reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public/commit/96c7cfe920e963b265da512025714ab5d0e0923b git remote add xinli-intel-fred-public https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public.git git fetch --no-tags xinli-intel-fred-public rdpmc_cleanup git checkout 96c7cfe920e963b265da512025714ab5d0e0923b # 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 arch/x86/events/ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ init/