[Buildroot] [PATCH next v8 5/6] docs/manual: add details about top-level parallel build support
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Fri Nov 29 14:43:01 UTC 2019
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> ---
> docs/manual/common-usage.txt | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt | 3 ++
> docs/manual/quickstart.txt | 8 ++---
> 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/docs/manual/common-usage.txt b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
> index a87980d4a2..2d315de440 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt
> @@ -347,6 +347,53 @@ Refer to the help text of this script for more details:
> utils/size-stats-compare -h
> ----------------
> +[[top-level-parallel-build]]
> +=== Top-level parallel build
> +
> +.Note
> +This section deals with a very experimental feature, which is known to
> +break even in some non-unusual situations. Use at your own risk.
> +
> +Buildroot has always been capable of using parallel build on a per
> +package basis: each package is built by Buildroot using +make -jN+ (or
> +the equivalent invocation for non-make-based build systems). The level
> +of parallelism is by default number of CPUs + 1, but it can be
> +adjusted using the +BR2_JLEVEL+ configuration option.
> +
> +Until 2019.02, Buildroot was however building packages in a serial
Committed to next after changing the version reference to Buildroot
2020.02, thanks.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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