Trying to compile kernel on a Via C7 board: [chris@venus ~]$ uname -ar Linux venus.aeronix.com 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Here's a history of commands: 71 cp ../kernel-2.6.15-i686.config .config 72 vi Makefile #EXTRAVERSION = -prep EXTRAVERSION = 1.2054_FC5 75 make oldconfig 76 make 77 history Here's the tail end of the make: LD [M] drivers/mtd/devices/mtdram.ko CC drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.mod.o LD [M] drivers/mtd/devices/pmc551.ko CC drivers/mtd/ftl.mod.o LD [M] drivers/mtd/ftl.ko CC drivers/mtd/inftl.mod.o LD [M] drivers/mtd/inftl.ko CC drivers/mtd/maps/map_funcs.mod.o LD [M] drivers/mtd/maps/map_funcs.ko CC drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.mod.o drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.mod.c:36: internal compiler error: in pop_scope, at c-decl.c:855 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[1]: *** [drivers/mtd/maps/netsc520.mod.o] Error 1 make: *** [modules] Error 2 I attempted to follow the instructions from: file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html#id287544
This is not a GCC bug, as it is not reproduceable. Usually that's sign of a bad memory, overheated CPU or some other hardware problems.