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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:16:35 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: error making buildkernel
Message-ID:  <20020825111419.U23521-100000@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <3D67F466.5000108@owt.com>

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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Kent Stewart wrote:

KS> > does the same error occur if you omit the "-j 4" and do only
KS> > "make buildkernel" KERNCONF=GENERIC should be the default.
KS> >
KS> > Look at the handbook regarding the "j" Parameter:
KS> >
KS> > Be aware that this is still somewhat experimental,
KS> > and commits to the source tree may occasionally break this feature. If
KS> > the world fails to compile using this parameter try again without it
KS> > before you report any problems.
KS>
KS>
KS> It has also been my experience that on single cpu systems no "-j" runs
KS> as much as 10% faster on buildworlds.

Hmm, it depends ;-) According to my own experience, machines with modern
(damn fast ;) CPUs and moderately-fast IDE disks win 3-5 mins (8-12%) in
buildworld, possibly due to descreased total IO wait time...

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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