struct rpc_timeout *    timeout;        /* optional timeout parameters */
 };
 
+struct xprt_class {
+       struct list_head        list;
+       unsigned short          family;
+       int                     protocol;
+       struct rpc_xprt *       (*setup)(struct rpc_xprtsock_create *);
+       struct module           *owner;
+       char                    name[32];
+};
+
 /*
  * Transport operations used by ULPs
  */
 /*
  * Transport switch helper functions
  */
+int                    xprt_register_transport(struct xprt_class *type);
+int                    xprt_unregister_transport(struct xprt_class *type);
 void                   xprt_set_retrans_timeout_def(struct rpc_task *task);
 void                   xprt_set_retrans_timeout_rtt(struct rpc_task *task);
 void                   xprt_wake_pending_tasks(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, int status);
 
 static void    xprt_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task);
 static int      __xprt_get_cong(struct rpc_xprt *, struct rpc_task *);
 
+static spinlock_t xprt_list_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static LIST_HEAD(xprt_list);
+
 /*
  * The transport code maintains an estimate on the maximum number of out-
  * standing RPC requests, using a smoothed version of the congestion
 
 #define RPCXPRT_CONGESTED(xprt) ((xprt)->cong >= (xprt)->cwnd)
 
+/**
+ * xprt_register_transport - register a transport implementation
+ * @transport: transport to register
+ *
+ * If a transport implementation is loaded as a kernel module, it can
+ * call this interface to make itself known to the RPC client.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0:          transport successfully registered
+ * -EEXIST:    transport already registered
+ * -EINVAL:    transport module being unloaded
+ */
+int xprt_register_transport(struct xprt_class *transport)
+{
+       struct xprt_class *t;
+       int result;
+
+       result = -EEXIST;
+       spin_lock(&xprt_list_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry(t, &xprt_list, list) {
+               /* don't register the same transport class twice */
+               if (t == transport)
+                       goto out;
+       }
+
+       result = -EINVAL;
+       if (try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
+               list_add_tail(&transport->list, &xprt_list);
+               printk(KERN_INFO "RPC: Registered %s transport module.\n",
+                       transport->name);
+               result = 0;
+       }
+
+out:
+       spin_unlock(&xprt_list_lock);
+       return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_register_transport);
+
+/**
+ * xprt_unregister_transport - unregister a transport implementation
+ * transport: transport to unregister
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0:          transport successfully unregistered
+ * -ENOENT:    transport never registered
+ */
+int xprt_unregister_transport(struct xprt_class *transport)
+{
+       struct xprt_class *t;
+       int result;
+
+       result = 0;
+       spin_lock(&xprt_list_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry(t, &xprt_list, list) {
+               if (t == transport) {
+                       printk(KERN_INFO
+                               "RPC: Unregistered %s transport module.\n",
+                               transport->name);
+                       list_del_init(&transport->list);
+                       module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+       }
+       result = -ENOENT;
+
+out:
+       spin_unlock(&xprt_list_lock);
+       return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xprt_unregister_transport);
+
 /**
  * xprt_reserve_xprt - serialize write access to transports
  * @task: task that is requesting access to the transport