gcc-4.3.0 fails to compile with this message when compiling expect-5.43.0. gcc-4.1.3 can compile without fail. They are both natively running on sh4 board.
gcc -c -I. -I. -I/usr/include/tcl-private/generic -DEXP_VERSION=\"5.43.0\" -DSCRIPTDIR=\"/usr/share/tcl8.5/expect5.43\" -DEXECSCRIPTDIR=\"/usr/lib/tcl8.5/expect5.43\" -DTCL_DEBUGGER -DUSE_NON_CONST -DSTTY_BIN=\"/bin/stty\" -O2 -g -mieee -O2 -g -mieee -pipe -fPIC -DDFLT_STTY="\"sane\"" Dbg.c -o shared/Dbg.o ; \ fi Dbg.c: In function 'Dbg_Interactor': Dbg.c:1071: error: unable to find a register to spill in class 'R0_REGS' Dbg.c:1071: error: this is the insn: (insn:HI 31 50 51 4 Dbg.c:1069 (set (mem/f/c/i:SI (plus:SI (reg/f:SI 3 r3 [186]) (reg:SI 12 r12)) [22 interdata+0 S4 A32]) (reg/v/f:SI 6 r6 [orig:165 data ] [165])) 172 {movsi_ie} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/f:SI 3 r3 [186]) (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/v/f:SI 6 r6 [orig:165 data ] [165]) (nil)))) Dbg.c:1071: confused by earlier errors, bailing out Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccjGJhgH.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. make: *** [Dbg.o] Error 1 # /usr/bin/gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: sh4-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --build=sh4-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.0 20080404 (Red Hat 4.3.0-6.fs1.1) (GCC) -- Summary: [4.3 regression] compile failure with message "unable to find a register to spill in class 'R0_REGS'" Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: masaki dot chikama at gmail dot com GCC build triplet: sh4-redhat-linux GCC host triplet: sh4-redhat-linux GCC target triplet: sh4-redhat-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36684