Attempting to build PSP for AM1808EVM

Are you trying to build the Linux kernel, or u-boot.  The instructions you cite are for the Linux kernel, but the directory you are citing is for u-boot.

If building u-boot in the u-boot-2010.12-psp03.21.00.04.sdk directory, use the following steps:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_Building_Software_Components_for_OMAP-L1#Rebuilding_U-Boot

If building the Linux kernel in the linux-2.6.37-psp03.210.00.04.sdk, use the following steps:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_Building_Software_Components_for_OMAP-L1#Rebuilding_the_Linux_kernel

The "Rebuilding the Linux Kernel" instructions I have say that I will need mkimage which is apparently built along with u-boot, that is why I am building it first. I will look at the links you provided, thanks.

Quick followup: That is the document I am working from and both sections you refer to are what I am using.

I execute the following instructions

make distclean CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
make da850evm_config CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
make all CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-

The error occurs during the make all. It does compile several files successfully before encountering this one.

Another followup: I actually had not gone back and executed those instructions in that order after all. When I did it built fine, 
Thanks Brandon.

Dennis

Now building the kernel using menuconfig (make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- menuconfig).

The instructions say that the default settings are a good place to start so I just exited the menu without changing anything.

I then enter make and it then drops to what looks like another shell script driven set of options (extensive). I just hit enter to select the default (I think) and at some point I see stuff that makes it look like it is trying to build an x86 kernel not ARM. I may be misinterpreting what I see however. I have not yet gone all the way through this yet but wanted to bounce the x86 thing off you.

If make is indicating x86, then it is not picking up the necessary code generation tools for ARM from Code Sourcery which is needed.  Do you have the ARM Code Sourcery tools in your path?

 Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q1-203 for ARM

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_Installing_the_Software_for_OMAP-L138#Downloading_and_installing_the_Code_Sourcery_tools

Yes I installed it and tested the path to to ARM tools as they instructed. I was able to build u-boot fine with the same settings. I am just following the make instructions in the document you cite. Should I try a make without menuconfig at all?

As a sanity check, yes, don't use menuconfig.  Just compile the default configuration.  Once this builds successfully, then we can look at moving forward with modifying the configuration via menuconfig.

Sounds good, thanks again.