-----Original Message----- ********************** Legal Disclaimer **************************** "This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any unauthorized review, use or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you." ********************************************************************** From: Erik Mouw [mailto:J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 6:20 PM To: B Srinivas Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: MIPS cross compiler On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:25:36PM +0530, B Srinivas wrote: > Iam trying to build cross compiler for mips 64 big endian and I > follow the following steps. > > > > cd linux/ make ARCH=mips help That will show you all possible defconfigs. > cp arch/mips64/defconfig . make ARCH=mips xxx_defconfig > make menuconfig make ARCH=mips oldconfig > make dep No longer necessary with 2.6, and not necessary for building crosscompilers with 2.4. [...] > can anybody tell me where iam wrong .do I need to do anything more ??? Don't try to reinvent the wheel, use Dan Kegel's crosstool. Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx Very true .... I got the whole thing right now with that. Thanx -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/