reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git/commit/?id=5a91e16ba44d9850088278ebe209b5c533f87cb8 git remote add tty https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git git fetch --no-tags tty tty-testing git checkout 5a91e16ba44d9850088278ebe209b5c533f87cb8 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/tty/serial/