diff --git a/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/AddressDecoder.scala b/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/AddressDecoder.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e937d60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/AddressDecoder.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// See LICENSE for license details.
+
+package uncore.tilelink2
+
+import Chisel._
+import scala.math.{max,min}
+
+object AddressDecoder
+{
+  type Port = Seq[AddressSet]
+  type Ports = Seq[Port]
+  type Partition = Ports
+  type Partitions = Seq[Partition]
+
+  val addressOrder = Ordering.ordered[AddressSet]
+  val portOrder = Ordering.Iterable(addressOrder)
+  val partitionOrder = Ordering.Iterable(portOrder)
+
+  // Find the minimum subset of bits needed to disambiguate port addresses.
+  // ie: inspecting only the bits in the output, you can look at an address
+  //     and decide to which port (outer Seq) the address belongs.
+  def apply(ports: Ports): BigInt = if (ports.size <= 1) 0 else {
+    // Every port must have at least one address!
+    ports.foreach { p => require (!p.isEmpty) }
+    // Verify the user did not give us an impossible problem
+    ports.combinations(2).foreach { case Seq(x, y) =>
+      x.foreach { a => y.foreach { b =>
+        require (!a.overlaps(b)) // it must be possible to disambiguate addresses!
+      } }
+    }
+    val maxBits = log2Ceil(ports.map(_.map(_.max).max).max + 1)
+    val bits = (0 until maxBits).map(BigInt(1) << _).toSeq
+    val selected = recurse(Seq(ports.map(_.sorted).sorted(portOrder)), bits)
+    selected.reduceLeft(_ | _)
+  }
+
+  // A simpler version that works for a Seq[Int]
+  def apply(keys: Seq[Int]): Int = {
+    val ports = keys.map(b => Seq(AddressSet(b, 0)))
+    apply(ports).toInt
+  }
+
+  // The algorithm has a set of partitions, discriminated by the selected bits.
+  // Each partion has a set of ports, listing all addresses that lead to that port.
+  // Seq[Seq[Seq[AddressSet]]]
+  //         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ set of addresses that are routed out this port
+  //     ^^^ the list of ports
+  // ^^^ cases already distinguished by the selected bits thus far
+  //
+  // Solving this problem is NP-hard, so we use a simple greedy heuristic:
+  //   pick the bit which minimizes the number of ports in each partition
+  //   as a secondary goal, reduce the number of AddressSets within a partition
+
+  val bigValue = 100000
+  def bitScore(partitions: Partitions): Int = {
+    val maxPortsPerPartition = partitions.map(_.size).max
+    val maxSetsPerPartition = partitions.map(_.map(_.size).sum).max
+    maxPortsPerPartition * bigValue + maxSetsPerPartition
+  }
+
+  def partitionPort(port: Port, bit: BigInt): (Port, Port) = {
+    val addr_a = AddressSet(0, ~bit)
+    val addr_b = AddressSet(bit, ~bit)
+    // The addresses were sorted, so the filtered addresses are still sorted
+    val subset_a = port.filter(_.overlaps(addr_a))
+    val subset_b = port.filter(_.overlaps(addr_b))
+    (subset_a, subset_b)
+  }
+
+  def partitionPorts(ports: Ports, bit: BigInt): (Ports, Ports) = {
+    val partitioned_ports = ports.map(p => partitionPort(p, bit))
+    // because partitionPort dropped AddresSets, the ports might no longer be sorted
+    val case_a_ports = partitioned_ports.map(_._1).filter(!_.isEmpty).sorted(portOrder)
+    val case_b_ports = partitioned_ports.map(_._2).filter(!_.isEmpty).sorted(portOrder)
+    (case_a_ports, case_b_ports)
+  }
+  
+  def partitionPartitions(partitions: Partitions, bit: BigInt): Partitions = {
+    val partitioned_partitions = partitions.map(p => partitionPorts(p, bit))
+    val case_a_partitions = partitioned_partitions.map(_._1)
+    val case_b_partitions = partitioned_partitions.map(_._2)
+    val new_partitions = (case_a_partitions ++ case_b_partitions).sorted(partitionOrder)
+    // Prevent combinational memory explosion; if two partitions are equal, keep only one
+    // Note: AddressSets in a port are sorted, and ports in a partition are sorted.
+    // This makes it easy to structurally compare two partitions for equality
+    val keep = (new_partitions.init zip new_partitions.tail) filter { case (a,b) => partitionOrder.compare(a,b) != 0 } map { _._2 }
+    new_partitions.head +: keep
+  }
+
+  // requirement: ports have sorted addresses and are sorted lexicographically
+  val debug = false
+  def recurse(partitions: Partitions, bits: Seq[BigInt]): Seq[BigInt] = {
+    if (debug) {
+      println("Partitioning:")
+      partitions.foreach { partition =>
+        println("  Partition:")
+        partition.foreach { port =>
+          print("   ")
+          port.foreach { a => print(s" ${a}") }
+          println("")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    val candidates = bits.map { bit =>
+      val result = partitionPartitions(partitions, bit)
+      val score = bitScore(result)
+      (score, bit, result)
+    }
+    val (bestScore, bestBit, bestPartitions) = candidates.min(Ordering.by[(Int, BigInt, Partitions), Int](_._1))
+    if (debug) println("=> Selected bit 0x%x".format(bestBit))
+    if (bestScore < 2*bigValue) {
+      if (debug) println("---")
+      Seq(bestBit)
+    } else {
+      bestBit +: recurse(bestPartitions, bits.filter(_ != bestBit))
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/Parameters.scala b/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/Parameters.scala
index 3c93e96b..6423db3c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/Parameters.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/uncore/tilelink2/Parameters.scala
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ object TransferSizes {
 // Base is the base address, and mask are the bits consumed by the manager
 // e.g: base=0x200, mask=0xff describes a device managing 0x200-0x2ff
 // e.g: base=0x1000, mask=0xf0f decribes a device managing 0x1000-0x100f, 0x1100-0x110f, ...
-case class AddressSet(base: BigInt, mask: BigInt)
+case class AddressSet(base: BigInt, mask: BigInt) extends Ordered[AddressSet]
 {
   // Forbid misaligned base address (and empty sets)
   require ((base & mask) == 0)
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ case class AddressSet(base: BigInt, mask: BigInt)
 
   // A strided slave serves discontiguous ranges
   def strided = alignment1 != mask
+
+  // AddressSets have one natural Ordering (the containment order)
+  def compare(x: AddressSet) = {
+    val primary   = (this.base - x.base).signum // smallest address first
+    val secondary = (x.mask - this.mask).signum // largest mask first
+    if (primary != 0) primary else secondary
+  }
+
+  // We always want to see things in hex
+  override def toString() = "AddressSet(0x%x, 0x%x)".format(base, mask)
 }
 
 case class TLManagerParameters(
@@ -185,6 +195,7 @@ case class TLManagerPortParameters(managers: Seq[TLManagerParameters], beatBytes
   def findFifoId(address: UInt) = Mux1H(find(address), managers.map(m => UInt(m.fifoId.map(_+1).getOrElse(0))))
   def hasFifoId(address: UInt) = Mux1H(find(address), managers.map(m => Bool(m.fifoId.isDefined)))
 
+  lazy val addressMask = AddressDecoder(managers.map(_.address))
   // !!! need a cheaper version of find, where we assume a valid address match exists
   
   // Does this Port manage this ID/address?