reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git/commit/?id=44571603ef85852fc8217b8a924f6c441942d170 git remote add jirislaby https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jirislaby devel git checkout 44571603ef85852fc8217b8a924f6c441942d170 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/tty/vt/