reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git/commit/?id=2aa9af21ca6842da988fabdacbb2fa8278182c7a git remote add driver-core https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git git fetch --no-tags driver-core simple_bus git checkout 2aa9af21ca6842da988fabdacbb2fa8278182c7a # 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/base/