| 1 |
On 7/6/06, Piotr Pruszczak <p.pruszczak@××××××××.pl> wrote: |
| 2 |
> My question is, as this is dual-core processor - should I re-compile all |
| 3 |
> my world with "j3" option (it means j2+1 as I will have 1 more cpu) or not ? |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
No. The -j option only affects the time it takes to compile, by |
| 6 |
creating more threads during the compilation to use more processors. |
| 7 |
It has absolutely 0 effect on the generated code. |
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
However, you might want to investigate the USE flags nptl and nptlonly |
| 10 |
if you don't have them set already, and make sure your kernel supports |
| 11 |
SMP. |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
> and - on the other hand - in your opinion this cpu will became cheaper |
| 14 |
> in close future? |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
My crystal ball says that PC components get cheaper all the time, and |
| 17 |
you should just buy what you can afford when you need it. I think I |
| 18 |
paid about $900 for this exact CPU 7 months ago... :-< |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
-Richard |
| 21 |
-- |
| 22 |
gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list |
Archives