On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:59:22PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Tillman Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > * I built 4 kernels: 3 customized and GENERIC (see above for why)
> Note that kernels are forced into serial compilation anyway,
> so the -j flag has no effect on them. This test proba
Tillman Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * I built 4 kernels: 3 customized and GENERIC (see above for why)
Note that kernels are forced into serial compilation anyway,
so the -j flag has no effect on them. This test probably
spent a lot more time building kernels than the world, so it
doesn
Howdy,
Occasionally the question pops up on the questions@ list about what the
fastest -jX number is for a single CPU system. I had some spare time so
I tried out a small matrix of possibilities.
My conclusion is that using -jX at all is mostly a waste of time on
single CPU systems running -STABL
