Re: MIPS Cross Compiler Tools

["H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:27:43PM -0400, 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. 

My RedHat 7.1 release on oss.sgi.com has the complete cross toolchain:



H.J.
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My mini-port of RedHat 7.1 is at

ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/redhat/7.1/

you should be able to put a small RedHat 7.1 on the mips/mipsel box and
compile the rest of RedHat 7.1 yourselves.

Here are something you should know:

1. The cross compiler hosted on RedHat 7.1/ia32 is provided as a
toolchain rpm. The binary rpms for the mips and mipsel cross compilers
are included.
2. You have to find a way to put those rpms on your machine. I use
network boot and NFS root to do it.