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pureMD5: Simplifier ticks exhausted

GHC panics with simplifier ticks exhausted on powerpc, powerpc64, and powerpc64le compiling pureMD5:

[   43s] [1 of 1] Compiling Data.Digest.Pure.MD5 ( Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.hs, dist/build/Data/Digest/Pure/MD5.o ) 
[...]
[   46s] ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
[   46s]   (GHC version 8.0.0.20160204 for powerpc64le-unknown-linux):
[   46s] 	Simplifier ticks exhausted
[   46s]   When trying UnfoldingDone $
[   46s]   To increase the limit, use -fsimpl-tick-factor=N (default 100)
[   46s]   If you need to do this, let GHC HQ know, and what factor you needed
[   46s]   To see detailed counts use -ddump-simpl-stats
[   46s]   Total ticks: 168807

pureMD5 compiles on i586 and x86_64.

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Version 8.0.1-rc2
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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