This happened to me when I wanted to look at assembler output source using gcc -S and for better readability choose -masm=intel option. -S only works fine. I tried to cut my source and include short example which can be quickly verified. I also checked this problem happen on mingw32 gcc ver 3.4.5
Try to compile this: gcc -S x.c -masm=intel x.c: ================================= #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> typedef struct { unsigned long offset; // 32-bit offset unsigned short selector; // 16-bit selector } __attribute__((packed)) PM_FAR_POINTER; int exec_ring0_code(unsigned long code_address, unsigned long ecx, unsigned long *eax, unsigned long *edx) { PM_FAR_POINTER callgate_ptr; asm __volatile__ ( "lcall *%5\n" : "=a"(*eax), "=d"(*edx) : "a"(*eax), "c"(ecx), "d"(*edx), "m" (callgate_ptr) : "memory" ); return(0); } ================================= result is: x.c: In function 'exec_ring0_code': x.c:19: internal compiler error: in print_operand, at config/i386/i386.c:7961 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. Assembler output x.S stops at line "lcall *" when I compile it with gcc -S x.c only it compile all without error and mentioned line looks this: "lcall *-6(%ebp)" -- Summary: GCC failed to produce assembler output with -masm=intel option Product: gcc Version: 4.2.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: rayer at seznam dot cz GCC build triplet: i386-pc-dos-djgpp, win32-mingw GCC host triplet: i386-pc-dos-djgpp, win32-mingw GCC target triplet: i386-pc-dos-djgpp, win32-mingw http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33918