reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git remote add hch-block git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/block.git git fetch --no-tags hch-block block-limit-flags git checkout ecd2eb65b1f6eec3edf6afe2044167e723b91107 # 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/block/