reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=01183204bc24d9612add84a809377cb10737e77f git remote add linux-next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git git fetch --no-tags linux-next master git checkout 01183204bc24d9612add84a809377cb10737e77f # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/