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From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:19:02 +0900, Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >      time(minutes) * speed(MHz) * nproc / 1000 MHz

Looking at your examples, it seems you divide by 1e5, not by 1000.  In
other words, buildworld is CPU bound and takes about 6e12 clock
cycles.  Use -j<nproc>.

Nick B