Running the GCC testsuite I see the following ICE: Executing on host: /abuild/aj/gcc/gcc/xgcc -B/abuild/aj/gcc/gcc/ /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c -O1 -malt ivec -mabi=altivec -std=gnu99 -fno-show-column -S -m64 -o 3c-01a.s (timeout = 300) /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c: In function 'f': /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c:1450: internal compiler error: RTL check: expected code 'set' or 'clobber', h ave 'unspec' in try_combine, at combine.c:2898 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. compiler exited with status 1 output is: /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c: In function 'f': /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c:1450: internal compiler error: RTL check: expected code 'set' or 'clobber', h ave 'unspec' in try_combine, at combine.c:2898 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
FAIL: gcc.dg/vmx/3c-01a.c -O1 (test for excess errors) This is with: /opt/gcc/4.1-devel/bin/gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: powerpc64-suse-linux-gnu Configured with: /aj-cvs/gcc-svn/branches/gcc-4_1-branch/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc/4.1-devel --enable-checking=misc,tree,gc,rtl,rtlflag,assert --enable-threads=posix --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++,treelang,java,f95,objc --with-system-zlib --with-cpu=default32 powerpc64-suse-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.0 20051119 (prerelease) -- Summary: ICE: RTL check: expected code 'set' or 'clobber', have 'unspec' in try_combine, at combine.c:2898 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: middle-end AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: aj at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: powerpc64-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: powerpc64-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: powerpc64-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24952