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Can iarbuild run in parallel mode?

I am using iarbuild in command line to build my projects on a 8-core PC. The build speed is quite slow and it smells the multicore PC's is not fully utilized. Is there a build option that can make the build running in parallel mode? (Like in GNU make, there is a -j option)

Solution

  • I had an email from IAR last week

    New version of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM

    Version 7.40 is now available

    • Parallel build

    The compiler can now run in several parallel processes to better use the available processor cores in the PC. To control parallel build, choose Tools>Options>Project>Enable parallel build.

    I believe that this is also becoming available for other targets as I have seen similar for the MSP430.