From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
To: hjl@lucon.org
Cc: rutt@tensilica.com, egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Problems building a cross compiler (toolchain)
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:32:00 -0000
Message-id: <199803311821.NAA26438@subrogation.cygnus.com>
References: <m0yIzSl-00058JC@ocean.lucon.org>
X-SW-Source: 1998-04/msg00078.html

   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