Hi, ALL: I have successfully built linux kernel 2.2.12 on mips and glibc-2.0.6 with the following steps and options: Under glibc-2.0.6/build, run CFLAGS="-mips2 -mcpu=r6000 -mmemcpy -O2 -D__MIPSEB__ " CC=mips-linux-gcc BUILD_CC=gcc AR=mips-linux-ar RANLIB=mips-linux-ranlib ../configure --prefix=/usr --host=mips-linux --enable-add-ons=crypt,linuxthreads,localedata --disable-profile --with-headers=/home/wenbo/linux/include In file config.make, change CC = gcc into CC = mips-linux-gcc. Then run make. The build looks OK. I also built an aplication as following: liu.c: #include <stdio.h> void main() { printf("My program is running\n"); } Makefile: ARCH = mips .EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES: CROSS_COMPILE =mips-linux- AS =$(CROSS_COMPILE)as LD =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld CC =$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -D__mips__ -I/home/sliu/mips_lib/usr/include CPP =$(CC) -E AR =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar NM =$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm STRIP =$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip OBJCOPY =$(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy OBJDUMP =$(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump MAKE =make GENKSYMS=/sbin/genksyms LINKFLAGS = -static LIBS =/home/sliu/mips_lib/usr/lib/libc.a CFLAGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -mips2 -mcpu=r6000 -mmemcpy #CFLAGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -mmemcpy # use '-fno-strict-aliasing', but only if the compiler can take it CFLAGS += $(shell if $(CC) -fno-strict-aliasing -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-fno-strict-aliasing"; fi) # egcs-1.0.2 compiler for MIPS has a problem for which this is a work-around CFLAGS += $(shell if $(CC) -mno-split-addresses -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-mno-split-addresses"; fi) .S.s: $(CC) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -E -o $*.s $< .S.o: $(CC) -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -c -o $*.o $< liu: $(CONFIGURATION) liu.o $(LD) $(LINKFLAGS) $(HEAD) liu.o \ $(LIBS) \ -o liu $(NM) liu | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$$\)\|\( [aU] \)\|\(\.\.ng$$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map liu.o: liu.c $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PROFILING) -c -o $*.o $< clean: rm -f *.o liu ------------------------------------------------------ Problem ----------------------------------------------------------- The printf could not print the string "My program is running" on the screen. Any suggessions are greatly appreciated. Regards and thanks. Steven Liu