This patch will allow the call to make by dkms to use all host cpu cores. See: https://github.com/dell/dkms/issues/100 --- a/dkms.conf 2019-12-11 17:04:24.000000000 -0500 +++ b/dkms.conf 2020-01-10 12:47:44.770501121 -0500 @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ +if [ -x /usr/bin/nproc ]; then + num_cpu_cores=$(nproc) +else + num_cpu_cores=1 +fi + PACKAGE_NAME="nvidia" PACKAGE_VERSION="340.108" BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="$PACKAGE_NAME" DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/video" -MAKE[0]="make module KERNEL_UNAME=${kernelver}" +MAKE[0]="make -j$num_cpu_cores module KERNEL_UNAME=${kernelver}" CLEAN="make clean" AUTOINSTALL="yes"