ghc-stage1 generates wrong assembler on StgCmmPrim (operand out of range)

Hello, an attempt to compile today GHC HEAD on linux powerpc fails with this message

"inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -static  -H32m -O    -package-name ghc-7.7.20130115 -hide-all-packages -i -icompiler/basicTypes -icompiler/cmm -icompiler/codeGen -icompiler/coreSyn -icompiler/deSugar -icompiler/ghci -icompiler/hsSyn -icompiler/iface -icompiler/llvmGen -icompiler/main -icompiler/nativeGen -icompiler/parser -icompiler/prelude -icompiler/profiling -icompiler/rename -icompiler/simplCore -icompiler/simplStg -icompiler/specialise -icompiler/stgSyn -icompiler/stranal -icompiler/typecheck -icompiler/types -icompiler/utils -icompiler/vectorise -icompiler/stage2/build -icompiler/stage2/build/autogen -Icompiler/stage2/build -Icompiler/stage2/build/autogen -Icompiler/../rts/dist/build -Icompiler/stage2 -Icompiler/. -Icompiler/parser -Icompiler/utils   -optP-DGHCI -optP-include -optPcompiler/stage2/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package Cabal-1.17.0 -package array-0.4.0.2 -package base-4.7.0.0 -package bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 -package bytestring-0.10.3.0 -package containers-0.5.0.0 -package directory-1.2.0.1 -package filepath-1.3.0.2 -package hoopl-3.10.0.0 -package hpc-0.6.0.1 -package process-1.2.0.0 -package template-haskell-2.9.0.0 -package time-1.4.0.2 -package transformers-0.3.0.0 -package unix-2.6.1.0  -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing -XHaskell98 -XNondecreasingIndentation -XCPP -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XPatternGuards -XForeignFunctionInterface -XEmptyDataDecls -XTypeSynonymInstances -XMultiParamTypeClasses -XFlexibleInstances -XRankNTypes -XScopedTypeVariables -XDeriveDataTypeable -XBangPatterns -DGHCI_TABLES_NEXT_TO_CODE -DSTAGE=2 -O2  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts      -odir compiler/stage2/build -hidir compiler/stage2/build -stubdir compiler/stage2/build -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -c compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs -o compiler/stage2/build/StgCmmPrim.o
/tmp/ghc20445_0/ghc20445_0.s: Assembler messages:

/tmp/ghc20445_0/ghc20445_0.s:98896:0:
     Error: operand out of range (0x00000000000081ac is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007ffc)
make[1]: *** [compiler/stage2/build/StgCmmPrim.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

The platform is 32bit PowerPC running debian wheezy which provides GHC 7.4.1 used for bootstrapping GHC HEAD.

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Trac field	Value
Version	7.7
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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