Distribution: Gentoo Hardware Environment: Athlon 2700+ Software Environment: gcc 3.3.3-r6, glibc 2.3.4.20040619 Problem Description: When compiling perl 5.8.4, kernel panics with no debuging info other than: Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! In interrupt handler - Not syncing I was not able to get any other debugging info, even with netconsole. Anyway, perl appears to build fine, but the kernel panics in the testing stage, specifically after the "t/op/lfs" test, which says # NOTE: this file tests how large files (>2GB) work with perlio (stdio/sfio). # sysopen(), sysseek(), syswrite(), sysread() are tested in t/lib/syslfs.t. # If you modify/add tests here, remember to update also ext/Fcntl/t/syslfs.t. Please let me know if you need any further info. I'd be happy to help however I can.
That sounds fairly serious. Please write down the oops trace from the screen, or take a photograph of the screen. We do need that trace. Thanks.
Yes, I guess the problem is I don't get a trace, at least not the trace info I've seen on previous panics. I just get that two-line panic message. It had been suggested that I use a serial console or netconsole. I used netconsole (I don't have a serial device handy ATM) but only got the two-liner on the netconsole as well. Likewise there's nothing in syslog. Perhaps there's some setting I can enable in there kernel config to get more debugging info?
Compiles and tests fine on rc2. Closing this bug.