http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54429
--- Comment #1 from Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-08-31 10:59:44 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) I don't know the history about it. I guess that the original intention would be to use FP registers as fast memories for integers, though I'm wrong about it. BTW, the last time I tried to disable integer mode for FP registers, some reload failures popped up in gcc testsuite. Are there no new failures on your test with the above patch?