Hi Paul, FYI, the error/warning still remains. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 9ed13a17e38e0537e24d9b507645002bf8d0201f commit: c434b9f80b0923e6460031b0fd964f8b0bf3c6a6 MIPS: Kconfig: add MIPS_GENERIC_KERNEL symbol date: 9 months ago config: mips-randconfig-r013-20210619 (attached as .config) compiler: mipsel-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit... git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout c434b9f80b0923e6460031b0fd964f8b0bf3c6a6 # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross ARCH=mips If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): {standard input}: Assembler messages: --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org