http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54429
--- Comment #2 from Oleg Endo <olegendo at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-08-31 11:54:27 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > 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? I haven't done proper testing. I will check out what's happening there.