Re: [9fans] system crash during compile

["John Floren" <slawmaster@gmail.com>]

On 7/9/06, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone.
> > I've been trying to compile a new kernel (9pccpuf), but whenever it
> > gets to the "size 9pccpuf" point, I get the following error and a
> > system crash:
> >
> > panic: executeio: page out I/O error
> > dumpstack disabled
> > cpu0: exiting
> >
> > Admittedly, this system is not the most up to date (can't get dialup
> > working), so it could be a bug which is fixed now. However, with my
> > slow connection, I would rather not re-download the cd image. Has
> > anybody else seen this problem? It looks like it has something to do
> > with swap, but the swap had been working OK up until that point.
> > Thanks
>
> You're running out of memory during the 8l command that
> precedes the size command in the final linking recipe.
> You might also be running out of swap.  You could try running
> stats to watch your memory and swap usage during the mk
> and see if swap fills.
>
> Russ
>

I've been running stats. Swap doesn't even reach 1/4 of capacity when
the crash occurs.

John
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