reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vireshk/linux.git/commit/?id=a48f3f89a6e63a510bc77d374dc291066dcef8f6 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 a48f3f89a6e63a510bc77d374dc291066dcef8f6 # 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/