From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263620AbTK2Crw (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:47:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263622AbTK2Crw (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:47:52 -0500 Received: from h24-76-142-122.wp.shawcable.net ([24.76.142.122]:36100 "HELO signalmarketing.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263620AbTK2Crv (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:47:51 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:47:54 -0600 (CST) From: Derek Foreman X-X-Sender: manmower@uberdeity To: Sam Ravnborg cc: Adam Kropelin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Parallel build not working since -test6? In-Reply-To: <200311282126.59634.sam@ravnborg.org> Message-ID: References: <02d801c3b474$e09e42a0$02c8a8c0@steinman> <200311282126.59634.sam@ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2003 00:27, Adam Kropelin wrote: > > Lately I've noticed my kernel compilations taking longer than usual. > > Tonight I finally realized the cause... Parallel building (i.e. make -jN) > > is no longer working for me. I traced it back and the last kernel it worked > > in was -test5. It ceased working in -test6. > It works for me, and for sure it works for most others. Otherwise I would > have seen lot of complaints like yours. > I recall one similar post, and the person in question used a homegrown > script that caused the problems. Well, this explains why 2.6.x builds so much slower here than it did a few kernels ago. make -j3 improves things. but currently, make -j2 doesn't use both my cpus. no scripts, just make -j2 bzImage