I just built a new box with one of AMD's FX-8120 8-core processors and wanted to stress-test it a bit. I installed the Feb 6 amd64 snapshot, checked out a src tree, and had no trouble compiling GENERIC.MP. I tried compiling userland with "make -j8 build" and the box hung.
Before I go further in depth with troubleshooting, I'd just like to know if this "should" work properly on good hardware. If it's known not to work, I won't waste my (or the lists') time on figuring out why it's hanging. Also, is there a maximum number of make jobs that should work? I used to run 'make -j4 build" successfully on my previous 4-core system... Thanks for any feedback, -- Joe Gidi j...@entropicblur.com "You cannot buy skill." -- Ross Seyfried
