reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=27b765aaed0f436da5462abd28b88bbab253820f git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git fetch --no-tags tip WIP.x86/alternatives git checkout 27b765aaed0f436da5462abd28b88bbab253820f # 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 arch/x86/kernel/