Re: Trouble compiling MIPS cross-compiler

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Adam Nielsen wrote:


> Oh ok then - so what should I do to actually compile a MIPS kernel?  I'd 
> rather not have to download an entirely separate kernel source, so should I 
> just go back to gcc-3.1.1 that supports -mcpu?
> 
> Will kernel 2.6.1 or whatever's next work properly in this respect?  I realise 
> that there are plenty of valid reasons for removing -mcpu, but it does create 
> a big headache for us users, who just want the darn thing to 'go' ;-)

Get the anonymous cvs info for the linux-mips CVS server from the 
linux-mips.org homepage.  That's the source you want to use for mips 
kernels.  For 2.4, you'll need to checkout the linux_2_4 tag, otherwise 
HEAD will give you 2.6 source.

If you are using a setup that relies on -mcpu, I'd look more at changing 
the setup to use something else, since -mcpu is deprecated in gcc for 
mips for all newer toolchains from 3.3 and beyond.


--Kumba

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