reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/d35cbc6dd54a98aa3445f24c1967a8e1100b8376 git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc svm/exit_code_snafus git checkout d35cbc6dd54a98aa3445f24c1967a8e1100b8376 # 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/kvm/