09-13-2018, 07:04 AM
Thank you for sharing you experience with the forum.
AFAIK the -j is related to how many jobs a computer can take. Suppose to have a I7 CPU, there could be 8 threads available . I suspect that the PC can't do more at once and it may cause unresponsiveness to the system. Unless we use to share the compilation load by distcc
(09-12-2018, 07:27 PM)kbungo Wrote: Compiling system image (~50 minutes at -j28)
AFAIK the -j is related to how many jobs a computer can take. Suppose to have a I7 CPU, there could be 8 threads available . I suspect that the PC can't do more at once and it may cause unresponsiveness to the system. Unless we use to share the compilation load by distcc
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