Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 12:12:22 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-connect.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: smp@freebsd.org, Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: Some SMP timing tests. Message-ID: <XFMail.971101121222.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <5168.878410338@time.cdrom.com>
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Hi Jordan K. Hubbard; On 01-Nov-97 you wrote: > > If you have a Makefile with 5 targets (e.g. 4 *.c files, 1 manpage), > > make can only create 5 jobs at once. Not surprising ;-) > > A good point, but this doesn't quite explain the behavior during > compiling things like libc, which has many targets which could be > parallelized. Didn't Sequent, during the early Symetry days do a lot of work in this area? Maybe somebody from nCUBE is reading this. They have done lots of work in this area too. --- If Microsoft Built Cars: Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car. Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313
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