diff -urN binutils-2.17.orig/gas/ChangeLog binutils-2.17/gas/ChangeLog
--- binutils-2.17.orig/gas/ChangeLog	2006-06-12 15:05:03.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.17/gas/ChangeLog	2006-07-05 09:57:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-07-04  Thomas Fleischmann <tfleischmann@gmx.de>
+
+	* config/tc-m68k.c: overwrite cpu selection
+
 2006-06-07  Joseph S. Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* po/Make-in (pdf, ps): New dummy targets.
diff -urN binutils-2.17.orig/gas/config/tc-m68k.c binutils-2.17/gas/config/tc-m68k.c
--- binutils-2.17.orig/gas/config/tc-m68k.c	2006-06-02 04:16:34.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.17/gas/config/tc-m68k.c	2006-07-05 09:54:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 static const struct m68k_cpu *m68k_lookup_cpu
 (const char *, const struct m68k_cpu *, int, int *);
 static int m68k_set_arch (const char *, int, int);
-static int m68k_set_cpu (const char *, int, int);
+static int m68k_set_cpu (const char *, int, int, int);
 static int m68k_set_extension (const char *, int, int);
 static void m68k_init_arch (void);
 
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@
       /* We've not selected an architecture yet.  Set the default
 	 now.  We do this lazily so that an initial .cpu or .arch directive
 	 can specify.  */
-      if (!m68k_set_cpu (TARGET_CPU, 1, 1))
+      if (!m68k_set_cpu (TARGET_CPU, 1, 1, 0))
 	as_bad (_("unrecognized default cpu `%s'"), TARGET_CPU);
     }
   if (!initialized)
@@ -6901,7 +6901,7 @@
   saved_char = *input_line_pointer;
   *input_line_pointer = 0;
 
-  m68k_set_cpu (name, 1, 0);
+  m68k_set_cpu (name, 1, 0, 0);
   
   *input_line_pointer = saved_char;
   demand_empty_rest_of_line ();
@@ -7005,7 +7005,7 @@
 /* Set the cpu, issuing errors if it is unrecognized, or invalid */
 
 static int
-m68k_set_cpu (char const *name, int allow_m, int silent)
+m68k_set_cpu (char const *name, int allow_m, int silent, int force)
 {
   const struct m68k_cpu *cpu;
 
@@ -7020,9 +7020,15 @@
       
   if (selected_cpu && selected_cpu != cpu)
     {
-      as_bad (_("already selected `%s' processor"),
-	      selected_cpu->name);
-      return 0;
+      if(!force)
+	{
+	  as_bad (_("already selected `%s' processor"),
+		 selected_cpu->name);
+	  return 0;
+	}
+      else
+	as_warn (_("override selected `%s' processor with `%s'"),
+		selected_cpu->name, cpu->name);
     }
   selected_cpu = cpu;
   return 1;
@@ -7195,12 +7201,12 @@
       if (!strncmp (arg, "arch=", 5))
 	m68k_set_arch (arg + 5, 1, 0);
       else if (!strncmp (arg, "cpu=", 4))
-	m68k_set_cpu (arg + 4, 1, 0);
+	m68k_set_cpu (arg + 4, 1, 0, 1);
       else if (m68k_set_extension (arg, 0, 1))
 	;
       else if (m68k_set_arch (arg, 0, 1))
 	;
-      else if (m68k_set_cpu (arg, 0, 1))
+      else if (m68k_set_cpu (arg, 0, 1, 0))
 	;
       else
 	return 0;