reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git/commit/?id=4d1b724f7f4063a0269f06e2f51688c155ae1ebc git remote add jirislaby https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jirislaby devel git checkout 4d1b724f7f4063a0269f06e2f51688c155ae1ebc # 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/usb/serial/