Could just as easily launch N sub-processes from run-tests.php as well.
I compile php in a VM with -j 40 on a dual core VM powered by quad core chip...
The number of simultaneous tests doesn't need to line up with CPU counts...
-Clint
On Oct 18, 2012, at 7:28 AM, "Pierre Joye" wrote:
> hi!
>
hi!
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:41 PM, zoe slattery wrote:
> Nuno - just a PS to the last note. It is (mainly) the task allocation across
> processors which means that running tests in parallel on a 4-way machine is
> not 4 times as fast as running them in sequence.
>
> Here are some results from a
