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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: how to speed up compilation
From:       Thomas Capricelli <capricel () enst ! fr>
Date:       1999-07-07 14:50:40
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>if you're using -pipe.  A good rule of thumb with x86 CPUs is -j[ncpus*2].
>'Course if you've got a processor/os that scales better, 2 could probably
>be increased.

	Indeed -j [ncpus*2] seems perfect for me if
		you have enough ram
		you use also -pipe (which save disk access but not all)

	I have a powerPC which I think scales much better. This is why I gave
such numbers as -j6 or -j7..

Thomas
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Thomas Capricelli	<capricel@enst.fr>
http://www.ecoledoc.lip6.fr/~capricel/

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