Scott L. Burson wrote: > > Bingo! 4.3.2 is still using linkonce. >
That's too bad. Oh well, we know we have to deal with linkonce... >> Alternatively, I do know that the Sun compilers use >> SHT_GROUP. >> I don't know if that's an option for you. > > I'm afraid not. We already go through a fair amount of hassle dealing with > two compilers; we'd need a really good reason to add a third, and faster link > times on my machine (the only one we have running Nevada) isn't it. I'm sure > I couldn't talk people into it. Sure, I understand. >> Another data point: When I run your big link on my >> Nevada system >> (Ultra 24, 4GM memory), it links in 10sec. (My test >> yesterday, with >> profiling turned on took 18 sec). > > I assume you mean "minutes" rather than "seconds". That said -- wow! This > must be at 3.33GHz, yes? I'm getting like 17 minutes on an Opteron 290 > (2.8GHz). I knew the Core 2 was faster than the Opteron, but I didn't know > it was that much faster. Anyway ... I do have 24GB of DRAM, so there's no > question of thrashing :-) > > -- Scott Ha! No, I meant minutes. Wishful thinking, I suppose. It's a single socket quad core running at 2.6 GHz. I've been really impressed with it, especially for the price. You're swimming in DRAM, so that clearly isn't it. - Ali
