http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56524
--- Comment #7 from Steve Ellcey <sje at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-03-07 15:56:19 UTC --- I included the patch in my nightly build and test and encountered no problems with GCC or GLIBC. I was able to completely build GLIBC in mips16 mode.