Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:57:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kip Macy <kmacy@fsmware.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and "make -j# buildworld" usability Message-ID: <20061013115547.Y48550@demos.bsdclusters.com> In-Reply-To: <p06240809c1557be8c2c5@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20061013143130.GW491@dev.null.cz> <p06240809c1557be8c2c5@[128.113.24.47]>
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> > Some work is now being done so that -j can be reliably used on > 'make buildkernel', but I don't think that has been completed yet. For > now, my own opinion is that you're not going to save enough time with > -j on buildkernel to justify the amount of time you'll lose if it does > not work. That is my answer for today, but I expect -j for buildkernel > will be more reliable as time goes on. > Depends on the target. I've never had any problems with 'make -j6 buildkernel' when cross-compiling to sun4v from i386. -Kip
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