From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: 1480: "bad address" instead of "argument list too"
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:02:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060317170242.GA13850@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060317165629.GX18750@deprecation.cyrius.com>
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:56:29PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> I get the following in a directory which has many files in it on a
> Braodcom 1480:
>
> 2179:tbm@bigsur: ~/build/logs] grep foo *
> zsh: bad address: grep
>
> Normally, I'd expect an "zsh: argument list too long: grep" error.
>
> I get this with different shells. Hmm, that's interesting. "echo *"
> works. I assume shell built-in commands work but others don't.
Chances are this is caused by the return value of some syscall. Can you
use strace on a shell to isolate it? Is this 32-bit software on a 64-bit
kernel?
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-17 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-17 16:56 1480: "bad address" instead of "argument list too" Martin Michlmayr
2006-03-17 17:02 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2006-03-17 17:21 ` Martin Michlmayr
2006-03-17 17:35 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-03-17 18:11 ` Martin Michlmayr
2006-03-17 18:38 ` Ralf Baechle
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