> > > So if it's consistently gcc that collapses to two threads, then > > something (maybe explicit settings, maybe dependencies, maybe yadda > > yadda) is telling make that only two jobs can run at the same time else > > they'll trip over each other. > > > > Could be a dev has hard-coded the "two jobs" rule to make those random > > crashes go away :-) Or maybe they found the problem, and that's why only > > two jobs can run in parallel. > > Not so. As I said last time: 'if I set -distcc and -j12 -l12, I get 12 > threads > in parallel'. >
Have you checked you're not limiting jobs in /etc/distcc/hosts? ie no '/2' after the IP address?
