reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/alexshi/linux/commit/80997c8b66fd8d73a96cd681a473bacaf75b7d98 git remote add alexshi https://github.com/alexshi/linux.git git fetch --no-tags alexshi master git checkout 80997c8b66fd8d73a96cd681a473bacaf75b7d98 # 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 arch/x86/kernel/