reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git remote add hch-misc git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/misc.git git fetch --no-tags hch-misc xfile-diet git checkout 17a4e396244e9d0b691e88cad95a33e2bf9af14b # 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 mm/