On 3 Aug 2009, at 15:56, Dale wrote:
But if he has a single CPU system, it won't matter that much. I have
always heard that it should be set to number of CPU's plus 1. Mine is
set to 2 since I have a single CPU rig.
It should be set to at least the number of *cores*, not CPUs.
Back in ye olde days one used to talk about MAKEOPTS in terms of the
number of CPUs, but that's when CPUs each had only one core. Now mutli-
core CPUs are common.
You probably intended this, but I thought I should point it out, lest
any newcomers get confused.
Stroller.
