[yocto] what's the proper value for BB_NUMBER_THREADS?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Christian Gagneraud wrote:

> On 30/10/11 15:32, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >    all the docs recommend twice the number of cores (AFAICT), yet the
> > template local.conf file suggests that, for a quad core, the value of
> > 4 would be appropriate.  shouldn't that say 8?  same with
> > PARALLEL_MAKE?
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> The Poky ref manual says (rule of thumb) x2 for BB_NUMBER_THREADS,
> and x1.5 for PARALLEL_MAKE.

  if that's the case, anyone object to my submitting a patch to
update local.conf.sample appropriately?

rday

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