Hi Joe, It's probably a bug fix that unveils the link errors. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 9c0e28a7be656d737fb18998e2dcb0b8ce595643 commit: cb984d101b30eb7478d32df56a0023e4603cba7f compiler-gcc: integrate the various compiler-gcc[345].h files date: 1 year, 3 months ago config: m32r-allnoconfig (attached as .config) compiler: m32r-linux-gcc (GCC) 6.2.0 reproduce: wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross git checkout cb984d101b30eb7478d32df56a0023e4603cba7f # save the attached .config to linux build tree make.cross ARCH=m32r All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): arch/m32r/kernel/built-in.o: In function `default_eit_handler': >> (.text+0x3fc): undefined reference to `printk' arch/m32r/kernel/built-in.o: In function `default_eit_handler': (.text+0x3fc): relocation truncated to fit: R_M32R_26_PCREL_RELA against undefined symbol `printk' --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation