Hi folks Several arches (amd64, ia64, powerpc/ppc32, sparc/sparc64, s390) currently uses a memory model which is not set as default. ia64 defines DISCONTIGMEM as default, powerpc, sparc64, s390 and x86_64 SPARSEMEM. How should we handle this as this may have large speed impacts? Bastian -- The joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her. -- Spock, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5842.8