diff -r 9d72fd83da40 -r 004a962d4cfb src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc	Thu Oct 17 11:54:32 2013 -0500
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc	Thu Oct 17 11:54:53 2013 -0500
@@ -230,10 +230,7 @@
                TheISA::NumIntRegs, params->numPhysIntRegs,
                TheISA::NumFloatRegs, params->numPhysFloatRegs),
 
-      rob(this,
-          params->numROBEntries, params->squashWidth,
-          params->smtROBPolicy, params->smtROBThreshold,
-          params->numThreads),
+      rob(this, params),
 
       scoreboard(params->numThreads,
                  TheISA::NumIntRegs, params->numPhysIntRegs,
diff -r 9d72fd83da40 -r 004a962d4cfb src/cpu/o3/rob.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/rob.hh	Thu Oct 17 11:54:32 2013 -0500
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/rob.hh	Thu Oct 17 11:54:53 2013 -0500
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 #include "base/types.hh"
 #include "config/the_isa.hh"
 
+struct DerivO3CPUParams;
+
 /**
  * ROB class.  The ROB is largely what drives squashing.
  */
@@ -91,16 +93,10 @@
 
   public:
     /** ROB constructor.
-     *  @param _numEntries      Number of entries in ROB.
-     *  @param _squashWidth     Number of instructions that can be squashed in a
-     *                          single cycle.
-     *  @param _smtROBPolicy    ROB Partitioning Scheme for SMT.
-     *  @param _smtROBThreshold Max Resources(by %) a thread can have in the ROB.
-     *  @param _numThreads      The number of active threads.
+     *  @param _cpu   The cpu object pointer.
+     *  @param params The cpu params including several ROB-specific parameters.
      */
-    ROB(O3CPU *_cpu, unsigned _numEntries, unsigned _squashWidth,
-        std::string smtROBPolicy, unsigned _smtROBThreshold,
-        ThreadID _numThreads);
+    ROB(O3CPU *_cpu, DerivO3CPUParams *params);
 
     std::string name() const;
 
diff -r 9d72fd83da40 -r 004a962d4cfb src/cpu/o3/rob_impl.hh
--- a/src/cpu/o3/rob_impl.hh	Thu Oct 17 11:54:32 2013 -0500
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/rob_impl.hh	Thu Oct 17 11:54:53 2013 -0500
@@ -49,20 +49,19 @@
 #include "cpu/o3/rob.hh"
 #include "debug/Fetch.hh"
 #include "debug/ROB.hh"
+#include "params/DerivO3CPU.hh"
 
 using namespace std;
 
 template <class Impl>
-ROB<Impl>::ROB(O3CPU *_cpu, unsigned _numEntries, unsigned _squashWidth,
-               std::string _smtROBPolicy, unsigned _smtROBThreshold,
-               ThreadID _numThreads)
+ROB<Impl>::ROB(O3CPU *_cpu, DerivO3CPUParams *params)
     : cpu(_cpu),
-      numEntries(_numEntries),
-      squashWidth(_squashWidth),
+      numEntries(params->numROBEntries),
+      squashWidth(params->squashWidth),
       numInstsInROB(0),
-      numThreads(_numThreads)
+      numThreads(params->numThreads)
 {
-    std::string policy = _smtROBPolicy;
+    std::string policy = params->smtROBPolicy;
 
     //Convert string to lowercase
     std::transform(policy.begin(), policy.end(), policy.begin(),
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@
         robPolicy = Threshold;
         DPRINTF(Fetch, "ROB sharing policy set to Threshold\n");
 
-        int threshold =  _smtROBThreshold;;
+        int threshold =  params->smtROBThreshold;;
 
         //Divide up by threshold amount
         for (ThreadID tid = 0; tid < numThreads; tid++) {