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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:47:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jack Freelander <jack@rabbit.eng.miami.edu>
Cc:        "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jef <jam@winona.cs.miami.edu>
Subject:   Re: cc in 3.1-STABLE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904221146520.7869-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904221426480.13540-100000@rabbit.eng.miami.edu>

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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Jack Freelander wrote:

> > What about an error when cc dies?  What you're describing sounds like
> > the dreaded "Signal 11" most commonly caused by bad hardware, usually
> > RAM.
> 
> that sounds unfortunately familiar.  one sec ....
> cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
> 
> great.  just great.
> 
> > Are you using PC100 RAM in this machine?  Do you have a way to verify
> > that?
> 
> yes, we are.  The machine is brand new -- new motherboard, new chip, new
> RAM.  Is this UNQUESTIONALBY a RAM problem?  I need to know for certain
> because this hardware will have to be returned in a hurry if that is truly
> the case.

Yup -- or CPU cache, but it's usually RAM.

Doug White                               
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