reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/commit/?id=fbb5aa47e7b06b935124ad4d171d468e48368398 git remote add akpm-mm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git git fetch --no-tags akpm-mm mm-unstable git checkout fbb5aa47e7b06b935124ad4d171d468e48368398 # 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 kernel/