reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/snitzer/linux.git/commit/?id=ee893f2827265f8785b461f796eda2c2dadfff94 git remote add snitzer https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/snitzer/linux.git git fetch --no-tags snitzer nfs-localio-for-next git checkout ee893f2827265f8785b461f796eda2c2dadfff94 # 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