[mkgmap-dev] Memory limits for mkgmap and splitter

Fri Aug 7 14:02:48 BST 2009

Great, I'll keep an impatient eye at the mailinglist ;-)

Chris Miller wrote:
>> While you're on it, dare I ask to check if it's easy to do some stuff
>> in different threads? I notice that one core is at 100% almost
>> constantly while the harddisk is still far from being maxed-out. There
>> should be room to further speed things up a bit.
> 
> I've got 4 cores (8 with hyperthreading) so this is something I'm acutely 
> aware of. Watching my PC churn away at only 12.5% CPU for a few hours isn't 
> my idea or resources well spent! Unfortunately there's no quick win because 
> the XML parsing is very linear, but I have already been considering various 
> options and certainly plan to give them a try at some point. I've got quite 
> a few other improvements planned that'll come first though.
> 
> 
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