http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53938
--- Comment #3 from Greg Smith <gregpsmith at live dot co.uk> 2012-07-12 19:09:41 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > Can you verify if the situation improves with GCC 4.7 or current development > trunk? I am an end user of the Rowley CrossWorks system and they are not on to 4.7 yet. I am not really set up to conveniently build my own ARM cross compiler (from Windows)... though this is not impossible. However, I see nothing in the 4.7.0 and 4.7.1 release notes to suggest that any changes have been made in this area. I recall seeing this type of code generation for several years...