# Run through a number of tests for buggy compilers and other issues
include(gmxTestCompilerProblems)
gmx_test_compiler_problems()
+# GMX_SIMD will not be set automatically until the second
+# pass (which is not strictly guaranteed to occur), so putting this
+# check here among logically-related tests is inefficient, but the
+# potential loss is likely zero.
+if(GMX_SIMD STREQUAL "AVX_256"
+ AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC
+ AND (C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "4.6.1"
+ OR CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "4.6.1"))
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "gcc 4.6.1 has buggy support for AVX, and GROMACS mdrun will not work. If you want simulation performance, use a more recent compiler. Otherwise, use GMX_SIMD=SSE4.1")
+ # See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49002
+endif()
+
set(PKG_CFLAGS "")