reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/devel.git/commit/?id=a820a994160883fea70750876fe26073766d831f git remote add daveh-devel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/devel.git git fetch --no-tags daveh-devel shstk-vmalloc git checkout a820a994160883fea70750876fe26073766d831f # 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 arch/x86/kernel/