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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 1995 10:21:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
Message-ID:  <199512191821.KAA12428@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199512191220.EAA02774@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from "Satoshi Asami" at Dec 19, 95 04:20:29 am

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> 
> I've seen cc1 occasionally die with signals (usually 11, but I've seen
> 6 and 10 before too) on a 2.1R machine recently.  Although I suspected
> hardware problems, as it disappeared when I disabled the internal
> cache (disabling the external cache only didn't help) on an ASUS
> 55something (with PB cache) motherboard, I just saw it happen again on
> a replacement board (forgot the manufacturer, made in USA, also uses
> Triton), I thought I'd send you guys a note.
> 
> The problem always occurs on the same file when I compile the kernel.
> However, if I type "make", it will compile that file and goes on to
> others as well, but it usually fails again after a few more files.
> Also, according to the vendor's engineers, the ASUS board works fine
> with 256K cache but not with 512K of cache.  The replacement board
> goes much further in compilation but still fails occasionally.
> 
> Nothing except the motherboard and cache has changed.  We tried two
> CPUs (Pentium 133) on the first board with the same result.  (That's
> why it's so puzzling, as the problem disappeared when we disabled the
> INTERNAL cache.)
> 
> Anyone else seen something like this?  Is it possible that an OS can
> cause a problem like this, could it be something with cache
> invalidation (just a wild guess)?  (Thank god at least the vendor is
> not pulling a "it works for DOS and Windows, so it is fine".)

I strongly suspect hardware problems given that I have run 100's if not
thousands of passes of make world on 2.1-stable since 2.1-release occured
using ASUS PCI/I-P-55TP4XE's, including 512K cache 133Mhz setups.   

-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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