Hi,

> 
> how do i get make -j to work with the /usr/src tree?
> it hits all and then gives up any other processes - should i set it
> as an environment variable?

What is the message ? "Too many processes, can't fork" or something like
that ?

In that case I think you should try 'make -j5' and then increment that
number. With 'make -j' it tries to use as many processes as possible, but on
some smaller machines it runs out of memory or processes.

> 
> -j

					Elmar

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