Re: RAM Recommendations for a VIA Mainboard?

Scott Reese <sreese_at_codysbooks.com> writes:

> Though I'm not sure if RAM is my problem because I'm not getting Sig 11
> errors.  I keep getting extremely consistent internal compiler errors
> pretty much whenever I try to build *anything*.  I've tried to
> buildkernel about 16 times today and each time I get stuck here (or very
> near here):
>
> /usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx.c: In function `ahd_run_data_fifo':
> /usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx.c:787: error: unrecognizable insn:

[...]

> /usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx.c:787: internal compiler error: in
> reload_cse_simplify_operands, at reload1.c:8345

An "internal compiler error" (ICE for short) can also be a compiler bug
if it happens in the same place consistently. I recall other "ICE"
Subject lines, but ignored the corresponding posts; the list archives
may help you.

If you need to be sure what it is, rsync your source code and compiler
to a different computer with similar OS and hardware and try there. If
it fails in the same place, it's VERY unlikely to be the RAM.

If you've been running cvsup -s for a while, trying to run it once
without -s might be useful in case some alteration went unnoticed by
cvsup (haven't seen that so far, and it's an old recommendation, not
sure if it still holds).

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Matthias Andree

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