ifneq ($(HOSTOS),cygwin)
+# Location of a usable BFD library, where we define "usable" as
+# "built for ${HOST}, supports ${TARGET}". Sensible values are
+# - When cross-compiling: the root of the cross-environment
+# - Linux/ppc (native): /usr
+# - NetBSD/ppc (native): you lose ... (must extract these from the
+# binutils build directory, plus the native and U-Boot include
+# files don't like each other)
+
+ifeq ($(HOSTOS),darwin)
+BFD_ROOT_DIR = /usr/local/tools
+else
+ifeq ($(HOSTARCH),$(ARCH))
+# native
+BFD_ROOT_DIR = /usr
+else
+#BFD_ROOT_DIR = /LinuxPPC/CDK # Linux/i386
+#BFD_ROOT_DIR = /usr/pkg/cross # NetBSD/i386
+BFD_ROOT_DIR = /opt/powerpc
+endif
+endif
+
#
# Use native tools and options
#