Description of problem: bug reported when compiling kernel Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora core 2 - not yet updated How reproducible: 1 install fedora core 2 2 run make xconfig 3 run make clean 4 run make bzImage 5 run make modules -- the bug below showed up when make modules was finished Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: CC [M] net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.o In file included from include/linux/icmpv6.h:144, from include/linux/ipv6.h:175, from net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c:12: include/linux/netdevice.h: In function `netif_tx_disable': include/linux/netdevice.h:909: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> for instructions. The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem. make[2]: *** [net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [net/ipv6] Error 2 make: *** [net] Error 2 [root@localhost linux-2.6.5-1.358]# Expected results: Additional info:
I did not change any kernel parameters in xconfig other than those related to the processor type and other parameters in that tree, e.g. - memory, etc.
This is not related to make at all, it is the compiler that is crashing, and as the bug is not reproduceable, it is almost surely because of flakey hardware. I assume if you retry it will crash on some completely different file and line.