objdump *really* slow on RH8 machine?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Emile,

> Has anyone experienced really slow performance from objdump with a
> gcc3.x based system vs. older?

Noone else has reported the kind of slow downs that you mention :-(

> Has anyone else experienced this?  Am I asking for help in the right
> formum, or should I be asking the gcc people?

This is the right forum.

> Any pointers at all would be appreciated.

Do you have any clue where objdump is pegged ?  If you build objdump
with profilng enabled you may be able to find out which routine(s) are
eating up the CPU's time.

Cheers
        Nick