Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 20:51:14 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: phk@freebsd.org Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Making world on an SMP system. Message-ID: <199710021851.UAA18569@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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Hi I am a recent convert to the world of SMP. Much of what I do on this board (a Giga-Byte GA586DX w 2xP5/200) is a _helluva_ lot easier, now that the load average is a bit more reasonable. (I do real number- crunching here :-) ). One thing that I have found to be frought with danger is large makes and "make -j N" (N an int). EG: make -j2 world usually falls over in a couple of minutes. It seems 1) either the dependancies are not SMP-friendly, or 2) make is broken. I suspect 1). Is this a known "thing"? Is anyone working on it? ISTR that PHK was into massively parallel makes a few years ago (?). Are you (PHK) still doing stuff there? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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