Re: md mirror / ext3 / dual core performance strange phenomenon?

From: Erik Slagter
Date: Mon Aug 14 2006 - 09:23:38 EST


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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