reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git/commit/?id=069a2bb8c48c43176f2f0e6cae5efe2f39f6bdf2 git remote add rafael-pm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git git fetch --no-tags rafael-pm bleeding-edge git checkout 069a2bb8c48c43176f2f0e6cae5efe2f39f6bdf2 # 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 drivers/cpufreq/