When I used gcc 3.1 20020118 to compile the current glibc from trunk on Linux/mips, I got # /export/build/gnu/glibc-3.1/build-mipsel-linux/elf/ld.so.1 zsh: 30232 segmentation fault (core dumped) /export/build/gnu/glibc-3.1/build-mipsel-linux/elf/ld.so.1 gcc 2.96 is ok. I am looking into it now. H.J.