Build failure of FreeType font engine for with ARM GCC 3.4 toolchain

When attempting to cross compile Qt Embedded for ARM using GCC 3.4, the build fails with the following error:

../../include/QtCore/../../../Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h: In member function `typename QHash<Key, T>::Node** QHash<Key, T>::findNode(const Key&, uint*) const [with Key = QFontEngine::FaceId, T = QFreetypeFace*]':
../../include/QtCore/../../../Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h:616: instantiated from `const T QHash<Key, T>::value(const Key&, const T&) const [with Key = QFontEngine::FaceId, T = QFreetypeFace*]'
/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:207: instantiated from here
../../include/QtCore/../../../Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h:883: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

{standard input}: Assembler messages: {standard input}

:713: Error: register or shift expression expected – `orr r3,r2,lsl#16'

{standard input}:724: Error: register or shift expression expected – `orr r2,r3,lsl#16' {standard input}

:7234: Error: register or shift expression expected – `orr r3,r1,lsl#16'

{standard input}:7245: Error: register or shift expression expected – `orr r1,r0,lsl#16'
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-static-emb-arm/qfontengine_ft.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Compile/src/gui'
make: *** [sub-gui-make_default-ordered] Error 2
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Following levels of optimization have been tried as well:

(1) QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE += -O1

/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:696:
warning: converting to `int' from `qreal'{standard input}

: Assembler messages:

{standard input}:1455: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r3,r2,lsl#16'{standard input}

:1466: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r3,r2,lsl#16'

{standard input}:3033: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r2,r0,lsl#16'{standard input}

:3046: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r2,r0,lsl#16'
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-static-emb-arm/qfontengine_ft.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Compile/src/gui'

(2) QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE += -O0

{standard input}: Assembler messages:{standard input}

:2894: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r3,r0,lsl#16'

/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:
In member function `bool QFontEngineFT::init(QFontEngine::FaceId, bool,

QFontEngineFT::GlyphFormat)':

/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:696:
warning: converting to `int' from `qreal'
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-static-emb-arm/qfontengine_ft.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Compile/src/gui'
make: *** [sub-gui-make_default-ordered] Error 2

• (3) commented the #QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE += *

{standard input}: Assembler messages:{standard input}

:2894: Error: register or shift expression expected
– `orr r3,r0,lsl#16'

/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:
In member function `bool QFontEngineFT::init(QFontEngine::FaceId, bool,
QFontEngineFT::GlyphFormat)':

/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Source/qt-everywhere-commercial-src-4.6.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp:696:
warning: converting to `int' from `qreal'
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-static-emb-arm/qfontengine_ft.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/Qt_lib_optimization/Qt4.6.0Compile/src/gui'
make: *** [sub-gui-make_default-ordered] Error 2