diff -r f0451ad8fd69 -r b70e024130f7 src/base/framebuffer.hh
--- a/src/base/framebuffer.hh	Mon Jun 08 18:08:39 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/base/framebuffer.hh	Mon Jun 08 18:08:47 2015 +0100
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstdint>
 
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "base/compiler.hh"
+#include "base/cprintf.hh"
+#include "base/str.hh"
 #include "base/types.hh"
+#include "sim/serialize.hh"
 
 /**
  * Internal gem5 representation of a Pixel.
@@ -73,7 +78,6 @@
         lhs.padding == rhs.padding;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Configurable RGB pixel converter.
  *
@@ -208,6 +212,24 @@
     static const PixelConverter rgb565_be;
 };
 
+inline bool
+to_number(const std::string &value, Pixel &retval)
+{
+    uint32_t num;
+    if (!to_number(value, num))
+        return false;
+
+    retval = PixelConverter::rgba8888_le.toPixel(num);
+    return true;
+}
+
+inline std::ostream &
+operator<<(std::ostream &os, const Pixel &pxl)
+{
+    os << csprintf("0x%.08x", PixelConverter::rgba8888_le.fromPixel(pxl));
+    return os;
+}
+
 /**
  * Internal gem5 representation of a frame buffer
  *
@@ -219,7 +241,7 @@
  * corner. The backing store is a linear vector of Pixels ordered left
  * to right starting in the upper left corner.
  */
-class FrameBuffer
+class FrameBuffer : public Serializable
 {
   public:
     /**
@@ -234,6 +256,9 @@
 
     virtual ~FrameBuffer();
 
+    void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE;
+    void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp) M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE;
+
     /**
      * Resize the frame buffer.
      *
diff -r f0451ad8fd69 -r b70e024130f7 src/base/framebuffer.cc
--- a/src/base/framebuffer.cc	Mon Jun 08 18:08:39 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/base/framebuffer.cc	Mon Jun 08 18:08:47 2015 +0100
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@
 {
 }
 
+
+void
+FrameBuffer::serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
+{
+    SERIALIZE_SCALAR(_width);
+    SERIALIZE_SCALAR(_height);
+    SERIALIZE_CONTAINER(pixels);
+}
+
+void
+FrameBuffer::unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp)
+{
+    UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(_width);
+    UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(_height);
+    UNSERIALIZE_CONTAINER(pixels);
+}
+
 void
 FrameBuffer::resize(unsigned width, unsigned height)
 {
diff -r f0451ad8fd69 -r b70e024130f7 src/sim/serialize.cc
--- a/src/sim/serialize.cc	Mon Jun 08 18:08:39 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/sim/serialize.cc	Mon Jun 08 18:08:47 2015 +0100
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "base/framebuffer.hh"
 #include "base/inifile.hh"
 #include "base/misc.hh"
 #include "base/output.hh"
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@
 INSTANTIATE_PARAM_TEMPLATES(float)
 INSTANTIATE_PARAM_TEMPLATES(double)
 INSTANTIATE_PARAM_TEMPLATES(string)
+INSTANTIATE_PARAM_TEMPLATES(Pixel)
 
 
 /////////////////////////////