reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git/commit/?id=f0b7e48995407d4df5a145fafc9940953a34006c git remote add jfern https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jfern/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jfern tick/keep-tick-on-hrt git checkout f0b7e48995407d4df5a145fafc9940953a34006c # 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