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

[Andreas Müller]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Alexander Kanavin
<alex.kanavin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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? :)
>
Indeed - but I have to wait till next holiday to assemble such kind of machine.

I still can't believe the results are that disappointing...

Andreas