Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:58:09 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Core Duo. SMP kernel but still only 50% load while using make on ports... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702081558090.26886@hymn08.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0702081538r6717ccadwe13d7f0c5b0ed5f5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Josh Carroll wrote: >> You know, it'd be cool if there were a knob in the ports framework that >> allowed port maintainers to specify this, something like PARALLEL_MAKE=yes >> in the Makefile ... >> >> Or is that a dumb idea for some reason I don't understand? > > I personally don't think it's a dumb idea at all. The problem is the > sheer volume of ports out there. I don't see why the hooks couldn't be > put in place, though, and let the port maintainers add to it slowly. > > Josh I agree with both you guys. Having this option would greatly reduce compile times which would be beneficial for everyone. -Garrett
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