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-rw-r--r-- | handbook/introduction.xml | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | handbook/ref-variables.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/handbook/introduction.xml b/handbook/introduction.xml index 291ed5d214..7de74673fb 100644 --- a/handbook/introduction.xml +++ b/handbook/introduction.xml | |||
@@ -196,9 +196,14 @@ $ runqemu qemuarm | |||
196 | 196 | ||
197 | <para> | 197 | <para> |
198 | To build for other machines see the <glossterm><link | 198 | To build for other machines see the <glossterm><link |
199 | linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></glossterm> variable in build/conf/local.conf | 199 | linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></glossterm> variable in build/conf/local.conf. |
200 | which also contains other configuration information. The images/kernels built | 200 | This file contains other useful configuration information and the default version |
201 | by Poky are placed in the <filename class="directory">tmp/deploy/images</filename> | 201 | has examples of common setup needs and is worth |
202 | reading. To take advantage of multiple processor cores to speed up builds for example, set the | ||
203 | <glossterm><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link></glossterm> | ||
204 | and <glossterm><link linkend='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'>PARALLEL_MAKE</link></glossterm> variables. | ||
205 | |||
206 | The images/kernels built by Poky are placed in the <filename class="directory">tmp/deploy/images</filename> | ||
202 | directory. | 207 | directory. |
203 | </para> | 208 | </para> |
204 | 209 | ||
diff --git a/handbook/ref-variables.xml b/handbook/ref-variables.xml index a3590e1072..4beb0cf35f 100644 --- a/handbook/ref-variables.xml +++ b/handbook/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ | |||
66 | 66 | ||
67 | <glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm> | 67 | <glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm> |
68 | <glossdef> | 68 | <glossdef> |
69 | <para>Number of BitBake threads</para> | 69 | <para>The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time</para> |
70 | </glossdef> | 70 | </glossdef> |
71 | </glossentry> | 71 | </glossentry> |
72 | 72 | ||
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ | |||
483 | </glossdef> | 483 | </glossdef> |
484 | </glossentry> | 484 | </glossentry> |
485 | 485 | ||
486 | <glossentry id='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><glossterm>PARALLEL_MAKE</glossterm> | ||
487 | <glossdef> | ||
488 | <para>Extra options that are passed to the make command during the | ||
489 | compile tasks. This is usually of the form '-j 4' where the number | ||
490 | represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run.</para> | ||
491 | </glossdef> | ||
492 | </glossentry> | ||
493 | |||
486 | <glossentry id='var-PN'><glossterm>PN</glossterm> | 494 | <glossentry id='var-PN'><glossterm>PN</glossterm> |
487 | <glossdef> | 495 | <glossdef> |
488 | <para>Name of package. | 496 | <para>Name of package. |