reproduce (this is a W=1 build): git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git ~/lkp-tests # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232085d118ff4695c0e9992ebc7ba4da7a24875e git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 232085d118ff4695c0e9992ebc7ba4da7a24875e # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=mips olddefconfig ~/lkp-tests/kbuild/make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=mips SHELL=/bin/bash dtbs_check