From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966302AbXDGTO0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 15:14:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966304AbXDGTO0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 15:14:26 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:49550 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S966302AbXDGTOZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Apr 2007 15:14:25 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX183S7xi+iE3Rz72vYZEAqgIn8As0xJTlmiOBDmGUC RW857EmaVpO8dh Subject: Re: Ten percent test From: Mike Galbraith To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Gene Heskett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Con Kolivas , Andrew Morton , ck list In-Reply-To: <20070407180818.GB23861@elte.hu> References: <200703290237.38777.kernel@kolivas.org> <20070406100333.GA19855@elte.hu> <200704071650.43905.kernel@kolivas.org> <200704071212.57401.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <20070407180818.GB23861@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:14:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1175973261.6288.2.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 20:08 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Gene Heskett wrote: > > (who the hell runs a 'make -j 200' or 50 while(1)'s in the real world? > > not many - and i dont think Mike tested any of these - Mike tested > pretty low make -j values (Mike, can you confirm?). Yes. I don't test anything more than make -j5 when looking at interactivity, and make -j nr_cpus+1 is my must have yardstick. -Mike