egcs-1.1b alpha-dec-osf3.2 internal error in change_address()

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904082153280.4966-100000@dair.pair.com >you write:
  > The short answer is line 3782 in alpha.c:alpha_expand_epilogue
  > 
  >   fp_is_frame_pointer = ((TARGET_OPEN_VMS && vms_is_stack_procedure)
  > 			 || (!TARGET_OPEN_VMS && frame_pointer_needed));
  > 
  > But I guess you'll bounce right back and ask me why frame_pointer_needed
  > is 1?  If it's not the obvious answer that "it's the default for
  > non-optimizing compilations", I'll have to look some more.
Nobody actually tests frame pointer elimination when the optimizer is off.

At least very few people do :-)  I did a few years ago and things basically
work (no suprise since some targets have eliminations that must always be
performed even when not optimizing, like arg->fp).

jeff