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diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/configure.in b/sysdeps/i386/configure.in
index 56a7c1f..96ab7b0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/configure.in
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
GLIBC_PROVIDES dnl See aclocal.m4 in the top level source directory.
# Local configure fragment for sysdeps/i386.
+# We no longer support i386 since it lacks the atomic instructions
+# required to implement NPTL threading.
+if test "$config_machine" = i386; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([
+*** ERROR: Support for i386 is deprecated.
+*** Please use host i786, i686, i585 or i486.
+*** For example: /src/glibc/configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu ..."])
+fi
+
# The GNU C Library can't be built for i386. There are several reasons for
# this restriction. The primary reason is that i386 lacks the atomic
# operations required to support the current NPTL implementation. While it is
@@ -18,7 +27,8 @@ LIBC_COMPILER_BUILTIN_INLINED(
[libc_cv_unsupported_i386=no],
[AC_MSG_ERROR([
*** Building with -march=i386/-mcpu=i386 is not supported.
-*** Please use host i786, i686, i586, or i486.])])
+*** Please use host i786, i686, i586, or i486.
+*** For example: /source/glibc/configure CFLAGS='-O2 -march=i686' ...])])
AC_CHECK_HEADER([cpuid.h], ,
[AC_MSG_ERROR([gcc must provide the <cpuid.h> header])],