Am 29.11.2011 12:08, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:36:08 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> Neil, you run a core-i7-2600 as well ... what is your current >> best-practise with that CPU, concerning the values of N and -l >> ... ? > > With the cooling system I currently have, I don't like to push it > too much (a new watercooler should arrive tomorrow), but > MAKEOPTS="-j16 -l10" appears to be a definite improvement over the > old -j8 with no -l.
I have it in two variables: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=8 --load-average=6" MAKEOPTS="-j18" and it doesn't push it much, even without any watercooling in there (and without that "K" in the cpu-name ...) Will try your -l10 as well, that might make a difference, sure. thx, Stefan
