diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index c194260..3102679 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@
 DisplayType display_type = DT_DEFAULT;
 const char* keyboard_layout = NULL;
 ram_addr_t ram_size;
+const char *mem_path = NULL;
+#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
+int mem_prealloc = 0; /* force preallocation of physical target memory */
+#endif
 int nb_nics;
 NICInfo nd_table[MAX_NICS];
 int vm_running;
@@ -1487,320 +1491,6 @@
 }
 
 /***********************************************************/
-/* ram save/restore */
-
-static int ram_get_page(QEMUFile *f, uint8_t *buf, int len)
-{
-    int v;
-
-    v = qemu_get_byte(f);
-    switch(v) {
-    case 0:
-        if (qemu_get_buffer(f, buf, len) != len)
-            return -EIO;
-        break;
-    case 1:
-        v = qemu_get_byte(f);
-        memset(buf, v, len);
-        break;
-    default:
-        return -EINVAL;
-    }
-
-    if (qemu_file_has_error(f))
-        return -EIO;
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int ram_load_v1(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
-{
-    int ret;
-    ram_addr_t i;
-
-    if (qemu_get_be32(f) != last_ram_offset)
-        return -EINVAL;
-    for(i = 0; i < last_ram_offset; i+= TARGET_PAGE_SIZE) {
-        ret = ram_get_page(f, qemu_get_ram_ptr(i), TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-        if (ret)
-            return ret;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-#define BDRV_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE 1024
-#define IOBUF_SIZE 4096
-#define RAM_CBLOCK_MAGIC 0xfabe
-
-typedef struct RamDecompressState {
-    z_stream zstream;
-    QEMUFile *f;
-    uint8_t buf[IOBUF_SIZE];
-} RamDecompressState;
-
-static int ram_decompress_open(RamDecompressState *s, QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    int ret;
-    memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
-    s->f = f;
-    ret = inflateInit(&s->zstream);
-    if (ret != Z_OK)
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int ram_decompress_buf(RamDecompressState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len)
-{
-    int ret, clen;
-
-    s->zstream.avail_out = len;
-    s->zstream.next_out = buf;
-    while (s->zstream.avail_out > 0) {
-        if (s->zstream.avail_in == 0) {
-            if (qemu_get_be16(s->f) != RAM_CBLOCK_MAGIC)
-                return -1;
-            clen = qemu_get_be16(s->f);
-            if (clen > IOBUF_SIZE)
-                return -1;
-            qemu_get_buffer(s->f, s->buf, clen);
-            s->zstream.avail_in = clen;
-            s->zstream.next_in = s->buf;
-        }
-        ret = inflate(&s->zstream, Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH);
-        if (ret != Z_OK && ret != Z_STREAM_END) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void ram_decompress_close(RamDecompressState *s)
-{
-    inflateEnd(&s->zstream);
-}
-
-#define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_FULL	0x01
-#define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS	0x02
-#define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_MEM_SIZE	0x04
-#define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE	0x08
-#define RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS	0x10
-
-static int is_dup_page(uint8_t *page, uint8_t ch)
-{
-    uint32_t val = ch << 24 | ch << 16 | ch << 8 | ch;
-    uint32_t *array = (uint32_t *)page;
-    int i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < (TARGET_PAGE_SIZE / 4); i++) {
-        if (array[i] != val)
-            return 0;
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-static int ram_save_block(QEMUFile *f)
-{
-    static ram_addr_t current_addr = 0;
-    ram_addr_t saved_addr = current_addr;
-    ram_addr_t addr = 0;
-    int found = 0;
-
-    while (addr < last_ram_offset) {
-        if (cpu_physical_memory_get_dirty(current_addr, MIGRATION_DIRTY_FLAG)) {
-            uint8_t *p;
-
-            cpu_physical_memory_reset_dirty(current_addr,
-                                            current_addr + TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
-                                            MIGRATION_DIRTY_FLAG);
-
-            p = qemu_get_ram_ptr(current_addr);
-
-            if (is_dup_page(p, *p)) {
-                qemu_put_be64(f, current_addr | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS);
-                qemu_put_byte(f, *p);
-            } else {
-                qemu_put_be64(f, current_addr | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE);
-                qemu_put_buffer(f, p, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-            }
-
-            found = 1;
-            break;
-        }
-        addr += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-        current_addr = (saved_addr + addr) % last_ram_offset;
-    }
-
-    return found;
-}
-
-static uint64_t bytes_transferred = 0;
-
-static ram_addr_t ram_save_remaining(void)
-{
-    ram_addr_t addr;
-    ram_addr_t count = 0;
-
-    for (addr = 0; addr < last_ram_offset; addr += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE) {
-        if (cpu_physical_memory_get_dirty(addr, MIGRATION_DIRTY_FLAG))
-            count++;
-    }
-
-    return count;
-}
-
-uint64_t ram_bytes_remaining(void)
-{
-    return ram_save_remaining() * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-}
-
-uint64_t ram_bytes_transferred(void)
-{
-    return bytes_transferred;
-}
-
-uint64_t ram_bytes_total(void)
-{
-    return last_ram_offset;
-}
-
-static int ram_save_live(QEMUFile *f, int stage, void *opaque)
-{
-    ram_addr_t addr;
-    uint64_t bytes_transferred_last;
-    double bwidth = 0;
-    uint64_t expected_time = 0;
-
-    if (cpu_physical_sync_dirty_bitmap(0, TARGET_PHYS_ADDR_MAX) != 0) {
-        qemu_file_set_error(f);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (stage == 1) {
-        bytes_transferred = 0;
-
-        /* Make sure all dirty bits are set */
-        for (addr = 0; addr < last_ram_offset; addr += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE) {
-            if (!cpu_physical_memory_get_dirty(addr, MIGRATION_DIRTY_FLAG))
-                cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty(addr);
-        }
-
-        /* Enable dirty memory tracking */
-        cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_tracking(1);
-
-        qemu_put_be64(f, last_ram_offset | RAM_SAVE_FLAG_MEM_SIZE);
-    }
-
-    bytes_transferred_last = bytes_transferred;
-    bwidth = qemu_get_clock_ns(rt_clock);
-
-    while (!qemu_file_rate_limit(f)) {
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = ram_save_block(f);
-        bytes_transferred += ret * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-        if (ret == 0) /* no more blocks */
-            break;
-    }
-
-    bwidth = qemu_get_clock_ns(rt_clock) - bwidth;
-    bwidth = (bytes_transferred - bytes_transferred_last) / bwidth;
-
-    /* if we haven't transferred anything this round, force expected_time to a
-     * a very high value, but without crashing */
-    if (bwidth == 0)
-        bwidth = 0.000001;
-
-    /* try transferring iterative blocks of memory */
-    if (stage == 3) {
-        /* flush all remaining blocks regardless of rate limiting */
-        while (ram_save_block(f) != 0) {
-            bytes_transferred += TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-        }
-        cpu_physical_memory_set_dirty_tracking(0);
-    }
-
-    qemu_put_be64(f, RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS);
-
-    expected_time = ram_save_remaining() * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE / bwidth;
-
-    return (stage == 2) && (expected_time <= migrate_max_downtime());
-}
-
-static int ram_load_dead(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
-{
-    RamDecompressState s1, *s = &s1;
-    uint8_t buf[10];
-    ram_addr_t i;
-
-    if (ram_decompress_open(s, f) < 0)
-        return -EINVAL;
-    for(i = 0; i < last_ram_offset; i+= BDRV_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE) {
-        if (ram_decompress_buf(s, buf, 1) < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error while reading ram block header\n");
-            goto error;
-        }
-        if (buf[0] == 0) {
-            if (ram_decompress_buf(s, qemu_get_ram_ptr(i),
-                                   BDRV_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE) < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Error while reading ram block address=0x%08" PRIx64, (uint64_t)i);
-                goto error;
-            }
-        } else {
-        error:
-            printf("Error block header\n");
-            return -EINVAL;
-        }
-    }
-    ram_decompress_close(s);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
-{
-    ram_addr_t addr;
-    int flags;
-
-    if (version_id == 1)
-        return ram_load_v1(f, opaque);
-
-    if (version_id == 2) {
-        if (qemu_get_be32(f) != last_ram_offset)
-            return -EINVAL;
-        return ram_load_dead(f, opaque);
-    }
-
-    if (version_id != 3)
-        return -EINVAL;
-
-    do {
-        addr = qemu_get_be64(f);
-
-        flags = addr & ~TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
-        addr &= TARGET_PAGE_MASK;
-
-        if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_MEM_SIZE) {
-            if (addr != last_ram_offset)
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
-        if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_FULL) {
-            if (ram_load_dead(f, opaque) < 0)
-                return -EINVAL;
-        }
-
-        if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS) {
-            uint8_t ch = qemu_get_byte(f);
-            memset(qemu_get_ram_ptr(addr), ch, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-        } else if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_PAGE)
-            qemu_get_buffer(f, qemu_get_ram_ptr(addr), TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
-    } while (!(flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_EOS));
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/***********************************************************/
 /* machine registration */
 
 static QEMUMachine *first_machine = NULL;