[Gllug] machine load testing

[Andrew Halliwell]

> Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> 
> > adjust the -j to taste depending on memory. 10 is about right to push the
> > ram past 128meg. 20 should be enough for quite a lot, 30 is getting to the
> > point where ulimits get in the way.
> 
> Just for fun I tried the kernel thing anyhow, I started at -j 10 and it 
> wasn't very exciting, then -j 15, 20 30 and I got bored so I just tried 
> a make -j 50 bzImage and managed to get the load average to 51.46. The 
> box still didn't swap though, so it didn't really hammer the machine 
> enough I feel.

Try that with make modules...
:)
I've seen loads of 60+ with -j20 on modules.

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