On Monday 15 May 2006 11:23, Richard Collyer wrote: > The way I understand it is that 1 core would do this... > > compile .... read disk .... compile .... read disk ... compile > > It wont be reading when it is compiling and cant compile when its > reading so if you do -j 2 even on a single core machine it could do: > > compile .... read disk .... complile .... read disk ... compile > read disk .... complile .... read disk ... compile .... read disk > > Which means neither the CPU or the disks are idle resulting in faster > performance.
Thanks Richard + Bill I get it now. Presumably with faster disks, the lower the number of make processes you require. Ashley -- "If you do it the stupid way, you will have to do it again" - Gregory Chudnovsky _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
