Hey folks,
I'm wondering if anyone has experimented with different values for
MAKEOPTS="-jx" on Athlon 64 X2's. The guides usually suggest # of
cores/processors plus one. Looking at "man make.conf" doesn't help much,
it just says "Suggested settings are between CPUs+1 and 2*CPUs+1". The
only thing "man make" mentions about the "-j" option is "If the -j
option is given without an argument, make will not limit the number of
jobs that can run simultaneously." I've also seen some mentions of -j9
by people with dual core systems elsewhere, indicating it drastically
speed up some emerges.
So this leaves me with several possibilities. There's -j3 (current
setting), -j5, -j (no limit), -j9, or some other random number. Any
suggestions/warnings/links would be appreciated.
Thanks,
PaulNM
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