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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5 index 8f6c444ba..762de83c4 100644 --- a/man/make.conf.5 +++ b/man/make.conf.5 @@ -928,9 +928,10 @@ enabled for these flags may be closed as INVALID. .B MAKEOPTS Use this variable if you want to use parallel make. For example, if you have a dual\-processor system, set this variable to "\-j2" or "\-j3" for -enhanced build performance with many packages. Suggested settings are -between \fICPUs+1\fR and \fI2*CPUs+1\fR. In order to avoid -excess load, the \fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended. +enhanced build performance with many packages. It is suggested that the jobs +value used be the minimum of: available RAM divided by 2GB, or the number of +threads on the system. In order to avoid excess load, the +\fB\-\-load\-average\fR option is recommended. For more information, see \fBmake\fR(1). Also see \fBemerge\fR(1) for information about analogous \fB\-\-jobs\fR and \fB\-\-load\-average\fR options. Defaults to the number of processors if left unset. |