Cross compilation is much easier these days than it was in 1995
when we used gcc 2.7.2. This memo describes how I configured
binutils and gcc to do a cross-compilation from i386 to sparc.
  -- zaitcev 2000/12/02

../binutils-2.9.1.0.15/configure --target=sparc-unknown-linux-gnu \
 --enable-shared --prefix=/q/opt/cross

../gcc-2.95.2/configure --target=sparc-unknown-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as \
  --with-gnu-ld --disable-languages --prefix=/q/opt/cross

Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /vger/linux/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.349
diff -u -r1.349 Makefile
--- Makefile	2000/11/28 09:40:31	1.349
+++ Makefile	2000/12/04 03:56:33
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)
 
-ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
+# ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
+ARCH := sparc
 
 CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
 	  else if [ -x /bin/bash ]; then echo /bin/bash; \
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 HOSTCC  	= gcc
 HOSTCFLAGS	= -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
 
-CROSS_COMPILE 	=
+CROSS_COMPILE 	= /q/opt/cross/sparc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/
 
 #
 # Include the make variables (CC, etc...)