diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/coff.h gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/coff.h
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/coff.h	2004-02-24 15:25:22.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/coff.h	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,11 +31,16 @@
 #define TARGET_VERSION fputs (" (ARM/coff)", stderr)
 
 #undef  TARGET_DEFAULT
-#define TARGET_DEFAULT (ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT | ARM_FLAG_APCS_32 | ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME | ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS)
+#define TARGET_DEFAULT		\
+	( ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_VFP		\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_32	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS )
 
 #ifndef MULTILIB_DEFAULTS
 #define MULTILIB_DEFAULTS \
-  { "marm", "mlittle-endian", "msoft-float", "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork" }
+  { "marm", "mlittle-endian", "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork" }
 #endif
 
 /* This is COFF, but prefer stabs.  */
diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/elf.h gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/elf.h
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/elf.h	2004-02-24 15:25:22.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/elf.h	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
 
 #ifndef SUBTARGET_ASM_FLOAT_SPEC
 #define SUBTARGET_ASM_FLOAT_SPEC "\
-%{mapcs-float:-mfloat} %{msoft-float:-mfpu=softfpa}"
+%{mapcs-float:-mfloat} \
+%{mhard-float:-mfpu=fpa} \
+%{!mhard-float: %{msoft-float:-mfpu=softfpa} %{!msoft-float:-mfpu=softvfp}}"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ASM_SPEC
@@ -106,12 +108,17 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef TARGET_DEFAULT
-#define TARGET_DEFAULT (ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT | ARM_FLAG_APCS_32 | ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME | ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS)
+#define TARGET_DEFAULT		\
+	( ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_VFP		\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_32	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS )
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MULTILIB_DEFAULTS
 #define MULTILIB_DEFAULTS \
-  { "marm", "mlittle-endian", "msoft-float", "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork", "fno-leading-underscore" }
+  { "marm", "mlittle-endian", "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork", "fno-leading-underscore" }
 #endif
 
 #define TARGET_ASM_FILE_START_APP_OFF true
diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h	2007-08-15 23:07:00.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,12 +44,26 @@
 #define TARGET_LINKER_EMULATION "armelf_linux"
 #endif
 
-/* Default is to use APCS-32 mode.  */
+/*
+ * Default is to use APCS-32 mode with soft-vfp.
+ * The old Linux default for floats can be achieved with -mhard-float
+ * or with the configure --with-float=hard option.
+ * If -msoft-float or --with-float=soft is used then software float 
+ * support will be used just like the default but with the legacy
+ * big endian word ordering for double float representation instead.
+ */
 #undef  TARGET_DEFAULT
-#define TARGET_DEFAULT \
-		( ARM_FLAG_APCS_32 | \
-		  ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS | \
-		  TARGET_ENDIAN_DEFAULT )
+#define TARGET_DEFAULT		\
+	( ARM_FLAG_APCS_32	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT	\
+	| TARGET_ENDIAN_DEFAULT	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_VFP		\
+	| ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS )
+
+#undef  SUBTARGET_EXTRA_ASM_SPEC
+#define SUBTARGET_EXTRA_ASM_SPEC "\
+%{mhard-float:-mfpu=fpa} \
+%{!mhard-float: %{msoft-float:-mfpu=softfpa} %{!msoft-float:-mfpu=softvfp}}"
 
 #define SUBTARGET_CPU_DEFAULT TARGET_CPU_arm6
 
@@ -57,7 +71,7 @@
 
 #undef  MULTILIB_DEFAULTS
 #define MULTILIB_DEFAULTS \
-	{ "marm", TARGET_ENDIAN_OPTION, "mhard-float", "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork" }
+	{ "marm", TARGET_ENDIAN_OPTION, "mapcs-32", "mno-thumb-interwork" }
 
 #define CPP_APCS_PC_DEFAULT_SPEC "-D__APCS_32__"
 
@@ -72,7 +86,7 @@
    %{shared:-lc} \
    %{!shared:%{profile:-lc_p}%{!profile:-lc}}"
 
-#define LIBGCC_SPEC "%{msoft-float:-lfloat} -lgcc"
+#define LIBGCC_SPEC "-lgcc"
 
 /* Provide a STARTFILE_SPEC appropriate for GNU/Linux.  Here we add
    the GNU/Linux magical crtbegin.o file (see crtstuff.c) which
diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/t-linux gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/t-linux
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/t-linux	2003-09-20 23:09:07.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/t-linux	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 LIBGCC2_DEBUG_CFLAGS = -g0
 
 LIB1ASMSRC = arm/lib1funcs.asm
-LIB1ASMFUNCS = _udivsi3 _divsi3 _umodsi3 _modsi3 _dvmd_lnx
+LIB1ASMFUNCS = _udivsi3 _divsi3 _umodsi3 _modsi3 _dvmd_lnx \
+	_negdf2 _addsubdf3 _muldivdf3 _cmpdf2 _unorddf2 _fixdfsi _fixunsdfsi \
+	_truncdfsf2 _negsf2 _addsubsf3 _muldivsf3 _cmpsf2 _unordsf2 \
+	_fixsfsi _fixunssfsi
 
 # MULTILIB_OPTIONS = mhard-float/msoft-float
 # MULTILIB_DIRNAMES = hard-float soft-float
diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h	2004-02-24 15:25:22.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
 
 /* Default to using APCS-32 and software floating point.  */
 #ifndef TARGET_DEFAULT
-#define TARGET_DEFAULT	(ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT | ARM_FLAG_APCS_32 | ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME | ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS)
+#define TARGET_DEFAULT		\
+	( ARM_FLAG_SOFT_FLOAT	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_VFP		\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_32	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_APCS_FRAME	\
+	| ARM_FLAG_MMU_TRAPS )
 #endif
 
 /* Now we define the strings used to build the spec file.  */
diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/xscale-elf.h gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/xscale-elf.h
--- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/xscale-elf.h	2003-07-02 01:26:43.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/xscale-elf.h	2007-08-15 23:10:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@
 		     endian, regardless of the endian-ness of the memory
 		     system.  */
 		     
-#define SUBTARGET_EXTRA_ASM_SPEC "%{!mcpu=*:-mcpu=xscale} \
-  %{mhard-float:-mfpu=fpa} \
-  %{!mhard-float: %{msoft-float:-mfpu=softfpa;:-mfpu=softvfp}}"
+#define SUBTARGET_EXTRA_ASM_SPEC "\
+%{!mcpu=*:-mcpu=xscale} \
+%{mhard-float:-mfpu=fpa} \
+%{!mhard-float: %{msoft-float:-mfpu=softfpa} %{!msoft-float:-mfpu=softvfp}}"
 
 #ifndef MULTILIB_DEFAULTS
 #define MULTILIB_DEFAULTS \
-  { "mlittle-endian", "mno-thumb-interwork", "marm", "msoft-float" }
+  { "mlittle-endian", "mno-thumb-interwork", "marm" }
 #endif