reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/commit/?id=f31bd31f442cdda8a269eca5bf673a3066d40233 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 f31bd31f442cdda8a269eca5bf673a3066d40233 # 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