[Tinyos-help] Internal compiler error compiling Blink on micaz

[Simon Kellner]

* David Gay [2009-07-02 10:40 -0700]:
> Quatre Horrace <exvagabond at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > /opt/tinyos-2.1.0/tos/chips/atm128/timer/HplAtm128Timer0AsyncP.nc:178:
> > internal compiler error: in start_function, at c-decl.c:6177
> 
> This is a gcc bug, as the url would indicate, not a nesC bug.

Right.  Seems to be present in a lot of gcc-4
releases.  For a workaround, see the attachment to
https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/pipermail/tinyos-help/2009-May/040058.html


> But before doing that, I'd try using a different (newer or older ;-))
> version of avr-gcc.

I was about to investigate and submit a bug report to the gcc project, but
before doing that I tested with gcc-4.4.0 and it compiled without a fuss.


ciao