reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=df1fd5d8ab403c264b364abe187ce94b2fa7b96f git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout df1fd5d8ab403c264b364abe187ce94b2fa7b96f # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash