reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=97a3fc799b91eabbe92571ad751d8b101bb53b60 git remote add ardb git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-remove-absolute-percpu git checkout 97a3fc799b91eabbe92571ad751d8b101bb53b60 # 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 prepare