reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?id=20acf4dd46e4c0905676ad2a1d9a32041469893f git remote add char-misc https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git git fetch --no-tags char-misc char-misc-testing git checkout 20acf4dd46e4c0905676ad2a1d9a32041469893f # save the config file make W=1 ARCH=um olddefconfig make W=1 ARCH=um