Re: Bus error in compiler...
Re: Bus error in compiler...
- Subject: Re: Bus error in compiler...
- From: Chas Spillar <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:31:18 -0800
- Thread-topic: Bus error in compiler...
This is an XServe which has two sticks of ECC RAM already. I am pretty sure
the machine was directly purchased from Apple with the RAM installed.
Chas.
> From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:18:52 -0800
> To: Chas Spillar <email@hidden>
> Cc: XCode Users List <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Re: Bus error in compiler...
>
> On 11/29/06, Lawrence Gold <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Chas Spillar wrote:
>>
>>> All of a sudden I am getting the following problem with my builds:
>>>
>>> xxxx.C: In member function 'virtual void ABCDEFG::Generate(BYTE*)':
>>> XXX.C:398: internal compiler error: Bus error
>>> Please submit a full bug report,
>>> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
>>> See <URL:http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter> for instructions.
>>> {standard input}:260:FATAL:.abort detected. Assembly stopping.
>>> ** BUILD FAILED **
>>>
>>> This is in some crypto code that I can't send into Apple. The code
>>> is doing
>>> lots of nested intricate macros (not my code, not my fault).
>>>
>>> The build has the behavior that it was building fine and then it
>>> had this
>>> problem this morning. Clean building didn't fix the problem, but
>>> rebooting
>>> did. Now it has happened a second time.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea what this might be or if there is some
>>> parameter that I
>>> can give the compiler to make it work (increase stack space, heap
>>> space,
>>> etc.)?
>>
>> If it's happening irregularly, it could be a sign of bad hardware.
>> I'd suspect bad RAM to start.
>
> We had an issue similar to this (intermittent/random crashes during
> compile) on our build system (doesn't use predictive compilation,
> etc.) and resolved it by removing some 3rd party RAM (from a PC
> vendor) that was added to the system. In the end we switch the system
> over to use ECC RAM from a vendor that supplies Apple qualified RAM.
> This was with a PowerMac G5 system.
>
> The only problems we have had since results from network failures
> causing CIFS mounts going offline.... unrelated to the system.
>
> -Shawn
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