Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:49:00 +1030 From: Matt Thyer <matt.thyer@gmail.com> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kevin Mai <kma@mrecic.gov.ar> Subject: Re: Multithread Make in multicore server Message-ID: <AANLkTi=pR51zYoukRE-iU=JeM2vK9sJvUJgpk0N2Df0E@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47E32F6D-498C-4706-8AD6-355F9BD7887C@FreeBSD.org> References: <7459633.69735.1286214361816.JavaMail.root@mrelmx10.mrec.ar> <47E32F6D-498C-4706-8AD6-355F9BD7887C@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5 October 2010 04:53, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 4 Oct 2010, at 18:46, Kevin Mai wrote: > > I see that there's no multithreading when running make.. is there a way > to enable multiprocessing when running make? > > Try 'make -j16 buildworld'. 16 is the maximum number of parallels processes > that make is going to run. > Try -j32 or even -j48 and let us know which is faster. -j16 will still show lots of idle time.
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