Re: 1480: "bad address" instead of "argument list too"

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:56:29PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:

> I get the following in a directory which has many files in it on a
> Braodcom 1480:
> 
> 2179:tbm@bigsur: ~/build/logs] grep foo *
> zsh: bad address: grep
> 
> Normally, I'd expect an "zsh: argument list too long: grep" error.
> 
> I get this with different shells.  Hmm, that's interesting.  "echo *"
> works.  I assume shell built-in commands work but others don't.

Chances are this is caused by the return value of some syscall.  Can you
use strace on a shell to isolate it?  Is this 32-bit software on a 64-bit
kernel?

  Ralf