Segfault on a Alpha XL366 running Debian frozen
Hello,
I'm having the following segfault while building a customized kernel
running on my newly installed Alpha XL366. The installation is via
bootfloppies using the Debian frozen distro (ex-potato). Segfaults on
both make menuconfig and make config...
Platform: Alpha XL366
The gcc version is: gcc version 2.95.2 20000313 (Debian GNU/Linux)
Kernel version: 2.3.99-pre3
Running "make menuconfig":
gcc -s -L . lxdialog.o checklist.o menubox.o textbox.o yesno.o
inputbox.o util.o msgbox.o -lncurses -o lxdialog
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.0/scripts/lxdialog'
/bin/sh scripts/Menuconfig arch/alpha/config.in
Using defaults found in arch/alpha/defconfig
Preparing scripts: functions, parsing............................done.
make: *** [menuconfig] Segmentation fault
Running "make config":
*
* General setup
*
Alpha system type (Generic, Alcor/Alpha-XLT, Alpha-XL, AlphaBook1,
Avanti, Cabriolet, DP264, EB164, EB64+, EB66, EB66+, Jensen, LX164,
Miata, Mikasa, Noname, Noritake, PC164, Platform2000, Rawhide, Ruffian,
RX164, SX164, Sable, Takara) [Generic]
defined CONFIG_ALPHA_GENERIC
make: *** [config] Segmentation fault
Diagnosis:
1. As potato/frozen uses curses5, I thought the menuconfig code was
built on curses4...but no go, it still segfaults after downgrading
curses to v4.
2. Because 2.3.99-pre3 is very much bleeding edge, I tried the
following:
- 2.3.51 (still segfaults)
- 2.2.0 (still segfaults)
3. I narrow it down to a possibility of gcc 2.95.2 being incompatible
with the Alpha platform...Is this true? Has any body ever compiled a
kernel successfully using the current Debian frozen distro?
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Wai-Sun "squidster" Chia
Web/Unix Developer
Professional Services Division
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