https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71294
--- Comment #14 from Bernd Schmidt <bernds at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I can't reproduce this, but that's probably because of cc1plus: warning: will not generate power8 instructions because assembler lacks power8 support Binutils was just configured for ppc64le-linux - do I need any special options on the configure command line there?