diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml index 6e8c1905e8..37db99f4c9 100644 --- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml +++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml @@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ config: locks: true - # The default number of jobs to use when running `make` in parallel. - # If set to 4, for example, `spack install` will run `make -j4`. - # If not set, all available cores are used by default. - # build_jobs: 4 + # 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. + # build_jobs: 16 # If set to true, Spack will use ccache to cache C compiles. |