> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 11:37:47 -0800
> From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>

> >	I've moved to use /tmp in memory file system (BTW, I've
> >seen a great performance gain, specially when compiling).
> 
> Have you ever tried using the -pipe flag as a default build flag?  It
> should nullify any need to run mfs /tmp, at least for compiling.  I'd
> be curious if it makes a difference in your case.  (Is there any
> reason -pipe isn't default in sys.mk?  Does it use up *that* much more
> memory while building?)

Yes, absolutely!  Running cc -pipe uses about twice as much memory,
and most of it is an active part of the VM working set.  Machines
with small-ish memory size will loose badly with swap thrashing.

Gordon