From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RVPp6-0001g7-Pd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:42:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99C0321C10C; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A40321C0B4 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EA2FD846E2 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:39:31 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:39:33 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -j, make -j and make -l Message-ID: <20111129153933.06cc5107@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4ED4E285.5090801@xunil.at> References: <201111270927.57294.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20111127232108.08cbacfd@digimed.co.uk> <20111128092756.69cec4df@digimed.co.uk> <4ED3B878.9090301@xunil.at> <20111129110854.62d1033b@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <4ED4E285.5090801@xunil.at> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs103 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/qx26qyeD3vwnNB.4OTqmD3C"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 41865a1b-e29d-4459-9f1e-7b35d15fba40 X-Archives-Hash: 2a20dee9c9de951ab21151e2e98f5c9c --Sig_/qx26qyeD3vwnNB.4OTqmD3C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:47:49 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > With the cooling system I currently have, I don't like to push it > > too much (a new watercooler should arrive tomorrow), but > > MAKEOPTS=3D"-j16 -l10" appears to be a definite improvement over the > > old -j8 with no -l. =20 >=20 > I have it in two variables: >=20 > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=3D"--jobs=3D8 --load-average=3D6" > MAKEOPTS=3D"-j18" >=20 > Will try your -l10 as well, that might make a difference, sure. =20 The trouble with --load-average in emerge is that it is only checked as each ebuild is about to start, so you get the "load explosion" mentioned previously when many ebuilds start and once and then get into their compile phases. I'm using --jobs, with no value, in EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS and the -l10 for make seems to take care of the load very nicely (sorry about the pun there). --=20 Neil Bothwick If Satan ever loses his hair, there'll be hell toupee. --Sig_/qx26qyeD3vwnNB.4OTqmD3C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk7U/LkACgkQum4al0N1GQPg/wCcDB8MOv66tgVSHmtyHmjPGbLt L9oAoKWGOqFljpbeoax4IBawWl2WUi2b =qRgz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/qx26qyeD3vwnNB.4OTqmD3C--