diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_memlat.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_memlat.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50ee8efb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_memlat.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/lmbench/bin/alphaev6-linux-gnu/lat_mem_rd 512 64
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/configs/boot/micro_syscall.rcS b/configs/boot/micro_syscall.rcS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e8e209c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/boot/micro_syscall.rcS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/benchmarks/micros/lmbench/bin/alphaev6-linux-gnu/lat_syscall null
+m5 exit
+
diff --git a/objects/SimConsole.mpy b/objects/SimConsole.mpy
index ab88db8c6..fb74f1775 100644
--- a/objects/SimConsole.mpy
+++ b/objects/SimConsole.mpy
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ simobj SimConsole(SimObject):
     intr_control = Param.IntrControl(Super, "interrupt controller")
     listener = Param.ConsoleListener("console listener")
     number = Param.Int(0, "console number")
-    output = Param.String('', "file to dump output to")
+    output = Param.String('console', "file to dump output to")
diff --git a/sim/process.cc b/sim/process.cc
index 4d860c51d..acc6762f8 100644
--- a/sim/process.cc
+++ b/sim/process.cc
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ LiveProcess::LiveProcess(const string &name, ObjectFile *objFile,
 
     // Set up region for mmaps.  Tru64 seems to start just above 0 and
     // grow up from there.
-    mmap_base = 0x10000;
+    mmap_start = mmap_end = 0x10000;
 
     // Set pointer for next thread stack.  Reserve 8M for main stack.
     next_thread_stack_base = stack_base - (8 * 1024 * 1024);
diff --git a/sim/process.hh b/sim/process.hh
index 817ab656c..3bcc65da6 100644
--- a/sim/process.hh
+++ b/sim/process.hh
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class Process : public SimObject
     Addr next_thread_stack_base;
 
     // Base of region for mmaps (when user doesn't specify an address).
-    Addr mmap_base;
+    Addr mmap_start;
+    Addr mmap_end;
 
     std::string prog_fname;	// file name
     Addr prog_entry;		// entry point (initial PC)
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ class Process : public SimObject
     {
         return ((data_base <= addr && addr < brk_point) ||
                 ((stack_base - 16*1024*1024) <= addr && addr < stack_base) ||
-                (text_base <= addr && addr < (text_base + text_size)));
+                (text_base <= addr && addr < (text_base + text_size)) ||
+                (mmap_start <= addr && addr < mmap_end));
     }
 
     virtual void syscall(ExecContext *xc) = 0;
diff --git a/sim/syscall_emul.hh b/sim/syscall_emul.hh
index 768bc3700..831708a21 100644
--- a/sim/syscall_emul.hh
+++ b/sim/syscall_emul.hh
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ mmapFunc(SyscallDesc *desc, int num, Process *p, ExecContext *xc)
 
     if (start == 0) {
         // user didn't give an address... pick one from our "mmap region"
-        start = p->mmap_base;
-        p->mmap_base += RoundUp<Addr>(length, VMPageSize);
+        start = p->mmap_end;
+        p->mmap_end += RoundUp<Addr>(length, VMPageSize);
     }
 
     if (!(flags & OS::TGT_MAP_ANONYMOUS)) {