On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Kenneth R Westerback <kwesterb...@rogers.com> wrote: > 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.
it is one thing for the build to fail, but the guy said "the box hung", which indicates something is amiss.
