On Monday 09 June 2003 21:07, Josh Helmer wrote: > On Monday 09 June 2003 09:22 am, brett holcomb wrote: > > Just because Windows doesn't seg fault doesn't mean it's > > not broken. The compling, etc. we do with Gentoo is far > > harder on a system then Windows. In addition Windows may > > not tell you - it just gives some strange error. > > > > 99.999% of seg faults are hardware. There is a definitive > > reference on this but I don't have it where I can get to > > it. > > Whoa!!! I suspect that your source is horribly mistaken! I *might* > believe that 99% of SIGBUS errors are caused by hardware, but I have seen > literally thousands of SIGSEGV dumps, and to the best of my knowledge every > one of them was caused by software problems. In fact, I *know* that many > of them were because I have fixed more than a few of the memory problems > that caused the SIGSEGV in the first place... >
Oddly enough I had some fun with a slightly dodgy compiled kernel module that was the result of some over warm RAM on a hot day. Caused all manner of problems, I had to let the system cool and recompile the kernel again and all has been fine since. -- Tom Wesley Please encrypt personal replies if possible.
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