Does somebody understand what this assertion here enforces? My backend defines standard register elimination as below. gcc_assert ((SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT && (elim == hard_frame_pointer_rtx || elim == stack_pointer_rtx)) || elim == (frame_pointer_needed ? hard_frame_pointer_rtx : stack_pointer_rtx)); #define ELIMINABLE_REGS \ { \ { ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM }, \ { ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM }, \ { FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM } \ } Thanks, Regards, Hendrik Greving