qeth_prepare_skb(struct qeth_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
                 struct qeth_hdr **hdr, int ipv)
 {
-       struct sk_buff *new_skb;
+       struct sk_buff *new_skb, *new_skb2;
        
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace, 6, "prepskb");
-
-        new_skb = qeth_realloc_headroom(card, skb, sizeof(struct qeth_hdr));
-               if (new_skb == NULL)
+       new_skb = skb;
+       new_skb = qeth_pskb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!new_skb)
                return NULL;
+       new_skb2 = qeth_realloc_headroom(card, new_skb,
+                                        sizeof(struct qeth_hdr));
+       if (!new_skb2) {
+               __qeth_free_new_skb(skb, new_skb);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       if (new_skb != skb)
+               __qeth_free_new_skb(new_skb2, new_skb);
+       new_skb = new_skb2;
        *hdr = __qeth_prepare_skb(card, new_skb, ipv);
        if (*hdr == NULL) {
                __qeth_free_new_skb(skb, new_skb);
        .set_tso     = qeth_ethtool_set_tso,
 };
 
+static int
+qeth_hard_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+{
+       struct qeth_card *card;
+       struct ethhdr *eth;
+
+       card = qeth_get_card_from_dev(skb->dev);
+       if (card->options.layer2)
+               goto haveheader;
+#ifdef CONFIG_QETH_IPV6
+       /* cause of the manipulated arp constructor and the ARP
+          flag for OSAE devices we have some nasty exceptions */
+       if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSAE) {
+               if (!card->options.fake_ll) {
+                       if ((skb->pkt_type==PACKET_OUTGOING) &&
+                           (skb->protocol==ETH_P_IPV6))
+                               goto haveheader;
+                       else
+                               return 0;
+               } else {
+                       if ((skb->pkt_type==PACKET_OUTGOING) &&
+                           (skb->protocol==ETH_P_IP))
+                               return 0;
+                       else
+                               goto haveheader;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
+       if (!card->options.fake_ll)
+               return 0;
+haveheader:
+       eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+       memcpy(haddr, eth->h_source, ETH_ALEN);
+       return ETH_ALEN;
+}
+
 static int
 qeth_netdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        if (card->options.fake_ll &&
                (qeth_get_netdev_flags(card) & IFF_NOARP))
                        dev->hard_header = qeth_fake_header;
-       dev->hard_header_parse = NULL;
+       if (dev->type == ARPHRD_IEEE802_TR)
+               dev->hard_header_parse = NULL;
+       else
+               dev->hard_header_parse = qeth_hard_header_parse;
        dev->set_mac_address = qeth_layer2_set_mac_address;
        dev->flags |= qeth_get_netdev_flags(card);
        if ((card->options.fake_broadcast) ||