[hjl@gnu-13 gas]$ cat x.s monitor %rax,%rcx,%rdx mwait %rax,%rcx [hjl@gnu-13 gas]$ as -o x.o x.s x.s: Assembler messages: x.s:1: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `monitor' x.s:2: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mwait'
Fixed by http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-12/msg00035.html