https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64027
Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |nickc at redhat dot com --- Comment #2 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> --- Hi Peter, I have applied a patch to the linker: https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-01/msg00090.html This will transform the 4-byte BR instructions into 2-byte JMP instructions, which the code size issue you raised as point 2. Cheers Nick