http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49681
--- Comment #2 from Mikael Pettersson <mikpe at it dot uu.se> 2011-07-31 09:07:03 UTC --- Not a GCC bug. Either configure with --disable-libquadmath, or install target headers and libraries. Your configure step obviously already knows about having to disable various extras when headers are absent, but it hasn't been taught about libquadmath. I have no problem building a 4.6.1 cross to mips-linux, with or without target headers pre-installed.