If gcc is configured to generate i686 code or better by default (like when using the --with-arch=pentium3 configure option), then the __i686 macro will always be defined automatically and thus screw up the compilation of some .S files. http://bugs.gentoo.org/131108 http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2006-04/msg00090.html 2006-04-25 Mike Frysinger * sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h (__i686): Undefine. Index: glibc-2.4/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h =================================================================== --- glibc-2.4/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h (revision 1469) +++ glibc-2.4/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h (working copy) @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ #include #include +#if defined __i686 && defined __ASSEMBLER__ +#undef __i686 +#define __i686 __i686 +#endif /* For Linux we can use the system call table in the header file /usr/include/asm/unistd.h Index: glibc-2.4/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pt-initfini.c =================================================================== --- glibc-2.4/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pt-initfini.c (revision 1469) +++ glibc-2.4/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pt-initfini.c (working copy) @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ /* Embed an #include to pull in the alignment and .end directives. */ asm ("\n#include \"defs.h\""); +asm ("\n#if defined __i686 && defined __ASSEMBLER__"); +asm ("\n#undef __i686"); +asm ("\n#define __i686 __i686"); +asm ("\n#endif"); + /* The initial common code ends here. */ asm ("\n/*@HEADER_ENDS*/");