http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54142
Bug #: 54142 Summary: ppc64 build failure - Unrecognized opcode: `sldi' (and `srdi`) Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: target AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: g...@intrepid.com Target: powerpc64 On several PPC64 systems, we are seeing the following build failure. /home/garyf/gcc-4.8/wrk/./gcc/xgcc -B/home/garyf/gcc-4.8/wrk/./gcc/ [...] -I/home/garyf/gcc-4.8/src/libgcc/../libdecnumber -DHAVE_CC_TLS -o _gcov_execle.o -MT _g cov_execle.o -MD -MP -MF _gcov_execle.dep -DL_gcov_execle -c /home/garyf/gcc-4. 8/src/libgcc/libgcov.c /tmp/ccqVYRai.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:63: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `sldi' /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:66: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `srdi' /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:67: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `sldi' /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:73: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `srdi' /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:74: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `sldi' /tmp/ccqVYRai.s:88: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `sldi' The failures above use the gcc-4.8-20120729 snapshot which is based on svn revision 189947. The configure target is: powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu This was built on a rather old (FC6) system running on a Mac G5, but we have seen it also fail on newer PPC64 systems.