unsigned short type, void *daddr, void *saddr,
                            unsigned len);
 static int ether1394_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb);
-static int ether1394_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
+static int ether1394_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                 unsigned char *haddr);
 static int ether1394_header_cache(struct neighbour *neigh, struct hh_cache *hh);
 static void ether1394_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh,
                                          struct net_device *dev,
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int ether1394_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+static int ether1394_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                 unsigned char *haddr)
 {
-       struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-
-       memcpy(haddr, dev->dev_addr, ETH1394_ALEN);
+       memcpy(haddr, skb->dev->dev_addr, ETH1394_ALEN);
        return ETH1394_ALEN;
 }
 
 
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(stop_airo_card);
 
-static int wll_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+static int wll_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
 {
        memcpy(haddr, skb_mac_header(skb) + 10, ETH_ALEN);
        return ETH_ALEN;
 
 static void wifi_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-       dev->hard_header        = NULL;
-       dev->rebuild_header     = NULL;
-       dev->hard_header_cache  = NULL;
-       dev->header_cache_update= NULL;
-
        dev->hard_header_parse  = wll_header_parse;
        dev->hard_start_xmit = &airo_start_xmit11;
        dev->get_stats = &airo_get_stats;
 
 };
 
 static int
-qeth_hard_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+qeth_hard_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
 {
-       struct qeth_card *card;
-       struct ethhdr *eth;
+       const struct qeth_card *card;
+       const struct ethhdr *eth;
 
        card = qeth_get_card_from_dev(skb->dev);
        if (card->options.layer2)
 
        void                    (*vlan_rx_kill_vid)(struct net_device *dev,
                                                    unsigned short vid);
 
-       int                     (*hard_header_parse)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+       int                     (*hard_header_parse)(const struct sk_buff *skb,
                                                     unsigned char *haddr);
        int                     (*neigh_setup)(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
        return dev->hard_header(skb, dev, type, daddr, saddr, len);
 }
 
+static inline int dev_parse_header(const struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                  unsigned char *haddr)
+{
+       const struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+
+       if (!dev->hard_header_parse)
+               return 0;
+       return dev->hard_header_parse(skb, haddr);
+}
+
 typedef int gifconf_func_t(struct net_device * dev, char __user * bufptr, int len);
 extern int             register_gifconf(unsigned int family, gifconf_func_t * gifconf);
 static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)
 
  * @skb: packet to extract header from
  * @haddr: destination buffer
  */
-static int eth_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+static int eth_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
 {
-       struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+       const struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
        memcpy(haddr, eth->h_source, ETH_ALEN);
        return ETH_ALEN;
 }
 
 
        if (entry->info->indev && entry->skb->dev) {
                pmsg->hw_type = entry->skb->dev->type;
-               if (entry->skb->dev->hard_header_parse)
-                       pmsg->hw_addrlen =
-                               entry->skb->dev->hard_header_parse(entry->skb,
-                                                                  pmsg->hw_addr);
+               pmsg->hw_addrlen = dev_parse_header(entry->skb,
+                                                   pmsg->hw_addr);
        }
 
        if (data_len)
 
 
        if (entry->info->indev && entry->skb->dev) {
                pmsg->hw_type = entry->skb->dev->type;
-               if (entry->skb->dev->hard_header_parse)
-                       pmsg->hw_addrlen =
-                               entry->skb->dev->hard_header_parse(entry->skb,
-                                                                  pmsg->hw_addr);
+               pmsg->hw_addrlen = dev_parse_header(entry->skb, pmsg->hw_addr);
        }
 
        if (data_len)
 
 
 /* common interface routines */
 
-static int header_parse_80211(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
+static int header_parse_80211(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
 {
        memcpy(haddr, skb_mac_header(skb) + 10, ETH_ALEN); /* addr2 */
        return ETH_ALEN;
 
                NFA_PUT(inst->skb, NFULA_MARK, sizeof(tmp_uint), &tmp_uint);
        }
 
-       if (indev && skb->dev && skb->dev->hard_header_parse) {
+       if (indev && skb->dev) {
                struct nfulnl_msg_packet_hw phw;
-               int len = skb->dev->hard_header_parse((struct sk_buff *)skb,
-                                                   phw.hw_addr);
-               phw.hw_addrlen = htons(len);
-               NFA_PUT(inst->skb, NFULA_HWADDR, sizeof(phw), &phw);
+               int len = dev_parse_header(skb, phw.hw_addr);
+               if (len > 0) {
+                       phw.hw_addrlen = htons(len);
+                       NFA_PUT(inst->skb, NFULA_HWADDR, sizeof(phw), &phw);
+               }
        }
 
        if (skb->tstamp.tv64) {
 
                NFA_PUT(skb, NFQA_MARK, sizeof(u_int32_t), &tmp_uint);
        }
 
-       if (indev && entskb->dev
-           && entskb->dev->hard_header_parse) {
+       if (indev && entskb->dev) {
                struct nfqnl_msg_packet_hw phw;
-
-               int len = entskb->dev->hard_header_parse(entskb,
-                                                          phw.hw_addr);
-               phw.hw_addrlen = htons(len);
-               NFA_PUT(skb, NFQA_HWADDR, sizeof(phw), &phw);
+               int len = dev_parse_header(entskb, phw.hw_addr);
+               if (len) {
+                       phw.hw_addrlen = htons(len);
+                       NFA_PUT(skb, NFQA_HWADDR, sizeof(phw), &phw);
+               }
        }
 
        if (entskb->tstamp.tv64) {
 
                sll->sll_ifindex = orig_dev->ifindex;
        else
                sll->sll_ifindex = dev->ifindex;
-       sll->sll_halen = 0;
 
-       if (dev->hard_header_parse)
-               sll->sll_halen = dev->hard_header_parse(skb, sll->sll_addr);
+       sll->sll_halen = dev_parse_header(skb, sll->sll_addr);
 
        PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->origlen = skb->len;
 
        h->tp_usec = tv.tv_usec;
 
        sll = (struct sockaddr_ll*)((u8*)h + TPACKET_ALIGN(sizeof(*h)));
-       sll->sll_halen = 0;
-       if (dev->hard_header_parse)
-               sll->sll_halen = dev->hard_header_parse(skb, sll->sll_addr);
+       sll->sll_halen = dev_parse_header(skb, sll->sll_addr);
        sll->sll_family = AF_PACKET;
        sll->sll_hatype = dev->type;
        sll->sll_protocol = skb->protocol;