Paul Mackerras [off-list ref] writes:

Andreas Schwab writes:

quoted

The assembler should be called with -a64, which has the effect of
defaulting to -mppc64.

Yes, the assembler is called with -a64, but that doesn't appear to
have the effect of defaulting to -mppc64.

Is your assembler older than 4 years?

Andreas.

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