reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git/commit/?id=d200dd4d01b253bf3964c013247dfea89baef880 git remote add brauner-vfs https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git git fetch --no-tags brauner-vfs b4/vfs-bdev-file git checkout d200dd4d01b253bf3964c013247dfea89baef880 # 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