reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git/commit/?id=b1eb0844bab3ef8e30c18b6b4469089070c713aa git remote add jirislaby https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jirislaby/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jirislaby devel git checkout b1eb0844bab3ef8e30c18b6b4469089070c713aa # 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 drivers/char/