reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/isilence/linux/commit/e57d0662fc5083983efa9dcade6c992836a88cce
        git remote add isilence https://github.com/isilence/linux
        git fetch --no-tags isilence zcrx/next
        git checkout e57d0662fc5083983efa9dcade6c992836a88cce
        # 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=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash