reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/jimc/linux/commit/98a15f4b1948cdaabac1f0fc008c79870c4d4672 git remote add jimc https://github.com/jimc/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jimc dd-shrink-4d git checkout 98a15f4b1948cdaabac1f0fc008c79870c4d4672 # 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 lib/