reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git/commit/?id=46db0c077ebbc9000a11bb537a9087bee9140a4f git remote add jarkko-tpmdd https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git git fetch --no-tags jarkko-tpmdd acpi-eventlog git checkout 46db0c077ebbc9000a11bb537a9087bee9140a4f # 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/tpm/