[cfarm-users] gcc230: Unable to use GDB on 64-bit mips executable

[Andy Polyakov]

>>> it *might* be possible to 'dpkg --add-architecture mips64' followed by 
>>
>> This doesn't seem to be possible. Debian doesn't provide mips64 
>> packages for big-endian[!] mips. I apologize for the distraction. On 
>> related note, they seem to have removed big-endian mips from their 
>> dist mirrors altogether, one has to pull them from archive.debian.org.
> 
> Not sure if it will work and support your test case, but you could try 
> adding a (partial) mips64el userland and build for that target instead.

No, this won't work. "el" stands for "endian little" and it's a no-go on 
big-endian system such as the one in question.

Cheers.