diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index dbce3eb71d78784e6ef450437565d929d0a0e7c6..797fb126bc2d17a85d3c804aaa3c130941398dbc 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2013-01-30  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
+
+	PR tree-optimization/56064
+	* fixed-value.c (fixed_from_double_int): New function.
+	* fixed-value.h (fixed_from_double_int): New prototype.
+	(const_fixed_from_double_int): New static inline function.
+	* fold-const.c (native_interpret_fixed): New static function.
+	(native_interpret_expr) <FIXED_POINT_TYPE>: Use it.
+	(can_native_interpret_type_p) <FIXED_POINT_TYPE>: Return true.
+	(native_encode_fixed): New static function.
+	(native_encode_expr) <FIXED_CST>: Use it.
+	(native_interpret_int): Move double_int worker code to...
+	* double-int.c (double_int::from_buffer): ...this new static method.
+	* double-int.h (double_int::from_buffer): Prototype it.
+
 2013-01-30  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* tree-ssa-structalias.c (final_solutions, final_solutions_obstack):
diff --git a/gcc/double-int.c b/gcc/double-int.c
index a02a6aab581f32231c14a82291c1256f81626857..918ce2273ecaca2952f250463c4750cd98fa5d2c 100644
--- a/gcc/double-int.c
+++ b/gcc/double-int.c
@@ -641,6 +641,54 @@ div_and_round_double (unsigned code, int uns,
   return overflow;
 }
 
+
+/* Construct from a buffer of length LEN.  BUFFER will be read according
+   to byte endianess and word endianess.  Only the lower LEN bytes
+   of the result are set; the remaining high bytes are cleared.  */
+
+double_int
+double_int::from_buffer (const unsigned char *buffer, int len)
+{
+  double_int result = double_int_zero;
+  int words = len / UNITS_PER_WORD;
+
+  gcc_assert (len * BITS_PER_UNIT <= HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT);
+
+  for (int byte = 0; byte < len; byte++)
+    {
+      int offset;
+      int bitpos = byte * BITS_PER_UNIT;
+      unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT value;
+
+      if (len > UNITS_PER_WORD)
+	{
+	  int word = byte / UNITS_PER_WORD;
+
+	  if (WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+	    word = (words - 1) - word;
+
+	  offset = word * UNITS_PER_WORD;
+
+	  if (BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN)
+	    offset += (UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) - (byte % UNITS_PER_WORD);
+	  else
+	    offset += byte % UNITS_PER_WORD;
+	}
+      else
+	offset = BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN ? (len - 1) - byte : byte;
+
+      value = (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) buffer[offset];
+
+      if (bitpos < HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT)
+	result.low |= value << bitpos;
+      else
+	result.high |= value << (bitpos - HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT);
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+
 /* Returns mask for PREC bits.  */
 
 double_int
diff --git a/gcc/double-int.h b/gcc/double-int.h
index c5c2bba3919ee2a9489b93392c1cf2efd5eb8787..5c425a84a457c72a08cfda8fad96d488420f7bf2 100644
--- a/gcc/double-int.h
+++ b/gcc/double-int.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ struct double_int
   static double_int from_shwi (HOST_WIDE_INT cst);
   static double_int from_pair (HOST_WIDE_INT high, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT low);
 
+  /* Construct from a fuffer of length LEN.  BUFFER will be read according
+     to byte endianess and word endianess.  */
+  static double_int from_buffer (const unsigned char *buffer, int len);
+
   /* No copy assignment operator or destructor to keep the type a POD.  */
 
   /* There are some special value-creation static member functions.  */
diff --git a/gcc/fixed-value.c b/gcc/fixed-value.c
index f917775ce88c6411014c50e3c9f74be5b850ff75..2e97a4926193d2c5b2fb39b4e122009854b7955c 100644
--- a/gcc/fixed-value.c
+++ b/gcc/fixed-value.c
@@ -81,6 +81,24 @@ check_real_for_fixed_mode (REAL_VALUE_TYPE *real_value, enum machine_mode mode)
   return FIXED_OK;
 }
 
+
+/* Construct a CONST_FIXED from a bit payload and machine mode MODE.
+   The bits in PAYLOAD are used verbatim.  */
+
+FIXED_VALUE_TYPE
+fixed_from_double_int (double_int payload, enum machine_mode mode)
+{
+  FIXED_VALUE_TYPE value;
+
+  gcc_assert (GET_MODE_BITSIZE (mode) <= HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT);
+
+  value.data = payload;
+  value.mode = mode;
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+
 /* Initialize from a decimal or hexadecimal string.  */
 
 void
diff --git a/gcc/fixed-value.h b/gcc/fixed-value.h
index 9951b181d2e8f018f08203abf9663ec8bbbe5b0d..5ffe67ca87a4742327bb9393b78a9963ba816d2a 100644
--- a/gcc/fixed-value.h
+++ b/gcc/fixed-value.h
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ extern FIXED_VALUE_TYPE fconst1[MAX_FCONST1];
   const_fixed_from_fixed_value (r, m)
 extern rtx const_fixed_from_fixed_value (FIXED_VALUE_TYPE, enum machine_mode);
 
+/* Construct a FIXED_VALUE from a bit payload and machine mode MODE.
+   The bits in PAYLOAD are used verbatim.  */
+extern FIXED_VALUE_TYPE fixed_from_double_int (double_int,
+						     enum machine_mode);
+
+/* Return a CONST_FIXED from a bit payload and machine mode MODE.
+   The bits in PAYLOAD are used verbatim.  */
+static inline rtx
+const_fixed_from_double_int (double_int payload,
+                             enum machine_mode mode)
+{
+  return
+    const_fixed_from_fixed_value (fixed_from_double_int (payload, mode),
+                                  mode);
+}
+
 /* Initialize from a decimal or hexadecimal string.  */
 extern void fixed_from_string (FIXED_VALUE_TYPE *, const char *,
 			       enum machine_mode);
diff --git a/gcc/fold-const.c b/gcc/fold-const.c
index efad9a9d833d9b56ac2ae6cd2dd90a9dca8690f7..855f08fdf75c40779378ee1a197978d39bda697b 100644
--- a/gcc/fold-const.c
+++ b/gcc/fold-const.c
@@ -7200,6 +7200,36 @@ native_encode_int (const_tree expr, unsigned char *ptr, int len)
 }
 
 
+/* Subroutine of native_encode_expr.  Encode the FIXED_CST
+   specified by EXPR into the buffer PTR of length LEN bytes.
+   Return the number of bytes placed in the buffer, or zero
+   upon failure.  */
+
+static int
+native_encode_fixed (const_tree expr, unsigned char *ptr, int len)
+{
+  tree type = TREE_TYPE (expr);
+  enum machine_mode mode = TYPE_MODE (type);
+  int total_bytes = GET_MODE_SIZE (mode);
+  FIXED_VALUE_TYPE value;
+  tree i_value, i_type;
+
+  if (total_bytes * BITS_PER_UNIT > HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT)
+    return 0;
+
+  i_type = lang_hooks.types.type_for_size (GET_MODE_BITSIZE (mode), 1);
+
+  if (NULL_TREE == i_type
+      || TYPE_PRECISION (i_type) != total_bytes)
+    return 0;
+  
+  value = TREE_FIXED_CST (expr);
+  i_value = double_int_to_tree (i_type, value.data);
+
+  return native_encode_int (i_value, ptr, len);
+}
+
+
 /* Subroutine of native_encode_expr.  Encode the REAL_CST
    specified by EXPR into the buffer PTR of length LEN bytes.
    Return the number of bytes placed in the buffer, or zero
@@ -7345,6 +7375,9 @@ native_encode_expr (const_tree expr, unsigned char *ptr, int len)
     case REAL_CST:
       return native_encode_real (expr, ptr, len);
 
+    case FIXED_CST:
+      return native_encode_fixed (expr, ptr, len);
+
     case COMPLEX_CST:
       return native_encode_complex (expr, ptr, len);
 
@@ -7368,44 +7401,37 @@ static tree
 native_interpret_int (tree type, const unsigned char *ptr, int len)
 {
   int total_bytes = GET_MODE_SIZE (TYPE_MODE (type));
-  int byte, offset, word, words;
-  unsigned char value;
   double_int result;
 
-  if (total_bytes > len)
-    return NULL_TREE;
-  if (total_bytes * BITS_PER_UNIT > HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT)
+  if (total_bytes > len
+      || total_bytes * BITS_PER_UNIT > HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT)
     return NULL_TREE;
 
-  result = double_int_zero;
-  words = total_bytes / UNITS_PER_WORD;
+  result = double_int::from_buffer (ptr, total_bytes);
 
-  for (byte = 0; byte < total_bytes; byte++)
-    {
-      int bitpos = byte * BITS_PER_UNIT;
-      if (total_bytes > UNITS_PER_WORD)
-	{
-	  word = byte / UNITS_PER_WORD;
-	  if (WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN)
-	    word = (words - 1) - word;
-	  offset = word * UNITS_PER_WORD;
-	  if (BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN)
-	    offset += (UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) - (byte % UNITS_PER_WORD);
-	  else
-	    offset += byte % UNITS_PER_WORD;
-	}
-      else
-	offset = BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN ? (total_bytes - 1) - byte : byte;
-      value = ptr[offset];
+  return double_int_to_tree (type, result);
+}
 
-      if (bitpos < HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT)
-	result.low |= (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) value << bitpos;
-      else
-	result.high |= (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) value
-		       << (bitpos - HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT);
-    }
 
-  return double_int_to_tree (type, result);
+/* Subroutine of native_interpret_expr.  Interpret the contents of
+   the buffer PTR of length LEN as a FIXED_CST of type TYPE.
+   If the buffer cannot be interpreted, return NULL_TREE.  */
+
+static tree
+native_interpret_fixed (tree type, const unsigned char *ptr, int len)
+{
+  int total_bytes = GET_MODE_SIZE (TYPE_MODE (type));
+  double_int result;
+  FIXED_VALUE_TYPE fixed_value;
+
+  if (total_bytes > len
+      || total_bytes * BITS_PER_UNIT > HOST_BITS_PER_DOUBLE_INT)
+    return NULL_TREE;
+
+  result = double_int::from_buffer (ptr, total_bytes);
+  fixed_value = fixed_from_double_int (result, TYPE_MODE (type));
+
+  return build_fixed (type, fixed_value);
 }
 
 
@@ -7533,6 +7559,9 @@ native_interpret_expr (tree type, const unsigned char *ptr, int len)
     case REAL_TYPE:
       return native_interpret_real (type, ptr, len);
 
+    case FIXED_POINT_TYPE:
+      return native_interpret_fixed (type, ptr, len);
+
     case COMPLEX_TYPE:
       return native_interpret_complex (type, ptr, len);
 
@@ -7557,6 +7586,7 @@ can_native_interpret_type_p (tree type)
     case BOOLEAN_TYPE:
     case POINTER_TYPE:
     case REFERENCE_TYPE:
+    case FIXED_POINT_TYPE:
     case REAL_TYPE:
     case COMPLEX_TYPE:
     case VECTOR_TYPE:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8605cce9ee40369c6bfd010a93286cdaf9a57c30..e79aebeaa2ea997271770e528dfa17f4decd298b 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-30  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
+
+	PR tree-optimization/56064
+	* gcc.dg/fixed-point/view-convert.c: New test.
+
 2013-01-30  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* lib/target-supports-dg.exp (dg-process-target): Use expr to
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/fixed-point/view-convert.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/fixed-point/view-convert.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d5d27b35e1be21118b2a0fdc9aca431cfa99c8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/fixed-point/view-convert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/* PR tree-optimization/56064 */
+/* { dg-do run } */
+/* { dg-options "-std=gnu99 -O2 -fno-builtin-memcpy" } */
+
+extern void abort (void);
+extern void *memcpy (void*, const void*, __SIZE_TYPE__);
+
+#define f_pun_i(F, I, VAL)                      \
+  {                                             \
+    I i1 = VAL;                                 \
+    I i2 = VAL;                                 \
+    F q1, q2;                                   \
+    memcpy (&q1, &i1, sizeof (I));              \
+    __builtin_memcpy (&q2, &i2, sizeof (I));    \
+    if (q1 != q2)                               \
+      abort();                                  \
+  }
+
+#define i_pun_f(I, F, VAL)                      \
+  {                                             \
+    F q1 = VAL;                                 \
+    F q2 = VAL;                                 \
+    I i1, i2;                                   \
+    memcpy (&i1, &q1, sizeof (I));              \
+    __builtin_memcpy (&i2, &q2, sizeof (I));    \
+    if (i1 != i2)                               \
+      abort();                                  \
+  }
+
+
+void __attribute__((noinline))
+test8 (void)
+{
+#ifdef __INT8_TYPE__
+  if (sizeof (__INT8_TYPE__) == sizeof (short _Fract))
+    {
+#define TEST(X) f_pun_i (short _Fract, __INT8_TYPE__, __INT8_C (X))
+      TEST (123);
+      TEST (-123);
+#undef TEST
+
+#define TEST(X) i_pun_f (__INT8_TYPE__, short _Fract, X ## hr)
+      TEST (0.1234);
+      TEST (-0.987);
+#undef TEST
+    }
+#endif /* __INT8_TYPE__ */
+}
+
+
+void __attribute__((noinline))
+test16 (void)
+{
+#ifdef __INT16_TYPE__
+
+  if (sizeof (__INT16_TYPE__) == sizeof (_Fract))
+    {
+#define TEST(X) f_pun_i (_Fract, __INT16_TYPE__, __INT16_C (X))
+      TEST (0x4321);
+      TEST (-0x4321);
+      TEST (0x8000);
+#undef TEST
+
+#define TEST(X) i_pun_f (__INT16_TYPE__, _Fract, X ## r)
+      TEST (0.12345);
+      TEST (-0.98765);
+#undef TEST
+    }
+#endif /* __INT16_TYPE__ */
+}
+
+
+void __attribute__((noinline))
+test32 (void)
+{
+#ifdef __INT32_TYPE__
+  if (sizeof (__INT32_TYPE__) == sizeof (_Accum))
+    {
+#define TEST(X) f_pun_i (_Accum, __INT32_TYPE__, __INT32_C (X))
+      TEST (0x76543219);
+      TEST (-0x76543219);
+      TEST (0x80000000);
+#undef TEST
+
+#define TEST(X) i_pun_f (__INT32_TYPE__, _Accum, X ## k)
+      TEST (123.456789);
+      TEST (-123.456789);
+#undef TEST
+    }
+#endif /* __INT32_TYPE__ */
+}
+
+
+void __attribute__((noinline))
+test64 (void)
+{
+#ifdef __INT64_TYPE__
+  if (sizeof (__INT64_TYPE__) == sizeof (long _Accum))
+    {
+#define TEST(X) f_pun_i (long _Accum, __INT64_TYPE__, __INT64_C (X))
+      TEST (0x12345678abcdef01);
+      TEST (-0x12345678abcdef01);
+      TEST (0x8000000000000000);
+#undef TEST
+
+#define TEST(X) i_pun_f (__INT64_TYPE__, long _Accum, X ## lk)
+      TEST (123.456789);
+      TEST (-123.456789);
+#undef TEST
+    }
+#endif /* __INT64_TYPE__ */
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  test8();
+  test16();
+  test32();
+  test64();
+  
+  return 0;
+}