[ trouble building MIPS gcc on Linux pc]

[Rogelio M.Serrano Jr.]

On 2003-11-11 11:04:36 +0800 Robert Trask <rtrask@earthlink.net> wrote:

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

you need to specify --host and/or --build

> then just run make.
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> 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'
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> 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
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