diff -urp ../binutils-cvs-20121124.orig/config.sub binutils-cvs-20121124-mipsr5900el-linux-patched/config.sub
--- ../binutils-cvs-20121124.orig/config.sub	2012-11-19 23:03:01.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-cvs-20121124-mipsr5900el-linux-patched/config.sub	2013-01-01 22:59:37.380447181 +0100
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	| mipsisa64r2 | mipsisa64r2el \
 	| mipsisa64sb1 | mipsisa64sb1el \
 	| mipsisa64sr71k | mipsisa64sr71kel \
+	| mipsr5900 | mipsr5900el \
 	| mipstx39 | mipstx39el \
 	| mn10200 | mn10300 \
 	| moxie \
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	| mipsisa64r2-* | mipsisa64r2el-* \
 	| mipsisa64sb1-* | mipsisa64sb1el-* \
 	| mipsisa64sr71k-* | mipsisa64sr71kel-* \
+	| mipsr5900-* | mipsr5900el-* \
 	| mipstx39-* | mipstx39el-* \
 	| mmix-* \
 	| mt-* \