On 3/10/2016 10:53 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > Signed-off-by: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com> > --- > doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 4 +++- > scripts/validate-abi.sh | 13 ++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > index ae10a98..33b03a1 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst > @@ -469,11 +469,13 @@ utilities which can be installed via a package manager. > For example:: > > The syntax of the ``validate-abi.sh`` utility is:: > > - ./scripts/validate-abi.sh <REV1> <REV2> <TARGET> > + ./scripts/validate-abi.sh [-j[N]] <REV1> <REV2> <TARGET> > > Where ``REV1`` and ``REV2`` are valid gitrevisions(7) > https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitrevisions.html > on the local repo and target is the usual DPDK compilation target. > +The optional -j[N] switch enables parallel building with at most > +N simultaneous jobs, ie the same as -j option of ``make``. > > For example: > > diff --git a/scripts/validate-abi.sh b/scripts/validate-abi.sh > index c36ad61..f094582 100755 > --- a/scripts/validate-abi.sh > +++ b/scripts/validate-abi.sh > @@ -27,13 +27,20 @@ > # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE > # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > +case "$1" in > + -j*) > + MAKEJOBS="$1" > + shift > + ;; > +esac > + > TAG1=$1 > TAG2=$2 > TARGET=$3 > ABI_DIR=`mktemp -d -p /tmp ABI.XXXXXX` > > usage() { > - echo "$0 <REV1> <REV2> <TARGET>" > + echo "$0 [-j[N]] <REV1> <REV2> <TARGET>" > } > > log() { > @@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ log "INFO" "Configuring DPDK $TAG1" > make config T=$TARGET O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > > log "INFO" "Building DPDK $TAG1. This might take a moment" > -make O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > +make $MAKEJOBS O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > > if [ $? -ne 0 ] > then > @@ -214,7 +221,7 @@ log "INFO" "Configuring DPDK $TAG2" > make config T=$TARGET O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > > log "INFO" "Building DPDK $TAG2. This might take a moment" > -make O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > +make $MAKEJOBS O=$TARGET > $VERBOSE 2>&1 > > if [ $? -ne 0 ] > then >
This is something good to have. I also found following is also working, not sure if need to document in script: "MAKEFLAGS="-j32" ./validate-abi.sh X Y Z" And was just thinking if needs to address "-j N" usage (space after -j), it is your call. Other than this, Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>