reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=3e87b3b74e9c3ee3b978d1371fcdb67d42c54b60 git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git fetch --no-tags tip master git checkout 3e87b3b74e9c3ee3b978d1371fcdb67d42c54b60 # 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