On ma, 2006-08-14 at 23:22 +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > >BUT... starting from -j4 (and upwards) the compile time suddenly goes to > >3.5 minutes! > > Nothing to do with the disks, it is a design flaw in the kernel build > system. If you want a useful parallel make using -j<n>, set <n> to 3, > 4 or 5 higher than the real number of parallel jobs that you want. The > exact value to add depends on which kernel tree you are building. See > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115553906404695&w=2 Okay, so it basically means I shouldn't worry here. Sorry for bothering, I couldn't come up with a proper search term...
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