http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54419
--- Comment #22 from Jack Howarth <howarth at nitro dot med.uc.edu> 2012-09-04 14:17:52 UTC --- It seems that when clang is used as the system compiler we will have to use a run-time test as well to determine drand support. On a 2009 Mac Pro, using... int main () { asm("rdrand %eax"); return 0; } with Xcode 4.4.1's clang I get... # clang test.c # # ./a.out Illegal instruction only by disabling clang's built-in assembler does the test fail at compile time... # clang -no-integrated-as test.c /tmp/test-s3jHNR.s:15:no such instruction: `rdrand %eax' clang: error: assembler command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)