+diff -urN linux.old/net/core/dev.c linux.dev/net/core/dev.c
+--- linux.old/net/core/dev.c 2005-05-28 17:42:07.000000000 +0200
++++ linux.dev/net/core/dev.c 2005-05-28 20:38:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2223,6 +2223,7 @@
+ cmd == SIOCGMIIPHY ||
+ cmd == SIOCGMIIREG ||
+ cmd == SIOCSMIIREG ||
++ cmd == SIOCETHTOOL ||
+ cmd == SIOCWANDEV) {
+ if (dev->do_ioctl) {
+ if (!netif_device_present(dev))
+@@ -2405,6 +2406,7 @@
+
+ default:
+ if (cmd == SIOCWANDEV ||
++ (cmd == SIOCETHTOOL) ||
+ (cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE &&
+ cmd <= SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15)) {
+ dev_load(ifr.ifr_name);