reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=96dca662f6d64b4d31ad186ea1464e9b25d749c3 git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-nonmm-unstable git checkout 96dca662f6d64b4d31ad186ea1464e9b25d749c3 # 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 kernel/