From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 20:05:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718B316A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:05:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B6E43D3F for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:05:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 543FA72DD4; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51F1772DCB; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:05:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:05:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Poul-Henning Kamp In-Reply-To: <80546.1100202141@critter.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: <20041116120515.J13866@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <80546.1100202141@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST] make -j patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:05:56 -0000 On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > This patch makes the '-j' argument to make(1) become a global limit > on number of jobs launched for all submakes in the build. > > Today a "make -j 12" may start many more than 12 jobs because each > submake interprets the 12 without reference to other makes. Ah, this is the thing I've noticed with the rescue build where it create -j^2 jobs. :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org