Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:14:42 +0100 From: Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port make index (was: Re: make -j$n buildworld : use of -j investigated) Message-ID: <opsh0mqsq98527sy@smtp.local> In-Reply-To: <20041125092855.GA64481@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41A2C5C0.3080908@yahoo.com> <2566.10.0.0.26.1101241872.squirrel@10.0.0.26> <41A3EA0F.3080500@yahoo.com> <41A58766.8030607@yahoo.com> <opsh0jp9ge8527sy@smtp.local> <20041125092855.GA64481@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 01:28:55 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:09:35AM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote: > >> Would all this work for 'make index' for the ports also? Or is this more >> io bound? >> I can't test this myself, because my laptop is to slow for making these >> tests any fun. > > Based on my tests, 'make index' is only faster with -j on smp machines > (the default is -j2, which only penalizes UP by a second or two, but > nearly halves the build time on an smp machine). But -j1 saves on mem usage on UP I presume, so it makes my workstation more useable while being 2 secs.faster. Is this set by an INDEX_JOBS make var in /etc/make.conf? Found it in /usr/ports/Makefile. Ronald. -- Ronald Klop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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