title: Why is the startup of an App on linux slower when using shared libs?
body: <p>On the embedded device I'm working on, the startup time is an important issue. The whole application consists of several executables that use a set of libraries. Because space in FLASH memory is limited we'd like to use shared libraries.</p>
  
  <p>The application workes as usual when compiled and linked with shared libraries and the amount of FLASH memory is reduced as expected.
  The difference to the version that is linked to static libs is that the startup time of the application is about 20s longer and I have no idea why.</p>
  
  <p>The application runs on an ARM9 CPU at 180 MHz with Linux 2.6.17 OS,
  16 MB FLASH (JFFS File System) and 32 MB RAM.</p>