reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vireshk/linux.git/commit/?id=087414af579a53d448c1a3f74eeaef61c197c504 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 087414af579a53d448c1a3f74eeaef61c197c504 # 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/