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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix index 8203cb13e50..e14df310ae8 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix @@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ in maxJobs = mkOption { type = types.either types.int (types.enum ["auto"]); - default = 1; + default = "auto"; example = 64; description = '' - This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try - to build in parallel. The default is 1. You should generally - set it to the total number of logical cores in your system (e.g., 16 - for two CPUs with 4 cores each and hyper-threading). + This option defines the maximum number of jobs that Nix will try to + build in parallel. The default is auto, which means it will use all + available logical cores. It is recommend to set it to the total + number of logical cores in your system (e.g., 16 for two CPUs with 4 + cores each and hyper-threading). ''; }; |