Re: help needed: gcc 3.0 mips cross compilor problem

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

Hi Jason,

>I downloaded binutils-2.11.2.tar.zip and gcc-3.0.tar.zip and am
>trying to build a cross compilor for my mips embedded target.
>The building of binutils-2.11.2 was successful.  However, when I
>build gcc 3.0 cross compilor, it failed.  The configure command is:
>
>../build-gcc/configure --target=mips --host=i686-pc-cygwin
>--enable-languages=c,c++ -v

In my experience, it is not necessary to specify the host= parameter for 
binutils or gcc under cygwin. Try again, and this time configure both 
binutils and gcc as:

--target=mips --prefix=/tools/mipstools

(and in gcc, --enable-languages="C C++")

Also remember that after building binutils BEFORE building gcc, you must 
add it to your PATH:

PATH=/tools/mipstools/bin:$PATH ; export PATH

Finally, if you are using anything earlier than the VERY LATEST version of 
cygwin, you should upgrade before trying to compile gcc 3.0.


-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
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