reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git/commit/?id=0bdad28369fc5e93de39b5046228ed78e982fc71 git remote add masahiroy-kbuild https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git git fetch --no-tags masahiroy-kbuild kbuild git checkout 0bdad28369fc5e93de39b5046228ed78e982fc71 # 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 kernel/