Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:30:29 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christoffer_Str=F6mblad?= <cs@wa-sp.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling utilizing multiple CPUs Message-ID: <4EA98CBC-8BE3-4195-82A7-3E63C0D70593@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <478BF671.7010104@wa-sp.com> References: <478BF671.7010104@wa-sp.com>
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On Jan 14, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Christoffer Str=F6mblad wrote: > Having looked through much of the available documentation one thing > continues to elude me... Is it possible to specify globally how many > CPUs are available when compiling a port? When I compile a port now it > seems as if only one CPU is used, even though more are available. The quality of the Makefiles or similar used by individual ports =20 varies, and many of them are not safe to compile in a multithreaded =20 fashion. You can set "MAKEFLAGS=3D-j3" or similar in your environment, =20= but it's really not recommended. --=20 -Chuck
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