Intel Core Duo. SMP kernel but still only 50% load while using
make on ports...
Josh Carroll
josh.carroll at gmail.com
Thu Feb 8 23:38:34 UTC 2007
> You know, it'd be cool if there were a knob in the ports framework that
> allowed port maintainers to specify this, something like PARALLEL_MAKE=yes
> in the Makefile ...
>
> Or is that a dumb idea for some reason I don't understand?
I personally don't think it's a dumb idea at all. The problem is the
sheer volume of ports out there. I don't see why the hooks couldn't be
put in place, though, and let the port maintainers add to it slowly.
Josh
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