reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git/commit/?id=377cf035e0d76753d72649b16d4d9b693e7f4b86 git remote add frederic-dynticks https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git git fetch --no-tags frederic-dynticks timers/core git checkout 377cf035e0d76753d72649b16d4d9b693e7f4b86 # 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 prepare