Tested evdi-dkms module that already has this rule BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL="CONFIG_I2C CONFIG_DRM" with jammy:linux-kvm(5.15.0-1033-kvm) that has these configs disabled. Scenario 1: old dkms version(2.8.7-2ubuntu2.1) without BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL. Expectation: build is done and it fails because of missing config options. $ sudo apt install evdi-dkms Building for 5.15.0-1033-kvm Building initial module for 5.15.0-1033-kvm ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/evdi-dkms.0.crash' Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.0-1033-kvm (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/make.log for more information. ... /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/evdi_i2c.c: In function ‘evdi_i2c_add’: /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/evdi_i2c.c:49:16: error: implicit declaration of function ‘i2c_add_adapter’; did you mean ‘i2c_verify_adapter’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 49 | return i2c_add_adapter(adapter); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | i2c_verify_adapter /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/evdi_i2c.c: In function ‘evdi_i2c_remove’: /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/evdi_i2c.c:54:9: error: implicit declaration of function ‘i2c_del_adapter’; did you mean ‘i2c_verify_adapter’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 54 | i2c_del_adapter(adapter); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | i2c_verify_adapter cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:297: /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build/evdi_i2c.o] Error 1 make: *** [Makefile:1907: /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/build] Error 2 Scenario 2: new dkms version(2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2) with BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL. Expectation: build is skipped because of missing config options: $ uname -a Linux jammy-kvm 5.15.0-1033-kvm #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 21 17:30:00 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo apt install evdi-dkms Loading new evdi-1.12.0+dfsg DKMS files... Building for 5.15.0-1033-kvm Building initial module for 5.15.0-1033-kvm Error! The /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/5.15.0-1033-kvm/x86_64/dkms.conf for module evdi includes a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE directive which does not match this kernel/arch. The /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.12.0+dfsg/5.15.0-1033-kvm/x86_64/dkms.conf for module evdi includes a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE directive which does not match this kernel/arch/config. This indicates that it should not be built. Skipped. This new package works as expected, all good.