reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=6dec918c1fc7766e505e4ac5cdbbc28a0cc73819 git remote add kvm https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git git fetch --no-tags kvm queue git checkout 6dec918c1fc7766e505e4ac5cdbbc28a0cc73819 # 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