Stroller wrote: > > On 3 Aug 2009, at 15:56, Dale wrote: >> But if he has a single CPU system, it won't matter that much. I have >> always heard that it should be set to number of CPU's plus 1. Mine is >> set to 2 since I have a single CPU rig. > > It should be set to at least the number of *cores*, not CPUs. > > Back in ye olde days one used to talk about MAKEOPTS in terms of the > number of CPUs, but that's when CPUs each had only one core. Now > mutli-core CPUs are common. > > You probably intended this, but I thought I should point it out, lest > any newcomers get confused. > > Stroller. > > >
You are right. I did mean "cores" not CPU's. Thanks for pointing that out. I do wish Google would send me copies of my emails. That's when I usually catch my boo boos. :/ Dale :-) :-)
