reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git/commit/?id=504dfb31a7e7566d4a7dca9bbfd3d2d04ba14eb6 git remote add jarkko-tpmdd git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git git fetch --no-tags jarkko-tpmdd auth-null git checkout 504dfb31a7e7566d4a7dca9bbfd3d2d04ba14eb6 # 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/char/tpm/