On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:47:49 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > With the cooling system I currently have, I don't like to push it > > too much (a new watercooler should arrive tomorrow), but > > MAKEOPTS="-j16 -l10" appears to be a definite improvement over the > > old -j8 with no -l. > > I have it in two variables: > > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=8 --load-average=6" > MAKEOPTS="-j18" > > Will try your -l10 as well, that might make a difference, sure. The trouble with --load-average in emerge is that it is only checked as each ebuild is about to start, so you get the "load explosion" mentioned previously when many ebuilds start and once and then get into their compile phases. I'm using --jobs, with no value, in EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS and the -l10 for make seems to take care of the load very nicely (sorry about the pun there).
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