reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux.git/commit/?id=1df3ceabbf8e2ce712bb39d8c35941800be52829 git remote add saeed https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/saeed/linux.git git fetch --no-tags saeed temp/zcrx-mlx5 git checkout 1df3ceabbf8e2ce712bb39d8c35941800be52829 # 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