I have recently been tracking stable from source and looking for ways to improve the time it takes to buildworld. I'm already using devel/cchace4 and option
I have seen some references on using tmpfs to leverage the speed of RAM. I have some questions about this as I am not sure if it will improve the process:
WITH_META_MODE=YESI have seen some references on using tmpfs to leverage the speed of RAM. I have some questions about this as I am not sure if it will improve the process:
- Is this still recommended? Most of references come from very old posts.
- Updating from source requires rebooting before installing world, which will result in loosing whatever is in RAM. How do you overcome this?
- Will the use of tmpfs undermine the performance of cchace and META_MODE?