Subject: Re: Linux crash when big application executing on PPC405GP board

From: Dan Kegel <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:51:14 -0700

Jikun Sun wrote:
>>[email-masked] wrote:
>>
>>>Board: CSB272 IBM PPC405GP
>>>Linux kernel version: 2.4.17
>>>Linux kernel can boot nfs root filesystem on the board. Shell works
>>>correctly.
>>>However the system will oops when execute big applications, such as
>>>copying a file which is larger than 2MBytes.
>>>The following is ksymoops:
>>>
>>>The size of vmlinux.srec is 2.076Mbytes.
>>>[email-masked]:/# cp vmlinux.srec vmlinux.srec.bak
>>>
>>>Oops: kernel access of bad area, sig: 11
>>
>>Where did you get your kernel?
>
>
> MontaVista

Which version, Montavista Linux 2.1?
Are you using their software unmodified, or have you changed anything?
I assume this is the unsupported preview edition,
otherwise you'd be on the phone to Montavista?

>>What compiler did you use to build it?
>
>
> ppc_405-gcc

What does ppc_405-gcc --version say?
- Dan

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