reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/alexghiti/linux.git/commit/?id=ed78e03a2fdff0a8ac2ef2c1da5a7957cfdbf2c4 git remote add alexghiti https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/alexghiti/linux.git git fetch --no-tags alexghiti alex-fixes_manual git checkout ed78e03a2fdff0a8ac2ef2c1da5a7957cfdbf2c4 # 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