reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=d99fd40540e6dc827584e1aa016eed04378e169d git remote add ardb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-efi-zboot git checkout d99fd40540e6dc827584e1aa016eed04378e169d # 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