Hi, See this thread: http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2005-07/msg00030.html BR,, Matej > yes you were right.When i did > make all-gcc > > It just compiled smoothly. > > Now to compile glibc-2.3.6 ,I issued following sequence of commands > > ../glibc-2.3.6/configure --host=mipsel-linux --prefix="/usr" > --enable-add-ons --with-headers=/home/shahzad/install/mipsel/include > > make cross-compiling=yes > install_root=/home/shahzad/install/mipsel/include prefix="" > install-headers > > But following error was generated > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/shahzad/glibc-2.3.6' { echo > '#include "posix/bits/posix1_lim.h"'; \ echo '#define > _LIBC 1'; \ echo '#include > "misc/sys/uio.h"'; } | \ gcc -mabi=32 -E -dM -MD -MP > -MF /home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers/bits/stdio_lim.dT -MT > '/home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers/bits/stdio_lim.h > /home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers/bits/stdio_lim.d' \ > -Iinclude -I. -I/home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers -Ilibio > -Inptl -I/home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers -Isysdeps/mips/elf > -Inptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -Inptl/sysdeps/pthread > -Isysdeps/pthread -Inptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv -Inptl/sysdeps/unix > -Isysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32 -Isysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips > -Isysdeps/unix/sysv/linux -Isysdeps/gnu -Isysdeps/unix/common > -Isysdeps/unix/mman -Isysdeps/unix/inet -Isysdeps/unix/sysv > -Isysdeps/unix/mips/mips32 -Isysdeps/unix/mips -Isysdeps/unix > -Isysdeps/posix -Isysdeps/mips/mips32 -Isysdeps/mips > -Isysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 -Isysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 > -Isysdeps/wordsize-32 -Isysdeps/mips/fpu -Isysdeps/ieee754 > -Isysdeps/generic/elf -Isysdeps/generic -nostdinc -isystem > /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.1.0/include -isystem > /home/shahzad/install/mipsel/include -xc - -o > /home/shahzad/build-glibc-headers/bits/stdio_lim.hT > cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-mabi=32" > > > > I did some search on google,but on most of links "-mabi=32" option was > being used with cross-compiler for mips. > Would you please tell me what is causing the problem. > > > > > On 6/17/06, James E Wilson <wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 05:22, kernel coder wrote: > > > /home/shahzad/install//mipsel/sys-include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. > > > -I../../../gcc-4.1.0/libssp -I. -Wall -O2 -g -O2 -MT ssp.lo -MD -MP > > > -MF .deps/ssp.Tpo -c ../../../gcc-4.1.0/libssp/ssp.c -o ssp.o > > > ../../../gcc-4.1.0/libssp/ssp.c:46:20: error: fcntl.h: No such file or directory > > > > You can't build target libraries like libssp in a --without-headers > > build. It was luck that this happened to work with earlier gcc > > releases, because previously we didn't have C language target libraries > > in gcc. The solution is to do > > make all-gcc > > make install-gcc > > instead of just > > make all > > make install > > > > Please see Dan Kegel's crosstools package, which already knows how to do > > this. > > -- > > Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.specifix.com > > > > >