FYI the error is directly related to the inclusion of the _mm_xor_ps() intrinsic, replacing this with, say _mm_sub_ps() and it compiles without a problem.
Here is the output of -v compile $ gcc -v -msse2 -O3 -c test.c Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/specs Configured with: /managed/gcc-build/final-v3-bootstrap/gcc-3.4.4-999/configure - -verbose --program-suffix=-3 --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/s hare/info --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,d,f77,pascal,java,objc --enable-nls --wit hout-included-gettext --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --without-x --enabl e-libgcj --disable-java-awt --with-system-zlib --enable-interpreter --disable-li bgcj-debug --enable-threads=posix --enable-java-gc=boehm --disable-win32-registr y --enable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-hash-synchronization --enable-libstdcxx-debu g Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125) /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/cc1.exe -quiet -v -D__CYGWIN32__ -D__CYGWIN__ -Dunix -D__unix__ -D__unix -idirafter /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../. ./../include/w32api -idirafter /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i68 6-pc-cygwin/lib/../../include/w32api test.c -quiet -dumpbase test.c -msse2 -mtun e=pentiumpro -auxbase test -O3 -version -o /tmp/ccK2doSW.s ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i6 86-pc-cygwin/include" ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686 -pc-cygwin/lib/../../include/w32api" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/include /usr/include /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../include/w32api End of search list. GNU C version 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125) (i686-pc-cygwin ) compiled by GNU C version 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0. 125). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=99 --param ggc-min-heapsize=130992 test.c: In function `vclrx': test.c:39: internal compiler error: in output_constant_pool, at varasm.c:3190 Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://cygwin.com/problems.html> for instructions. Seems like a really old version! Phil -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple