diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32
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+# $Revision-Id$
+#
+# Definitions for vxWorks-ppc603 targets with >32MB of RAM
+# Site-specific overrides go in CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorks-ppc603_long
+#
+# This file is maintained by the EPICS build community.
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Include definitions common to all vxWorks target archs
+include $(CONFIG)/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+
+# Vx GNU cross compiler suffix
+CMPLR_SUFFIX = ppc
+ 
+ARCH_CLASS = ppc
+
+# Architecture specific build flags
+ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS = -DCPU=PPC32
+ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS = -mstrict-align
+
+GNU_TARGET = powerpc-wrs-vxworks
+
+# Tell compiler to generate long branches
+ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -mlongcall
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32sf b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32sf
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+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32sf
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+# $Revision-Id$
+#
+# Definitions for vxWorks-ppc32sf targets
+# Site-specific overrides go in CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorks-ppc32sf
+#
+# This file is maintained by the EPICS build community.
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Inherit the settings from vxWorks-ppc32
+include $(CONFIG)/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorks-ppc32
+
+# Tell compiler to use software floating-point
+ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS += -msoft-float