Not sure if this will help any, but this configuration helped me build 
a sparc -> mips cross compiler using glibc 2.3.2, gcc 3.2.2, and binutils 
2.13.90.0.16.  Works fine so far, I've built kernels with it and had no 
issues yet.  Although, I do not claim to be an expert in the field of 
cross-compiling -- it seems to be almost an artform.

//------------------

export myARCH=mips-unknown-linux-gnu
export myHOST=sparc-unknown-linux-gnu
export myDEST=/home/crossdev/mips

binutils:
../configure --target=${myARCH} --host=${myHOST} --prefix=${myDEST} 
--enable-shared --enable-64-bit-bfd && make

gcc-bootstrap:
../configure --prefix=${myDEST} --target=${myARCH} --host=${myHOST} 
--with-newlib --without-headers --disable-shared --disable-threads 
--enable-languages=c --disable-multilib && make

glibc:
CC="${myARCH}-gcc" CFLAGS="-O2 -mips2" ../configure --prefix=${myDEST} 
--host=${myARCH} --build=${myHOST} --without-tls --without-__thread 
--enable-add-ons=linuxthreads --enable-kernel=2.4.0 --with-gd=no 
--without-cvs --disable-profile --with-headers="${myDEST}/include" && make 
-j2

gcc-full
../configure --prefix=${myDEST} --target=${myARCH} --host=${myHOST} 
--disable-multilib --enable-shared --enable-languages="c,c++,ada,f77,objc" 
--enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib 
--enable-threads=posix --enable-long-long --disable-checking 
--enable-cstdio=stdio --enable-clocale=generic --enable-__cxa_atexit 
--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-local-prefix=${prefix}/local 
--with-libs="${myDEST}/lib" --with-headers="${myDEST}/${myARCH}/include" && 
make -j2

//------------------

--Kumba


In a message dated 4/9/2003 02:19:18 Eastern Daylight Time, 
madhavis@sasken.com writes:


> Hi
> 
> I want to install a cross-compiler for MIPS(R5432 CPU) on an i686 host.
> Since R4000 is compatible with R5432, I am using "mips3" as the target.
> binutils-2.13 and I phase compilation of gcc-3.2 happened without any
> problems. But, glibc-2.2.5 is giving many compilation problems. This is
> how I configured glibc:
> 
> configure --build=i686-linux --host=mips3el-linux --enable-add-ons
> --prefix=/usr.
> 
> Could someone guide me on this or give me some pointers for installation?
> Is the target option "mips3" the right choice for R5432?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> regards
> Madhavi.
> 
> Madhavi Suram
> Software Engineer
> Customer Delivery / Networks
> Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
> 139/25, Ring Road, Domlur
> Bangalore - 560071 India
> Email: madhavis@sasken.com
> Tel: + 91 80 5355501 Extn: 8062
> Fax: + 91 80 5351133
> URL: www.sasken.com
>