Re: ld segfault at end of 2.6.6 compile

["Harald Dunkel" <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>]

Geoff Mishkin wrote:
> I'm getting the
> 
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 139
> 
> problem with kernel 2.6.6.  It works fine on one of my computer, but not
> the other.
> 
> The full line is
> 
> ld -m elf_i386  -T arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.s
> arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o   init/built-in.o
> --start-group  usr/built-in.o arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o 
> arch/i386/mm/built-in.o  arch/i386/mach-default/built-in.o 
> kernel/built-in.o  mm/built-in.o  fs/built-in.o  ipc/built-in.o 
> security/built-in.o  crypto/built-in.o  lib/lib.a  arch/i386/lib/lib.a 
> lib/built-in.o  arch/i386/lib/built-in.o  drivers/built-in.o 
> sound/built-in.o  arch/i386/pci/built-in.o  arch/i386/power/built-in.o 
> net/built-in.o --end-group  -o .tmp_vmlinux1
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 139
> 

Error 139 is a SEGV somewhere in a subprocess. Linker errors
like this might be an indicator for problems with your physical
memory.

My suggestion would be to enter your PC's BIOS setup at boot
time and verify the RAM access timing. Maybe it was set too
optimistic.


Good luck

Harri