From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Cc: buildroot@uclibc.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] How to control make '-j' parallel job limit?
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 18:21:43 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10ltebn$ua0$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: aYI5ces8h1-KOmDJ@windsurf
On 2026-02-03, Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 04:38:13PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> How, from the command-line, do we control the '-j' value used by
>> buildroot when doing makes?
>>
>> We have BR2_JLIMIT set to 0 (auto), and most of the time it uses an
>
> I assume you're talking about BR2_JLEVEL.
[...]
> I must be confused by your question, because the answer is in the
> question itself: use BR2_JLEVEL. Set it to 8, and it will pass -j8
> when building packages.
Doh! My apologies. As you noticed, about one time out of three I seem
to type LIMIT instead of LEVEL, and they're visually similar enough
that I don't notice even after looking at the file repeatedly.
I apparently tested
make BR2_JLIMIT=3
instead of
make BR2_JLEVEL=3
Sorry for the noise.
--
Grant
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