reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=fba5261e0039dcf4de077fd12ea9ae2501d92b88 git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-unstable git checkout fba5261e0039dcf4de077fd12ea9ae2501d92b88 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash