https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65341
--- Comment #11 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So one has to use: CC="gcc -Wa,-mpower8" CXX="g++ -Wa,-mpower8" ../glibc/configure to configure glibc on ppc64le? This looks odd to me. Why not pass -mpower8 to the assembler by default?