reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git/commit/?id=37407214457b7a472e3c17dee7a58977e50bfcc8 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 37407214457b7a472e3c17dee7a58977e50bfcc8 # 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