1 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
index f852718906..04a2d1a37b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
@@ -224,3 +224,65 @@ ${ac_prefix}/include directory out of the way." 1>&2; exit 1; }
     echo "$ac_t""ok" 1>&6
   fi
 fi
+
+case "$machine" in
+  mips*)
+	for ac_prog in $AS
+do
+# Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:236: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AS'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  if test -n "$AS"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AS="$AS" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS=":"
+  ac_dummy="$PATH"
+  for ac_dir in $ac_dummy; do
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      ac_cv_prog_AS="$ac_prog"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+fi
+fi
+AS="$ac_cv_prog_AS"
+if test -n "$AS"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""$AS" 1>&6
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
+test -n "$AS" && break
+done
+
+if test -z "$AS"; then
+  ac_verc_fail=yes
+else
+  # Found it, now check the version.
+  echo $ac_n "checking version of $AS""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:270: checking version of $AS" >&5
+  ac_prog_version=`$AS --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\(-ia64-[0-9]*\)*\).*$/\1/p'`
+  case $ac_prog_version in
+    '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+    2.11.90.0.[5-9]* | 2.11.90.[1-9]* | 2.11.9[1-9]* | 2.11.[1-9]* | 2.1[2-9]*| 2.[2-9]*)
+       ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
+    *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+
+  esac
+  echo "$ac_t""$ac_prog_version" 1>&6
+fi
+if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+  echo "configure: warning: *** Your binutils versions are too old.  
+*** We strongly advise to update binutils.  For details check 
+*** the FAQ and INSTALL documents." 1>&2
+fi
+
+	;;
+esac
+s%@AS@%$AS%g