On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:32:33AM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> Note, I didn't add *any* extra -j options ... just "make".  The extact
> process I followed was:
> 
> 	make depend && make clean
> 	reboot
> 	time make
> 	make clean
> 	reboot into 4MB kernel
> 	time make

Ok, with this test I get the same results as you. Looks like 16 procs is too
much for a PC :)
> 
>  > Sure, I guess for such patterns the gain can be big. Maybe also for buffer
>  > cache pages ?
> 
> Buffer cache pages are problematic -- pagemove().

Ok, I see.

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