reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git/commit/?id=43039cdd1a14ed12c7b506a2d78c7fa708444b06 git remote add efi https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git git fetch --no-tags efi next git checkout 43039cdd1a14ed12c7b506a2d78c7fa708444b06 # 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 fs/efivarfs/