c/2895: Option -mabi=32 not recognized

[ronald.fischer.gp@icn.siemens.de]

>Number:         2895
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       Option -mabi=32 not recognized
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 22 01:16:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ronald Fischer
>Release:        gcc 2.95.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
mips-elf-gcc (Cross compiler, running under Solaris 2.6)
>Description:
When I compile using

   mips-elf-gcc -mabi=32 ....

I get the error message

   cc1: Invalid option `abi=32'

though, according to the documentation on the gcc homepage, this 
option should be accepted.  
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