diff -r 8a836b6d6e8c -r fc0afaf5c817 scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common
--- a/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common	Mon Nov 21 23:33:08 2011 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/glibc-eglibc.sh-common	Mon Nov 21 23:56:53 2011 +0100
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     local -a extra_config
     local -a extra_make_args
     local glibc_cflags
+    local float_extra
 
     while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
         eval "${1// /\\ }"
@@ -135,10 +136,19 @@
         *) extra_config+=("--disable-shared");;
     esac
 
-    case "${CT_ARCH_FLOAT}" in
+    float_extra="$( echo "${extra_flags}"       \
+                    |${sed} -r -e '/^(.*[[:space:]])?-m(hard|soft)-float([[:space:]].*)?$/!d;'  \
+                               -e 's//\2/;'     \
+                  )"
+    case "${float_extra}" in
         hard)   extra_config+=("--with-fp");;
         soft)   extra_config+=("--without-fp");;
-        softfp) extra_config+=("--with-fp");;
+        "")
+            case "${CT_ARCH_FLOAT}" in
+                hard|softfp)    extra_config+=("--with-fp");;
+                soft)           extra_config+=("--without-fp");;
+            esac
+            ;;
     esac
 
     if [ "${CT_LIBC_DISABLE_VERSIONING}" = "y" ]; then