Index: configure
===================================================================
--- configure	(revision 76167)
+++ configure	(working copy)
@@ -22945,12 +22945,11 @@
 # correctly-rounded string <-> double conversion functions from
 # Python/dtoa.c, which in turn require that the FPU uses 53-bit
 # rounding; this is a problem on x86, where the x87 FPU has a default
-# rounding precision of 64 bits.  For gcc/x86, we try to fix this by
+# rounding precision of 64 bits.  For gcc/x86, we can fix this by
 # using inline assembler to get and set the x87 FPU control word.
-if test "$GCC" = yes && test -n "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep i386`"
-then
-    # Check that it's okay to use gcc inline assembler to get and set
-    # x87 control word.  It should be, but you never know...
+# This inline assembler syntax may also work for suncc and icc,
+# so we try it there too.
+
     { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we can use gcc inline assembler to get and set x87 control word" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we can use gcc inline assembler to get and set x87 control word... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
     cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
@@ -23008,7 +23007,6 @@
 _ACEOF
 
     fi
-fi
 
 # Detect whether system arithmetic is subject to x87-style double
 # rounding issues.  The result of this test has little meaning on non
Index: configure.in
===================================================================
--- configure.in	(revision 76167)
+++ configure.in	(working copy)
@@ -3191,12 +3191,11 @@
 # correctly-rounded string <-> double conversion functions from
 # Python/dtoa.c, which in turn require that the FPU uses 53-bit
 # rounding; this is a problem on x86, where the x87 FPU has a default
-# rounding precision of 64 bits.  For gcc/x86, we try to fix this by
+# rounding precision of 64 bits.  For gcc/x86, we can fix this by
 # using inline assembler to get and set the x87 FPU control word.
-if test "$GCC" = yes && test -n "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep i386`"
-then
-    # Check that it's okay to use gcc inline assembler to get and set
-    # x87 control word.  It should be, but you never know...
+# This inline assembler syntax may also work for suncc and icc,
+# so we try it there too.
+
     AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether we can use gcc inline assembler to get and set x87 control word)
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [
       unsigned short cw;
@@ -3210,7 +3209,6 @@
         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GCC_ASM_FOR_X87, 1,
         [Define if we can use gcc inline assembler to get and set x87 control word])
     fi
-fi
 
 # Detect whether system arithmetic is subject to x87-style double
 # rounding issues.  The result of this test has little meaning on non