From 93ad02d8a78aafaabd99ce0018e60f019001d489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:24:53 -0600 Subject: ref-manual: Edits to PARALLEL_MAKE in the glossary. Fixed a typo and also added a bit of information to be sure the user understands this affects the local host. (From yocto-docs rev: 4111ac06276f2d1b134176683c0f4d446ba35ef9) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index d8e0d2b666..030c422c57 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -4833,10 +4833,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" PARALLEL_MAKE - Extra options that are passed to the - make command during the - do_compile task in order to specify - parallel compilation. + Extra options passed to the make + command during the do_compile task + in order to specify parallel compilation on the local + build host. This variable is usually in the form -j 4, where the number represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can @@ -4844,7 +4844,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" - If you development host supports multiple cores a good + If your development host supports multiple cores, a good rule of thumb is to set this variable to twice the number of cores on the host. If you do not set PARALLEL_MAKE, it -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf