reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/eb37cd848b9a267681c225f1a6a0176cfe7c088c git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/virt_enable_less_sucky git checkout eb37cd848b9a267681c225f1a6a0176cfe7c088c # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/events/intel/