diff --git a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
index be348139b..6f4c03ee3 100644
--- a/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
+++ b/package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+if [ "$ROCKCFG_DIETLIBC_e2fsprogs" == "1" ] ; then
+	confopt="$confopt --with-diet-libc"
+	[ "$dietlibc_dynamic_static" = "dynamic" ] && confopt="$confopt --enable-dynamic-e2fsck"
+fi	
 
-confopt="$confopt --enable-fsck "
-[ "$dietlibc_dynamic_static" = "dynamic" ] && confopt="$confopt --enable-dynamic-e2fsck"
-confopt="$confopt --libdir=$root/lib --with-root-prefix=$root/"
+confopt="$confopt --enable-fsck --libdir=$root/lib --with-root-prefix=$root/"
 
-if [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ]
+if [ $stagelevel -gt 1 -o "$crossnative" == "cross" ] ;
 then
 	confopt="$confopt --enable-elf-shlibs"
-	makeinstopt="$makeinstopt install-libs"
 fi
 
+# if you are brave, try without this and fix it...
+LD=$CC
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/be-crosscompilable.patch b/package/sparc/silo/be-crosscompilable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..602950b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/be-crosscompilable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- ./second/Makefile.orig	2004-06-28 23:34:28.348996456 +0200
++++ ./second/Makefile	2004-06-28 23:34:36.316785168 +0200
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+ 
+ util:	util.c
+-	$(CC) -DSMALL_RELOC=$(SMALL_RELOC) -DLARGE_RELOC=$(LARGE_RELOC) -o $@ $<
++	$(HOST_CC) -DSMALL_RELOC=$(SMALL_RELOC) -DLARGE_RELOC=$(LARGE_RELOC) -o $@ $<
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	$(RM) *.o fs/*.o second* silotftp* util fs/libfs.a
+--- ./common/Makefile.orig	2004-06-28 23:32:28.987142216 +0200
++++ ./common/Makefile	2004-06-28 23:33:46.917295032 +0200
+@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
+ 
+ OBJS = sdiv.o rem.o udiv.o urem.o jmp.o printf.o console.o prom.o tree.o stringops2.o\
+ 	stringops1.o ffs.o divdi3.o udivdi3.o
+-PROGRAMS = bin2h
+ 
+-all: $(OBJS) $(PROGRAMS)
++bin2h:
++	$(HOST_CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin2h bin2h.c
++
++all: $(OBJS) bin2h
+ 
+ prom.o: prom.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -Wa,-Av9 -o prom.o prom.c
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	$(RM) $(PROGRAMS) *.o
++
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/ls-c-include-order.patch b/package/sparc/silo/ls-c-include-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3566b4452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/ls-c-include-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- ./second/ls.c.orig	2004-06-28 21:28:22.725307784 +0200
++++ ./second/ls.c	2004-06-28 21:28:29.333303216 +0200
+@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
+    USA.  */
+ 
+ #include <silo.h>
++#include <linux/types.h>
+ #include <stringops.h>
+ 
+ typedef int FILE;
+-#include <linux/types.h>
+ #include <ext2fs/ext2_fs.h>
+ #include <ext2fs/ext2fs.h>
+ 
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/no-ld-wrapper-workaround.patch b/package/sparc/silo/no-ld-wrapper-workaround.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1adab66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/no-ld-wrapper-workaround.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- ./second/Makefile.orig	2004-06-28 23:13:27.167725152 +0200
++++ ./second/Makefile	2004-06-28 23:14:28.531396456 +0200
+@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
+ 	$(AR) rc $@ $(FS_OBJS)
+ 
+ second: $(OBJS) mark.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_SMALL) -Bstatic -o second $(OBJS) -lext2fs mark.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_LARGE) -Bstatic -o second2 $(OBJS) -lext2fs mark.o
++	$(LD) $(USELIB) $(LDFLAGS_SMALL) -Bstatic -o second $(OBJS) -lext2fs mark.o
++	$(LD) $(USELIB) $(LDFLAGS_LARGE) -Bstatic -o second2 $(OBJS) -lext2fs mark.o
+ 	$(NM) second | grep -v '*ABS*' | sort > second.map
+ 
+ silotftp: $(OBJSNET) mark.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_SMALL) -Bstatic -o silotftp $(OBJSNET) -lext2fs mark.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_LARGE) -Bstatic -o silotftp2 $(OBJSNET) -lext2fs mark.o
++	$(LD) $(USELIB) $(LDFLAGS_SMALL) -Bstatic -o silotftp $(OBJSNET) -lext2fs mark.o
++	$(LD) $(USELIB) $(LDFLAGS_LARGE) -Bstatic -o silotftp2 $(OBJSNET) -lext2fs mark.o
+ 	$(NM) silotftp | grep -v '*ABS*' | sort > silotftp.map
+ 
+ second.l: second
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/register-pseudoop.patch b/package/sparc/silo/register-pseudoop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20f37e3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/register-pseudoop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- ./common/udivdi3.S.orig	2004-06-28 21:23:18.727522472 +0200
++++ ./common/udivdi3.S	2004-06-28 21:24:00.399187416 +0200
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
+ the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+ 
++	.register %g2,#scratch
++
+ 	.text
+ 	.align 4
+ 	.globl __udivdi3
+--- ./second/muldi3.S.orig	2004-06-28 21:29:22.416233384 +0200
++++ ./second/muldi3.S	2004-06-28 21:29:44.663851232 +0200
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
+ the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+ 
++	.register %g2,#scratch
++
+ 	.text
+ 	.align 4
+ 	.globl __muldi3
+--- ./common/divdi3.S.orig	2004-06-28 21:21:26.144637672 +0200
++++ ./common/divdi3.S	2004-06-28 21:21:52.257667888 +0200
+@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
+ the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+ 
++	.register %g3,#scratch
++	.register %g2,#scratch
++ 
+ 	.data
+ 	.align 8
+ 	.globl	__clz_tab
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf b/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
index 902694c5f..77855f8f9 100644
--- a/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/silo.conf
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ pm_silo() {
 }
 
 hook_add postmake 3 pm_silo
+var_append makeopt ' ' 'USELIB="-L $root/lib"'
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'DESTDIR=$root'
 
diff --git a/package/sparc/silo/silo.desc b/package/sparc/silo/silo.desc
index 310cc3b9e..8f36a0635 100644
--- a/package/sparc/silo/silo.desc
+++ b/package/sparc/silo/silo.desc
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.4.5
-[P] X -----5---9 202.400
+[V] 1.4.6
+[P] X -1---5---9 202.400
 
-[D] 2118780967 silo-1.4.5.tar.bz2 http://www.sparc-boot.org/pub/silo/
+[D] 2945190971 silo-1.4.6.tar.bz2 http://www.sparc-boot.org/pub/silo/