Latest kernel build complains about CROSS_COMPILE option

[anolis]

I'm trying to compile the latest kernel build from the PS3 Linux git repo. I did 'make oldconfig' with no problems, however when I try to actually compile the kernel it complains with these errors

anolis@ps3linux:~/linux-2.6-5c61cdc$ make
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 25:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
make: CROSS_COMPILEgcc: Command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 25:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 25:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 26:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
/home/anolis/linux-2.6-5c61cdc/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 28:
CROSS_COMPILEgcc: command not found
*** 2.6 kernels no longer build correctly with old versions of binutils.
*** Please upgrade your binutils to 2.12.1 or newer
make: *** [checkbin] Error 1

Another thing to note is that it is complaining about binutils being
out of date. I just compiled binutils from source a day ago and
installed it fine.

Also I'm compiling ON the PS3 itself so I'm not entirely sure why it's
talking about "CROSS_COMPILE"

echo $ARCH
echo $CROSS_COMPILE
echo $CC

all return blank lines

Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated

[VriskaBlack]

Do you have all required dependancies?

[rzkenkyu]

Did you have the ps3 toolchain installed?

When you have it, you need to
export ARCH=powerpc
export CROSS_COMPILE=power64-linux-

This will point to the gcc in the ps3 toolchain to build the kernel. You cannot use the gcc on your machine (which may be x86).

Note that the prefix "power64-linux-" may differ depending on which toolchain you installed. You can try the PS3 toolchain automatically built in the AsbestOS's source code.

Hope this helps.