Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:16:42 -0500 (EST) From: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> To: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make -jN world; how to determine optimal value of N? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911111815450.99311-100000@penelope.skunk.org> In-Reply-To: <5lzowk7hvl.fsf@foo.sics.se>
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On 12 Nov 1999, Assar Westerlund wrote: > Other than that, I think the > `make -j4' suggested for a single CPU in the handbook is a fairly good > approximation. On what basis? I usually use larger values, like 12, on the theory that I have more than enough memory, and if there's free CPU, there should always be a process available to use it. -- Ben Rosengart UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group StarMedia Network, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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