reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git/commit/?id=bfe0c759ccc0d64ade08d2f0434bd081a99f43cf git remote add jirislaby https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jirislaby devel git checkout bfe0c759ccc0d64ade08d2f0434bd081a99f43cf # 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/tty/serial/8250/