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+#
+# Do a parallel build with multiple jobs, based on the number of CPUs online
+# in this system: 'make -j8' on a 8-CPU system, etc.
+#
+# (To override it, run 'make JOBS=1' and similar.)
+#
+ifeq ($(JOBS),)
+  JOBS := $(shell grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null)
+  ifeq ($(JOBS),)
+    JOBS := 1
+  endif
+endif
+
+export JOBS
+
+$(info $(shell printf '# [ perf build: Doing '\''make \033[33m-j'$(JOBS)'\033[m'\'' parallel build. ]\n'))
+
+#
+# Needed if no target specified:
+#
+all:
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -j$(JOBS) $@
+
+%:
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -j$(JOBS) $@
+