reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git/commit/?id=fc9c917af3a60386818b0554243550687e4eb849 git remote add axboe-block https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git git fetch --no-tags axboe-block rw_iter git checkout fc9c917af3a60386818b0554243550687e4eb849 # 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/char/