spin_lock_irqsave(&cp->lock, flags);
        cp->cpcmd &= ~RxVlanOn;
        cpw16(CpCmd, cp->cpcmd);
-       if (cp->vlgrp)
-               cp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(cp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cp->lock, flags);
 }
 #endif /* CP_VLAN_TAG_USED */
 
 
        local_irq_save(flags);
        ace_mask_irq(dev);
-
-       if (ap->vlgrp)
-               ap->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
-
+       vlan_group_set_device(ap->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        ace_unmask_irq(dev);
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 {
        struct amd8111e_priv *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
        spin_lock_irq(&lp->lock);
-       if (lp->vlgrp)
-               lp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(lp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irq(&lp->lock);
 }
 #endif
 
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->lock, flags);
        /* atl1_irq_disable(adapter); */
-       if (adapter->vlgrp)
-               adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        /* atl1_irq_enable(adapter); */
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->lock, flags);
        /* We don't do Vlan filtering */
        if (adapter->vlgrp) {
                u16 vid;
                for (vid = 0; vid < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; vid++) {
-                       if (!adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid])
+                       if (!vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid))
                                continue;
                        atl1_vlan_rx_add_vid(adapter->netdev, vid);
                }
 
        struct bnx2 *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
        bnx2_netif_stop(bp);
-
-       if (bp->vlgrp)
-               bp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(bp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        bnx2_set_rx_mode(dev);
 
        bnx2_netif_start(bp);
 
                        /* Save and then restore vlan_dev in the grp array,
                         * since the slave's driver might clear it.
                         */
-                       vlan_dev = bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid];
+                       vlan_dev = vlan_group_get_device(bond->vlgrp, vid);
                        slave_dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid(slave_dev, vid);
-                       bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = vlan_dev;
+                       vlan_group_set_device(bond->vlgrp, vid, vlan_dev);
                }
        }
 
                /* Save and then restore vlan_dev in the grp array,
                 * since the slave's driver might clear it.
                 */
-               vlan_dev = bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vlan->vlan_id];
+               vlan_dev = vlan_group_get_device(bond->vlgrp, vlan->vlan_id);
                slave_dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid(slave_dev, vlan->vlan_id);
-               bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vlan->vlan_id] = vlan_dev;
+               vlan_group_set_device(bond->vlgrp, vlan->vlan_id, vlan_dev);
        }
 
 unreg:
                vlan_id = 0;
                list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, vlan_next, &bond->vlan_list,
                                         vlan_list) {
-                       vlan_dev = bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vlan->vlan_id];
+                       vlan_dev = vlan_group_get_device(bond->vlgrp, vlan->vlan_id);
                        if (vlan_dev == rt->u.dst.dev) {
                                vlan_id = vlan->vlan_id;
                                dprintk("basa: vlan match on %s %d\n",
        }
 
        list_for_each_entry(vlan, &bond->vlan_list, vlan_list) {
-               vlan_dev = bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vlan->vlan_id];
+               vlan_dev = vlan_group_get_device(bond->vlgrp, vlan->vlan_id);
                if (vlan->vlan_ip) {
                        bond_arp_send(slave->dev, ARPOP_REPLY, vlan->vlan_ip,
                                      vlan->vlan_ip, vlan->vlan_id);
 
                list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, vlan_next, &bond->vlan_list,
                                         vlan_list) {
-                       vlan_dev = bond->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vlan->vlan_id];
+                       vlan_dev = vlan_group_get_device(bond->vlgrp, vlan->vlan_id);
                        if (vlan_dev == event_dev) {
                                switch (event) {
                                case NETDEV_UP:
 
        struct adapter *adapter = dev->priv;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&adapter->async_lock);
-       if (adapter->vlan_grp)
-               adapter->vlan_grp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(adapter->vlan_grp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irq(&adapter->async_lock);
 }
 #endif
 
        int i;
 
        for_each_port(adapter, i) {
-               const struct vlan_group *grp;
+               struct vlan_group *grp;
                struct net_device *dev = adapter->port[i];
                const struct port_info *p = netdev_priv(dev);
 
                if (!memcmp(dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN)) {
                        if (vlan && vlan != VLAN_VID_MASK) {
                                grp = p->vlan_grp;
-                               dev = grp ? grp->vlan_devices[vlan] : NULL;
+                               dev = NULL;
+                               if (grp)
+                                       dev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, vlan);
                        } else
                                while (dev->master)
                                        dev = dev->master;
 
        uint16_t vid = adapter->hw.mng_cookie.vlan_id;
        uint16_t old_vid = adapter->mng_vlan_id;
        if (adapter->vlgrp) {
-               if (!adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid]) {
+               if (!vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid)) {
                        if (adapter->hw.mng_cookie.status &
                                E1000_MNG_DHCP_COOKIE_STATUS_VLAN_SUPPORT) {
                                e1000_vlan_rx_add_vid(netdev, vid);
 
                        if ((old_vid != (uint16_t)E1000_MNG_VLAN_NONE) &&
                                        (vid != old_vid) &&
-                                       !adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[old_vid])
+                           !vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, old_vid))
                                e1000_vlan_rx_kill_vid(netdev, old_vid);
                } else
                        adapter->mng_vlan_id = vid;
        if ((adapter->hw.mng_cookie.status &
                          E1000_MNG_DHCP_COOKIE_STATUS_VLAN_SUPPORT) &&
             !(adapter->vlgrp &&
-                         adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[adapter->mng_vlan_id])) {
+              vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, adapter->mng_vlan_id))) {
                e1000_vlan_rx_kill_vid(netdev, adapter->mng_vlan_id);
        }
 
        uint32_t vfta, index;
 
        e1000_irq_disable(adapter);
-
-       if (adapter->vlgrp)
-               adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
-
+       vlan_group_set_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
 
        if ((adapter->hw.mng_cookie.status &
        if (adapter->vlgrp) {
                uint16_t vid;
                for (vid = 0; vid < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; vid++) {
-                       if (!adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid])
+                       if (!vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid))
                                continue;
                        e1000_vlan_rx_add_vid(adapter->netdev, vid);
                }
 
        int index;
        u64 hret;
 
-       if (port->vgrp)
-               port->vgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(port->vgrp, vid, NULL);
 
        cb1 = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!cb1) {
 
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rxlock, flags);
 
-       if (priv->vlgrp)
-               priv->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(priv->vgrp, vid, NULL);
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rxlock, flags);
 }
 
 
        ixgb_irq_disable(adapter);
 
-       if(adapter->vlgrp)
-               adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
 
        ixgb_irq_enable(adapter);
 
        if(adapter->vlgrp) {
                uint16_t vid;
                for(vid = 0; vid < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; vid++) {
-                       if(!adapter->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid])
+                       if(!vlan_group_get_device(adapter->vlgrp, vid))
                                continue;
                        ixgb_vlan_rx_add_vid(adapter->netdev, vid);
                }
 
 
        spin_lock_irq(&dev->misc_lock);
        spin_lock(&dev->tx_lock);
-       if (dev->vlgrp)
-               dev->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(dev->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock(&dev->tx_lock);
        spin_unlock_irq(&dev->misc_lock);
 }
 
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&tp->lock, flags);
-       if (tp->vlgrp)
-               tp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(tp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tp->lock, flags);
 }
 
 
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&nic->tx_lock, flags);
-       if (nic->vlgrp)
-               nic->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(nic->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nic->tx_lock, flags);
 }
 
 
 
        sky2_write32(hw, SK_REG(port, RX_GMF_CTRL_T), RX_VLAN_STRIP_OFF);
        sky2_write32(hw, SK_REG(port, TX_GMF_CTRL_T), TX_VLAN_TAG_OFF);
-       if (sky2->vlgrp)
-               sky2->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(sky2->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
 
        netif_tx_unlock_bh(dev);
 }
 
        spin_lock(&np->lock);
        if (debug > 1)
                printk("%s: removing vlanid %d from vlan filter\n", dev->name, vid);
-       if (np->vlgrp)
-               np->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(np->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        set_rx_mode(dev);
        spin_unlock(&np->lock);
 }
                int vlan_count = 0;
                void __iomem *filter_addr = ioaddr + HashTable + 8;
                for (i = 0; i < VLAN_VID_MASK; i++) {
-                       if (np->vlgrp->vlan_devices[i]) {
+                       if (vlan_group_get_device(np->vlgrp, i)) {
                                if (vlan_count >= 32)
                                        break;
                                writew(cpu_to_be16(i), filter_addr);
 
                tg3_netif_stop(tp);
 
        tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);
-       if (tp->vlgrp)
-               tp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(tp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        tg3_full_unlock(tp);
 
        if (netif_running(dev))
 
 {
        struct typhoon *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
        spin_lock_bh(&tp->state_lock);
-       if(tp->vlgrp)
-               tp->vlgrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(tp->vlgrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_bh(&tp->state_lock);
 }
 
 
                return rc;
 
        for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++){
-               if (vg->vlan_devices[i] == dev){
+               if (vlan_group_get_device(vg, i) == dev){
                        rc = QETH_VLAN_CARD;
                        break;
                }
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace, 4, "frvaddr4");
 
        rcu_read_lock();
-       in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(card->vlangrp->vlan_devices[vid]);
+       in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(vlan_group_get_device(card->vlangrp, vid));
        if (!in_dev)
                goto out;
        for (ifa = in_dev->ifa_list; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
 
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace, 4, "frvaddr6");
 
-       in6_dev = in6_dev_get(card->vlangrp->vlan_devices[vid]);
+       in6_dev = in6_dev_get(vlan_group_get_device(card->vlangrp, vid));
        if (!in6_dev)
                return;
        for (ifa = in6_dev->addr_list; ifa; ifa = ifa->lst_next){
        if (!card->vlangrp)
                return;
        for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-               if (card->vlangrp->vlan_devices[i] == NULL)
+               if (vlan_group_get_device(card->vlangrp, i) == NULL)
                        continue;
                if (clear)
                        qeth_layer2_send_setdelvlan(card, i, IPA_CMD_DELVLAN);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&card->vlanlock, flags);
        /* unregister IP addresses of vlan device */
        qeth_free_vlan_addresses(card, vid);
-       if (card->vlangrp)
-               card->vlangrp->vlan_devices[vid] = NULL;
+       vlan_group_set_device(card->vlangrp, vid, NULL);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->vlanlock, flags);
        if (card->options.layer2)
                qeth_layer2_send_setdelvlan(card, vid, IPA_CMD_DELVLAN);
 
        vg = card->vlangrp;
        for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-               if (vg->vlan_devices[i] == NULL ||
-                   !(vg->vlan_devices[i]->flags & IFF_UP))
+               struct net_device *netdev = vlan_group_get_device(vg, i);
+               if (netdev == NULL ||
+                   !(netdev->flags & IFF_UP))
                        continue;
-               in_dev = in_dev_get(vg->vlan_devices[i]);
+               in_dev = in_dev_get(netdev);
                if (!in_dev)
                        continue;
                read_lock(&in_dev->mc_list_lock);
 
        vg = card->vlangrp;
        for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-               if (vg->vlan_devices[i] == NULL ||
-                   !(vg->vlan_devices[i]->flags & IFF_UP))
+               struct net_device *netdev = vlan_group_get_device(vg, i);
+               if (netdev == NULL ||
+                   !(netdev->flags & IFF_UP))
                        continue;
-               in_dev = in6_dev_get(vg->vlan_devices[i]);
+               in_dev = in6_dev_get(netdev);
                if (!in_dev)
                        continue;
                read_lock(&in_dev->lock);
 
  * depends on completely exhausting the VLAN identifier space.  Thus
  * it gives constant time look-up, but in many cases it wastes memory.
  */
-#define VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN 4096
+#define VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN          4096
+#define VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS  8
+#define VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN     (VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN/VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS)
 
 struct vlan_group {
        int real_dev_ifindex; /* The ifindex of the ethernet(like) device the vlan is attached to. */
        struct hlist_node       hlist;  /* linked list */
-       struct net_device *vlan_devices[VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN];
+       struct net_device **vlan_devices_arrays[VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS];
        struct rcu_head         rcu;
 };
 
+static inline struct net_device *vlan_group_get_device(struct vlan_group *vg, int vlan_id)
+{
+       struct net_device **array;
+       array = vg->vlan_devices_arrays[vlan_id / VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN];
+       return array[vlan_id % VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN];
+}
+
+static inline void vlan_group_set_device(struct vlan_group *vg, int vlan_id,
+                                        struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       struct net_device **array;
+       if (!vg)
+               return;
+       array = vg->vlan_devices_arrays[vlan_id / VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN];
+       array[vlan_id % VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN] = dev;
+}
+
 struct vlan_priority_tci_mapping {
        unsigned long priority;
        unsigned short vlan_qos; /* This should be shifted when first set, so we only do it
                return NET_RX_DROP;
        }
 
-       skb->dev = grp->vlan_devices[vlan_tag & VLAN_VID_MASK];
+       skb->dev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, vlan_tag & VLAN_VID_MASK);
        if (skb->dev == NULL) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 
 
        struct vlan_group *grp = __vlan_find_group(real_dev->ifindex);
 
        if (grp)
-               return grp->vlan_devices[VID];
+               return vlan_group_get_device(grp, VID);
 
        return NULL;
 }
 
+static void vlan_group_free(struct vlan_group *grp)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i=0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS; i++)
+               kfree(grp->vlan_devices_arrays[i]);
+       kfree(grp);
+}
+
 static void vlan_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
-       kfree(container_of(rcu, struct vlan_group, rcu));
+       vlan_group_free(container_of(rcu, struct vlan_group, rcu));
 }
 
 
        ret = 0;
 
        if (grp) {
-               dev = grp->vlan_devices[vlan_id];
+               dev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, vlan_id);
                if (dev) {
                        /* Remove proc entry */
                        vlan_proc_rem_dev(dev);
                                real_dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid(real_dev, vlan_id);
                        }
 
-                       grp->vlan_devices[vlan_id] = NULL;
+                       vlan_group_set_device(grp, vlan_id, NULL);
                        synchronize_net();
 
 
                         * group.
                         */
                        for (i = 0; i < VLAN_VID_MASK; i++)
-                               if (grp->vlan_devices[i])
+                               if (vlan_group_get_device(grp, i))
                                        break;
 
                        if (i == VLAN_VID_MASK) {
        struct net_device *new_dev;
        struct net_device *real_dev; /* the ethernet device */
        char name[IFNAMSIZ];
+       int i;
 
 #ifdef VLAN_DEBUG
        printk(VLAN_DBG "%s: if_name -:%s:-     vid: %i\n",
                if (!grp)
                        goto out_free_unregister;
 
+               for (i=0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_SPLIT_PARTS; i++) {
+                       grp->vlan_devices_arrays[i] = kzalloc(
+                               sizeof(struct net_device *)*VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_PART_LEN,
+                               GFP_KERNEL);
+
+                       if (!grp->vlan_devices_arrays[i])
+                               goto out_free_arrays;
+               }
+
                /* printk(KERN_ALERT "VLAN REGISTER:  Allocated new group.\n"); */
                grp->real_dev_ifindex = real_dev->ifindex;
 
                        real_dev->vlan_rx_register(real_dev, grp);
        }
 
-       grp->vlan_devices[VLAN_ID] = new_dev;
+       vlan_group_set_device(grp, VLAN_ID, new_dev);
 
        if (vlan_proc_add_dev(new_dev)<0)/* create it's proc entry */
                printk(KERN_WARNING "VLAN: failed to add proc entry for %s\n",
 #endif
        return new_dev;
 
+out_free_arrays:
+       vlan_group_free(grp);
+
 out_free_unregister:
        unregister_netdev(new_dev);
        goto out_unlock;
        case NETDEV_CHANGE:
                /* Propagate real device state to vlan devices */
                for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-                       vlandev = grp->vlan_devices[i];
+                       vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, i);
                        if (!vlandev)
                                continue;
 
        case NETDEV_DOWN:
                /* Put all VLANs for this dev in the down state too.  */
                for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-                       vlandev = grp->vlan_devices[i];
+                       vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, i);
                        if (!vlandev)
                                continue;
 
        case NETDEV_UP:
                /* Put all VLANs for this dev in the up state too.  */
                for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
-                       vlandev = grp->vlan_devices[i];
+                       vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, i);
                        if (!vlandev)
                                continue;
 
                for (i = 0; i < VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
                        int ret;
 
-                       vlandev = grp->vlan_devices[i];
+                       vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(grp, i);
                        if (!vlandev)
                                continue;