In message < 19980903151100.A21710@wiley242h106.roadrunner.nf.net >you write: > I'm using GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1), on a Debian 1.3.1 > system. > > Also, is it just my imagination or is egcs 1.1 slower than 1.0.3a? We'd need a testcase :-) It's certainly possible since egcs-1.1 includes a global cse pass which egcs-1.0.3 did not have. jeff