From 0f902628faf203e7a40748aac622b24c31685c25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:21:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Edits to PARALLEL_MAKE variable. Added a note indicating that the variable might be cleared out if there are problems running Make. (From yocto-docs rev: 861921b86c48de2267ccd32ab3f3424a98eb8ed1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 5f82602f1d..1f49351f6e 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3751,14 +3751,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" PARALLEL_MAKE - Extra options that are passed to the + + Extra options that are passed to the make command during the do_compile task in order to specify parallel compilation. - This variable is usually in the form -j 4, where the number - represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run. - If you development host supports multiple cores a good rule of thumb is to set - this variable to twice the number of cores on the host. + This variable is usually in the form + -j 4, where the number + represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can + run. + If you development host supports multiple cores a good + rule of thumb is to set this variable to twice the number + of cores on the host. + + Individual recipes might clear out this variable if + the software being built has problems running its + make process in parallel. + +