reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout f0e1a0643a59bf1f922fa209cec86a170b784f3f # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc olddefconfig ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/