http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59588
--- Comment #2 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- -march=i686 is also ignored: [hjl@gnu-6 gcc]$ gcc -m32 -S /tmp/t.c -march=i686 /tmp/t.c:2:2: error: #error "bad" #error "bad" ^ [hjl@gnu-6 gcc]$