On 2015 Nov 13 (Fri) at 20:28:01 -0700 (-0700), Todd C. Miller wrote:
:On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:45:44 -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
:
:> > This patch changes the default setting to 1.5 *
:> > (number_of_cpus_in_system) instead, which I find better matches modern
:> > behaviour.
:>
:> A larger number is sensible in this position.
:>
:> I would propose 8. I don't agree with a calculation like that; the
:> amount of work a system can do should not be calculated like that.
:
:I think 8 is way to high. Isn't the point of batch to run things
:when the machine is mostly idle?
:
: - todd
:
my laptop currently has chrome with no javascript pages open, a torrent
client that is fully paused, and is running cvsync. My load is at 1.65. :/
I think 8 is much better, imho.
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