diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/rom_prefetcher/main.cc b/repos/os/src/server/rom_prefetcher/main.cc
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index 7f1552ff57..0000000000
--- a/repos/os/src/server/rom_prefetcher/main.cc
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-/*
- * \brief  ROM prefetching service
- * \author Norman Feske
- * \date   2011-01-24
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
- *
- * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
- * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
- */
-
-/* Genode includes */
-#include <root/component.h>
-#include <base/component.h>
-#include <base/log.h>
-#include <base/heap.h>
-#include <base/attached_rom_dataspace.h>
-#include <timer_session/connection.h>
-#include <base/session_label.h>
-
-namespace Rom_prefetcher {
-	class Rom_session_component;
-	class Rom_root;
-	struct Main;
-}
-
-
-volatile int dummy;
-
-
-static void prefetch_dataspace(Genode::Region_map &rm, Genode::Dataspace_capability cap)
-{
-	Genode::Attached_dataspace ds(rm, cap);
-
-	/*
-	 * Modify global volatile 'dummy' variable to prevent the compiler
-	 * from removing the prefetch loop.
-	 */
-
-	enum { PREFETCH_STEP = 4096 };
-	for (Genode::size_t i = 0; i < ds.size(); i += PREFETCH_STEP)
-		dummy += ds.local_addr<char>()[i];
-}
-
-
-class Rom_prefetcher::Rom_session_component : public Genode::Rpc_object<Genode::Rom_session>
-{
-	private:
-
-		Genode::Rom_connection _rom;
-
-	public:
-
-		/**
-		 * Constructor
-		 *
-		 * \param  filename  name of the requested file
-		 */
-		Rom_session_component(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Session_label const &label)
-		:
-			_rom(env, label.string())
-		{
-			prefetch_dataspace(env.rm(), _rom.dataspace());
-		}
-
-
-		/***************************
-		 ** ROM session interface **
-		 ***************************/
-
-		Genode::Rom_dataspace_capability dataspace() override { return _rom.dataspace(); }
-
-		void sigh(Genode::Signal_context_capability) override { }
-};
-
-
-class Rom_prefetcher::Rom_root : public Genode::Root_component<Rom_session_component>
-{
-	private:
-
-		Genode::Env &_env;
-
-		Rom_session_component *_create_session(const char *args) override
-		{
-			Genode::Session_label const label = Genode::label_from_args(args);
-
-			/* create new session for the requested file */
-			return new (md_alloc())
-				Rom_session_component(_env, label.last_element());
-		}
-
-	public:
-
-		Rom_root(Genode::Env &env, Genode::Allocator &md_alloc)
-		:
-			Genode::Root_component<Rom_session_component>(env.ep(), md_alloc),
-			_env(env)
-		{ }
-};
-
-
-struct Rom_prefetcher::Main
-{
-	Genode::Env &_env;
-
-	Genode::Attached_rom_dataspace _config { _env, "config" };
-
-	Genode::Sliced_heap _sliced_heap { _env.ram(), _env.rm() };
-
-	Rom_root _root { _env, _sliced_heap };
-
-	Main(Genode::Env &env) : _env(env)
-	{
-		Timer::Connection timer(_env);
-
-		_config.xml().for_each_sub_node("rom", [&] (Genode::Xml_node entry) {
-
-			typedef Genode::String<64> Name;
-			Name const name = entry.attribute_value("name", Name());
-
-			try {
-				Genode::Rom_connection rom(_env, name.string());
-				log("prefetching ROM module ", name);
-				prefetch_dataspace(_env.rm(), rom.dataspace());
-			} catch (...) {
-				error("could not open ROM module ", name);
-			}
-
-			/* yield */
-			timer.msleep(1);
-		});
-
-		/* announce server */
-		_env.parent().announce(_env.ep().manage(_root));
-	}
-};
-
-
-void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env) { static Rom_prefetcher::Main main(env); }
-
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/rom_prefetcher/target.mk b/repos/os/src/server/rom_prefetcher/target.mk
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-TARGET = rom_prefetcher
-SRC_CC = main.cc
-LIBS  += base