reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/commit/?id=4b1b1259644653acbde3ac8c6132e1744d5543ed git remote add ebiggers https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ebiggers crc-x86 git checkout 4b1b1259644653acbde3ac8c6132e1744d5543ed # 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