diff -urN a/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_hvCall.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_hvCall.S
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_hvCall.S	2003-10-28 16:46:01.000000000 -0600
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_hvCall.S	2003-10-28 16:50:36.000000000 -0600
@@ -68,3 +68,39 @@
 	ld	r0,-8(r1)
 	mtcrf	0xff,r0
 	blr                     /* return r3 = status */
+
+
+/* long plpar_hcall_8arg_2ret(unsigned long opcode,		 R3
+				unsigned long arg1,		 R4
+				unsigned long arg2,		 R5
+				unsigned long arg3,		 R6
+				unsigned long arg4,		 R7
+				unsigned long arg5,		 R8
+				unsigned long arg6,		 R9
+				unsigned long arg7,		 R10
+				unsigned long arg8,		 112(R1)
+				unsigned long *out1);		 120(R1)
+
+ */
+
+	.text
+_GLOBAL(plpar_hcall_8arg_2ret)
+	mfcr	r0
+
+	ld	r11, 112(r1) /* put arg8 and out1 in R11 and R12 */
+	ld	r12, 120(r1)
+
+	std	r0,-8(r1)
+	stdu	r1,-32(r1)
+
+	std	r12,-8(r1)      /* Save out ptr */
+
+	HSC                     /* invoke the hypervisor */
+
+	ld	r10,-8(r1)      /* Fetch r4 ret arg */
+	std	r4,0(r10)
+
+	ld	r1,0(r1)
+	ld	r0,-8(r1)
+	mtcrf	0xff,r0
+	blr                     /* return r3 = status */
diff -urN a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c	2003-10-28 16:45:41.000000000 -0600
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c	2003-10-28 16:49:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -696,24 +696,16 @@

     /* send the frame */
     unsigned long correlator = 0;
-    do {
-	    __asm__ __volatile__(" li 3,0x120 \n\t"
-				 " mr 4, %2 \n\t"
-				 " mr 5, %3 \n\t"
-				 " mr 6, %4 \n\t"
-				 " mr 7, %5 \n\t"
-				 " mr 8, %6 \n\t"
-				 " mr 9, %7 \n\t"
-				 " mr 10, %8 \n\t"
-				 " mr 11, %9 \n\t"
-				 " .long 0x44000022 \n\t"
-				 " mr %1, 3 \n\t"
-				 " mr %0, 4 \n\t"
-				 : "=&r"(correlator), "=&r"(lpar_rc)
-				 : "r" (adapter->vdev->unit_address), "r" (desc[0].desc), "r" (desc[1].desc), "r" (desc[2].desc), "r" (desc[3].desc), "r" (desc[4].desc), "r" (desc[5].desc), "r" (correlator)
-				 : "r0","r3", "r4", "r5", "r6", "r7", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", "r12", "cr0", "cr1", "ctr", "xer", "memory");
-
-    } while(lpar_rc == H_Busy);
+	do {
+		lpar_rc = h_send_logical_lan(adapter->vdev->unit_address,
+					desc[0].desc,
+					desc[1].desc,
+					desc[2].desc,
+					desc[3].desc,
+					desc[4].desc,
+					desc[5].desc,
+					correlator);
+	} while (lpar_rc == H_Busy);

     if(lpar_rc != H_Success && lpar_rc != H_Dropped) {
 	int i;
diff -urN a/include/asm-ppc64/hvcall.h b/include/asm-ppc64/hvcall.h
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/hvcall.h	2003-10-28 16:45:45.000000000 -0600
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/hvcall.h	2003-10-28 16:49:41.000000000 -0600
@@ -102,3 +102,19 @@
  */
 long plpar_hcall_norets(unsigned long opcode, ...);

+/*
+ * Special hcall interface for ibmveth support.
+ * Takes 8 input parms. Returns a rc and stores the
+ * R4 return value in *out1.
+ */
+long plpar_hcall_8arg_2ret(unsigned long opcode,
+			unsigned long arg1,
+			unsigned long arg2,
+			unsigned long arg3,
+			unsigned long arg4,
+			unsigned long arg5,
+			unsigned long arg6,
+			unsigned long arg7,
+			unsigned long arg8,
+			unsigned long *out1);
+