On x86 (32 bit) notebook:
After running make xconfig, and make all, I got this error:
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  LD      drivers/video/console/built-in.o
  CC [M]  drivers/video/console/fbcon.o
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3537: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before string constant
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3537: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘quiet_logo’
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3537: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3537: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘early_param’
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c:3537: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype
make[3]: *** [drivers/video/console/fbcon.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [drivers/video/console] Error 2
make[1]: *** [drivers/video] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

Please let me know what info you need to get to the bottom of this.

Regards,

JD