http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55734
--- Comment #14 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-12-19 09:43:27 UTC --- (In reply to comment #10) > Ah yes, now I remember. Yes, there is a problem with libgcov.a. I > wasn't seeing it because I was only building cc1. You are correct > Teresa, that is the reason for the gymnastics in my original patch. > > houston:/build/trunkboot/gcc$ nm libgcov.a |grep popc > U popcount_hwi > > I will let you and Richard sort it out :). libgcov should be built by stage1 gcc already and thus has the builtins available.