reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground.git/commit/?id=15153fb4dbea2439f889a2edf580c245559de325 git remote add arnd-playground https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground.git git fetch --no-tags arnd-playground to-build git checkout 15153fb4dbea2439f889a2edf580c245559de325 # 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