Re: make -jN world; how to determine optimal value of N?

[Ben Rosengart]

On 12 Nov 1999, Assar Westerlund wrote:

> Other than that, I think the
> `make -j4' suggested for a single CPU in the handbook is a fairly good
> approximation.

On what basis?  I usually use larger values, like 12, on the theory that
I have more than enough memory, and if there's free CPU, there should
always be a process available to use it.

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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