3 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure b/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure
index 385f295904..91239cdf3e 100644
--- a/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure
+++ b/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure
@@ -197,4 +197,7 @@ $as_echo "$libc_cv_arm_pcs_vfp" >&6; }
 if test $libc_cv_arm_pcs_vfp = yes; then
   $as_echo "#define HAVE_ARM_PCS_VFP 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+  echo "default-abi := hard" > default-abi.make
+else
+  echo "default-abi := soft" > default-abi.make
 fi
diff --git a/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure.in b/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure.in
index 7e91332591..6073d0ee86 100644
--- a/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure.in
+++ b/ports/sysdeps/arm/configure.in
@@ -40,4 +40,7 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the compiler is using the ARM hard-float ABI],
   ], libc_cv_arm_pcs_vfp=yes, libc_cv_arm_pcs_vfp=no)])
 if test $libc_cv_arm_pcs_vfp = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ARM_PCS_VFP)
+  echo "default-abi := hard" > default-abi.make
+else
+  echo "default-abi := soft" > default-abi.make
 fi
diff --git a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
index bda3ea9f71..be7946e966 100644
--- a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
+++ b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
@@ -70,25 +70,16 @@ LDFLAGS-tst-rfc3484-2 += $(common-objpfx)csu/libc-do-syscall.o
 LDFLAGS-tst-rfc3484-3 += $(common-objpfx)csu/libc-do-syscall.o
 endif
 
-define default-abi-prog
-echo '#ifdef __ARM_PCS_VFP';
-echo 'hard';
-echo '#else';
-echo 'soft';
-echo '#endif'
-endef
-default-abi := $(strip $(shell \
-    ($(default-abi-prog)) | $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -E -P -))
-ifeq ($(default-abi),hard)
-# OK.
-else
-ifneq ($(default-abi),soft)
-Unknown ABI, must be "hard" or "soft".
-endif
+# Get value of default-abi.
+include $(common-objpfx)default-abi.make
+
+abi-variants := soft hard
+
+ifeq (,$(filter $(default-abi),$(abi-variants)))
+Unknown ABI, must be one of $(abi-variants)
 endif
 
 abi-includes :=
-abi-variants := soft hard
 abi-soft-options := -U__ARM_PCS_VFP
 abi-soft-condition := !defined __ARM_PCS_VFP
 abi-soft-ld-soname := ld-linux.so.3