With today's gcc, I saw many /tmp/ccYeoniW.s:568: Warning: .space repeat count is zero, ignored /tmp/ccYeoniW.s:575: Warning: .space repeat count is zero, ignored /tmp/ccYeoniW.s:577: Warning: .space repeat count is zero, ignored on both Linux/i386 and Linux/ia64. Has anyone else seen those? H.J.