Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:05:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [TEST] make -j patch Message-ID: <20041116120515.J13866@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <80546.1100202141@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <80546.1100202141@critter.freebsd.dk>
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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
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