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ivarec
ivarec

Reputation: 2612

How do I cross-compile a Linux kernel to a MIPS little endian host?

The kernel in question is 2.6.18. If I call

make ARCH=mips CROSS_COMPILE=mipsel-linux- menuconfig

there will be only the option to build a big endian kernel in the menu. If I use ARCH=mipsel, it will complain about not having an arch/mipsel dir.

How's this done?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3253

Answers (1)

Olaf Dietsche
Olaf Dietsche

Reputation: 74008

This depends on the first menu entry Machine selection. You must first select a machine, which supports little endian architecture. For example Broadcom BCM4747XX or Alchemy processor.

Then you go to the next menu entry Endianness selection, where you can either choose between Little endian and Big endian or where it is preselected, if only one of them is supported.

Upvotes: 1

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