reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=f776e41fdcc4141876ef6f297318ab04c2382eb7 git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git fetch --no-tags tip x86/alternatives git checkout f776e41fdcc4141876ef6f297318ab04c2382eb7 # 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/