On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:14:39 -0400 Kevin Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We're thinking in terms of one machine with multiple cores here. What > about an environment with multiple machines (each possibly with > multiple cores). Now you have *many* more possibilities of where to > run compiles with -j. Consider (for example) distcc. It can be > configured to run build components on different machines > (configurable per machine as to how many). So now, the -j 10 or -j > 20 has more possibilities for distributing the load during the "make". > That makes sense. But because of what I found when looking at Gentoo about this, it should also work for a single machine with multiple cores. That seemed to be the experience of almost everyone there. And, boy, do they take this seriously. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
