Problems building a cross compiler (toolchain)

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
   Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:32:11 -0800 (PST)

   > I'm trying to build a cross compiler i686-linux -> mips-elf.  I tried to
   > follow the instructions in
   > ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/embedded/crossgcc/FAQ-0.8.1 , but perhaps I haven't
   > done as well as I could.  I'll give the exact steps I followed at the end of
   > the message.
   > 

   I will look into this if it is still not solved next week.

You don't want mips-tfile, because it doesn't work as a cross tool.
You want to use gas instead.  Configure using --with-gnu-as to avoid
getting mips-tfile.

Ian