struct net_device       *dev = NULL;
        static int boards_found = 0;
        int error = -ENODEV;
+       int using_dac = 0;
        char DeviceStr[80];
 
        if (pci_enable_device(pdev))
                goto out;
  
        /* Configure DMA attributes. */
-       if (pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_64BIT_MASK) &&
-           pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_32BIT_MASK))
-               goto out_disable_device;
-
+       if (sizeof(dma_addr_t) > sizeof(u32) &&
+           !(error = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_64BIT_MASK))) {
+               using_dac = 1;
+               error = pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_64BIT_MASK);
+               if (error < 0) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "sk98lin %s unable to obtain 64 bit DMA "
+                              "for consistent allocations\n", pci_name(pdev));
+                       goto out_disable_device;
+               }
+       } else {
+               error = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_32BIT_MASK);
+               if (error) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "sk98lin %s no usable DMA configuration\n",
+                              pci_name(pdev));
+                       goto out_disable_device;
+               }
+       }
 
        if ((dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(DEV_NET))) == NULL) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate etherdev "
 #endif
        }
 
+       if (using_dac)
+               dev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+
        pAC->Index = boards_found++;
 
        if (SkGeBoardInit(dev, pAC))
 #endif
                }
 
+               if (using_dac)
+                       dev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+
                if (register_netdev(dev)) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "sk98lin: Could not register device for seconf port.\n");
                        free_netdev(dev);