diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
index 63e2f793ae0e8de4640f81623cf126c955d2e966..449d3511628f71c9426698ce3fcd165d8474d144 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_PROXY_STOP_DONE		20
 #define NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_GET_LINKEVENT			21
 #define NX_NIC_C2C_OPCODE				22
+#define NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_CONFIG_BRIDGING               23
 #define NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_CONFIG_HW_LRO			24
 #define NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_LAST				25
 
@@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define NETXEN_NIC_MSI_ENABLED		0x02
 #define NETXEN_NIC_MSIX_ENABLED		0x04
 #define NETXEN_NIC_LRO_ENABLED		0x08
+#define NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED       0X10
 #define NETXEN_IS_MSI_FAMILY(adapter) \
 	((adapter)->flags & (NETXEN_NIC_MSI_ENABLED | NETXEN_NIC_MSIX_ENABLED))
 
@@ -1332,6 +1334,7 @@ void netxen_advert_link_change(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int linkup);
 int nx_fw_cmd_set_mtu(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int mtu);
 int netxen_nic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu);
 int netxen_config_hw_lro(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable);
+int netxen_config_bridged_mode(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable);
 int netxen_send_lro_cleanup(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
 
 int netxen_nic_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p);
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
index 1a8ad62e12ee20d5c64f19b35e27105ceebacf93..db510cee8094bb84ad0083c740b39f23a1e4d7f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
@@ -794,6 +794,37 @@ int netxen_config_hw_lro(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable)
 	return rv;
 }
 
+int netxen_config_bridged_mode(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable)
+{
+	nx_nic_req_t req;
+	u64 word;
+	int rv = 0;
+
+	if (!!(adapter->flags & NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED) == enable)
+		return rv;
+
+	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(nx_nic_req_t));
+
+	req.qhdr = cpu_to_le64(NX_HOST_REQUEST << 23);
+
+	word = NX_NIC_H2C_OPCODE_CONFIG_BRIDGING |
+		((u64)adapter->portnum << 16);
+	req.req_hdr = cpu_to_le64(word);
+
+	req.words[0] = cpu_to_le64(enable);
+
+	rv = netxen_send_cmd_descs(adapter, (struct cmd_desc_type0 *)&req, 1);
+	if (rv != 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR. Could not send "
+				"configure bridge mode request\n");
+	}
+
+	adapter->flags ^= NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED;
+
+	return rv;
+}
+
+
 #define RSS_HASHTYPE_IP_TCP	0x3
 
 int netxen_config_rss(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int enable)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index bd4589f1d46947c0ca02509789c509dbb3fd6416..fab51d16f5fb0f86f73189d4916ee468bb9bfd21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ static int netxen_nic_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 static void netxen_nic_poll_controller(struct net_device *netdev);
 #endif
+
+static void netxen_create_sysfs_entries(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
+static void netxen_remove_sysfs_entries(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
+
 static irqreturn_t netxen_intr(int irq, void *data);
 static irqreturn_t netxen_msi_intr(int irq, void *data);
 static irqreturn_t netxen_msix_intr(int irq, void *data);
@@ -94,8 +98,6 @@ static struct pci_device_id netxen_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = {
 
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, netxen_pci_tbl);
 
-static void netxen_watchdog(unsigned long);
-
 static uint32_t crb_cmd_producer[4] = {
 	CRB_CMD_PRODUCER_OFFSET, CRB_CMD_PRODUCER_OFFSET_1,
 	CRB_CMD_PRODUCER_OFFSET_2, CRB_CMD_PRODUCER_OFFSET_3
@@ -995,6 +997,8 @@ netxen_nic_attach(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	if (NX_IS_REVISION_P3(adapter->ahw.revision_id))
 		netxen_nic_init_coalesce_defaults(adapter);
 
+	netxen_create_sysfs_entries(adapter);
+
 	adapter->is_up = NETXEN_ADAPTER_UP_MAGIC;
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1012,6 +1016,8 @@ netxen_nic_detach(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
 	if (adapter->is_up != NETXEN_ADAPTER_UP_MAGIC)
 		return;
 
+	netxen_remove_sysfs_entries(adapter);
+
 	netxen_free_hw_resources(adapter);
 	netxen_release_rx_buffers(adapter);
 	netxen_nic_free_irq(adapter);
@@ -1959,6 +1965,80 @@ static void netxen_nic_poll_controller(struct net_device *netdev)
 }
 #endif
 
+static ssize_t
+netxen_store_bridged_mode(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
+	struct netxen_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(net);
+	unsigned long new;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!(adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_BDG))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	if (adapter->is_up != NETXEN_ADAPTER_UP_MAGIC)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	if (strict_strtoul(buf, 2, &new))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	if (!netxen_config_bridged_mode(adapter, !!new))
+		ret = len;
+
+err_out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+netxen_show_bridged_mode(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
+	struct netxen_adapter *adapter;
+	int bridged_mode = 0;
+
+	adapter = netdev_priv(net);
+
+	if (adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_BDG)
+		bridged_mode = !!(adapter->flags & NETXEN_NIC_BRIDGE_ENABLED);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bridged_mode);
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_bridged_mode = {
+       .attr = {.name = "bridged_mode", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)},
+       .show = netxen_show_bridged_mode,
+       .store = netxen_store_bridged_mode,
+};
+
+static void
+netxen_create_sysfs_entries(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
+	struct device *dev = &netdev->dev;
+
+	if (adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_BDG) {
+		/* bridged_mode control */
+		if (device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_bridged_mode)) {
+			dev_warn(&netdev->dev,
+				"failed to create bridged_mode sysfs entry\n");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+netxen_remove_sysfs_entries(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
+	struct device *dev = &netdev->dev;
+
+	if (adapter->capabilities & NX_FW_CAPABILITY_BDG)
+		device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_bridged_mode);
+}
+
+static void netxen_watchdog(unsigned long);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 
 #define is_netxen_netdev(dev) (dev->netdev_ops == &netxen_netdev_ops)