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From: Piotr Hosowicz on 13 Jun 2010 09:20 On 13.06.2010 15:10, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > Hi, > > IMHO the README file could benefit from GNU make's -j[N] option in BUILD section, as a general tip for users. > > Not entirely sure who deals with this file, so sending to Linus. > > Thanks. > > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso<dave(a)gnu.org> > --- > README | 5 +++++ > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/README b/README > index 737838f..fda7d52 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ BUILD directory for the kernel: > Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used then it must be > used for all invocations of make. > > + Depending on the system and configuration, building the kernel can > + take some time. To speed things up you can use GNU make's -j[N] option > + to specify the number of jobs to run simultaneously. The N value should > + be twice the amount of the machine's CPUs. I thought not CPUs but cores. -- Janusz Korwin-Mikke: "Idiota z dyplomem to taki sam idiota, jak przedtem - tylko z pretensjami." NP: Jeff Beck - Hip-Notica NB: 2.6.35-rc3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |