[coreboot] ROM option compile problem

Thu Nov 1 20:34:39 CET 2012

2012/11/1  <jeroenkrabbendam at fastmail.fm>:
> Thank you for this tip.
>
> I followed the instructions (make crossgcc), but got stuck while building gcc on a 'bus error' of genautomata.
>
> Details (total of 3):
>
> 1. Output of make crossgcc:
>
> Indus ~ # cd /usr/src/coreboot/
> Indus coreboot # make crossgcc
> Welcome to the coreboot cross toolchain builder v1.17 (October 26th, 2012)
>
> Will skip GDB ... ok
> Downloading tar balls ...
>  * gmp-5.0.5.tar.bz2 (downloading)
>  * mpfr-3.1.1.tar.bz2 (downloading)
>  * mpc-1.0.1.tar.gz (downloading)
>  * libelf-0.8.13.tar.gz (downloading)
>  * gcc-4.7.2.tar.bz2 (downloading)
>  * binutils-2.23.tar.gz (downloading)
>  * acpica-unix-20120420.tar.gz (downloading)
> Downloaded tar balls ... ok
> Unpacking and patching ...
>  * gmp-5.0.5.tar.bz2
>  * mpfr-3.1.1.tar.bz2
>  * mpc-1.0.1.tar.gz
>  * libelf-0.8.13.tar.gz
>  * gcc-4.7.2.tar.bz2
>  * binutils-2.23.tar.gz
>    o binutils-2.23_no-bfd-doc.patch
>  * acpica-unix-20120420.tar.gz
>    o acpica-unix-20120420_unknown_warnings.patch
> Unpacked and patched ... ok
> Building GMP 5.0.5 ... ok
> Building MPFR 3.1.1 ... ok
> Building MPC 1.0.1 ... ok
> Building libelf 0.8.13 ... ok
> Building binutils 2.23 ... ok
> Building GCC 4.7.2 ... failed
> make[1]: *** [build-without-gdb] Error 1
> make: *** [crossgcc] Error 2
>
>
> 2. Tail of the logfile:
>
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
> configure: updating cache ./config.cache
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: executing gstdint.h commands
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/genhooks.c: In function ■emit_documentation■:
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/genhooks.c:141:14: warning: ignoring return value of ■fscanf■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/genhooks.c:132:17: warning: ignoring return value of ■fscanf■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/genhooks.c:195:14: warning: ignoring return value of ■fscanf■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/genhooks.c:201:14: warning: ignoring return value of ■fscanf■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-family/c-ppoutput.c: In function ■scan_translation_unit_trad■:
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-family/c-ppoutput.c:297:7: warning: ignoring return value of ■fwrite_unlocked■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-family/c-ppoutput.c: In function ■print_lines_directives_only■:
> ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/c-family/c-ppoutput.c:264:3: warning: ignoring return value of ■fwrite_unlocked■, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> /bin/sh: line 1: 15425 Bus error               build/genautomata ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/config/i386/i386.md insn-conditions.md > tmp-automata.c
> make[4]: *** [s-automata] Error 135
> make[3]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> mkdir -p -- /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2/install-tools
> mkdir -p -- /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2/install-tools/include
>  /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=disable-static  --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   liblto_plugin.la '/usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2'
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2/liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0
> libtool: install: (cd /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2 && { ln -s -f liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 liblto_plugin.so.0 || { rm -f
> liblto_plugin.so.0 && ln -s liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 liblto_plugin.so.0; }; })
> libtool: install: (cd /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2 && { ln -s -f liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 liblto_plugin.so || { rm -f
> liblto_plugin.so && ln -s liblto_plugin.so.0.0.0 liblto_plugin.so; }; })
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/liblto_plugin.lai /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2/liblto_plugin.la
> libtool: finish:
> PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.4:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gnat-gcc-bin/4.3:/usr/libexec/gnat-gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3:/usr/libexec/gpc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4:/usr/lib/subversion/bin:/opt/eagle-5.11.0/bin:/var/qmail/bin:/var/vpopmail/bin:.:/usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/bin:/sbin"
> ldconfig -n /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Libraries have been installed in:
>    /usr/src/coreboot/util/crossgcc/xgcc/lib/gcc/i386-elf/4.7.2
>
> If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
> in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
> specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
> flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
>    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
>      during execution
>    - add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
>      during linking
>    - use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
>    - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf'
>
> See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
> more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> /bin/sh: line 1: 15626 Bus error               build/genautomata ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/config/i386/i386.md insn-conditions.md > tmp-automata.c
> make[4]: *** [s-automata] Error 135
> make[3]: *** [install-gcc] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
>
>
>
> 3. Running genautomata by hand does not reveal much:
>
> Indus build-gcc # cd gcc/
> Indus gcc # build/genautomata ../../gcc-4.7.2/gcc/config/i386/i386.md insn-conditions.md > tmp-automata.c
> Bus error
> Indus gcc #
>
>
>
>
> Again, someone with a suggestion? Thank you!
>
> Jeroen Krabbendam

That.. sounds like something is 'wrong' with your machine, either in a
software or a hardware way (or both): ancient OS/userland, bad memory.
Is there anything useful in dmesg output?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3789089/bus-error-in-cron-job