Re: Kernel compilation failure

[Gilles <gilles@harfang.homelinux.org>]

> 
> Also, other people seem to have the similar (?) problems, also with
> Tyan Opteron MBs:
> 
>  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0506.0/0052.html
>

Another one:

 http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0508.0/0708.html

> 
> Is there a way to be sure it is, or not, a kernel bug?  Or a hardware
> failure?
> 

The answer to the above post suggests a kernel bug.

And this one

 http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-06/3314.html

indicates the bug was intriduced in kernel 2.6.11-mm1.
>From the rest of that thread, it would seem that the bug was 
eliminated.  But fail it still does... )-;


Gilles