reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/jimc/linux/commit/027112748f47cdafe35ea0a28f410fc70d31e705 git remote add jimc https://github.com/jimc/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jimc dd-shrink-6a5 git checkout 027112748f47cdafe35ea0a28f410fc70d31e705 # 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 lib/