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Date:      Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:23:02 +0100
From:      Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compiling only "network" part of the kernel
Message-ID:  <4EF9E2D6.7050705@my.gd>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112270746410.34454@wonkity.com>
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On 12/27/11 3:51 PM, Warren Block wrote:
> 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.
>


Hey up Warren,


Would ccache also help with world/ports compile times ?

Are there any drawbacks to using it ? (the underlying question being: is
it worthy of a production environment ?)



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