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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:40:17 -0700
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
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Subject: Re: Kernel compile problems
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> > And it usually bombs on a "make depend", but not always. This would seem to
> > be some sort of hardware problem. I've replaced the RAM to no avail. Is
> > there any way to know what is causing this? Am I going to have to just start
> > replacing hardware? :(
> > 
> > And here is an error on "make depend" :
> > 
> > [snippety]
> > cc: Internal compiler error: program cpp got fatal signal 27
> > mkdep: compile failed
> > *** Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop in /usr/src/sys/compile/Router.
> > 
> > This error is usually different each time it is run....
> 
> Which clearly indicates hardware problems. Aside from bad RAM, bad hard
> disc cables come to mind, Also, weak power supplys, faulty CPU fans, as
> well as bad shielding may cause problems.
> 
> HTH
> -Christoph Sold

I doubt its related, but recently (noticed within the last couple weeks)
these have been showing up in dmesg :

arp: unknown hardware address format (0x0000)

What exactly does this mean?


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