diff --git a/meta-openmoko/packages/pulseaudio/libatomics-ops/fedora/libatomic_ops-1.2-ppclwzfix.patch b/meta-openmoko/packages/pulseaudio/libatomics-ops/fedora/libatomic_ops-1.2-ppclwzfix.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openmoko/packages/pulseaudio/libatomics-ops/fedora/libatomic_ops-1.2-ppclwzfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/devel/libatomic_ops/libatomic_ops-1.2-ppclwzfix.patch
+
+* add fix for bad variable handling on PPC
+
+--- libatomic_ops-1.2.orig/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h	2007-05-29 19:29:52.000000000 +0200
++++ libatomic_ops-1.2/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h	2007-05-29 19:30:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
+   /* registers.  I always got "impossible constraint" when I	*/
+   /* tried the "y" constraint.					*/
+   __asm__ __volatile__ (
+-    "lwz %0,%1\n"
++    "lwz%U1%X1 %0,%1\n"
+     "cmpw cr7,%0,%0\n"
+     "bne- cr7,1f\n"
+     "1: isync\n"