1gcc 4.4 did this: The MIPS port no longer recognizes the h  asm constraint. It was necessary to remove this constraint in order to avoid generating unpredictable code sequences.
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3so the libmad build with gcc-4.5.0 was failing.
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5Found a solution here:
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7http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/bug-568418-libmad0-dev-mpg321-compilation-errors-mips-mipsel-architectures-help-169033451.html
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9Upstream-Status: Pending
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112010/07/29
12Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
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14--- a/fixed.h
15+++ b/fixed.h
16@@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ mad_fixed_t mad_f_mul_inline(mad_fixed_t
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18 /* --- MIPS ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
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20+# elif defined(FPM_MIPS) && (defined(__clang__) || __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4))
21+    typedef unsigned int u64_di_t __attribute__ ((mode (DI)));
22+#   define MAD_F_MLX(hi, lo, x, y) \
23+    do { \
24+        u64_di_t __ll = (u64_di_t) (x) * (y); \
25+        hi = __ll >> 32; \
26+        lo = __ll; \
27+     } while (0)
28+
29 # elif defined(FPM_MIPS)
30
31 /*
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