reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git/commit/?id=2ed24d7e3d47635bfe7f937dc664400822e56daa git remote add tglx-devel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git git fetch --no-tags tglx-devel rseq/wip git checkout 2ed24d7e3d47635bfe7f937dc664400822e56daa # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/kernel/ kernel/