\begin{verbatim}
$ make
-CHK include/linux/version.h
-UPD include/linux/version.h
-SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-i386
-SPLIT include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/*
-HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
-HOSTCC scripts/basic/split-include
-HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
-HOSTCC scripts/conmakehash
-HOSTCC scripts/kallsyms
-CC scripts/empty.o
+ SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd
+ HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/confdata.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/expr.o
+ LEX scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c
+ YACC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch]
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/symbol.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/util.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o
+ HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o
+ HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
\end{verbatim}
If you do not desire to actually compile the kernel, you can interrupt the build process (CTRL-C) just after the SPLIT line, because at that time, the files you need will be are ready.