diff -r 43b6cd6d74b1 -r 6908b72f1ffa src/arch/sparc/tlb.cc
--- a/src/arch/sparc/tlb.cc	Mon Oct 07 13:22:33 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/arch/sparc/tlb.cc	Mon Oct 07 13:23:20 2013 +0200
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
     Addr vaddr = req->getVaddr();
     TlbEntry *e;
 
-    assert(req->getAsi() == ASI_IMPLICIT);
+    assert(req->getArchFlags() == ASI_IMPLICIT);
 
     DPRINTF(TLB, "TLB: ITB Request to translate va=%#x size=%d\n",
             vaddr, req->getSize());
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
     Addr vaddr = req->getVaddr();
     Addr size = req->getSize();
     ASI asi;
-    asi = (ASI)req->getAsi();
+    asi = (ASI)req->getArchFlags();
     bool implicit = false;
     bool hpriv = bits(tlbdata,0,0);
     bool unaligned = vaddr & (size - 1);
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@
 TLB::doMmuRegRead(ThreadContext *tc, Packet *pkt)
 {
     Addr va = pkt->getAddr();
-    ASI asi = (ASI)pkt->req->getAsi();
+    ASI asi = (ASI)pkt->req->getArchFlags();
     uint64_t temp;
 
     DPRINTF(IPR, "Memory Mapped IPR Read: asi=%#X a=%#x\n",
-         (uint32_t)pkt->req->getAsi(), pkt->getAddr());
+         (uint32_t)pkt->req->getArchFlags(), pkt->getAddr());
 
     TLB *itb = tc->getITBPtr();
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
 {
     uint64_t data = pkt->get<uint64_t>();
     Addr va = pkt->getAddr();
-    ASI asi = (ASI)pkt->req->getAsi();
+    ASI asi = (ASI)pkt->req->getArchFlags();
 
     Addr ta_insert;
     Addr va_insert;
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@
       default:
 doMmuWriteError:
         panic("need to impl DTB::doMmuRegWrite() got asi=%#x, va=%#x d=%#x\n",
-            (uint32_t)pkt->req->getAsi(), pkt->getAddr(), data);
+            (uint32_t)pkt->req->getArchFlags(), pkt->getAddr(), data);
     }
     pkt->makeAtomicResponse();
     return Cycles(1);
diff -r 43b6cd6d74b1 -r 6908b72f1ffa src/mem/request.hh
--- a/src/mem/request.hh	Mon Oct 07 13:22:33 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/mem/request.hh	Mon Oct 07 13:23:20 2013 +0200
@@ -86,10 +86,17 @@
 {
   public:
     typedef uint32_t FlagsType;
+    typedef uint8_t ArchFlagsType;
     typedef ::Flags<FlagsType> Flags;
 
-    /** ASI information for this request if it exists. */
-    static const FlagsType ASI_BITS                    = 0x000000FF;
+    /**
+     * Architecture specific flags.
+     *
+     * These bits int the flag field are reserved for
+     * architecture-specific code. For example, SPARC uses them to
+     * represent ASIs.
+     */
+    static const FlagsType ARCH_BITS                   = 0x000000FF;
     /** The request was an instruction fetch. */
     static const FlagsType INST_FETCH                  = 0x00000100;
     /** The virtual address is also the physical address. */
@@ -422,6 +429,13 @@
         _flags.set(flags);
     }
 
+    void
+    setArchFlags(Flags flags)
+    {
+        assert(privateFlags.isSet(VALID_PADDR|VALID_VADDR));
+        _flags.set(flags & ARCH_BITS);
+    }
+
     /** Accessor function for vaddr.*/
     Addr
     getVaddr()
@@ -452,12 +466,12 @@
         _asid = asid;
     }
 
-    /** Accessor function for asi.*/
-    uint8_t
-    getAsi()
+    /** Accessor function for architecture-specific flags.*/
+    ArchFlagsType
+    getArchFlags()
     {
-        assert(privateFlags.isSet(VALID_VADDR));
-        return _flags & ASI_BITS;
+        assert(privateFlags.isSet(VALID_PADDR|VALID_VADDR));
+        return _flags & ARCH_BITS;
     }
 
     /** Accessor function to check if sc result is valid. */