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Re: SMP configuration


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: SMP configuration
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:40:59 -0600
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On 05/17/2010 08:09 AM, Michael Menegakis wrote:
> On windows, probably because I had heard windows are very slow in
> creating new processes unlike UNIX, configuration is mindbogglingly
> slow.
> 
> I wonder if there's a way to run it SMP ..-ish..

How is SMP going to change the number of processes to be run?

Yes, windows can be mind-bogglingly slow, but recent autoconf has taken
strides to reduce the number of forks for some impressive speedups in
the time taken to run configure on windows.

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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