I had gcc segfault compiling the 2.6.18 Linux Kernel retrieved from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.18.tar.bz2.
The special details of my kernel configuration (-O0 and -ggdb3) probably play into this, since I've never seen this error compiling Linux 2.6.18 before. - Mike (strictlym...@gmail.com) 1., 2., 3. GCC version, system type, GCC config options: $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) 4. Exact command-line Indeterminate, but here is the scenario: Linux 2.6.18 Kbuild: Debug flags: AFLAGS_MODULE += -ggdb2 CFLAGS_MODULE += -ggdb2 AFLAGS_KERNEL += -ggdb3 CFLAGS_KERNEL += -ggdb3 Optimizations disabled: # Commented out CFLAGS += -Os and CFLAGS += -O2 CFLAGS += -O0 Probably failed on: CC drivers/parport/parport_pc.o 5. Compiler output: include/linux/parport_pc.h: In function ‘parport_pc_frob_control’: include/linux/parport_pc.h:199: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see <URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.1/README.Bugs>. Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccN4mj5p.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. 6. Preprocessed file (Attached) -- Summary: segfault on include/linux/parport_pc.h:199 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: strictlymike at gmail dot com GCC build triplet: i486-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i486-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i486-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39857