>> Further more interleaving soft-float and hard-float code was promblematic
>> due to the way in which floating point values where returned from
>> functions. (with 2.8.x I believe a new APCS variation is supported that
>> will allow the floating point value to be returned in both integer and fp
>> registers to allow hard-float and soft-float code mixing).
>
>Does gcc 2.8.x support NetBSD/arm32?  I've heard rumours that it
>doesn't...  (or was that binutils 2.8.x?)

There are some problems with the paperwork; Rob Black needs to sign an 
assignment before the changes can be merged, and I've had no luck contacting 
him about it.

p.