Mach-O 64-bit format does not support 32-bit absolute addresses

Question

Hi,

I have a sample piece of code that writes the value of the xmm6 register into a memory location. The code is in NASM:

value:
    dd 0

movq [value], xmm6

However I am getting the error when I tried to compile it to macho64 format:

64-bit format does not support 32-bit absolute addresses.

Is there a way to resolve this? I am new to x86_64 assembly so any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I seem to have solved by own question:

value:
    dd 0

default rel
movq [value], xmm6

Is this valid?

Answer 2

You must to tell assembler that you wont to point to 8-byte memory location:

movq qword[value], xmm6