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From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: kernel module parallel build?
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On Sunday, November 04, 2012 2:53:02 pm Andre Oppermann wrote:
> On 22.10.2012 15:28, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 21, 2012 7:11:10 am Andre Oppermann wrote:
> >> What's keeping kernel modules from building in parallel with
> >> "make -j8"?
> >
> > They don't for you?  They do for me either via 'make buildkernel'
> > or the old method.
> 
> They do, but only partially.  Within a module the files are built
> in parallel.  However the module directories seem to be serialized.
> I'm a Makefile noob though.

Hmm, I certainly see the module directories being built in parallel.  Some of 
the make jobs may not be as obvious since links are silent (no output unless 
there is an error).

-- 
John Baldwin