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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml index 7f0b9276ba..61c23f42df 100644 --- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml +++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml @@ -142,11 +142,13 @@ config: locks: true - # The maximum number of jobs to use when running `make` in parallel, - # always limited by the number of cores available. For instance: - # - If set to 16 on a 4 cores machine `spack install` will run `make -j4` - # - If set to 16 on a 18 cores machine `spack install` will run `make -j16` - # If not set, Spack will use all available cores up to 16. + # The maximum number of jobs to use for the build system (e.g. `make`), when + # the -j flag is not given on the command line. Defaults to 16 when not set. + # Note that the maximum number of jobs is limited by the number of cores + # available, taking thread affinity into account when supported. For instance: + # - With `build_jobs: 16` and 4 cores available `spack install` will run `make -j4` + # - With `build_jobs: 16` and 32 cores available `spack install` will run `make -j16` + # - With `build_jobs: 2` and 4 cores available `spack install -j6` will run `make -j6` # build_jobs: 16 |