On Thursday 27 January 2011 23:59:24 Mick wrote: > I'm running i7 Q 720 (4 cores, hyperthreaded) and have MAKEOPTS="-j9" > without any slowdown. One or two packages (like OpenOffice) will fail and > need -j=1 to emerge. Otherwise no noticeable drop in desktop > responsiveness. > > I have not set up portage niceness so it runs with default value. > > Given the above what shall I set --load-average as?
Not sure, I tested last night with a value of 12 and my system was still responsive. It depends, I think, on how well your system handles higher load. The best suggestion I can give is to actually test with values and see how well it responds. -- Joost
