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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
<glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm>
<glossdef>
- <para>Number of BitBake threads</para>
+ <para>The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><glossterm>PARALLEL_MAKE</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Extra options that are passed to the make command during the
+ compile tasks. This is usually of the form '-j 4' where the number
+ represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run.</para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id='var-PN'><glossterm>PN</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>Name of package.