Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:20:35 -0700 From: "Kerry Davis" <kedavis@uswest.net> To: "Smith, Malcolm" <Malcolm.Smith@nrc.ca> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make world crashing repeatedly Message-ID: <1fcb01c04e89$1c2a3c70$0200000a@system>
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but can you offer any explanation about why it would matter at all? -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Malcolm <Malcolm.Smith@nrc.ca> To: 'Kerry Davis' <kedavis@uswest.net> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:16 PM Subject: RE: make world crashing repeatedly >Kerry, > >Actually, you will probably find that the external cache >only makes about 10-20% difference in speed. The internal >cache makes about a 10X difference. Also, if the 486-75 >overdrive is like the 486-100, then the L1 cache is larger >than on a regular 486 and so the effect of L2 is lessened >(I am assuming your L2 cache is in the 64 KB - 256 KB range). > >I get the 10-20% difference from tests I did on a 486-100 >with 128 KB L2 cache (many years ago). > >You might want to give it a try (rebuilding the kernel in 30 hrs >might still be better than getting Fatal Signals. > >Hope this helps... > >Malcolm Smith > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kerry Davis [mailto:kedavis@uswest.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:03 PM >> To: Zaitsau, Andrei >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: make world crashing repeatedly >> >> >> actually it's currently using an Intel 486-75 overdrive. >> >> and if I disabled external cache, it might take 24 days to >> run, not just 24 >> hours. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Zaitsau, Andrei <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com> >> To: 'Kerry Davis' <kedavis@uswest.net> >> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 2:45 PM >> Subject: RE: make world crashing repeatedly >> >> >> >Let me guess...is it AMD processor? >> >I had the same problem. But as soon as I disabled external >> cache in BIOS, >> it >> >worked just fine. You might want to try that... >> >Tell me if it helps. >> >Andrei. >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Kerry Davis [mailto:kedavis@uswest.net] >> >Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:34 PM >> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >Subject: make world crashing repeatedly >> > >> > >> >What causes Fatal Signal 27 and Fatal Signal 26 during "make >> world?" I >> >haven't been able to find ANY information on the problem. >> > >> >My first attempt to cvsup from 4.1 to Stable seemed to be >> okay, everything >> >apparently was ftp'd successfully over my DSL connection. >> but "make world" >> >died after about 7 hours, with the "fatal signal 27" >> message. no other >> >explanation given. >> > >> >following that, I did "make clean" as someone suggested, and >> tried "make >> >world" again. that time, it ran for about 12 hours, and >> died with "fatal >> >signal 26" showing "cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 >> got fatal >> >signal 26" then "error code 1" and "stop in >> >/usr/src/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix" followed by "stop in" and >> "error code 1" >> >again for each level up: /usr/src/gnu/libexec/uucp, then >> >/usr/src/gnu/libexec, then /usr/src/gnu, then /usr/src >> > >> >any suggestions? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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