On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 01:01:42PM -0500, Joe Gidi wrote: > 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 >
Sometimes it works and sometimes not. There are parts of the tree that have races. .... Ken
