On 03/23/2012 02:37 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
Documentation suggests that the number of threads should actually be
*double* the number of cores.
A better clarification with be to mention threading since a quad-core
with hyperthreading enabled would be have 8 virtual cores.
Sau!
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day<rpj...@crashcourse.ca>
---
the yocto docs i've seen do suggest that the suggested number is
double the number of cores, unless that's wrong.
diff --git a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
index 5679c03..505ec67 100644
--- a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
#
#PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4"
#
-# For a quad-core machine, BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "4", PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 4"
would
+# For a quad-core machine, BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "8", PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 8"
would
# be appropriate for example.
#
rday
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