[GHC] #7598: ghc-stage1 generates wrong assembler on StgCmmPrim (operand out of range)

[GHC]

#7598: ghc-stage1 generates wrong assembler on StgCmmPrim (operand out of range)
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Reporter:  kgardas              |          Owner:          
    Type:  bug                  |         Status:  new     
Priority:  normal               |      Component:  Compiler
 Version:  7.7                  |       Keywords:          
      Os:  Linux                |   Architecture:  powerpc 
 Failure:  Building GHC failed  |      Blockedby:          
Blocking:                       |        Related:          
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 Hello,
 an attempt to compile today GHC HEAD on linux powerpc fails with this
 message
 {{{
 "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -static  -H32m -O    -package-name
 ghc-7.7.20130115 -hide-all-packages -i -icompiler/basicTypes
 -icompiler/cmm -icompiler/codeGen -icompiler/coreSyn -icompiler/deSugar
 -icompiler/ghci -icompiler/hsSyn -icompiler/iface -icompiler/llvmGen
 -icompiler/main -icompiler/nativeGen -icompiler/parser -icompiler/prelude
 -icompiler/profiling -icompiler/rename -icompiler/simplCore
 -icompiler/simplStg -icompiler/specialise -icompiler/stgSyn
 -icompiler/stranal -icompiler/typecheck -icompiler/types -icompiler/utils
 -icompiler/vectorise -icompiler/stage2/build
 -icompiler/stage2/build/autogen -Icompiler/stage2/build
 -Icompiler/stage2/build/autogen -Icompiler/../rts/dist/build
 -Icompiler/stage2 -Icompiler/. -Icompiler/parser -Icompiler/utils   -optP-
 DGHCI -optP-include -optPcompiler/stage2/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h
 -package Cabal-1.17.0 -package array-0.4.0.2 -package base-4.7.0.0
 -package bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 -package bytestring-0.10.3.0 -package
 containers-0.5.0.0 -package directory-1.2.0.1 -package filepath-1.3.0.2
 -package hoopl-3.10.0.0 -package hpc-0.6.0.1 -package process-1.2.0.0
 -package template-haskell-2.9.0.0 -package time-1.4.0.2 -package
 transformers-0.3.0.0 -package unix-2.6.1.0  -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing
 -XHaskell98 -XNondecreasingIndentation -XCPP -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples
 -XPatternGuards -XForeignFunctionInterface -XEmptyDataDecls
 -XTypeSynonymInstances -XMultiParamTypeClasses -XFlexibleInstances
 -XRankNTypes -XScopedTypeVariables -XDeriveDataTypeable -XBangPatterns
 -DGHCI_TABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE -DSTAGE=2 -O2  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts
 -odir compiler/stage2/build -hidir compiler/stage2/build -stubdir
 compiler/stage2/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c
 compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs -o compiler/stage2/build/StgCmmPrim.o
 /tmp/ghc20445_0/ghc20445_0.s: Assembler messages:

 /tmp/ghc20445_0/ghc20445_0.s:98896:0:
      Error: operand out of range (0x00000000000081ac is not between
 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007ffc)
 make[1]: *** [compiler/stage2/build/StgCmmPrim.o] Error 1
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 }}}
 The platform is 32bit PowerPC running debian wheezy which provides GHC
 7.4.1 used for bootstrapping GHC HEAD.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7598>
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