diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index b7cc2c0c53..eeb19901ea 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-17  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
+
+	* configure.host: Add a generic FreeBSD configuration entry such that
+	all [modern] FreeBSD systems on all platforms will look the same.
+
 2001-02-14  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.tgt: Remove mention of earmelf_linux26.
diff --git a/ld/configure.host b/ld/configure.host
index ed09cfe5a6..25534a7156 100644
--- a/ld/configure.host
+++ b/ld/configure.host
@@ -30,31 +30,12 @@ alpha*-*-netbsd*)
   HOSTING_CRT0=/usr/lib/crt0.o
   ;;
 
-alpha*-*-*)
-  HOSTING_CRT0=/usr/ccs/lib/crt0.o
-  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS=/usr/ccs/lib
-  ;;
-
 arm*-*-linux-gnu*)
   HOSTING_CRT0='-p -dynamic-linker `fgrep ld-linux.so \`${CC} --print-file-name=specs\` | sed -e "s,.*-dynamic-linker[ 	][ 	]*\(.*/ld-linux.so..\).*,\1,"` `${CC} --print-file-name=crt1.o` `${CC} --print-file-name=crti.o` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtbegin.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtbegin.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtbegin.o; fi`'
   HOSTING_LIBS='`if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` -L`dirname \`${CC} --print-file-name=libc.so\`` -lc `if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtend.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtend.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtend.o; fi` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtn.o`'
   ;;
 
-i[3456]86-*-freebsdelf*)
-  # The new BSD `make' has a bug: it doesn't pass empty arguments in
-  # shell commands.  So we need to make this value non-empty in order
-  # for the genscripts.sh call to work.  There's nothing magic about
-  # the value `/lib'; it's just a dummy.
-  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS=/lib
-  # Older versions of gcc do not use a specs file.  In those cases,
-  # gcc -print-file-name=specs will simply print specs.  We create a
-  # dummy specs files to handle this.
-  echo "-dynamic-linker /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1" > specs
-  HOSTING_CRT0='-dynamic-linker `egrep "ld[^ ]*\.so" \`${CC} --print-file-name=specs\` | sed -e "s,.*-dynamic-linker[ 	][ 	]*\(.*/ld[^ ]*.so..\).*,\1,"` `${CC} --print-file-name=crt1.o` `${CC} --print-file-name=crti.o` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtbegin.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtbegin.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtbegin.o; fi`'
-  HOSTING_LIBS='`if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` -L`dirname \`${CC} --print-file-name=libc.so\`` -lc `if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtend.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtend.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtend.o; fi` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtn.o`'
-  ;;
-
-i[3456]86-*-bsd* | i[3456]86-*-freebsd* | i[3456]86-*-netbsd*)
+i[3456]86-*-bsd* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[12] | i[34567]86-*-freebsd[12]\.* | i[34567]86-*-freebsd*aout* | i[3456]86-*-netbsd*)
   # The new BSD `make' has a bug: it doesn't pass empty arguments in
   # shell commands.  So we need to make this value non-empty in order
   # for the genscripts.sh call to work.  There's nothing magic about
@@ -202,10 +183,6 @@ powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*)
   HOSTING_LIBS='`if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` -lc `if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtend.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtend.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtend.o; fi` /usr/lib/crtn.o'
   ;;
 
-romp-*-*)
-  HDEFINES=-DNO_VARARGS
-  ;;
-
 s390x-*-linux)
   HOSTING_CRT0='-dynamic-linker /lib/ld.so.1 /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o `if [ -f ../gcc/crtbegin.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtbegin.o; elif [ -f /usr/lib/crtbegin.o ]; then echo /usr/lib/crtbegin.o; else gcc --print-file-name=crtbegin.o; fi`'
   HOSTING_LIBS='`if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else gcc -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` -lc `if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else gcc -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtend.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtend.o; elif [ -f /usr/lib/crtend.o ]; then echo /usr/lib/crtend.o; else gcc --print-file-name=crtend.o; fi` /usr/lib/crtn.o'
@@ -232,4 +209,27 @@ sparc64-*-linux-gnu*)
   HOSTING_LIBS='`if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` -L`dirname \`${CC} --print-file-name=libc.so\`` -lc `if [ -f ../gcc/libgcc.a ] ; then echo ../gcc/libgcc.a ; else ${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name; fi` `if [ -f ../gcc/crtend.o ]; then echo ../gcc/crtend.o; else ${CC} --print-file-name=crtend.o; fi` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtn.o`'
   ;;
 
+#
+#	Generic configurations:
+#
+
+*-*-freebsd*)
+  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS=/usr/lib
+  # Older versions of gcc do not use a specs file.  In those cases,
+  # gcc -print-file-name=specs will simply print specs.  We create a
+  # dummy specs files to handle this.
+  echo "-dynamic-linker `${CC} --print-file-name=ld-elf.so.1`" > specs
+  HOSTING_CRT0='-dynamic-linker `${CC} --print-file-name=ld-elf.so.1` `${CC} --print-file-name=crt1.o` `${CC} --print-file-name=crti.o` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtbegin.o`'
+  HOSTING_LIBS='`${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name` -L`dirname \`${CC} --print-file-name=libc.so\`` -lc `${CC} -print-libgcc-file-name` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtend.o` `${CC} --print-file-name=crtn.o`'
+  ;;
+
+alpha*-*-*)
+  HOSTING_CRT0=/usr/ccs/lib/crt0.o
+  NATIVE_LIB_DIRS=/usr/ccs/lib
+  ;;
+
+romp-*-*)
+  HDEFINES=-DNO_VARARGS
+  ;;
+
 esac