Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753560Ab0FMNL3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:11:29 -0400 Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com ([66.33.216.122]:53572 "EHLO hapkido.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753499Ab0FMNL2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:11:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add build speed up tip in BUILD section. From: Davidlohr Bueso Reply-To: dave.bueso@gmail.com To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:10:39 -0400 Message-ID: <1276434639.16577.6.camel@cowboy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1188 Lines: 39 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 --- README | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 737838f..fda7d52 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/