reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty git remote add chrome-os https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel git fetch --no-tags chrome-os chromeos-6.1 git checkout 30dee752600323ee56b4ba0c9504475fa7ab6849 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/misc/