Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 08:08:24 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199604141208.IAA09355@delorie.com>
To: ken AT calast DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Mtlbx4J1BwBc088yn@calast.com> (ken@calast.com)
Subject: Re: How to build a dos to mips cross compiler???


> >First of all, you have to get the complete source for gcc from the FSF, since
> >only the necessary file for Intel CPUs are included in the djgpp source of
> >gcc (I think).
> 
> No. The GCC sources distributed with DJGPP include everything you need to
> build a MIPS cross compiler running under DOS. Been there, done that.

It shouldn't, at least in V2.  I try to strip out all the sources that
aren't needed for djgpp, which reduces the zip size a LOT.

> scripts (there are lots of them, and they call each other) can only really
> be run on a UNIX machine, since DOS has no facility for running shell
> scripts. So, step one is to load the GCC sources onto a UNIX machine. The

Another option is to run configure.bat for "go32" and then manually
copy up the few files you need from the new target, according to the
INSTALL file.