build: add a config option for passing the top-level make jobserver to packages that...

[openwrt/openwrt.git] / Config.in

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 403597804f09089ae01a51f27f6ff9159d2b7d79..36ca48881f5573e966167f544c1bf952cc67f839 100644 (file)
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -311,12 +311,21 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 
                  If you are unsure, select N.
 
+       config PKG_BUILD_USE_JOBSERVER
+               bool
+               prompt "Use top-level make jobserver for packages"
+               depends on PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL
+               default y
+               help
+                 This passes the main make process jobserver fds to package builds,
+                 enabling full parallelization across different packages
+
        config PKG_BUILD_JOBS
                int
                prompt "Number of package submake jobs (2-512)"
                range 2 512
                default 2
-               depends on PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL
+               depends on PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL && !PKG_BUILD_USE_JOBSERVER
                help
                  The number of jobs (-jX) to pass to packages submake.