It would be good (mostly for buildbots) if we could set an environment variable to set the number of cpus which the build script will use. For example if we have a server with 24 cores and we have some low priority bots it would be easy just set an environment variable for them.
On Qt and Gtk platforms the MAKEFLAGS environment variable is enough for this purpose but Chromium just use --makeargs or determineNumberOfCPUs for fallback. The --makeargs option is good when you compile by hand but not for buildbots.
Created attachment 128187 [details] proposed patch
Comment on attachment 128187 [details] proposed patch Clearing flags on attachment: 128187 Committed r108513: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/108513>
All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug.