@@ -5818,17 +5818,20 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
desired splitting.
:term:`PARALLEL_MAKE`
- Extra options passed to the ``make`` command during the
- :ref:`ref-tasks-compile` task in order to specify
- parallel compilation on the local build host. This variable is
- usually in the form "-j x", where x represents the maximum number of
- parallel threads ``make`` can run.
+
+ Extra options passed to the build tool command (``make``,
+ ``ninja`` or more specific build engines, like the Go language one)
+ during the :ref:`ref-tasks-compile` task, to specify parallel compilation
+ on the local build host. This variable is usually in the form "-j x",
+ where x represents the maximum number of parallel threads such engines
+ can run.
.. note::
- In order for :term:`PARALLEL_MAKE` to be effective, ``make`` must be
- called with ``${``\ :term:`EXTRA_OEMAKE`\ ``}``. An easy way to ensure
- this is to use the ``oe_runmake`` function.
+ For software compiled by ``make``, in order for :term:`PARALLEL_MAKE`
+ to be effective, ``make`` must be called with
+ ``${``\ :term:`EXTRA_OEMAKE`\ ``}``. An easy
+ way to ensure this is to use the ``oe_runmake`` function.
By default, the OpenEmbedded build system automatically sets this
variable to be equal to the number of cores the build system uses.
@@ -5853,15 +5856,16 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
:term:`PARALLEL_MAKEINST`
- Extra options passed to the ``make install`` command during the
- :ref:`ref-tasks-install` task in order to specify
+ Extra options passed to the build tool install command
+ (``make install``, ``ninja install`` or more specific ones)
+ during the :ref:`ref-tasks-install` task in order to specify
parallel installation. This variable defaults to the value of
:term:`PARALLEL_MAKE`.
.. note::
- In order for :term:`PARALLEL_MAKEINST` to be effective, ``make`` must
- be called with
+ For software compiled by ``make``, in order for :term:`PARALLEL_MAKEINST`
+ to be effective, ``make`` must be called with
``${``\ :term:`EXTRA_OEMAKE`\ ``}``. An easy
way to ensure this is to use the ``oe_runmake`` function.