reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/7c951f5412f1d491ea482691ce37c9b1bddf2db7
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Daniel-Golle/net-phy-aquantia-allow-forcing-order-of-MDI-pairs/20240821-210717
        git checkout 7c951f5412f1d491ea482691ce37c9b1bddf2db7
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/net/phy/aquantia/