diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b2141a09a1b8..fc8f6aeb316e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9de79c127cccecb11ae6a21ab1499e87aa222880
+refs/heads/master: c1abc95b157fe4574919942018af143203ecca8e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 8d0314dbd946..5b95796942db 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
 #	Ethernet
 #
 
+source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
+
 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
 	bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
 	depends on !UML
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/Makefile b/trunk/drivers/net/Makefile
index e1eca2ab505e..670b5141f0d7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Makefile for the Linux network (ethercard) device drivers.
+# Makefile for the Linux network device drivers.
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MII) += mii.o
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d59e4f2aa93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Ethernet LAN device configuration
+#
+
+menuconfig ETHERNET
+	bool "Ethernet driver support"
+	depends on NET
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  This section contains all the Ethernet device drivers.
+
+if ETHERNET
+
+endif # ETHERNET
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d21dda32038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the Linux network Ethernet device drivers.
+#
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dst.c b/trunk/net/core/dst.c
index d5e2c4c09107..14b33baf0733 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dst.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void *dst_alloc(struct dst_ops *ops, struct net_device *dev,
 	dst_init_metrics(dst, dst_default_metrics, true);
 	dst->expires = 0UL;
 	dst->path = dst;
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dst->_neighbour, NULL);
+	dst->_neighbour = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	dst->xfrm = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
 	smp_rmb();
 
 again:
-	neigh = rcu_dereference_protected(dst->_neighbour, 1);
+	neigh = dst->_neighbour;
 	child = dst->child;
 
 	if (neigh) {
-		RCU_INIT_POINTER(dst->_neighbour, NULL);
+		dst->_neighbour = NULL;
 		neigh_release(neigh);
 	}
 
@@ -360,19 +360,14 @@ static void dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!unregister) {
 		dst->input = dst->output = dst_discard;
 	} else {
-		struct neighbour *neigh;
-
 		dst->dev = dev_net(dst->dev)->loopback_dev;
 		dev_hold(dst->dev);
 		dev_put(dev);
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		neigh = dst_get_neighbour(dst);
-		if (neigh && neigh->dev == dev) {
-			neigh->dev = dst->dev;
+		if (dst->_neighbour && dst->_neighbour->dev == dev) {
+			dst->_neighbour->dev = dst->dev;
 			dev_hold(dst->dev);
 			dev_put(dev);
 		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 }