LD .tmp_vmlinux1 error 139 on kernel compile w/gentoo-dev

mciann · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 102

I am getting the error described above upon typing "make". I have seen some information suggesting that this may be related to memory problems in hardware, but I have low confidence that this is actually the case. Hardware diagnostics show no problems, and this machine has been in use in production for some time.

I have also verified that binutils and the 2.6 kernel module_init packages are in place.

Could I have some overly aggressive make.conf settings? If so, what do I do, change the settings and re-run emerge system?

I am using a Pentium 4M processor.

CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"

codergeek42 · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

Please post the exact error, if you can. That will help us help you alot more than jsut a description of the error.
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mciann · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 102

mciann · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 102

update-

I ran memtest all night - got no memory errors.

more info-

I am trying to get the 2.6.8 gentoo-dev kernel to work on a Dell Inspiron 5150. I get the error described in the previous post when I try to run "make".

On a hunch that using the -pipe CFLAG might cause the system to use more memory than would be the case if tempfiles were used instead, I omitted -pipe and tried again. The problem persisted. I watched top during the compile attempt - no swap was used at all.

Next I am going to try to unmerge and re-emerge the kernel source and compile with the default .config. If this doesn't work, I am going to back off on optimization and re-emerge the system.

Any suggestions would be most welcome and very appreciated.

mciann · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 102

update -

CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer"

fixed the problem. I am now going to backtrack and see which specific optimization causes the problem, for the purposes of documenting the solution. I'll add to this post rather than bumping the thread again.

Okay, here's the final word.

Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop with Pentium 4M processor.

if I use "-march=pentium3 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer", I get no problems

if I use "-march=pentium3 -O3 -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer", I get an error 139 trying to compile the 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 kernel, as detailed in an earlier post.

Fixing the problem required changing make.conf to omit the offending parameter (-msse2) and running "emerge -e world".