how to make sure I have made cross-binutils

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Vichy,

> How could I know whether the binutils I got is cross-platformed; that is to
> say, if I get a binutil is suitable for arm system, how could I know it?

Run:  "<path-to-the-binutils>/ld --help"

Look at the output.  In particular look for the "supported emulations". 
  If this is not the same as the host that you are running the command 
on, then you have a cross-platform binutils.

Cheers
   Nick