Native OS ld vs GNU ld

[Vardhan, Sundara (GE Infra, Energy)]

Hi All

Some time back, I was adviced that I use the native linker and not the
gnu ld on AIX and Solaris. Of course, the reason was I had raised a
question in this forum regarding some errors on link time when I used a
GNU ld on AIX. Upon switching to native ld, the link errors went away
and I have been happyily chugging along. But now I have a requirement
where in, there is a proposition to do away with native linker and try
to use all GNU including the ld. When I switched the linker to GNU ld, I
start getting link failed errors and no program of mine ever links. 

Is there a reason for me to stick with the native linker or should gnu
ld work fine on AIX etc. Maybe I did not build it correctly. Is there
any write-up or collection of write-ups which may help me with this
problem. Or if any one can advice me on what I may or should have done
to get this working. I would very much appreciate your help and advice.
I hope my explaination of the problem is good enough, else will be happy
to provide more information.

With Regards

Vardhan