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Malo

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 43

Optimization for quad core processor

HI.. i want to know if there is a flag to allow gcc to use 100% of the cpu.. I've got a intel quad core but i noticed that when gcc start to compile mi cpu utilization graph is well behind 50% threshold..

Thanks

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Optimization for quad core processor

Ιn /etc/makepkg.conf, set

MAKEFLAGS="-j5"

and you've finished.

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,285

Re: Optimization for quad core processor

Compile GCC to run with 4 or 8 threads?

Malo

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 43

Re: Optimization for quad core processor

Runni gcc with for threads.. It was a dummy question ? Next time i'll try to search a little bit deeper

Thanks