README: Add build speed up tip in BUILD section.
PATCH 1/1 README: Add build speed up tip in BUILD section.
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 <[email protected]>
--- README | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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@@ -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
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1.7.0.4
Quoted 18 lines · Davidlohr Bueso
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<[email protected]>--- README | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)README +0
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README BUILD directory for the kernel: · line 160
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README +4
-0@@ -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.
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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