diff --git a/arm-ld-12643.diff b/arm-ld-12643.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..654a084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arm-ld-12643.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- ld/configure.tgt
++++ ld/configure.tgt
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
+ arm*-*-symbianelf*)     targ_emul=armsymbian;;
+ arm-*-kaos*)		targ_emul=armelf ;;
+ arm9e-*-elf)		targ_emul=armelf ;;
+-arm*b-*-linux-*eabi)	targ_emul=armelfb_linux_eabi
++arm*b-*-linux-*eabi*)	targ_emul=armelfb_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_emuls=armelf_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls
+ 			;;
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+ 			targ_extra_emuls="armelfb armelf armelf_linux"
+ 			targ_extra_libpath="armelf_linux"
+ 			;;
+-arm*-*-linux-*eabi)	targ_emul=armelf_linux_eabi
++arm*-*-linux-*eabi*)	targ_emul=armelf_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_emuls=armelfb_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls
+ 			;;
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
+ 			targ_extra_emuls="armelf armelfb armelfb_linux"
+ 			targ_extra_libpath="armelfb_linux"
+ 			;;
+-arm*-*-uclinux*eabi)	targ_emul=armelf_linux_eabi
++arm*-*-uclinux*eabi*)	targ_emul=armelf_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_emuls=armelfb_linux_eabi
+ 			targ_extra_libpath=$targ_extra_emuls
+ 			;;
diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 0166b9d..f1138a4 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -289,7 +290,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -354,6 +360,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -379,9 +394,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -409,6 +422,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-alpha-binutils.changes b/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-alpha-binutils.spec b/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
index c4a7a89..704a14e 100644
--- a/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-alpha-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-alpha-binutils
+Name:           cross-alpha-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-arm-binutils.changes b/cross-arm-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-arm-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-arm-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-arm-binutils.spec b/cross-arm-binutils.spec
index e11f4dd..b29176c 100644
--- a/cross-arm-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-arm-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-arm-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-arm-binutils
+Name:           cross-arm-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-hppa-binutils.changes b/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-hppa-binutils.spec b/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
index 1506483..8d2203b 100644
--- a/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-hppa-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-hppa-binutils
+Name:           cross-hppa-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes b/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec b/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
index 3717de6..de6f66e 100644
--- a/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-hppa64-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-hppa64-binutils
+Name:           cross-hppa64-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-i386-binutils.changes b/cross-i386-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-i386-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-i386-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-i386-binutils.spec b/cross-i386-binutils.spec
index 98bf737..65e93b1 100644
--- a/cross-i386-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-i386-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-i386-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-i386-binutils
+Name:           cross-i386-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-ia64-binutils.changes b/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-ia64-binutils.spec b/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
index 7ab3366..6049cd6 100644
--- a/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-ia64-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-ia64-binutils
+Name:           cross-ia64-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-mips-binutils.changes b/cross-mips-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-mips-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-mips-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-mips-binutils.spec b/cross-mips-binutils.spec
index a94e8ed..dcaa2a5 100644
--- a/cross-mips-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-mips-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-mips-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-mips-binutils
+Name:           cross-mips-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-ppc-binutils.changes b/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-ppc-binutils.spec b/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
index 32f75a9..ad3b701 100644
--- a/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-ppc-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-ppc-binutils
+Name:           cross-ppc-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes b/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec b/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
index a05c6ff..abab80d 100644
--- a/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-ppc64-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-ppc64-binutils
+Name:           cross-ppc64-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-s390-binutils.changes b/cross-s390-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-s390-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-s390-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-s390-binutils.spec b/cross-s390-binutils.spec
index 24999fb..12e58db 100644
--- a/cross-s390-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-s390-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-s390-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-s390-binutils
+Name:           cross-s390-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-s390x-binutils.changes b/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-s390x-binutils.spec b/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
index ac88efe..be3c5cc 100644
--- a/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-s390x-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-s390x-binutils
+Name:           cross-s390x-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-sparc-binutils.changes b/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-sparc-binutils.spec b/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
index 70f3c60..0185418 100644
--- a/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-sparc-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-sparc-binutils
+Name:           cross-sparc-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-spu-binutils.changes b/cross-spu-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-spu-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-spu-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-spu-binutils.spec b/cross-spu-binutils.spec
index 9ed1a9c..5d274d4 100644
--- a/cross-spu-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-spu-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-spu-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-spu-binutils
+Name:           cross-spu-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else
diff --git a/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes b/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
index a8ae857..e0ab66f 100644
--- a/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 09:59:07 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- use -gnueabi extension to switch to new abi for arm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 22 06:54:34 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- Add support for arm-*-gnueabihf targets (PR ld/12643)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 21:44:12 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- add arm targets
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 08:09:15 UTC 2011 - rguenther@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec b/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
index 5645aa8..68ffd37 100644
--- a/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package binutils
+# spec file for package cross-x86_64-binutils
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 
-Name:         cross-x86_64-binutils
+Name:           cross-x86_64-binutils
 BuildRequires:  bison dejagnu flex gcc-c++
 # for the testsuite
 %if 0%{suse_version} >= 1210
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Release:        10
 %define	make_check_handling	false
 %endif
 # handle all binary object formats supported by SuSE (and a few more)
-%ifarch %ix86 ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
+%ifarch %ix86 %arm ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x x86_64
 %define build_multitarget 1
 %else
 %define build_multitarget 0
 %endif
-%define target_list alpha arm hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
+%define target_list alpha armv5l armv7l armv8l hppa hppa64 i686 ia64 m68k mips powerpc powerpc64 s390 s390x sh4 sparc sparc64 x86_64
 #
 #
 #
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Patch20:        bso12982.diff
 # Too much fallout for now
 #Patch21:        binutils-no-copy-dt-needed-default.patch
 Patch22:        bnc713504.diff
+Patch23:        arm-ld-12643.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -261,7 +262,11 @@ Authors:
 %if "%{name}" != "binutils"
 %define TARGET %(echo %{name} | sed -e "s/cross-\\(.*\\)-binutils/\\1/;s/-/_/g;s/parisc/hppa/;s/i.86/i586/;s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %endif
+%ifarch %{arm} armv5l armv7l armv8l
+%define HOST %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
 %define HOST %(echo %{_target_cpu} | sed -e "s/parisc/hppa/" -e "s/i.86/i586/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/" -e "s/sparc64v.*/sparc64/" -e "s/sparcv.*/sparc/")-suse-linux
+%endif 
 %define DIST %(echo '%distribution' | sed 's/ (.*)//')
 
 %prep
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ echo "make check will return with %{make_check_handling} in case of testsuite fa
 %patch20 -p1
 #%patch21
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch90
@@ -326,6 +332,15 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %ifarch ppc ppc64
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,spu-elf"
 %endif
+%ifarch armv5l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv5l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv7l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv7l-suse-linux"
+%endif
+%ifarch armv8l
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,armv8l-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %endif
 %define common_flags CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \\\
 	--prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
@@ -348,9 +363,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %check
 export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 cd build-dir
-%ifnarch %arm
 make -k check CFLAGS="-O2 -g" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g" || %{make_check_handling}
-%endif
 #
 #
 #
@@ -378,6 +391,9 @@ EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,x86_64-suse-linux"
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "hppa"
 EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,hppa64-suse-linux"
 %endif
+%if "%{TARGET}" == "arm"
+EXTRA_TARGETS="$EXTRA_TARGETS,arm-suse-linux"
+%endif
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr" || "%{TARGET}" == "spu"
 TARGET_OS=%{TARGET}
 %else