Re: Kernel compilation failure

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

> 
> That '2419 Segmentation fault      gcc ....' looks bad.  gcc only
> segfaults on compiler bugs or hardware errors in my experience.  Of
> course being gcc 4.0.x compiler bugs are entirely possible.
> 
> On the other hand the fact it is _not_ happening the same place each
> time rather makes the hardware error much more likely.
>

:-(
 
> If you can do make clean and then build it and have it fail the same
> place 3 or 4 times in a row, then submit a bugreport on gcc-4.0. 
> If it doesn't fail the same place each of those times, start swapping ram,
> cpu, etc, until you find the faulty hardware.
>

The fault occurs at different places...

I already did a complete pass with "memtest86+"; it didn't report a
single memory error.
 
What and how should I test next?
Do I just unplug one of the processors?
Is there some other diagnostics tool which I can run?


Gilles