Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:29:17 -0800 | | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | | Subject | Re: [Lse-tech] 7.52 second kernel compile |
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> Yes. Last time I tested, -pipe was _always_ a loser, and writing to > swap was measurably faster than writing to fs.
Yup, was a looser for me too. I have a vague random theory that things get blocked on pipe writes, thus causing more context switches. I have plans at some point to try the improved pipe stuff that Hubertus and others were working on, and see if that helps.
M.
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