reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/melver/linux.git/commit/?id=5214acb8d02febb2238f4f74dc27cf5bc460c206 git remote add melver https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/melver/linux.git git fetch --no-tags melver misc git checkout 5214acb8d02febb2238f4f74dc27cf5bc460c206 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash