On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 7:27 AM Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > On Friday, 12 May 2023 15:13:08 BST Mark Knecht wrote: > > > My opinion: load-average probably works, but we are misunderstanding > > the documentation. > > That's what bothers me the most - that I have a mental block somewhere. :( > > -- > Regards, > Peter.
Just for clarity, how are you measuring 'load average'? Just looking at what is reported in top or something else that takes stats? So if it's either a documentation issue, or an understanding the documentation issue, possibly set up a 'design of experiments' set of tests? For instance: 1) Pick 1 semi-large package that spawns a few extra jobs to get built 2) Remove the binaries from your system 3) Ensure all the source is prefetched 4) Build the package with no options measuring load-average Repeat 2 - 4 using a few different options: -j 1 -j1 --load-average=40 -j1 --load-aveeage=40.0 -j1 --load-average=4.0 -j1 --load-average=0.4 -j10 --load-average=0.4 etc., and see what happens?
