reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/xinli-intel/linux-fred-public/commit/2daa371015bd327aafaa0e7d9982d3060b1cae62 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 2daa371015bd327aafaa0e7d9982d3060b1cae62 # 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/net/vmxnet3/