reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/c64fb3423cc30049e385769287c3d3d5475a4ac6 git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/pmu_fixed_ctr_ctrl_helper git checkout c64fb3423cc30049e385769287c3d3d5475a4ac6 # 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/kvm/