Re: [parisc-linux] compiling kernels with gcc-3.1

[joel.soete@freebel.net]

Quoting John David Anglin <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>:

> > (I just note on the sti console)
> > sshd (pid 322): illegal instruction (code 8)
> > ...
> > kernel panic...
> 
> This is just a guess but I will wager that this problem is related
> to the problems with expect, the cc1plus crash and the mmap issues
> noted
> elsewhere with SMP kernels.  There seem to be circumstances where the
> kernel crashes when a user application traps unexpectedly.
> 
> Joel, you should be able to run sshd under gdb and find what the
> cause of the illegal instruction is.  It should not be a problem
> to download and build 3.4p1 with gcc 3.2 from <http://www.openssh.org>.
> Build at -O1 with debugging enabled.  There are examples on their
> mail list on how to run sshd in debug mode.  If the situation is
> similar to the cc1plus crash, gdb will prevent the system from
> crashing when the fault occurs.
> 
Ok Dave,

I will have a look.

Thanks a lot,
    Joel


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