reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        # https://github.com/frank-w/BPI-R2-4.14/commit/bc773b15eb19ae3e27dd3a3377f2fe006ce5f382
        git remote add frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14 https://github.com/frank-w/BPI-R2-4.14
        git fetch --no-tags frank-w-bpi-r2-4.14 7.1-rc
        git checkout bc773b15eb19ae3e27dd3a3377f2fe006ce5f382
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse: v0.6.5-rc1

        # 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 drivers/net/