reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git/commit/?id=227c4e0e70fe3a1c47b96295af364e512882cef7 git remote add robh https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git git fetch --no-tags robh dt/linus git checkout 227c4e0e70fe3a1c47b96295af364e512882cef7 # 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 drivers/base/