reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?id=d49389b36002d6eaf722805fa21dd95d0f550bf2 git remote add axboe-block https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git git fetch --no-tags axboe-block rw_iter git checkout d49389b36002d6eaf722805fa21dd95d0f550bf2 # 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/misc/mei/