Graphics preview in parallel

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 04:03:09AM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 11:38:40AM +0200, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

> > Sounds good! Can we (I can make a note to check it out after your commit
> > if you want) add a special argument that would mean all cores? Maybe we
> > can call it "all" ?
> 
> 'all' is for including childern, but 'max' is your friend, see the commit
> e0dd8db6ade.

Gotcha, thanks.

> For our convenience I also attach patch for 2.5.x if you want to run it
> in your local tree, see attached patch -- I do not plan to backport.

Thanks, I typically try to work on top of master.

> Please try how it works and let me know.

Thank you, I'll give it a try!

> > > The only thing to keep in mind is that if you put too many threads and have too
> > > little memory you can enter swap hell.
> > 
> > Are you saying that the "new" desktop they just gave me at my university
> > is not ideal (screenshot attached)?
> 
> Haha, I see that memory became really expensive nowadays.

I didn't expect that I would be looking in my BIOS settings to see if it's
possible to disable cores...

Scott
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