On 09.03.2015, Martin Cigorraga wrote: > Just a minor clarification: when compiling, the -j flag should point to a > unit above your available cores in order to fully utilize all of them.
Curious what would happen, I remembered this mail when compiling a new kernel today. A "nice -n 19 make -j" opened *hundreds* of cc incarnations, pushed the load to over 800 and seriously blocked the machine (an 8-core Xeon with 16 GB of RAM) within *seconds*! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
