Hi Mark, On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 01:08:29PM +0100, Build bot for Mark Brown wrote: > Tree/Branch: v3.10.107 > Git describe: v3.10.107 > Commit: 0e3d5747a3 Linux 3.10.107 > > Build Time: 27 min 6 sec > > Passed: 6 / 8 ( 75.00 %) > Failed: 2 / 8 ( 25.00 %) > > Errors: 3 > Warnings: 79 > Section Mismatches: 0 > > Failed defconfigs: > x86_64-defconfig > x86_64-allnoconfig > > Errors: > > x86_64-defconfig > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/scripts/mod/empty.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/kernel/bounds.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > > x86_64-allnoconfig > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/scripts/mod/empty.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode > /home/broonie/build/linux-stable/kernel/bounds.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode Are you sure it's not just a toolchain issue ? I can't reproduce this one here, it completes correctly : $ make [$ARGS...] bzImage (...) Setup is 15084 bytes (padded to 15360 bytes). System is 841 kB CRC 9ede5b4c Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready (#1) real 0m22.291s user 0m53.688s sys 0m4.268s $ ll scripts/mod/empty.* -rw-rw-r-- 1 willy users 54 Dec 28 2010 scripts/mod/empty.c -rw-rw-r-- 1 willy users 637 Aug 8 14:13 scripts/mod/empty.o Using gcc 4.7.4 here FWIW. Thanks, Willy