reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git/commit/?id=f6a46bc3719cc6b445cb071a7dd6968891ffb169 git remote add ath https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git git fetch --no-tags ath pending git checkout f6a46bc3719cc6b445cb071a7dd6968891ffb169 # 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/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/