Re: MIPS Cross Compiler Tools

[Pete Popov <ppopov@pacbell.net>]

Marc Karasek wrote:

> I had a question about the cross compiler tools for MIPS, specifically
> glibc.  I d/l the rpms from oss.sgi.com,  but they are only binutils, and
> the compiler (C, C++).  
>
> Are most people building glibc against these or are you building the tools
> completely from scratch?  As glibc is needed to compile anything else other
> than the kernel. 
Friday or Monday MontaVista should have the HHL2.0 Journeyman mips 
release on the ftp site which will include the userland apps, cross AND 
native tools, etc.  The tools and glibc are very up to date. I would 
suggest checking Monday for the release and using that instead of 
building your own.
Pete