Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:37:33 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> Cc: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl>, Andy Greenwood <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upper limit on make -j ? Message-ID: <474D28CD.2050802@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20071127161036.L1233@numail.brianwhalen.net> References: <bef9a7920711270025k73cfd90i4d3abe3c6eab6160@mail.gmail.com> <474C3A12.9040107@gmail.com> <200711271657.00637.pieter@degoeje.nl> <474CA4E7.9060401@cran.org.uk> <20071127161036.L1233@numail.brianwhalen.net>
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Brian wrote: > Isn't 1000 an unrealistically high value? > > Brian On a system with only 2 cores and 2GB RAM - yes. I'm not sure that even with a huge number of cores you'd get much benefit from running such a massively parallel make, unless the build system is more intelligent than I think it is. -- Bruce
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