diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index de48993a4399..04942bb17c6b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 007fb598b4674de82492a9961e82826875012229
+refs/heads/master: 7d16e65ba57f181732ec52626736b27904198edf
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
index cbfcd7f2889f..cf2a279307e1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
@@ -487,7 +487,9 @@ e1000_check_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 				e1000_validate_option(&adapter->itr, &opt,
 				        adapter);
 				/* save the setting, because the dynamic bits change itr */
-				adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr;
+				/* clear the lower two bits because they are
+				 * used as control */
+				adapter->itr_setting = adapter->itr & ~3;
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
index b4c4fc0c7218..b5410bee5f21 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
@@ -1027,6 +1027,14 @@ int netxen_nic_hw_read_wx(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off, void *data,
 			  int len);
 int netxen_nic_hw_write_wx(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off, void *data,
 			   int len);
+int netxen_nic_hw_read_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off,
+			     void *data, int len);
+int netxen_nic_hw_write_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off,
+			      void *data, int len);
+int netxen_nic_pci_mem_write_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
+				   u64 off, void *data, int size);
+int netxen_nic_pci_mem_read_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
+				  u64 off, void *data, int size);
 void netxen_crb_writelit_adapter(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 				 unsigned long off, int data);
 
@@ -1059,6 +1067,9 @@ void netxen_tso_check(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
 		      struct cmd_desc_type0 *desc, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netxen_nic_hw_resources(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
 void netxen_nic_clear_stats(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
+int
+netxen_nic_do_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, void *u_data,
+		    struct netxen_port *port);
 int netxen_nic_rx_has_work(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
 int netxen_nic_tx_has_work(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
 void netxen_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work);
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
index 34044616b3c8..2ab4885cc950 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ethtool.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "netxen_nic_hw.h"
 #include "netxen_nic.h"
 #include "netxen_nic_phan_reg.h"
+#include "netxen_nic_ioctl.h"
 
 struct netxen_nic_stats {
 	char stat_string[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ static const struct netxen_nic_stats netxen_nic_gstrings_stats[] = {
 	{"tx_bytes", NETXEN_NIC_STAT(stats.txbytes)},
 };
 
-#define NETXEN_NIC_STATS_LEN	ARRAY_SIZE(netxen_nic_gstrings_stats)
+#define NETXEN_NIC_STATS_LEN	\
+	sizeof(netxen_nic_gstrings_stats) / sizeof(struct netxen_nic_stats)
 
 static const char netxen_nic_gstrings_test[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	"Register_Test_offline", "EEPROM_Test_offline",
@@ -709,6 +711,7 @@ netxen_nic_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 		    (netxen_nic_gstrings_stats[index].sizeof_stat ==
 		     sizeof(u64)) ? *(u64 *) p : *(u32 *) p;
 	}
+
 }
 
 struct ethtool_ops netxen_nic_ethtool_ops = {
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index 5dac50c87075..9147b6048dfb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -997,3 +997,297 @@ void netxen_nic_flash_print(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 		       fw_major, fw_minor);
 }
 
+int netxen_crb_read_val(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, unsigned long off)
+{
+	int data;
+	netxen_nic_hw_read_wx(adapter, off, &data, 4);
+	return data;
+}
+
+int netxen_nic_hw_write_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off,
+			      void *data, int len)
+{
+	void *addr;
+	u64 offset = off;
+	u8 *mem_ptr = NULL;
+	unsigned long mem_base;
+	unsigned long mem_page;
+
+	if (ADDR_IN_WINDOW1(off)) {
+		addr = NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter, off);
+		if (!addr) {
+			mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+			offset = NETXEN_CRB_NORMAL(off);
+			mem_page = offset & PAGE_MASK;
+			if (mem_page != ((offset + len - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+			else
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+			if (mem_ptr == 0UL) {
+				return 1;
+			}
+			addr = mem_ptr;
+			addr += offset & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		addr = pci_base_offset(adapter, off);
+		if (!addr) {
+			mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+			mem_page = off & PAGE_MASK;
+			if (mem_page != ((off + len - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+			else
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+			if (mem_ptr == 0UL) {
+				return 1;
+			}
+			addr = mem_ptr;
+			addr += off & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		}
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 0);
+	}
+	switch (len) {
+	case 1:
+		writeb(*(u8 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		writew(*(u16 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		writel(*(u32 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		writeq(*(u64 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	default:
+		DPRINTK(INFO,
+			"writing data %lx to offset %llx, num words=%d\n",
+			*(unsigned long *)data, off, (len >> 3));
+
+		netxen_nic_hw_block_write64((u64 __iomem *) data, addr,
+					    (len >> 3));
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (!ADDR_IN_WINDOW1(off))
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 1);
+	if (mem_ptr)
+		iounmap(mem_ptr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int netxen_nic_hw_read_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off,
+			     void *data, int len)
+{
+	void *addr;
+	u64 offset;
+	u8 *mem_ptr = NULL;
+	unsigned long mem_base;
+	unsigned long mem_page;
+
+	if (ADDR_IN_WINDOW1(off)) {
+		addr = NETXEN_CRB_NORMALIZE(adapter, off);
+		if (!addr) {
+			mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+			offset = NETXEN_CRB_NORMAL(off);
+			mem_page = offset & PAGE_MASK;
+			if (mem_page != ((offset + len - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+			else
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+			if (mem_ptr == 0UL) {
+				*(u8 *) data = 0;
+				return 1;
+			}
+			addr = mem_ptr;
+			addr += offset & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		}
+	} else {
+		addr = pci_base_offset(adapter, off);
+		if (!addr) {
+			mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+			mem_page = off & PAGE_MASK;
+			if (mem_page != ((off + len - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+			else
+				mem_ptr =
+				    ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+			if (mem_ptr == 0UL)
+				return 1;
+			addr = mem_ptr;
+			addr += off & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+		}
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 0);
+	}
+	switch (len) {
+	case 1:
+		*(u8 *) data = readb(addr);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		*(u16 *) data = readw(addr);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		*(u32 *) data = readl(addr);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		*(u64 *) data = readq(addr);
+		break;
+	default:
+		netxen_nic_hw_block_read64((u64 __iomem *) data, addr,
+					   (len >> 3));
+		break;
+	}
+	if (!ADDR_IN_WINDOW1(off))
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 1);
+	if (mem_ptr)
+		iounmap(mem_ptr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int netxen_nic_pci_mem_write_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, u64 off,
+				   void *data, int size)
+{
+	void *addr;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u8 *mem_ptr = NULL;
+	unsigned long mem_base;
+	unsigned long mem_page;
+
+	if (data == NULL || off > (128 * 1024 * 1024)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: data: %p off:%llx\n",
+		       netxen_nic_driver_name, data, off);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	off = netxen_nic_pci_set_window(adapter, off);
+	/* Corner case : Malicious user tried to break the driver by reading
+	   last few bytes in ranges and tries to read further addresses.
+	 */
+	if (!pci_base(adapter, off + size - 1) && pci_base(adapter, off)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Invalid access to memory address range"
+		       " 0x%llx - 0x%llx\n", netxen_nic_driver_name, off,
+		       off + size);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	addr = pci_base_offset(adapter, off);
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "writing data %llx to offset %llx\n",
+		*(unsigned long long *)data, off);
+	if (!addr) {
+		mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+		mem_page = off & PAGE_MASK;
+		/* Map two pages whenever user tries to access addresses in two
+		   consecutive pages.
+		 */
+		if (mem_page != ((off + size - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+			mem_ptr = ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+		else
+			mem_ptr = ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (mem_ptr == 0UL) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+		addr = mem_ptr;
+		addr += off & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	}
+	switch (size) {
+	case 1:
+		writeb(*(u8 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		writew(*(u16 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		writel(*(u32 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		writeq(*(u64 *) data, addr);
+		break;
+	default:
+		DPRINTK(INFO,
+			"writing data %lx to offset %llx, num words=%d\n",
+			*(unsigned long *)data, off, (size >> 3));
+
+		netxen_nic_hw_block_write64((u64 __iomem *) data, addr,
+					    (size >> 3));
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (mem_ptr)
+		iounmap(mem_ptr);
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "wrote %llx\n", *(unsigned long long *)data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int netxen_nic_pci_mem_read_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
+				  u64 off, void *data, int size)
+{
+	void *addr;
+	int ret = 0;
+	u8 *mem_ptr = NULL;
+	unsigned long mem_base;
+	unsigned long mem_page;
+
+	if (data == NULL || off > (128 * 1024 * 1024)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: data: %p off:%llx\n",
+		       netxen_nic_driver_name, data, off);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	off = netxen_nic_pci_set_window(adapter, off);
+	/* Corner case : Malicious user tried to break the driver by reading
+	   last few bytes in ranges and tries to read further addresses.
+	 */
+	if (!pci_base(adapter, off + size - 1) && pci_base(adapter, off)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Invalid access to memory address range"
+		       " 0x%llx - 0x%llx\n", netxen_nic_driver_name, off,
+		       off + size);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	addr = pci_base_offset(adapter, off);
+	if (!addr) {
+		mem_base = pci_resource_start(adapter->ahw.pdev, 0);
+		mem_page = off & PAGE_MASK;
+		/* Map two pages whenever user tries to access addresses in two
+		   consecutive pages.
+		 */
+		if (mem_page != ((off + size - 1) & PAGE_MASK))
+			mem_ptr = ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+		else
+			mem_ptr = ioremap(mem_base + mem_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (mem_ptr == 0UL) {
+			*(u8 *) data = 0;
+			return 1;
+		}
+		addr = mem_ptr;
+		addr += off & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	}
+	switch (size) {
+	case 1:
+		*(u8 *) data = readb(addr);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		*(u16 *) data = readw(addr);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		*(u32 *) data = readl(addr);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		*(u64 *) data = readq(addr);
+		break;
+	default:
+		netxen_nic_hw_block_read64((u64 __iomem *) data, addr,
+					   (size >> 3));
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (mem_ptr)
+		iounmap(mem_ptr);
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "read %llx\n", *(unsigned long long *)data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index deacc61e199c..869725f0bb18 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include "netxen_nic.h"
 #include "netxen_nic_hw.h"
+#include "netxen_nic_ioctl.h"
 #include "netxen_nic_phan_reg.h"
 
 struct crb_addr_pair {
@@ -1272,6 +1273,52 @@ int netxen_nic_tx_has_work(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+netxen_nic_fill_statistics(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
+			   struct netxen_port *port,
+			   struct netxen_statistics *netxen_stats)
+{
+	void __iomem *addr;
+
+	if (adapter->ahw.board_type == NETXEN_NIC_XGBE) {
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 0);
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_TX_BYTE_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->tx_bytes));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_TX_FRAME_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->tx_packets));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_RX_BYTE_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->rx_bytes));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_RX_FRAME_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->rx_packets));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_AGGR_ERROR_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->rx_errors));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_CRC_ERROR_CNT,
+					   &(netxen_stats->rx_crc_errors));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_OVERSIZE_FRAME_ERR,
+					   &(netxen_stats->
+					     rx_long_length_error));
+		NETXEN_NIC_LOCKED_READ_REG(NETXEN_NIU_XGE_UNDERSIZE_FRAME_ERR,
+					   &(netxen_stats->
+					     rx_short_length_error));
+
+		netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 1);
+	} else {
+		spin_lock_bh(&adapter->tx_lock);
+		netxen_stats->tx_bytes = port->stats.txbytes;
+		netxen_stats->tx_packets = port->stats.xmitedframes +
+		    port->stats.xmitfinished;
+		netxen_stats->rx_bytes = port->stats.rxbytes;
+		netxen_stats->rx_packets = port->stats.no_rcv;
+		netxen_stats->rx_errors = port->stats.rcvdbadskb;
+		netxen_stats->tx_errors = port->stats.nocmddescriptor;
+		netxen_stats->rx_short_length_error = port->stats.uplcong;
+		netxen_stats->rx_long_length_error = port->stats.uphcong;
+		netxen_stats->rx_crc_errors = 0;
+		netxen_stats->rx_mac_errors = 0;
+		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->tx_lock);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 
 void netxen_nic_clear_stats(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 {
@@ -1285,3 +1332,193 @@ void netxen_nic_clear_stats(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
+int
+netxen_nic_clear_statistics(struct netxen_adapter *adapter,
+			    struct netxen_port *port)
+{
+	int data = 0;
+
+	netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 0);
+
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_TX_BYTE_CNT, &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_TX_FRAME_CNT,
+				    &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_RX_BYTE_CNT, &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_RX_FRAME_CNT,
+				    &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_AGGR_ERROR_CNT,
+				    &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_CRC_ERROR_CNT,
+				    &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_OVERSIZE_FRAME_ERR,
+				    &data);
+	netxen_nic_locked_write_reg(adapter, NETXEN_NIU_XGE_UNDERSIZE_FRAME_ERR,
+				    &data);
+
+	netxen_nic_pci_change_crbwindow(adapter, 1);
+	netxen_nic_clear_stats(adapter);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+netxen_nic_do_ioctl(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, void *u_data,
+		    struct netxen_port *port)
+{
+	struct netxen_nic_ioctl_data data;
+	struct netxen_nic_ioctl_data *up_data;
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct netxen_statistics netxen_stats;
+
+	up_data = (void *)u_data;
+
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "doing ioctl for %p\n", adapter);
+	if (copy_from_user(&data, (void __user *)up_data, sizeof(data))) {
+		/* evil user tried to crash the kernel */
+		DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy from userland: %d\n", (int)sizeof(data));
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+
+	/* Shouldn't access beyond legal limits of  "char u[64];" member */
+	if (!data.ptr && (data.size > sizeof(data.u))) {
+		/* evil user tried to crash the kernel */
+		DPRINTK(ERR, "bad size: %d\n", data.size);
+		retval = -EFAULT;
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+
+	switch (data.cmd) {
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_read:
+		if ((retval = netxen_nic_hw_read_ioctl(adapter, data.off,
+						       &(data.u), data.size)))
+			goto error_out;
+		if (copy_to_user
+		    ((void __user *)&(up_data->u), &(data.u), data.size)) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy to userland: %d\n",
+				(int)sizeof(data));
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		data.rv = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_write:
+		if ((retval = netxen_nic_hw_write_ioctl(adapter, data.off,
+							&(data.u), data.size)))
+			goto error_out;
+		data.rv = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_mem_read:
+		if (netxen_nic_pci_mem_read_ioctl(adapter, data.off, &(data.u),
+						  data.size)) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "Failed to read the data.\n");
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		if (copy_to_user
+		    ((void __user *)&(up_data->u), &(data.u), data.size)) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy to userland: %d\n",
+				(int)sizeof(data));
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		data.rv = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_mem_write:
+		if ((retval = netxen_nic_pci_mem_write_ioctl(adapter, data.off,
+							     &(data.u),
+							     data.size)))
+			goto error_out;
+		data.rv = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_config_read:
+		switch (data.size) {
+		case 1:
+			data.rv = pci_read_config_byte(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+						       data.off,
+						       (char *)&(data.u));
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			data.rv = pci_read_config_word(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+						       data.off,
+						       (short *)&(data.u));
+			break;
+		case 4:
+			data.rv = pci_read_config_dword(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+							data.off,
+							(u32 *) & (data.u));
+			break;
+		}
+		if (copy_to_user
+		    ((void __user *)&(up_data->u), &(data.u), data.size)) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy to userland: %d\n",
+				(int)sizeof(data));
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_pci_config_write:
+		switch (data.size) {
+		case 1:
+			data.rv = pci_write_config_byte(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+							data.off,
+							*(char *)&(data.u));
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			data.rv = pci_write_config_word(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+							data.off,
+							*(short *)&(data.u));
+			break;
+		case 4:
+			data.rv = pci_write_config_dword(adapter->ahw.pdev,
+							 data.off,
+							 *(u32 *) & (data.u));
+			break;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_get_stats:
+		data.rv =
+		    netxen_nic_fill_statistics(adapter, port, &netxen_stats);
+		if (copy_to_user
+		    ((void __user *)(up_data->ptr), (void *)&netxen_stats,
+		     sizeof(struct netxen_statistics))) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy to userland: %d\n",
+				(int)sizeof(netxen_stats));
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		up_data->rv = data.rv;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_clear_stats:
+		data.rv = netxen_nic_clear_statistics(adapter, port);
+		up_data->rv = data.rv;
+		break;
+
+	case netxen_nic_cmd_get_version:
+		if (copy_to_user
+		    ((void __user *)&(up_data->u), NETXEN_NIC_LINUX_VERSIONID,
+		     sizeof(NETXEN_NIC_LINUX_VERSIONID))) {
+			DPRINTK(ERR, "bad copy to userland: %d\n",
+				(int)sizeof(data));
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		DPRINTK(INFO, "bad command %d for %p\n", data.cmd, adapter);
+		retval = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+	put_user(data.rv, (&(up_data->rv)));
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "done ioctl for %p well.\n", adapter);
+
+      error_out:
+	return retval;
+}
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ioctl.h b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ioctl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1221fa527552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_ioctl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 - 2006 NetXen, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * 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; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution
+ * in the file called LICENSE.
+ *
+ * Contact Information:
+ *    info@netxen.com
+ * NetXen,
+ * 3965 Freedom Circle, Fourth floor,
+ * Santa Clara, CA 95054
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NETXEN_NIC_IOCTL_H__
+#define __NETXEN_NIC_IOCTL_H__
+
+#include <linux/sockios.h>
+
+#define NETXEN_CMD_START	SIOCDEVPRIVATE
+#define NETXEN_NIC_CMD		(NETXEN_CMD_START + 1)
+#define NETXEN_NIC_NAME		(NETXEN_CMD_START + 2)
+#define NETXEN_NIC_NAME_LEN	16
+#define NETXEN_NIC_NAME_RSP	"NETXEN-UNM"
+
+typedef enum {
+	netxen_nic_cmd_none = 0,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_read,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_write,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_mem_read,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_mem_write,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_config_read,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_pci_config_write,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_get_stats,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_clear_stats,
+	netxen_nic_cmd_get_version
+} netxen_nic_ioctl_cmd_t;
+
+struct netxen_nic_ioctl_data {
+	u32 cmd;
+	u32 unused1;
+	u64 off;
+	u32 size;
+	u32 rv;
+	char u[64];
+	void *ptr;
+};
+
+struct netxen_statistics {
+	u64 rx_packets;
+	u64 tx_packets;
+	u64 rx_bytes;
+	u64 rx_errors;
+	u64 tx_bytes;
+	u64 tx_errors;
+	u64 rx_crc_errors;
+	u64 rx_short_length_error;
+	u64 rx_long_length_error;
+	u64 rx_mac_errors;
+};
+
+#endif				/* __NETXEN_NIC_IOCTL_H_ */
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index 1658ca1fa230..575b71b67202 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "netxen_nic.h"
 #define DEFINE_GLOBAL_RECV_CRB
 #include "netxen_nic_phan_reg.h"
+#include "netxen_nic_ioctl.h"
 
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ static void netxen_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev);
 static void netxen_tx_timeout_task(struct work_struct *work);
 static void netxen_watchdog(unsigned long);
 static int netxen_handle_int(struct netxen_adapter *, struct net_device *);
+static int netxen_nic_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
+			    struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 static int netxen_nic_poll(struct net_device *dev, int *budget);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 static void netxen_nic_poll_controller(struct net_device *netdev);
@@ -380,6 +383,7 @@ netxen_nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		netdev->set_multicast_list = netxen_nic_set_multi;
 		netdev->set_mac_address = netxen_nic_set_mac;
 		netdev->change_mtu = netxen_nic_change_mtu;
+		netdev->do_ioctl = netxen_nic_ioctl;
 		netdev->tx_timeout = netxen_tx_timeout;
 		netdev->watchdog_timeo = HZ;
 
@@ -1133,6 +1137,47 @@ static void netxen_nic_poll_controller(struct net_device *netdev)
 	enable_irq(adapter->irq);
 }
 #endif
+/*
+ * netxen_nic_ioctl ()    We provide the tcl/phanmon support through these
+ * ioctls.
+ */
+static int
+netxen_nic_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned long nr_bytes = 0;
+	struct netxen_port *port = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct netxen_adapter *adapter = port->adapter;
+	char dev_name[NETXEN_NIC_NAME_LEN];
+
+	DPRINTK(INFO, "doing ioctl for %s\n", netdev->name);
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case NETXEN_NIC_CMD:
+		err = netxen_nic_do_ioctl(adapter, (void *)ifr->ifr_data, port);
+		break;
+
+	case NETXEN_NIC_NAME:
+		DPRINTK(INFO, "ioctl cmd for NetXen\n");
+		if (ifr->ifr_data) {
+			sprintf(dev_name, "%s-%d", NETXEN_NIC_NAME_RSP,
+				port->portnum);
+			nr_bytes =
+			    copy_to_user((char __user *)ifr->ifr_data, dev_name,
+					 NETXEN_NIC_NAME_LEN);
+			if (nr_bytes)
+				err = -EIO;
+
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		DPRINTK(INFO, "ioctl cmd %x not supported\n", cmd);
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
 
 static struct pci_driver netxen_driver = {
 	.name = netxen_nic_driver_name,
diff --git a/trunk/mm/page-writeback.c b/trunk/mm/page-writeback.c
index 1d2fc89ca56d..b3a198c9248d 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -862,46 +862,17 @@ int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
 
-	if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
-		/*
-		 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
-		 *
-		 * We use this sequence to make sure that
-		 *  (a) we account for dirty stats properly
-		 *  (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
-		 *      mark the whole page dirty if it was
-		 *      dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
-		 *  (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
-		 *      cause the writeback.
-		 *
-		 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
-		 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
-		 * them concurrently from different threads.
-		 *
-		 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
-		 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
-		 * that will already usually be set. But we
-		 * need the side effects, and it can help us
-		 * avoid races.
-		 *
-		 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
-		 * as a serialization point for all the different
-		 * threads doing their things.
-		 *
-		 * FIXME! We still have a race here: if somebody
-		 * adds the page back to the page tables in
-		 * between the "page_mkclean()" and the "TestClearPageDirty()",
-		 * we might have it mapped without the dirty bit set.
-		 */
-		if (page_mkclean(page))
-			set_page_dirty(page);
-		if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
+	if (!mapping)
+		return TestClearPageDirty(page);
+
+	if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
+		if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
+			page_mkclean(page);
 			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
-			return 1;
 		}
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return TestClearPageDirty(page);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);