diff --git a/dka64/patches/gcc-7.2.0.patch b/dka64/patches/gcc-7.2.0.patch
index 41a64eb..7bf8fa4 100644
--- a/dka64/patches/gcc-7.2.0.patch
+++ b/dka64/patches/gcc-7.2.0.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h
---- gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h	2017-01-01 12:07:43.905435000 +0000
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h	2017-09-11 09:44:35.042230491 +0100
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h
+index c56261062..3a5b4b012 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h
 @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  #ifndef GCC_AARCH64_ELF_RAW_H
  #define GCC_AARCH64_ELF_RAW_H
@@ -9,10 +10,128 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-elf-raw.h gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc
  #define STARTFILE_SPEC " crti%O%s crtbegin%O%s crt0%O%s"
  #define ENDFILE_SPEC \
    " crtend%O%s crtn%O%s " \
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64 gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
---- gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64	2017-01-01 12:07:43.905435000 +0000
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64	2017-09-11 09:44:35.042230491 +0100
-@@ -68,5 +68,7 @@
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-opts.h b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-opts.h
+index ba5d052e9..d5e83b60d 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-opts.h
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-opts.h
+@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ enum aarch64_tls_type {
+   TLS_DESCRIPTORS
+ };
+ 
++/* Which thread pointer access sequence to use.  */
++enum aarch64_tp_type {
++  TP_HARD,
++  TP_SOFT
++};
++
+ /* The code model defines the address generation strategy.
+    Most have a PIC and non-PIC variant.  */
+ enum aarch64_code_model {
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
+index 1bd010be7..6180fd2cd 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
+@@ -10015,8 +10015,24 @@ aarch64_load_tp (rtx target)
+       || !register_operand (target, Pmode))
+     target = gen_reg_rtx (Pmode);
+ 
+-  /* Can return in any reg.  */
+-  emit_insn (gen_aarch64_load_tp_hard (target));
++  if (TARGET_HARD_TP)
++    {
++      /* Can return in any reg.  */
++      emit_insn (gen_aarch64_load_tp_hard (target));
++    }
++  else
++    {
++      /* Always returned in r0.  Immediately copy the result into a pseudo,
++	 otherwise other uses of r0 (e.g. setting up function arguments) may
++	 clobber the value.  */
++
++      rtx tmp;
++
++      emit_insn (gen_aarch64_load_tp_soft ());
++
++      tmp = gen_rtx_REG (DImode, R0_REGNUM);
++      emit_move_insn (target, tmp);
++    }
+   return target;
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.h b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.h
+index e4fb96fd0..e72e917ec 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.h
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.h
+@@ -887,6 +887,10 @@ typedef struct
+ /* Check TLS Descriptors mechanism is selected.  */
+ #define TARGET_TLS_DESC (aarch64_tls_dialect == TLS_DESCRIPTORS)
+ 
++/* Check selected thread pointer access sequence to use.  */
++#define TARGET_HARD_TP (target_thread_pointer == TP_HARD)
++#define TARGET_SOFT_TP (target_thread_pointer == TP_SOFT)
++
+ extern enum aarch64_code_model aarch64_cmodel;
+ 
+ /* When using the tiny addressing model conditional and unconditional branches
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
+index 51368e29f..931dc181d 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
+@@ -5230,11 +5230,22 @@
+ (define_insn "aarch64_load_tp_hard"
+   [(set (match_operand:DI 0 "register_operand" "=r")
+ 	(unspec:DI [(const_int 0)] UNSPEC_TLS))]
+-  ""
+-  "mrs\\t%0, tpidr_el0"
++  "TARGET_HARD_TP"
++  "mrs\\t%0, tpidr_el0\\t// aarch64_load_tp_hard"
+   [(set_attr "type" "mrs")]
+ )
+ 
++(define_insn "aarch64_load_tp_soft"
++  [(set (reg:DI 0) (unspec:DI [(const_int 0)] UNSPEC_TLS))
++   (clobber (reg:DI IP0_REGNUM))
++   (clobber (reg:DI IP1_REGNUM))
++   (clobber (reg:DI LR_REGNUM))
++   (clobber (reg:CC CC_REGNUM))]
++  "TARGET_SOFT_TP"
++  "bl\\t__aarch64_read_tp\\t// aarch64_load_tp_soft"
++  [(set_attr "type" "branch")]
++)
++
+ ;; The TLS ABI specifically requires that the compiler does not schedule
+ ;; instructions in the TLS stubs, in order to enable linker relaxation.
+ ;; Therefore we treat the stubs as an atomic sequence.
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.opt b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.opt
+index 942a7d558..0f18d8e77 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.opt
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.opt
+@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ Enum(aarch64_tls_size) String(32) Value(32)
+ EnumValue
+ Enum(aarch64_tls_size) String(48) Value(48)
+ 
++mtp=
++Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(aarch64_tp_type) Var(target_thread_pointer) Init(TP_HARD)
++Specify how to access the thread pointer.
++
++Enum
++Name(aarch64_tp_type) Type(enum aarch64_tp_type)
++Valid arguments to -mtp=:
++
++EnumValue
++Enum(aarch64_tp_type) String(hard) Value(TP_HARD)
++
++EnumValue
++Enum(aarch64_tp_type) String(soft) Value(TP_SOFT)
++
+ march=
+ Target RejectNegative ToLower Joined Var(aarch64_arch_string)
+ -march=ARCH	Use features of architecture ARCH.
+diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64 b/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
+index 32532864c..581474f1d 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
++++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64
+@@ -68,5 +68,7 @@ cortex-a57-fma-steering.o: $(srcdir)/config/aarch64/cortex-a57-fma-steering.c \
  		$(srcdir)/config/aarch64/cortex-a57-fma-steering.c
  
  comma=,
@@ -22,10 +141,11 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/config/aarch64/t-aarch64 gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/config/
 +MULTILIB_DIRNAMES   = large pic
 +MULTILIB_REQUIRED   = mcmodel=large fPIC
 +MULTILIB_MATCHES    = fPIC=fpic fPIC=fpie fPIC=fPIE
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/gcc.c gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/gcc.c
---- gcc-7.2.0/gcc/gcc.c	2017-06-22 12:38:56.224791000 +0100
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/gcc.c	2017-09-11 09:44:35.042230491 +0100
-@@ -779,6 +779,11 @@
+diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
+index 9721f94b4..d7cd97b0e 100644
+--- a/gcc/gcc.c
++++ b/gcc/gcc.c
+@@ -779,6 +779,11 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
  #endif
  #endif
  
@@ -37,7 +157,7 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/gcc.c gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/gcc.c
  /* config.h can define STARTFILE_SPEC to override the default crt0 files.  */
  #ifndef STARTFILE_SPEC
  #define STARTFILE_SPEC  \
-@@ -1074,6 +1079,7 @@
+@@ -1074,6 +1079,7 @@ static const char *link_spec = LINK_SPEC;
  static const char *lib_spec = LIB_SPEC;
  static const char *link_gomp_spec = "";
  static const char *libgcc_spec = LIBGCC_SPEC;
@@ -45,7 +165,7 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/gcc.c gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/gcc.c
  static const char *endfile_spec = ENDFILE_SPEC;
  static const char *startfile_spec = STARTFILE_SPEC;
  static const char *linker_name_spec = LINKER_NAME;
-@@ -1579,6 +1585,7 @@
+@@ -1579,6 +1585,7 @@ static struct spec_list static_specs[] =
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("lib",			&lib_spec),
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("link_gomp",		&link_gomp_spec),
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("libgcc",			&libgcc_spec),
@@ -53,34 +173,11 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/gcc/gcc.c gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/gcc/gcc.c
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("startfile",		&startfile_spec),
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("cross_compile",		&cross_compile),
    INIT_STATIC_SPEC ("version",			&compiler_version),
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/libcpp/Makefile.in gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libcpp/Makefile.in
---- gcc-7.2.0/libcpp/Makefile.in	2017-08-14 09:03:31.162084275 +0100
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libcpp/Makefile.in	2017-09-11 09:44:35.042230491 +0100
-@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@
- # Note that we put the dependencies into a .Tpo file, then move them
- # into place if the compile succeeds.  We need this because gcc does
- # not atomically write the dependency output file.
--COMPILE = $(COMPILE.base) -o $@ -MT $@ -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo
--POSTCOMPILE = @mv $(DEPDIR)/$*.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/$*.Po
-+COMPILE = $(COMPILE.base) -o $@
- else
- COMPILE = source='$<' object='$@' libtool=no DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(DEPMODE) \
- 	  $(depcomp) $(COMPILE.base)
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/libgcc/crtstuff.c gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libgcc/crtstuff.c
---- gcc-7.2.0/libgcc/crtstuff.c	2017-01-01 12:07:43.905435000 +0000
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libgcc/crtstuff.c	2017-09-11 09:44:35.046230483 +0100
-@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
- 
- /* Target machine header files require this define. */
- #define IN_LIBGCC2
-+#define USED_FOR_TARGET
- 
- /* FIXME: Including auto-host is incorrect, but until we have
-    identified the set of defines that need to go into auto-target.h,
-diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/libgcc/Makefile.in gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libgcc/Makefile.in
---- gcc-7.2.0/libgcc/Makefile.in	2017-04-19 09:08:44.446150000 +0100
-+++ gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libgcc/Makefile.in	2017-09-11 09:44:35.046230483 +0100
-@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@
+diff --git a/libgcc/Makefile.in b/libgcc/Makefile.in
+index a1a392de8..6d3d71b93 100644
+--- a/libgcc/Makefile.in
++++ b/libgcc/Makefile.in
+@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ endif
  # libgcc_eh.a, only LIB2ADDEH matters.  If we do, only LIB2ADDEHSTATIC and
  # LIB2ADDEHSHARED matter.  (Usually all three are identical.)
  
@@ -89,3 +186,15 @@ diff -NBaur gcc-7.2.0/libgcc/Makefile.in gcc-7.2.0-aarch64/libgcc/Makefile.in
  
  ifeq ($(enable_shared),yes)
  
+diff --git a/libgcc/crtstuff.c b/libgcc/crtstuff.c
+index 52ed6d39c..85f6a66fb 100644
+--- a/libgcc/crtstuff.c
++++ b/libgcc/crtstuff.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
+ 
+ /* Target machine header files require this define. */
+ #define IN_LIBGCC2
++#define USED_FOR_TARGET
+ 
+ /* FIXME: Including auto-host is incorrect, but until we have
+    identified the set of defines that need to go into auto-target.h,