diff --git a/arch/sparc64/boot.c b/arch/sparc64/boot.c
index 34172ad..fa40e2b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/boot.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/boot.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "libopenbios/sys_info.h"
 #include "libopenbios/elf_load.h"
 #include "libopenbios/aout_load.h"
+#include "libopenbios/fcode_load.h"
 #include "boot.h"
 
 struct sys_info sys_info;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/boot.h b/arch/sparc64/boot.h
index 9f4d6bc..0495141 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/boot.h
+++ b/arch/sparc64/boot.h
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // linux_load.c
 int linux_load(struct sys_info *info, const char *file, const char *cmdline);
 
-// fcodeload.c
-int fcode_load(const char *filename);
-
 // context.c
 extern struct context * volatile __context;
 uint64_t start_elf(uint64_t entry_point, uint64_t param);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/build.xml b/arch/sparc64/build.xml
index 21edf08..3bea63c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/build.xml
+++ b/arch/sparc64/build.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   <object source="switch.S"/>
   <object source="linux_load.c"/>
   <object source="sys_info.c"/>
-  <object source="fcodeload.c"/>
   <object source="ofmem_sparc64.c"/>
   <object source="entry.S"/>
   <object source="vectors.S"/>
diff --git a/include/libopenbios/fcode_load.h b/include/libopenbios/fcode_load.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25ce9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libopenbios/fcode_load.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ *   Creation Date: <2010/03/22 18:00:00 mcayland>
+ *   Time-stamp: <2010/03/22 18:00:00 mcayland>
+ *
+ *	<fcode_load.h>
+ *
+ *	Fcode loader
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2010 Mark Cave-Ayland (mark.cave-ayland@siriusit.co.uk)
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *   as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _H_FCODELOAD
+#define _H_FCODELOAD
+
+extern int fcode_load(const char *filename);
+
+#endif   /* _H_FCODELOAD */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libopenbios/build.xml b/libopenbios/build.xml
index d2dd9ce..dfd2a32 100644
--- a/libopenbios/build.xml
+++ b/libopenbios/build.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <object source="elf_load.c" condition="AMD64"/>
   <object source="font_8x8.c" condition="FONT_8X8"/>
   <object source="font_8x16.c" condition="FONT_8X16"/>
+  <object source="fcode_load.c" condition="SPARC64"/>  
   <object source="forth_load.c" condition="X86"/>
   <object source="ipchecksum.c"/>
   <object source="linuxbios_info.c" condition="LINUXBIOS"/>
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/fcodeload.c b/libopenbios/fcode_load.c
similarity index 94%
rename from arch/sparc64/fcodeload.c
rename to libopenbios/fcode_load.c
index 84ae1ba..a8a5d6b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/fcodeload.c
+++ b/libopenbios/fcode_load.c
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "kernel/kernel.h"
 #include "libopenbios/bindings.h"
+#include "libopenbios/fcode_load.h"
 #include "libopenbios/sys_info.h"
 #include "libc/diskio.h"
-#include "boot.h"
 #define printf printk
 #define debug printk
 
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ int fcode_load(const char *filename)
 
     seek_io(fd, offset + sizeof(fcode_header));
 
-    if ((unsigned long)read_io(fd, (void *)start, size) != size) {
+    if ((size_t)read_io(fd, (void *)start, size) != size) {
         printf("Can't read file (size 0x%lx)\n", size);
         goto out;
     }
 
     debug("Loaded %lu bytes\n", size);
     debug("entry point is %#lx\n", start);
-
+    
     // Initialise saved-program-state
     PUSH(start);
     feval("saved-program-state >sps.entry !");
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ int fcode_load(const char *filename)
 
     feval("-1 state-valid !");
 
-    retval = 0;
-
 out:
     close_io(fd);
     return retval;