[ trouble building MIPS gcc on Linux pc]

[Robert Trask]

Hello,
I'm trying to build a MIPS big-endian cross compiler for  gcc ver 3.0.4 
on a Linux pc (Intel cpu) using [native] gcc ver 3.2.


I configure with the following:
./configure --target=mips-\*-linux-gnu

OR
./configure --target=mipsbe-\*-linux-gnu

then just run make.

In either case I get an error message:
/export/home/bob/tools/gcc/gcc-3.0.4/gcc/xgcc 
-B/export/home/bob/tools/gcc/gcc-3.0.4/gcc/ 
-B/usr/local/mips-*-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/mips-*-linux-gnu/lib/ 
-isystem /usr/local/mips-*-linux-gnu/include -DCROSS_COMPILE -DIN_GCC    
-W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes 
-isystem ./include  -I. -I. -I. -I./. -I./config -I./../include  -g0 \
  -finhibit-size-directive -fno-inline-functions \
  -fno-exceptions  -Dinhibit_libc \
  -c ./crtstuff.c -DCRT_BEGIN -o crtbegin.o
as: unrecognized option `-EB'


It seems the big-endian option is being passed to the native assembler 
which chokes on it.
What should I do differently? The same behavior occurs when I use an 
earlier [native] version of gcc.

Any insights would be appreciated.

Robert T. Trask