On 9/5/07, mandeep singh bhambra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > In response to the march options, I tried to use both > "-march=athlon-xp -g -O2" and "-march=i686 -g -O2" but it does not > like it. It still gives the error message about the 386 commands. > > When i use the ./configure command the march option is accepted as > part of using gcc as it displays the following: > > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc -march=athlon-xp -g -O2 ) works... yes > checking whether the C compiler (gcc -march=athlon-xp -g -O2 ) is a > cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc -march=i686 -g -O2 ) works... yes > checking whether the C compiler (gcc -march=i686 -g -O2 ) is a > cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > > Can you please outline what I can do to eliminate the error message > or which version of binutils i can install. > > Thanks, > > Mani > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Tim Prince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: GCC "make" errors > > > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:07:44 -0700 > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I wanted update my GCC compiler to 4.2.1 to install an updated > > > version of C libraries (glibc) and it is giving me errors while > > > it is making the build. I type ./configure which works fine but > > > when I type "make" it runs fine until it starts to give errors > > > which are as follows: > > > > > > /tmp/ccacyMlE.s: Assembler messages: > > > /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:72: Error: no such 386 instruction: `stmxcsr' > > > /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:90: Error: no such 386 instruction: `ldmxcsr' > > > /tmp/ccacyMlE.s:119: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
Your binutils version is obviously too old. Richard.
