reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=397586506c3da005b9333ce5947ad01e8018a3be git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 397586506c3da005b9333ce5947ad01e8018a3be # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=um olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=um SHELL=/bin/bash