From: Michael Pruznick <michael_pruznick@mvista.com>

build errors:
  hermes.h: In function `hermes_set_irqmask':
  hermes.h:337: parse error before "do"
  hermes.h:337: parse error before ';' token
  hermes.h: In function `hermes_write_words':

In mips, outw_p() is a #define do...while(0) which, in the case of ?:,
results in a statement being used where an expression is required.