Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Branko Badrljica <brankob@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:52:42
Message-Id: 4A12AB8D.1060106@avtomatika.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges by Alex Alexander
1 Alex Alexander wrote:
2
3 > most packages build fine with a 768M tmpfs :)
4 > if you plan on compiling big stuff like gcc you'll need to make it
5 > larger or unmount it though.
6 >
7 >
8 With ext4 useable, is it still practicall to fiddle with thmfs for
9 building ?
10 Ext4 can be configured so that it defers writing for significant amounts
11 of time, which means that it should perform closer to tmpfs performance,
12 without headaches, associated with it.
13
14 Using aggressive settings might increase risk of data loss, but notebook
15 is by its nature battery backed and so prone to most of the issues...

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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges Branko Badrljica <brankob@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Managing CPU usage when doing emerges Alex Alexander <alex.alexander@×××××.com>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: Managing CPU usage when doing emerges Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>