It's been a productive day today. TIL (Today I Learned)... 1) Turning off "hyperthreads" in the BIOS, and getting a more secure system, without noticable speed impact.
2) Turning off "TurboBoost" in the BIOS. Yes, boost will speed up short bursts like compiling the kernel by going to a ridiculous frequency. But anything with longer duration (e.g. a long emerge update world) will overheat the cpu. Better to keep to a moderate, but sustainable, frequency. 3) On my 6-core system, "make -j 5" cuts down kernel compile times to under 5 minutes flat (Thanks Michael) -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you
