> > And I wonder if C options used for creating those images can be 
> > separated from COPTS somehow?
> What sort of options do you set? You might want to use CPUFLAGS 
> instead if you'return trying to do something like "-mcpu=pentium4" or the 
> like.

yes, I set CPUFLAGS as well.  But I also set COPTS="-O3 -funroll-loops -ffast-math"
Hence -- exceeding size for images..