prefetch

CakePHP + HTML5 Prefething = Logging Out

After adding HTML5 Prefetch links to head section of default.ctp, all firefox users (in CakePHP application im working on) are keep getting logged out after next page refresh. Any ideas how to make CakePHP prefetch-friendly? Here is example prefetch links placed inside head of the page: <link rel="prefetch" href="/" /> <link rel="prefe...

Windows XP prefetcher registry values

Hi, I have been investigating the windows Prefetching system hoping to find a way to speed up the load time of an application I am working on. I found the following link where a developer describes modifications to the prefetcher registry values: http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/improving-cold-startup I have made similar modifications lo...

How do I prefetch a pointer in C, targeting AMD Opteron 6168?

I am writing a multi-threaded program in C where one core periodically grabs an item from the head of a linked list while other cores append items to the back of the list (using CAS magic for thread safety, someone else provided that for me). It appears that my program will run faster if the core taking an item from the head of the list...

prefetch distance and degre of prefetch

what is the difference between prefetch distance and degree of prefetching? ...