From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE30138010 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33C13E097D; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC53E08ED for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:16:50 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxKCi/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQU6HDMLIRMSDwUlN4gRwS2NGQFHgkhhA41+iA6FfohwgV6DE4FKAR8 X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxKCi/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQU6HDMLIRMSDwUlN4gRwS2NGQFHgkhhA41+iA6FfohwgV6DE4FKAR8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="5926452" Received: from 69-196-160-162.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.160.162]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2013 14:16:44 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:16:22 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:16:22 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is 'MAKEOPTS="--jobs --load-average=5"' silly? Message-ID: <20130327181622.GA29780@waltdnes.org> References: <87sj3jw63e.fsf@nyu.edu> <20130325222558.5f1d4871@digimed.co.uk> <87ppymuc5v.fsf@nyu.edu> <20130326083437.4d1c61e3@digimed.co.uk> <20130326165815.5fee2f50@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <87wqsssz4a.fsf@nyu.edu> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 82fd9de4-4dd7-4b57-bc3d-27dbea82fbbb X-Archives-Hash: 10c54a3b5daceb0e152aea20cc89def1 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 08:07:06PM +0530, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote > @Walter, I'm also on a dual core machine, and as per my observation > over long emerges, load doesn't cross 2.2. > I have also observed that if it is limited to 2, system seems to be > under utilized, because make checks the 1 minute average instead of 15 > minute average (well, it doesn't make sense otherwise). > > This could apply to bigger processors too, so if you want full > utilization, slightly extrapolate the load average limit. Say by > 20-30%. OK, I'll go with... MAKEOPTS="-j2 --load-average=3" -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications