[Buildroot] [PATCH 7/7] automatically set PARALLEL_JOBS when BR2_JLEVEL is 0
Nathan Lynch
ntl at pobox.com
Wed Jun 13 23:44:01 UTC 2012
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 01:27 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 06/12/12 04:09, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> > When BR2_JLEVEL is 0, set PARALLEL_JOBS to the number of CPUs
> > detected. This allows one to more or less fully utilize the host
> > system without manually tuning the configuration.
>
> In my experience, you need 2 times the number of CPUs to fully utilize
> the processor because most compilations have long iowait latencies.
Yeah. I'm happy to make this change, assuming others agree?
Thanks for having a look!
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