[commit: ghc] master: Add release notes for parallel compilation driver. (d290ee5)

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Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/d290ee5354169afa7cfa623e44bd6cb2ec23e9de/ghc

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commit d290ee5354169afa7cfa623e44bd6cb2ec23e9de
Author: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 9 21:20:45 2013 -0500

    Add release notes for parallel compilation driver.
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>


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d290ee5354169afa7cfa623e44bd6cb2ec23e9de
 docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 docs/users_guide/flags.xml       |    6 ++++++
 docs/users_guide/using.xml       |    5 +++++
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index e62082a..80e2293 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,22 @@
                 declared in the module.
            </para>
        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+            <para>
+                GHC now has a parallel compilataion driver. When
+                compiling with <literal>--make</literal> (which is on
+                by default,) you may also specify
+                <literal>-jN</literal> in order to compile
+                <replaceable>N</replaceable> modules in parallel.
+           </para>
+
+            <para>
+                Note that if you wish for GHC to use multiple cores,
+                you will need to use the <literal>+RTS -N</literal>
+                flag.
+           </para>
+       </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
   </sect2>
 
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
index 0b2e90d..8afe095 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml
@@ -2984,6 +2984,12 @@
         </thead>
         <tbody>
           <row>
+            <entry><option>-j <replaceable>N</replaceable></option></entry>
+            <entry>When compiling with <literal>--make</literal>, compile <replaceable>N</replaceable></entry>
+            <entry>dynamic</entry>
+            <entry>-</entry>
+          </row>
+          <row>
             <entry><option>-fno-hi-version-check</option></entry>
             <entry>Don't complain about <literal>.hi</literal> file mismatches</entry>
             <entry>static</entry>
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml
index 432276d..b9cbe3e 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ ghc Main.hs
           invoked, so the dependencies never get out of sync with the
           source.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Using the <literal>-j</literal> flag, you can compile
+          modules in parallel. Specify <literal>-jN</literal> to
+          compile <replaceable>N</replaceable> jobs in parallel.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
       <para>Any of the command-line options described in the rest of