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Re: Attempt to compile abinit-6.6.3 using gcc45 causes "no such instruction" errors
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Anna Ceguerra <anna dot ceguerra at sydney dot edu dot au>
- Cc: gcc-help <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:57:39 -0700
- Subject: Re: Attempt to compile abinit-6.6.3 using gcc45 causes "no such instruction" errors
- References: <CA851A8A.125FA%anna.ceguerra@sydney.edu.au>
Anna Ceguerra <anna.ceguerra@sydney.edu.au> writes:
> I am trying to compile abinit-6.6.3 using gcc45 installed using macports. I
> am on Mac OS X Lion.
>
> I am getting the following error message:
> /var/folders/bl/8wb0ry9x00g8k6v3l9z293r80000gp/T//ccmJW8V4.s:94:no such
> instruction: `vmovsd LC2(%rip), %xmm5'
>
> And it goes on for many lines, with different instructions.
>
> Would anyone happen to know what is causing this error?
Your assembler does not recognize the vmovsd instruction. vmovsd is an
AVX instruction. The AVX instructions were added relatively recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions.
Most likely you need a newer assembler.
Ian