diff -durN gcc-4.2.1.orig/gcc/stmt.c gcc-4.2.1/gcc/stmt.c

 --- gcc-4.2.1.orig/gcc/stmt.c	2007-07-19 05:25:32.000000000 +0200

 +++ gcc-4.2.1/gcc/stmt.c	2007-08-03 20:37:19.000000000 +0200

 @@ -2512,7 +2512,11 @@

  	  use_cost_table

  	    = (TREE_CODE (orig_type) != ENUMERAL_TYPE

  	       && estimate_case_costs (case_list));

 -	  balance_case_nodes (&case_list, NULL);

 +	  /* When optimizing for size, we want a straight list to avoid

 +	     jumps as much as possible. This basically creates an if-else

 +	     chain.  */

 +	  if (!optimize_size)

 +	    balance_case_nodes (&case_list, NULL);

  	  emit_case_nodes (index, case_list, default_label, index_type);

  	  emit_jump (default_label);

  	}

 @@ -3070,6 +3074,7 @@

  	    {

  	      if (!node_has_low_bound (node, index_type))

  		{

 +		  if (!optimize_size) /* don't jl to the .default_label. */

  		  emit_cmp_and_jump_insns (index,

  					   convert_modes

  					   (mode, imode,