--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ int phy_scan_fixups(struct phy_device *p
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_scan_fixups);
 
+static int generic_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
+	return netif_receive_skb(skb);
+}
+
+static int generic_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
+	return netif_rx(skb);
+}
+
 static struct phy_device* phy_device_create(struct mii_bus *bus,
 					    int addr, int phy_id)
 {
@@ -180,6 +192,8 @@ static struct phy_device* phy_device_cre
 	dev_set_name(&dev->dev, PHY_ID_FMT, bus->id, addr);
 
 	dev->state = PHY_DOWN;
+	dev->netif_receive_skb = &generic_receive_skb;
+	dev->netif_rx = &generic_rx;
 
 	mutex_init(&dev->lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev->state_queue, phy_state_machine);
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -332,6 +332,20 @@ struct phy_device {
 	void (*adjust_link)(struct net_device *dev);
 
 	void (*adjust_state)(struct net_device *dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * By default these point to the original functions
+	 * with the same name. adding them to the phy_device
+	 * allows the phy driver to override them for packet
+	 * mangling if the ethernet driver supports it
+	 * This is required to support some really horrible
+	 * switches such as the Marvell 88E6060
+	 */
+	int (*netif_receive_skb)(struct sk_buff *skb);
+	int (*netif_rx)(struct sk_buff *skb);
+
+	/* alignment offset for packets */
+	int pkt_align;
 };
 #define to_phy_device(d) container_of(d, struct phy_device, dev)
 
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -957,6 +957,7 @@ struct net_device {
 	void			*ax25_ptr;	/* AX.25 specific data */
 	struct wireless_dev	*ieee80211_ptr;	/* IEEE 802.11 specific data,
 						   assign before registering */
+	void			*phy_ptr; /* PHY device specific data */
 
 /*
  * Cache lines mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans())