recommended toolchain

[carbonated beverage <ramune@net-ronin.org>]

Hi,

        What's the currently recommended toolchain for building MIPS kernels?
I'm working on a NEC VR4111 (mipsel, MIPS16, I, II, III, no LL/SC :P) and
would like to avoid tracking down toolchain bugs.

        Also, Are partial patches (i.e. platform not fully functional yet)
accepted?  Or should I finish a full port (hits userland) first?

        Vadem Clio 1000, reading the 2.4.0-test9 tree that's the last version
I see in CVS and porting to 2.5 (bk pull as of... a while ago).

        Thanks,

-- DN
Daniel