3.8.3 build error, compiler segfault

[Nils Kassube]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Trying to build a working 3.8.3 kernel, on a *buntu 10.04-4 LTS system
> here
> 
> My usual 'makeit' script didn't report any errors at the end, but the
> end trace on screen was obviously incomplete.
> 
> Adding a few more echo's to the script, and verifying that every line
> in it was terminated with " && \\r"  I reran it, and see an error
> that should have stopped it right there, but did not:
> ==========================
>   CC      net/ipv6/icmp.o
> net/ipv4/icmp.c:1115: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs> for instructions.
> make[2]: *** [net/ipv4/icmp.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [net/ipv4] Error 2
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>   CC      drivers/md/bitmap.o
> ===========================
> as can be seen it kept marching, the error never made it to bash.

Maybe you should stop your script in case of errors. You could 
accomplish it if you start the script with this line:

#!/bin/bash -e

Anyway, it is a strange fault if the compiler segfaults. Is it 
repeatedly at that particular file? If it isn't, you should probably 
check your RAM.

And if it is always the same file, you could try a newer version of the 
compiler. If there is none for 10.04 you could use a newer *Ubuntu 
version, possibly in a virtual machine.


Nils