diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in index e15ce87..d1d7750 100644 --- a/Config.in +++ b/Config.in @@ -453,15 +453,20 @@ depends on !BOOK_BLFS menu "Parallelism settings" if HAVE_NPROC config ALL_CORES - bool "Use all cores as in new books (say n for old books)" + bool "Use all cores" default y help - Use book instructions as written for parallelism since version - r12.0-87 included. If you answer no, then jhalfs will fall back - to a static number of cores, defined below. If you answer y, and - your system supports it, you'll be asked for a cpu set to use. - There is no detection of book version. If the book version - is lower than r12.0-87, say no! + If you answer y, MAKEFLAGS will be set to "-j$(nproc)" at the + beginning of each package script, and book instructions will not + be changed otherwise. This will run the scripts with the same + settings as in the book since version r12.0-87 included. Before + that version, this will run the builds with all cores, but some + test suites may still be run sequentially. You'll be asked for + a CPU set to use, so that the number of jobs can still be limited + in this way (useful for measuring SBU values at -j4, for + example). + If you answer n, then jhalfs will fall back to a static number + of cores, defined below. if ALL_CORES && HAVE_CGROUP config CPUSET