diff --git a/gcc.spec b/gcc.spec
index 85b6928..ca20e6a 100644
--- a/gcc.spec
+++ b/gcc.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %global gcc_version 4.4.3
 # Note, gcc_release must be integer, if you want to add suffixes to
 # %{release}, append them after %{gcc_release} on Release: line.
-%global gcc_release 16
+%global gcc_release 17
 %global _unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0
 %global multilib_64_archs sparc64 ppc64 s390x x86_64
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 13 || 0%{?rhel} >= 6
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Patch17: gcc44-pr38757.patch
 Patch18: gcc44-libstdc++-docs.patch
 Patch19: gcc44-ppc64-aixdesc.patch
 Patch20: gcc44-no-add-needed.patch
+Patch21: gcc44-sparc.patch
 
 Patch1000: fastjar-0.97-segfault.patch
 Patch1001: fastjar-0.97-len1.patch
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ which are required to compile with the GNAT.
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 13
 %patch20 -p0 -b .no-add-needed~
 %endif
+%patch21 -p1 -b .sparc-gss
 
 # This testcase doesn't compile.
 rm libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/PR35020*
@@ -1876,6 +1878,10 @@ fi
 %doc rpm.doc/changelogs/libmudflap/ChangeLog*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 14 2010 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> 4.4.3-17
+- rebase and reapply patch for
+- use gas .section syntax (#530847)
+
 * Fri Apr  9 2010 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> 4.4.3-16
 - update from gcc-4_4-branch
   - PRs ada/41912, fortran/43539, middle-end/42956, middle-end/43614,
diff --git a/gcc44-sparc.patch b/gcc44-sparc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..453adaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc44-sparc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+--- gcc-4.4.3-20100409/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.c.orig	2010-04-14 21:20:14.000000000 -0500
++++ gcc-4.4.3-20100409/gcc/config/sparc/sparc.c	2010-04-14 21:21:51.000000000 -0500
+@@ -371,10 +371,6 @@
+ static void emit_save_or_restore_regs (int);
+ static void sparc_asm_function_prologue (FILE *, HOST_WIDE_INT);
+ static void sparc_asm_function_epilogue (FILE *, HOST_WIDE_INT);
+-#if defined (OBJECT_FORMAT_ELF)
+-static void sparc_elf_asm_named_section (const char *, unsigned int, tree)
+-    ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
+-#endif
+ 
+ static int sparc_adjust_cost (rtx, rtx, rtx, int);
+ static int sparc_issue_rate (void);
+@@ -7848,27 +7844,6 @@
+     }
+ }
+ 
+-#if defined (OBJECT_FORMAT_ELF)
+-static void
+-sparc_elf_asm_named_section (const char *name, unsigned int flags,
+-			     tree decl)
+-{
+-  fprintf (asm_out_file, "\t.section\t\"%s\"", name);
+-
+-  if (!(flags & SECTION_DEBUG))
+-    fputs (",#alloc", asm_out_file);
+-  if (flags & SECTION_WRITE)
+-    fputs (",#write", asm_out_file);
+-  if (flags & SECTION_TLS)
+-    fputs (",#tls", asm_out_file);
+-  if (flags & SECTION_CODE)
+-    fputs (",#execinstr", asm_out_file);
+-
+-  /* ??? Handle SECTION_BSS.  */
+-
+-  fputc ('\n', asm_out_file);
+-}
+-#endif /* OBJECT_FORMAT_ELF */
+ 
+ /* We do not allow indirect calls to be optimized into sibling calls.
+ 
+--- gcc-4.4.3-20100409/gcc/config/sparc/sysv4.h.orig	2010-04-14 21:20:54.000000000 -0500
++++ gcc-4.4.3-20100409/gcc/config/sparc/sysv4.h	2010-04-14 21:22:24.000000000 -0500
+@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@
+ #undef DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP
+ #define DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP    "\t.section\t\".dtors\",#alloc,#write"
+ 
+-/* Switch into a generic section.  */
+-#undef TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION
+-#define TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION  sparc_elf_asm_named_section
+-
+ #undef ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_BSS
+ #define ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_BSS(FILE, DECL, NAME, SIZE, ALIGN) \
+   asm_output_aligned_bss (FILE, DECL, NAME, SIZE, ALIGN)