bug in makefile for mips target build of gcc ???

[H Girard]

Hi everyone,

this is a sample of the output of building crossgcc with the
../configure --target=mipsisa32-elf  --with-newlib with the cvs gcc of feb
21 , binutils about 1 week before.
.....
if [ -f stmp-dirs ]; then true; else touch stmp-dirs; fi
/tmp/gnu/build_xgcc/gcc/xgcc -B/tmp/gnu/build_xgcc/gcc/ -nostdinc -B/tmp/gnu
/bui
ld_xgcc/mipsisa32-elf/newlib/ -isystem
/tmp/gnu/build_xgcc/mipsisa32-elf/newlib/
targ-include -isystem
/tmp/gnu/gcc/newlib/libc/include -B/tools/mipsisa32-elf/bi
n/ -B/tools/mipsisa32-elf/lib/ -isystem
tools/mipsisa32-elf/include -O2  -DIN_G
CC -DCROSS_COMPILE   -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-
prot
otypes -isystem ./include  -G
0 -g1  -DIN_LIBGCC2 -D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED -Dinh
ibit_libc -I. -I. -I../../gcc/gcc -I../../gcc/gcc/. -I../../gcc/gcc/config -
I../
../gcc/gcc/../include -DL_m16addsf3 -xassembler-with-cpp -c
../../gcc/gcc/config
/mips/mips16.S -o libgcc/./_m16addsf3.o
as: unrecognized option `-G'
make[2]: *** [libgcc/./_m16addsf3.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gnu/build_xgcc/gcc'
make[1]: *** [stmp-multilib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gnu/build_xgcc/gcc'
make: *** [all-gcc] Error 2

from the manual : the -G option is used for ECOFF not Elf  . The makefile
seems to generate the -G option when an -elf target is set even if the
option is supposed to be used only for ECOFF ?????


is this a bug or is there something i am missing ???

thanks

H Girard



from the manuals options description
The following options are available when as is configured for a MIPS
processor.

-G num
This option sets the largest size of an object that can be referenced
implicitly with the gp register. It is only accepted for targets that use
ECOFF format, such as a DECstation running Ultrix. The default value is 8.