reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vireshk/linux.git/commit/?id=411e244d3f6d667fb766c6d102e576aadf5d1d15 git remote add vireshk https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vireshk/linux.git git fetch --no-tags vireshk virtio/msg git checkout 411e244d3f6d667fb766c6d102e576aadf5d1d15 # 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/virtio/