From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave.bueso@gmail.com>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] README: Add build speed up tip in BUILD section.
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:10:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1276434639.16577.6.camel@cowboy> (raw)
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@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.
+
CONFIGURING the kernel:
Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
--
1.7.0.4
next reply other threads:[~2010-06-13 13:11 UTC|newest]
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2010-06-13 13:10 Davidlohr Bueso [this message]
2010-06-13 13:18 ` Piotr Hosowicz
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