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@@ -215,6 +215,38 @@ menu "Global build settings"
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Enable IPV6 support in packages (passes --enable-ipv6 to configure scripts).
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+ config PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL
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+ bool
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+ prompt "Compile certain packages parallelized"
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+ default n
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+ help
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+ This adds a -jX option to certain packages that are known to
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+ behave well for parallel build.
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+
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+ Note that this may overcommit CPU resources depending on the
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+ -j level of the main make process, the number of package
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+ submake jobs selected below and the number of actual CPUs present.
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+ Example: If the main make is passed a -j4 and the submake -j
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+ is also set to 4, we may end up with 16 parallel make processes
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+ in the worst case.
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+
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+ You get maximum build performance, if you set the package build
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+ jobs to the number of CPUs (cores) available and also start the main
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+ make process with -jX, where X is the number of CPUs (cores).
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+ However, make sure you have enough RAM available for
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+ NR_CPUS to the power of two (NR_CPUS^2) make jobs.
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+
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+ If you are unsure, select N.
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+
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+ config PKG_BUILD_JOBS
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+ int
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+ prompt "Number of package submake jobs (2-512)"
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+ range 2 512
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+ default 2
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+ depends on PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL
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+ help
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+ The number of jobs (-jX) to pass to packages submake.
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+
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comment "Stripping options"
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choice
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Michael Büsch