : System(p), intrFreq(0)
+    : System(p), intrFreq(0), virtProxy(getSystemPort(), p->cache_line_size)
 {
     consoleSymtab = new SymbolTable;
     palSymtab = new SymbolTable;
diff -r 1cd76e45e284 -r 4e0263e32883 src/sim/system.hh
--- a/src/sim/system.hh	Mon Aug 19 10:33:41 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/sim/system.hh	Mon Aug 19 10:33:50 2013 +0100
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 #include "cpu/pc_event.hh"
 #include "enums/MemoryMode.hh"
 #include "kern/system_events.hh"
-#include "mem/fs_translating_port_proxy.hh"
 #include "mem/mem_object.hh"
 #include "mem/port.hh"
+#include "mem/port_proxy.hh"
 #include "mem/physical.hh"
 #include "params/System.hh"
 
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@
     /** Port to physical memory used for writing object files into ram at
      * boot.*/
     PortProxy physProxy;
-    FSTranslatingPortProxy virtProxy;
 
     /** kernel symbol table */
     SymbolTable *kernelSymtab;
diff -r 1cd76e45e284 -r 4e0263e32883 src/sim/system.cc
--- a/src/sim/system.cc	Mon Aug 19 10:33:41 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc	Mon Aug 19 10:33:50 2013 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
       pagePtr(0),
       init_param(p->init_param),
       physProxy(_systemPort, p->cache_line_size),
-      virtProxy(_systemPort, p->cache_line_size),
       loadAddrMask(p->load_addr_mask),
       nextPID(0),
       physmem(name() + ".physmem", p->memories),