[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 2/2] runqueue: Introduce load balanced task spawning

Alexander Kanavin alex.kanavin at gmail.com
Mon Aug 13 21:20:50 UTC 2018


2018-08-13 23:04 GMT+02:00 Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony at gmail.com>:
> To get most out of build host, bitbake now detects if the CPU workload is low.
> If so, additional tasks are spawned. Maximum 'dynamic' tasks are set by
> BB_NUMBER_THREADS_LOW_CPU.

So the best improvement is going from 114.5 minutes to 113.5 minutes?
I don't think it's worth the trouble. Maybe it's time to invest in 16
(or even 32!) core amd threadripper? :)

Alex



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