diff -urP binutils-2.8/Makefile binutils-2.8-eo/Makefile
--- binutils-2.8/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:53:05 2003
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 20:21:33 2003
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 HOST_PREFIX = 
 HOST_PREFIX_1 = loser-
 
-NEWLIB        = /home/naniwa/PDS/OS/libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
+ROOT = $(HOME)/EOTA/eota
+NEWLIB        = $(HOME)/EOTA/libc/newlib-1.8.1/eota/newlib
 
 # We don't specify -g -O because many compilers don't support -g -O,
 # and/or -O is broken in and of itself.
diff -urP binutils-2.8/binutils/Makefile binutils-2.8-eo/binutils/Makefile
--- binutils-2.8/binutils/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:52:03 2003
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/binutils/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:47:01 2003
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 NM = $(NM_FOR_TARGET)
 SYMLINK = ln -s
 
+LD=ld
+STRIP=strip
+
 BISON = bison -y
 LEX_OPTIONS =
 LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ] ; then echo ../flex/flex ; else echo flex ; fi`
@@ -246,23 +249,40 @@
 
 dvi: binutils.dvi
 
+
+ROOT=$(HOME)/EOTA/eota/kernel
+NEWLIB=$(HOME)/EOTA/libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
+EOBJ=$(NEWLIB)/crt0.o 
+ELIBS=$(NEWLIB)/libc.a $(ROOT)/POSIX/libc/libnative.a
+STARTADDR=0x00001000
+ENTRY=_start
+
+OBJ2E = -Bstatic -o $@  -e ${ENTRY} -Ttext=$(STARTADDR)
+
 $(SIZE_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) size.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(SIZE_PROG) size.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(SIZE_PROG) size.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(OBJCOPY_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) objcopy.o not-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OBJCOPY_PROG) objcopy.o not-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(OBJCOPY_PROG) \
+objcopy.o not-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(STRINGS_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) strings.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(STRINGS_PROG) strings.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(STRINGS_PROG) strings.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(STRIP_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) objcopy.o is-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(STRIP_PROG) objcopy.o is-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(STRIP_PROG) objcopy.o is-strip.o $(WRITE_DEBUG_OBJS) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(NM_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) nm.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(NM_PROG) nm.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(NM_PROG) nm.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(OBJDUMP_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) objdump.o prdbg.o $(DEBUG_OBJS) $(OPCODES_DEP)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OBJDUMP_PROG) objdump.o prdbg.o $(DEBUG_OBJS) $(OPCODES) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(OBJDUMP_PROG) objdump.o prdbg.o $(DEBUG_OBJS) $(OPCODES) $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 underscore.c: stamp-under ; @true
 
@@ -282,7 +302,8 @@
 	$(CC) -c -DMAIN -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(BASEDIR)/libiberty/cplus-dem.c
 
 $(DEMANGLER_PROG): cplus-dem.o $(LIBIBERTY) underscore.o $(DEMANGLER_PROG).1
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DEMANGLER_PROG) cplus-dem.o $(LIBIBERTY) $(EXTRALIBS) underscore.o
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(DEMANGLER_PROG) cplus-dem.o $(LIBIBERTY) $(EXTRALIBS) underscore.o $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 arparse.c: arparse.y
 	$(BISON) $(BISONFLAGS)  $(srcdir)/arparse.y
@@ -298,13 +319,16 @@
 	mv lex.yy.c arlex.c
 
 $(AR_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) ar.o arparse.o arlex.o not-ranlib.o arsup.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(AR_PROG) ar.o arparse.o arlex.o arsup.o not-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(AR_PROG) ar.o arparse.o arlex.o arsup.o not-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(RANLIB_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) ar.o is-ranlib.o arparse.o arlex.o arsup.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(RANLIB_PROG) ar.o arparse.o arlex.o arsup.o is-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(RANLIB_PROG) ar.o arparse.o arlex.o arsup.o is-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(ADDR2LINE_PROG): $(ADDL_DEPS) addr2line.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(ADDR2LINE_PROG) addr2line.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(ADDR2LINE_PROG) addr2line.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 # This rule creates a single binary that switches between ar and ranlib
 # by looking at argv[0].  Use this kludge to save some disk space.
@@ -314,14 +338,16 @@
 # Alternatively, you can install ranlib.sh as ranlib.
 
 ar_with_ranlib: $(ADDL_DEPS) ar.o maybe-ranlib.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(AR_PROG) ar.o maybe-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(AR_PROG) ar.o maybe-ranlib.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 	-rm -f $(RANLIB_PROG)
 	-ln $(AR_PROG) $(RANLIB_PROG)
 
 # objcopy and strip in one binary that uses argv[0] to decide its action.
 
 objcopy_with_strip: $(ADDL_DEPS) objcopy.o maybe-strip.o
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OBJCOPY_PROG) objcopy.o maybe-strip.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $(OBJCOPY_PROG) objcopy.o maybe-strip.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 	-rm -f $(STRIP_PROG)
 	-ln $(OBJCOPY_PROG) $(STRIP_PROG)
 
@@ -367,10 +393,12 @@
 	fi
 
 srconv: srconv.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_DEPS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ srconv.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $@ srconv.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 dlltool: dlltool.o defparse.o deflex.o cplus-dem.o $(ADDL_DEPS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ dlltool.o defparse.o deflex.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $@ dlltool.o defparse.o deflex.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 defparse.c:defparse.y
 	$(BISON)  $(BISONFLAGS)  $(srcdir)/defparse.y
@@ -387,10 +415,12 @@
 	$(CC) -c  $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/dlltool.c
 
 coffdump: coffdump.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_DEPS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@  coffdump.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $@  coffdump.o coffgrok.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 sysdump: sysdump.o $(ADDL_DEPS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ sysdump.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $@ sysdump.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 # Depend upon sysinfo.c to avoid building both nlmheader.c and sysinfo.c
 # simultaneously.
@@ -406,7 +436,8 @@
 	$(CC) -c -DLD_NAME="\"$${ldname}\""  $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/nlmconv.c
 
 $(NLMCONV_PROG): nlmconv.o nlmheader.o $(ADDL_DEPS)
-	$(HLDENV) $(CC) $(HLDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ nlmconv.o nlmheader.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS)
+	$(HLDENV) $(LD) $(OBJ2E) $(EOBJ) $(HLDFLAGS) -o $@ nlmconv.o nlmheader.o $(ADDL_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS) $(ELIBS)
+	$(STRIP) $@
 
 # Targets to rebuild dependencies in this Makefile.
 # Have to get rid of .dep1 here so that "$?" later includes all of $(CFILES).
diff -urP binutils-2.8/gas/Makefile binutils-2.8-eo/gas/Makefile
--- binutils-2.8/gas/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:53:05 2003
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/gas/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 20:22:40 2003
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@
 STAGESTUFF = *.o as.new gasp.new
 
 $(OBJS):  ../bfd/bfd.h
-ROOT=../../EOTA-CUR/kernel
-NEWLIB=../../libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
+ROOT=$(HOME)/EOTA/eota/kernel
+NEWLIB=$(HOME)/EOTA/libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
 EOBJ=$(NEWLIB)/crt0.o 
 ELIBS=$(NEWLIB)/libc.a $(ROOT)/POSIX/libc/libnative.a #$(ROOT)/ITRON/kernlib/libkernel.a 
 STARTADDR=0x00001000
diff -urP binutils-2.8/ld/Makefile binutils-2.8-eo/ld/Makefile
--- binutils-2.8/ld/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:53:05 2003
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/ld/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 20:28:01 2003
@@ -642,8 +642,8 @@
   $(srcdir)/emultempl/generic.em $(srcdir)/scripttempl/z8000.sc ${GEN_DEPENDS}
 	${GENSCRIPTS} z8002 "$(tdir_z8002)"
 
-ROOT=../../EOTA-CUR/kernel
-NEWLIB=../../libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
+ROOT=$(HOME)/EOTA/eota/kernel
+NEWLIB=$(HOME)/EOTA/libc/newlib-1.8.1-eota/eota/newlib
 EOBJ=$(NEWLIB)/crt0.o 
 ELIBS=$(NEWLIB)/libc.a $(ROOT)/POSIX/libc/libnative.a #$(ROOT)/ITRON/kernlib/libkernel.a 
 STARTADDR=0x00001000
diff -urP binutils-2.8/libiberty/Makefile binutils-2.8-eo/libiberty/Makefile
--- binutils-2.8/libiberty/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 21:51:12 2003
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/libiberty/Makefile	Sat Feb 22 20:44:35 2003
@@ -175,12 +175,14 @@
          strchr.c strdup.c strerror.c strrchr.c strsignal.c \
          strstr.c strtod.c strtol.c strtoul.c tmpnam.c \
 	 vasprintf.c vfork.c vfprintf.c vprintf.c vsprintf.c waitpid.c \
-	 xatexit.c xexit.c xmalloc.c xstrdup.c xstrerror.c
+	 xatexit.c xexit.c xmalloc.c xstrdup.c xstrerror.c \
+	 eota.c
 # These are always included in the library.
 REQUIRED_OFILES = argv.o basename.o choose-temp.o concat.o cplus-dem.o \
   fdmatch.o fnmatch.o getopt.o getopt1.o getruntime.o hex.o \
   floatformat.o objalloc.o obstack.o spaces.o strerror.o strsignal.o \
-  xatexit.o xexit.o xmalloc.o xstrdup.o xstrerror.o
+  xatexit.o xexit.o xmalloc.o xstrdup.o xstrerror.o \
+  eota.o
 
 # Do we want/need any config overrides?
 #	 
diff -urP binutils-2.8/libiberty/eota.c binutils-2.8-eo/libiberty/eota.c
--- binutils-2.8/libiberty/eota.c	Thu Jan  1 09:00:00 1970
+++ binutils-2.8-eo/libiberty/eota.c	Sat Feb 22 20:46:27 2003
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
+{
+  return stat(file_name, buf);
+}