29758 – genkernel "make bzImage" filemap.c `generic_file_write'

Bug 29758 - genkernel "make bzImage" filemap.c `generic_file_write'

Summary: genkernel "make bzImage" filemap.c `generic_file_write'

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2003-09-27 11:11 UTC by Tim Baldwin
Modified:	2003-10-22 20:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tim Baldwin 2003-09-27 11:11:35 UTC

I am installing gentoo, when running genkernel, everything is [ ok ] until I get to `*Running "make bzImage"' genkernel just ends. in the log i found (among other bugs, which are posted separately):  cgg-D_kernel_ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototype -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipr -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -nostdinc -iwithprefix -include-DKBUILD-BASENAME=cdrom -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c cdrom.c filemap.c: In function `generic_file_write': filemap.c:3347: internal error: Segmentation fault ---some text telling me to submit an eroor report--- make [2] ***[filemap.o] Error 1 make [2]: leaving dir `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/mm' make [1] ***[first_rule] Error 2 make [1]: leaving dir `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/mm' make: ***[_dir_mm] Error 2 make: *** waiting for unfinished jobs

Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-22 20:40:10 UTC

errors such as yours usually point to hardware problems, such as bad RAM
or
overheating. Make sure your case is properly ventilated, and run memtest
on your
RAM (memtest is available on the most recent LiveCDs)