for the binutils the required commands are:

       	configure                                       \
               	--disable-nls                           \
               	--prefix=/usr                           \
               	--mandir=/usr/share/man                 \
               	--infodir=/usr/share/info               \
                --target=${CROSS_ARCH}-linux
       	make

   and for the gcc (after the binutils have been
   installed on the host):

       	configure                                       \
               	--enable-languages=c                    \
                --disable-nls                           \
               	--disable-threads                       \
               	--disable-shared                        \
                --disable-checking                      \
                --prefix=/usr                           \
               	--mandir=/usr/share/man                 \
                --infodir=/usr/share/info               \
               	--target=${CROSS_ARCH}-linux
       	make  TARGET_LIBGCC2_CFLAGS='-Dinhibit_libc  \   
               	-D__gthr_posix_h'

   where ${CROSS_ARCH} is the target architecture you want
   to compile the toochain for, in my case, this where one
   of the following:

       	alpha, arm, cris, hppa, hppa64, i386, ia64, m68k, 
        mips, mips64, ppc, ppc64, s390, sh, sh4, sparc, 
	sparc64, v850, x86_64


   I decided to use binutils 2.14.90.0.8, and gcc 3.3.2, 
   but soon discovered that gcc-3.3.2 will not be able   
   to build a cross compiler for some archs like the
   alpha, ia64, powerpc and even i386 ;) without some
   modifications but with some help, I got all headers
   fixed.