On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 08:07:06PM +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote > @Walter, I'm also on a dual core machine, and as per my observation > over long emerges, load doesn't cross 2.2. > I have also observed that if it is limited to 2, system seems to be > under utilized, because make checks the 1 minute average instead of 15 > minute average (well, it doesn't make sense otherwise). > > This could apply to bigger processors too, so if you want full > utilization, slightly extrapolate the load average limit. Say by > 20-30%.
OK, I'll go with... MAKEOPTS="-j2 --load-average=3" -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
