>> First problem: I cannot compile the kernel with my version of compiler >> Second problem: when I disable the feature - it cannot take effect, >> because the parse-time error happens before `syncconfig` On 12/08/18 13:42, Borislav Petkov wrote: > Does this help? > > https://git.kernel.org/tip/25896d073d8a0403b07e6dec56f58e6c33678207 > The patch which you mentioned fixes the second problem: now I can disable CONFIG_RETPOLINE. But, the first problem is still here: with defconfig and gcc v6.4.0, kernel doesn't build, with this message: ~~~~ $ make scripts/kconfig/conf --syncconfig Kconfig You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler. Please update your compiler. make: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:311: checkbin] Error 1 ~~~~ I don't think that this is a proper behavior. I suggest to allow compilation Best Regards, Kirill