reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfca20aad716091c6710cba8cdf736fb95ebcbb git remote add jpoimboe https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jpoimboe sframe git checkout 8dfca20aad716091c6710cba8cdf736fb95ebcbb # 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 arch/x86/kernel/ kernel/