reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git/commit/?id=e49cf6cefb96a0e88d003b105617aec9d07e139f git remote add jlayton https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlayton/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jlayton kdevops git checkout e49cf6cefb96a0e88d003b105617aec9d07e139f # 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