diff -r f47462dc8063 -r 8bfda516e3e8 src/mem/simple_dram.hh
--- a/src/mem/simple_dram.hh	Fri Mar 07 23:12:27 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/mem/simple_dram.hh	Fri Mar 07 23:12:52 2014 +0000
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@
     void recordActivate(Tick act_tick, uint8_t rank, uint8_t bank);
 
     void printParams() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Used for debugging to observe the contents of the queues.
+     */
     void printQs() const;
 
     /**
diff -r f47462dc8063 -r 8bfda516e3e8 src/mem/simple_dram.cc
--- a/src/mem/simple_dram.cc	Fri Mar 07 23:12:27 2014 +0000
+++ b/src/mem/simple_dram.cc	Fri Mar 07 23:12:52 2014 +0000
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@
 }
 
 SimpleDRAM::DRAMPacket*
-SimpleDRAM::decodeAddr(PacketPtr pkt, Addr dramPktAddr, unsigned size, bool isRead)
+SimpleDRAM::decodeAddr(PacketPtr pkt, Addr dramPktAddr, unsigned size,
+                       bool isRead)
 {
     // decode the address based on the address mapping scheme, with
     // Ra, Co, Ba and Ch denoting rank, column, bank and channel,
@@ -573,13 +574,13 @@
             "Memory controller %s physical organization\n"      \
             "Number of devices per rank   %d\n"                 \
             "Device bus width (in bits)   %d\n"                 \
-            "DRAM data bus burst          %d\n"                 \
-            "Row buffer size              %d\n"                 \
+            "DRAM data bus burst (bytes)  %d\n"                 \
+            "Row buffer size (bytes)      %d\n"                 \
             "Columns per row buffer       %d\n"                 \
             "Rows    per bank             %d\n"                 \
             "Banks   per rank             %d\n"                 \
             "Ranks   per channel          %d\n"                 \
-            "Total mem capacity           %u\n",
+            "Total mem capacity (bytes)   %u\n",
             name(), devicesPerRank, deviceBusWidth, burstSize, rowBufferSize,
             columnsPerRowBuffer, rowsPerBank, banksPerRank, ranksPerChannel,
             rowBufferSize * rowsPerBank * banksPerRank * ranksPerChannel);
@@ -646,15 +647,11 @@
 
     // simply drop inhibited packets for now
     if (pkt->memInhibitAsserted()) {
-        DPRINTF(DRAM,"Inhibited packet -- Dropping it now\n");
+        DPRINTF(DRAM, "Inhibited packet -- Dropping it now\n");
         pendingDelete.push_back(pkt);
         return true;
     }
 
-   // Every million accesses, print the state of the queues
-   if (numReqs % 1000000 == 0)
-       printQs();
-
     // Calc avg gap between requests
     if (prevArrival != 0) {
         totGap += curTick() - prevArrival;
@@ -705,8 +702,6 @@
         accessAndRespond(pkt, 1);
     }
 
-    retryRdReq = false;
-    retryWrReq = false;
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -722,7 +717,7 @@
         // it is a split packet
         dram_pkt->burstHelper->burstsServiced++;
         if (dram_pkt->burstHelper->burstsServiced ==
-                                  dram_pkt->burstHelper->burstCount) {
+            dram_pkt->burstHelper->burstCount) {
             // we have now serviced all children packets of a system packet
             // so we can now respond to the requester
             // @todo we probably want to have a different front end and back