Mike Kravetz writes: > I 'think' LOAD_REG_ADDR only turns into 5 instructions on 32 bit systems. > It is a single load from TOC on 64 bits as we are using it. You're right, David (Gibson) cleaned that up some time ago. In fact it's only 2 instructions on 32-bit systems, and it is a TOC load on 64-bit systems. Paul.