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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/automake.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/openssl.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/perl.xml | 2 |
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/automake.xml b/chapter08/automake.xml index 4fc1bd277..5d7541049 100644 --- a/chapter08/automake.xml +++ b/chapter08/automake.xml @@ -53,11 +53,14 @@ <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - <para> Using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on systems with - only one processor, due to internal delays in individual tests. To test + <para>Using four parallel jobs speeds up the tests, even on systems with + less logical cores, due to internal delays in individual tests. To test the results, issue:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="test">make -j4 check</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="test">make <replaceable>-j$(($(nproc)>4?$(nproc):4))</replaceable> check</userinput></screen> + + <para>Replace <replaceable>$((...))</replaceable> with the number of + logical cores you want to use if you don't want to use all.</para> <para>The test t/subobj.sh is known to fail.</para> diff --git a/chapter08/openssl.xml b/chapter08/openssl.xml index 6a4441552..25295f056 100644 --- a/chapter08/openssl.xml +++ b/chapter08/openssl.xml @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ <para>To test the results, issue:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="test">HARNESS_JOBS=<replaceable>$(nproc)</replaceable> make test</userinput></screen> <para>One test, 30-test_afalg.t, is known to fail if the host kernel does not have <option>CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER</option> enabled, diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml index d3159595c..2bb849645 100644 --- a/chapter08/perl.xml +++ b/chapter08/perl.xml @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results (approximately 11 SBU), issue:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="test">TEST_JOBS=$(nproc) make test_harness</userinput></screen> <para>Install the package and clean up:</para> |