--- toolchain-binutils.eclass.orig	2008-11-28 21:48:25.475552456 -0500
+++ toolchain-binutils.eclass	2008-11-28 21:50:24.156640023 -0500
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ tc-binutils_apply_patches() {
 	if ! use vanilla ; then
 		if [[ -n ${PATCHVER} ]] ; then
 			EPATCH_SOURCE=${WORKDIR}/patch
+			if [[ ${CTARGET} == mips* ]] ; then
+				# remove gnu-hash for mips (bug #233233)
+				EPATCH_EXCLUDE="77_all_generate-gnu-hash.patch"
+			fi
 			[[ -n $(ls "${EPATCH_SOURCE}"/*.bz2 2>/dev/null) ]] \
 				&& EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch.bz2" \
 				|| EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch"