Re: SMP problem when compiling

Keith Owens
2002-05-14T23:06:30Z

On Tue, 14 May 2002 19:35:51 +0200,
Pol <blenderman@wanadoo.be> wrote:
>I get this error when I compile the kernel 2.4.18 with make -j (make bzImage)
>cpp0: gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11

Unless you have a very large machine, make -j when using make >= 3.78
will overload the system. Use make -jN where N == number of cpus as a
starting point. gcc has been known to segfault when it runs out of
memory.