reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=7fc04d7044aaa5ffe2afe78979fe6ddd5da24f10 git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git git fetch --no-tags tip core/entry git checkout 7fc04d7044aaa5ffe2afe78979fe6ddd5da24f10 # 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 kernel/entry/