From 972b555ab935705f3437abd5909a5c46852811f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Johannes=20G=C3=A4=C3=9Fler?= Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 09:52:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: explain parallel build [no ci] (#7618) --- README.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1cab7f19d..1cedc0d9a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ In order to build llama.cpp you have four different options. make ``` - **Note**: for `Debug` builds, run `make LLAMA_DEBUG=1` - - On Windows: 1. Download the latest fortran version of [w64devkit](https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit/releases). @@ -328,23 +326,32 @@ In order to build llama.cpp you have four different options. make ``` + - Notes: + - For faster compilation, add the `-j` argument to run multiple jobs in parallel. For example, `make -j 8` will run 8 jobs in parallel. + - For faster repeated compilation, install [ccache](https://ccache.dev/). + - For debug builds, run `make LLAMA_DEBUG=1` + - Using `CMake`: - ```bash - cmake -B build - cmake --build build --config Release - ``` + ```bash + cmake -B build + cmake --build build --config Release + ``` - **Note**: for `Debug` builds, there are two cases: + **Notes**: - - Single-config generators (e.g. default = `Unix Makefiles`; note that they just ignore the `--config` flag): + - For faster compilation, add the `-j` argument to run multiple jobs in parallel. For example, `cmake --build build --config Release -j 8` will run 8 jobs in parallel. + - For faster repeated compilation, install [ccache](https://ccache.dev/). + - For debug builds, there are two cases: + + 1. Single-config generators (e.g. default = `Unix Makefiles`; note that they just ignore the `--config` flag): ```bash cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug cmake --build build ``` - - Multi-config generators (`-G` param set to Visual Studio, XCode...): + 2. Multi-config generators (`-G` param set to Visual Studio, XCode...): ```bash cmake -B build -G "Xcode"