Re: Compiling only "network" part of the kernel

On Tue, 27 Dec 2011, Rajneesh Kumar wrote:

During my development, I want to check if my modules compile successfully
or not. I am only changing the ARP portion and whenever I compile my
kernel, it takes around 20mins and compiles all different modules also.
I just want to compile and check whether my ARP modules, which I have
changed, compile fine or not. How to do it?

Others have mentioned ways to reduce what is rebuilt. devel/ccache can be used in combination with those. Even by itself it ought to seriously reduce kernel compile time.
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