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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Central location to configure which prefetch types we want to build
+ * into the simulator.  In the future, this should probably be
+ * autogenerated by some sort of configuration script.
+ */
+#define USE_TAGGED 1 //Be sure not to turn this off, it is also used for no
+                     //prefetching case unless you always want to use a
+                     //different prefetcher
+//#define USE_STRIDED 1
+//#define USE_GHB 1