Re: lilypond and multithreading

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Orm Finnendahl" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:51 AM
Subject: lilypond and multithreading


> Hi,
>
> rendering a score on an i7-2640M with the option "-djob-count=2"
> shows 100% cpu load only on one thread of one of the two cores while
> rendering.
>
> Is there some way or a recommended technique of setting up lilypond to
> better distribute the load? Or does lilypond have to get compiled with
> special compile options in order to take full advantage of
> multithreading?
>
> --
> Orm


It runs as a single threaded process.  However, if there are a number of 
lilypond files to compile, the job-count option allows it to compile each 
with a separate process, in parallel.

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Phil Holmes