I forgot that without -mcpu=strongarm, it pretends to compile fine.
> 
> ignatios@drum 97 % g++ -Dunix -mcpu=strongarm   -I../../incl -c xlman.c
> xlman.c: In function `int main(int, char **)':
> xlman.c:691: internal error--unrecognizable insn:
> (insn 4912 4909 98 (set (reg:QI 6 r6)
>         (mem:QI (plus:SI (reg:SI 6 r6)
>                 (const_int -2612)))) -1 (nil)
>     (nil))

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