>
> I'm using only the binary releases at the moment, but I'm attempting
> to re-compile the 2.7.0 with the supplied patch, however it keeps bombing
> out when it tries to build what looks like a big-endian libsomething.
> I think the problem is that the binutils from fnet.fr do not support
> big-endian, so I'm going to re-compile the binutils first, then
> try gcc again.
Right. You need binutils-2.5.2-6 to build gcc-2.7.0. I had the
same trouble :-)
>
> When I configure gcc, should I be generating ELF output, or
> just leave it as the default? (ie: Should I be generating ELF
> Linux/MIPS executables?)
Just configure it as --host=i486-linux --target=mipsel-linux
and it will produce a.out binaries. ELF isn't known to be
working yet, so better use a.out.
Cheers,
Andy
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