reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/sean-jc/linux/commit/3e6566e776aa77ac22ffb4bd16fca9e9afc9d98c git remote add sean-jc https://github.com/sean-jc/linux git fetch --no-tags sean-jc x86/vmxon_sucks git checkout 3e6566e776aa77ac22ffb4bd16fca9e9afc9d98c # 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