> > > I'll bet that thing can compile like lightning. > > > > Oh yes. make -j9 is cool (The 2600K has 4 physical cores with hyperthreading so the > > OS sees 8 cores, and yes it gets faster for -j9 vs -j5 so HT does help). > > What do the numbers mean in that make -j command? > > -j5 -j7 etc...
Number of threads to use (it can compile that many files at once). Canonically it should be the number of processors plus 1, although on single-core systems "2" is usually slower than "1".