[distcc] Multi CPU machines

[Martin Pool]

On 19 Nov 2002, Jonas Jensen <jbj at knef.dk> wrote:
> > This patch is a solution to send more than one job at each
> > CPU. But the solution should go beyond that.  I think that the
> > dispatch should be completely dynamic. I see our dev environment
> > being composed of dev machines for developpers and compile farms
> > to speedup the compilation. These machines should be loaded with
> > compilation from all the developers at the same time, when they
> > run compilation.  But then, the spawned jobs should be sent
> > depending on the current load of each compilation server.  This
> > could be achieved if the server send an average of its load
> > before/after each compilation sent.  How hard would it be to
> > modify the distcc code so the server send the client the laodavg?

I do plan to improve the scheduler so that it can take into account
faster machines, SMP machines, and work arriving from different
clients.  However for the reasons in the FAQ I don't think sending the
load average to the client or to a central controller is a good
approach.  

-- 
Martin