reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git/commit/?id=7b3281fcb43c5fce8d4d2b0996d3ac719cb5068b git remote add kbuild https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git git fetch --no-tags kbuild kbuild-next-unstable git checkout 7b3281fcb43c5fce8d4d2b0996d3ac719cb5068b # 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/xen-netback/