On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 08:17:37AM -0400, Talbot, George wrote: > I tried the latest version. It didn't help that much. I then > hand-applied the patch that caches the value of the kept symbols, and > that helped a dramatic amount. I would strongly argue for the inclusion If you follow README for the latest Linux binutils, that patch should be applied. H.J.