RE: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-25 Thread Rhett Monteg Hollander
"Paul A. Howes" wrote: > > All; > > These two kernel options seem to have solved the problem. Builds now > run smoothly and error-free. I read the comments in NOTES about these > options and something clicked: I recall that most Pentium processors > will only deal with 4 kB pages. Aren't 4 MB

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Terry Lambert
Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > You guys aren't listening again. It's a CPU implementation bug. > > Well, and you aren't telling again :( I sent you private email. If you are willing to agree to non-disclosure, you can know, too. Also again > So, if you have the info you claim to have, it shou

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems Terry Lambert wrote: > Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Paul A. Howes wrote: > > > I have a machine that uses a SiS 648, but it has other problems... I'm > > > one of the unlucky individuals who bought the ASUS implementation of > > > this board, and ended up with a flaky P.O.S. > > >

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Terry Lambert
Soeren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Paul A. Howes wrote: > > I have a machine that uses a SiS 648, but it has other problems... I'm > > one of the unlucky individuals who bought the ASUS implementation of > > this board, and ended up with a flaky P.O.S. > > Uhm the board here is and ASUS P4S8X and i

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Terry Lambert
leafy wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:10:46PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > > inverse provided in the kernel configuration file (ENABLE_PSE & > > > ENABLE_PG_G). > > > > Just for the record but my [EMAIL PROTECTED]/533 512MB/DDR does *not* show this > > problem no matter how hard I beat it.

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread leafy
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 05:15:07PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > Well the box has been doing about 50 buildworlds aday in a loop for the > last 4-5 days, I guess that should do it no ? :) > > -Søren It should :) But I still fail to see why it does or doesn't behave this way. :( Jiawei -- "Wit

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Terry Lambert
"Paul A. Howes" wrote: > These two kernel options seem to have solved the problem. Builds now > run smoothly and error-free. I read the comments in NOTES about these > options and something clicked: I recall that most Pentium processors > will only deal with 4 kB pages. Aren't 4 MB pages a feat

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems leafy wrote: >> Doesn't make any difference, the only way I (so far) has been able to >> reproduce this is by severely overclocking the CPU and RAM... >> >> -Søren >I didn't believe it either at first. But I had kernel #54 before I first got thi >s weird behavior. Ever since I have only ke

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread leafy
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:21:46PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > Doesn't make any difference, the only way I (so far) has been able to > reproduce this is by severely overclocking the CPU and RAM... > > -Søren I didn't believe it either at first. But I had kernel #54 before I first got this wei

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:10:46PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These two kernel options seem to have solved the problem. Builds now > > run smoothly and error-free. I read the comments in NOTES about these > > options and something clicked: I recall that most Pentium pr

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems Paul A. Howes wrote: > Soren, > > I have a machine that uses a SiS 648, but it has other problems... I'm > one of the unlucky individuals who bought the ASUS implementation of > this board, and ended up with a flaky P.O.S. Uhm the board here is and ASUS P4S8X and it works like a charm..

RE: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Paul A. Howes
me, and my work, than wringing out the last MHz of performance. :) -- Paul A. Howes -Original Message- From: Soeren Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as) Could ve

RE: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Paul A. Howes
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as) On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:10:46PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > inverse provided in the kernel configuration file (ENABLE_PSE & > > ENABLE_PG_G). > > Just for the record b

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems leafy wrote: >Try this: > >DON'T remove /usr/obj before doing a buildworld, just let it accumulate. It will > show up someday (it's not deterministic). Even sh(1) can die during the build a >long with make(1) and as and gcc. My P4 never showed such behaviour if I properl >y remove /usr/obj

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread leafy
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:10:46PM +0100, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > > inverse provided in the kernel configuration file (ENABLE_PSE & > > ENABLE_PG_G). > > Just for the record but my [EMAIL PROTECTED]/533 512MB/DDR does *not* show this > problem no matter how hard I beat it. > > -Søren Try this:

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Soeren Schmidt
It seems Paul A. Howes wrote: > > All; > > These two kernel options seem to have solved the problem. Builds now > run smoothly and error-free. I read the comments in NOTES about these > options and something clicked: I recall that most Pentium processors > will only deal with 4 kB pages. Aren

RE: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-24 Thread Paul A. Howes
On Behalf Of John Hay Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:05 PM To: Paul A. Howes Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as) On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:43:01AM -0500, Paul A. Howes wrote: > All, > > I am receiving some strange errors during a

Re: [Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-23 Thread John Hay
> > > I thought this was the default in 5.x GENERIC; has someone turned > > these options off in the default config?!? > > > > I certainly haven't seen changes to locore.s, pmap.c, and machdep.c > > that would fix the problem by working around the CPU bug. > > Can't say anything for Paul's case,

Re: [Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-23 Thread Terry Lambert
Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:18:42PM -0800, Terry Lambert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought this was the default in 5.x GENERIC; has someone turned > > these options off in the default config?!? > > > > I certainly haven't seen changes to locore.s, pmap.c, and machdep

Re: [Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-23 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:18:42PM -0800, Terry Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought this was the default in 5.x GENERIC; has someone turned > these options off in the default config?!? > > I certainly haven't seen changes to locore.s, pmap.c, and machdep.c > that would fix the problem

Re: [Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-22 Thread Terry Lambert
Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:43:01AM -0500, "Paul A. Howes" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am receiving some strange errors during a buildworld of 5.0-RELEASE-p2 > > from 5.0-RELEASE-p1. The location of where the failure varies, but the > > program that causes the failure

[Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-22 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:43:01AM -0500, "Paul A. Howes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am receiving some strange errors during a buildworld of 5.0-RELEASE-p2 > from 5.0-RELEASE-p1. The location of where the failure varies, but the > program that causes the failure is the same every time: "as".

Re: cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-22 Thread John Hay
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:43:01AM -0500, Paul A. Howes wrote: > All, > > I am receiving some strange errors during a buildworld of 5.0-RELEASE-p2 > from 5.0-RELEASE-p1. The location of where the failure varies, but the > program that causes the failure is the same every time: "as". > > The err

cc: Internal error: Illegal instruction (program as)

2003-02-22 Thread Paul A. Howes
All, I am receiving some strange errors during a buildworld of 5.0-RELEASE-p2 from 5.0-RELEASE-p1. The location of where the failure varies, but the program that causes the failure is the same every time: "as". The errors are a variety of signal 10 and signal 4. I do find an "as.core" file und