diff --git a/bal_release/mk/gcc.opts b/bal_release/mk/gcc.opts
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+EXTRA_CFLAGS    += -Wall -Werror
+ARFLAGS = r
+
+BLD_CC_HOST = $(CCACHE) gcc
+BLD_CC = $(CCACHE) $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+BLD_AS = $(CCACHE) $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+BLD_AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+BLD_DEP = $(BLD_CC)
+
+# Maple SDK requires C99
+CFLAGS    += -std=c99
+ifeq ("$(ENABLE_EXTRA_WARNINGS)", "y")
+    CFLAGS    += -Wextra -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wchar-subscripts
+    CFLAGS    += -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wredundant-decls
+    CFLAGS    += -Wstrict-prototypes -Wparentheses -Wswitch -Wswitch-default -Wunused -Wuninitialized -Wunused-but-set-variable
+    CFLAGS    += -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-sign-compare
+    CFLAGS    += -Wshadow -Wno-inline
+endif
+
+BUILD_DEPS_IN_CC    ?= y
+export BUILD_DEPS_IN_CC
+
+ifeq ("$(BUILD_DEPS_IN_CC)", "y")
+    CFLAGS += -MMD -MP
+endif
+
+ifeq ("$(CROSS_COMPILE)", "")
+    ARCH_FLAGS += -m32 -march=i386
+    LD_ARCH_FLAGS += -m elf_i386 --oformat=elf32-i386
+    SIMULATION_BUILD ?= y
+    export SIMULATION_BUILD
+    GCCVER ?= 4.8.1
+    export GCCVER
+    # Temporary, until bad cast in bcm_dev_log_task.c is fixed (SWMAPLE-2123)
+    CFLAGS += -Wno-strict-aliasing
+    CONFIGURE_TARGET ?= i586-linux-gnu
+endif
+
+ifeq ("$(EXPORT_DYNAMIC_SYMBOLS)", "y")
+    ARCH_FLAGS += -Wl,-export-dynamic
+endif
+
+ifneq ("$(SIMULATION_BUILD)", "y")
+    EXTRA_CFLAGS    += -Wframe-larger-than=16384
+endif
+
+LIBS_MARKER =-l
+LIBS_PATH_MARKER =-L
+LIBS_START_MARKER = -Wl,--start-group
+LIBS_END_MARKER = -Wl,--end-group
+
+# Debug and release optimization options. Can be overwritten in Makefile.config.$(PLATFORM)
+DEBUG_O_CFLAGS      ?= -g -gdwarf-3 -O0
+DEBUG_O_LFLAGS      ?= -g
+RELEASE_O_CFLAGS    ?= -g -gdwarf-3 -O0
+RELEASE_O_LFLAGS    ?= -g