reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1
        # https://github.com/jgunthorpe/linux/commit/9722034883c205c7cfc7e395cb9a44221f010fc3
        git remote add jgunthorpe https://github.com/jgunthorpe/linux
        git fetch --no-tags jgunthorpe iommu_pt_vtd
        git checkout 9722034883c205c7cfc7e395cb9a44221f010fc3
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash