reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git/commit/?id=261bd0007c481171f11979ad38d62af7725d56df git remote add chao https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git git fetch --no-tags chao bugfix/common git checkout 261bd0007c481171f11979ad38d62af7725d56df # 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