reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git/commit/?id=051df5c21cbf6d9ac396c22b3ab3c51d73c0def7 git remote add jpoimboe https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jpoimboe/linux.git git fetch --no-tags jpoimboe alternative-macro git checkout 051df5c21cbf6d9ac396c22b3ab3c51d73c0def7 # 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