update linux_build_instructions about goma
Bug: 1008249
Change-Id: I97a14141af0268682a466134a423d51be2aabdc7
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/1846425
Commit-Queue: Fumitoshi Ukai <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Peter Boström <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Erik Staab <[email protected]>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#705839}
diff --git a/docs/linux_build_instructions.md b/docs/linux_build_instructions.md
index 5d853a1..d432486 100644
--- a/docs/linux_build_instructions.md
+++ b/docs/linux_build_instructions.md
@@ -134,6 +134,25 @@
This section contains some things you can change to speed up your builds,
sorted so that the things that make the biggest difference are first.
+#### Use Goma
+
+Google developed the distributed compiler called
+[Goma](https://chromium.googlesource.com/infra/goma/client).
+Googlers and contributors who have
+[tryjob access](https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/become-a-committer#TOC-Try-job-access)
+could use `Goma`.
+
+If you are not a Googler and would like to use `Goma`
+[sign up](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NKHcyqYqw3c4jftrLPwvyiPlolRm4Hf6ObrB83wHXy8/viewform).
+
+Once you've allowed to use `Goma` service and installed the client,
+[set the following GN args](https://www.chromium.org/developers/gn-build-configuration#TOC-Goma):
+
+```
+use_goma=true
+goma_dir=/path/to/goma-client
+```
+
#### Jumbo/Unity builds
Jumbo builds merge many translation units ("source files") and compile them
@@ -168,7 +187,7 @@
[Icecc](https://github.com/icecc/icecream) is the distributed compiler with a
central scheduler to share build load. Currently, many external contributors use
-it. e.g. Intel, Opera, Samsung (Googlers use an internal system called Goma).
+it. e.g. Intel, Opera, Samsung (this is not useful if you're using Goma).
In order to use `icecc`, set the following GN args:
@@ -188,7 +207,7 @@
#### ccache
You can use [ccache](https://ccache.samba.org) to speed up local builds (again,
-this is not useful if you're a Googler using Goma).
+this is not useful if you're using Goma).
Increase your ccache hit rate by setting `CCACHE_BASEDIR` to a parent directory
that the working directories all have in common (e.g.,
