reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/commit/?id=0fc856178fc34590cbe698bcfa1c40cda8994da3 git remote add ardb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git git fetch --no-tags ardb x86-efi-zboot git checkout 0fc856178fc34590cbe698bcfa1c40cda8994da3 # 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