reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/norov/linux/commit/7d76a9d1f1fd2047ddb095a1c698bd6b557d63b6 git remote add norov https://github.com/norov/linux git fetch --no-tags norov fnb git checkout 7d76a9d1f1fd2047ddb095a1c698bd6b557d63b6 # 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/cpu/