diff --git a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
index c93f3d0..4ebcd05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
  *			   cause DMA to kfree'd memory.
  *	0.31: 14 Nov 2004: ethtool support for getting/setting link
  *	                   capabilities.
+ *	0.32: 16 Apr 2005: RX_ERROR4 handling added.
  *
  * Known bugs:
  * We suspect that on some hardware no TX done interrupts are generated.
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
  * DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ will not harm you on sane hardware, only generating a few
  * superfluous timer interrupts from the nic.
  */
-#define FORCEDETH_VERSION		"0.31"
+#define FORCEDETH_VERSION		"0.32"
 #define DRV_NAME			"forcedeth"
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
 #include <linux/mii.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -1013,6 +1015,59 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called when the nic notices a mismatch between the actual data len on the
+ * wire and the len indicated in the 802 header
+ */
+static int nv_getlen(struct net_device *dev, void *packet, int datalen)
+{
+	int hdrlen;	/* length of the 802 header */
+	int protolen;	/* length as stored in the proto field */
+
+	/* 1) calculate len according to header */
+	if ( ((struct vlan_ethhdr *)packet)->h_vlan_proto == __constant_htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
+		protolen = ntohs( ((struct vlan_ethhdr *)packet)->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto );
+		hdrlen = VLAN_HLEN;
+	} else {
+		protolen = ntohs( ((struct ethhdr *)packet)->h_proto);
+		hdrlen = ETH_HLEN;
+	}
+	dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_getlen: datalen %d, protolen %d, hdrlen %d\n",
+				dev->name, datalen, protolen, hdrlen);
+	if (protolen > ETH_DATA_LEN)
+		return datalen; /* Value in proto field not a len, no checks possible */
+
+	protolen += hdrlen;
+	/* consistency checks: */
+	if (datalen > ETH_ZLEN) {
+		if (datalen >= protolen) {
+			/* more data on wire than in 802 header, trim of
+			 * additional data.
+			 */
+			dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_getlen: accepting %d bytes.\n",
+					dev->name, protolen);
+			return protolen;
+		} else {
+			/* less data on wire than mentioned in header.
+			 * Discard the packet.
+			 */
+			dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_getlen: discarding long packet.\n",
+					dev->name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* short packet. Accept only if 802 values are also short */
+		if (protolen > ETH_ZLEN) {
+			dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_getlen: discarding short packet.\n",
+					dev->name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_getlen: accepting %d bytes.\n",
+				dev->name, datalen);
+		return datalen;
+	}
+}
+
 static void nv_rx_process(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct fe_priv *np = get_nvpriv(dev);
@@ -1064,7 +1119,7 @@
 				np->stats.rx_errors++;
 				goto next_pkt;
 			}
-			if (Flags & (NV_RX_ERROR1|NV_RX_ERROR2|NV_RX_ERROR3|NV_RX_ERROR4)) {
+			if (Flags & (NV_RX_ERROR1|NV_RX_ERROR2|NV_RX_ERROR3)) {
 				np->stats.rx_errors++;
 				goto next_pkt;
 			}
@@ -1078,22 +1133,24 @@
 				np->stats.rx_errors++;
 				goto next_pkt;
 			}
-			if (Flags & NV_RX_ERROR) {
-				/* framing errors are soft errors, the rest is fatal. */
-				if (Flags & NV_RX_FRAMINGERR) {
-					if (Flags & NV_RX_SUBSTRACT1) {
-						len--;
-					}
-				} else {
+			if (Flags & NV_RX_ERROR4) {
+				len = nv_getlen(dev, np->rx_skbuff[i]->data, len);
+				if (len < 0) {
 					np->stats.rx_errors++;
 					goto next_pkt;
 				}
 			}
+			/* framing errors are soft errors. */
+			if (Flags & NV_RX_FRAMINGERR) {
+				if (Flags & NV_RX_SUBSTRACT1) {
+					len--;
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
 			if (!(Flags & NV_RX2_DESCRIPTORVALID))
 				goto next_pkt;
 
-			if (Flags & (NV_RX2_ERROR1|NV_RX2_ERROR2|NV_RX2_ERROR3|NV_RX2_ERROR4)) {
+			if (Flags & (NV_RX2_ERROR1|NV_RX2_ERROR2|NV_RX2_ERROR3)) {
 				np->stats.rx_errors++;
 				goto next_pkt;
 			}
@@ -1107,17 +1164,19 @@
 				np->stats.rx_errors++;
 				goto next_pkt;
 			}
-			if (Flags & NV_RX2_ERROR) {
-				/* framing errors are soft errors, the rest is fatal. */
-				if (Flags & NV_RX2_FRAMINGERR) {
-					if (Flags & NV_RX2_SUBSTRACT1) {
-						len--;
-					}
-				} else {
+			if (Flags & NV_RX2_ERROR4) {
+				len = nv_getlen(dev, np->rx_skbuff[i]->data, len);
+				if (len < 0) {
 					np->stats.rx_errors++;
 					goto next_pkt;
 				}
 			}
+			/* framing errors are soft errors */
+			if (Flags & NV_RX2_FRAMINGERR) {
+				if (Flags & NV_RX2_SUBSTRACT1) {
+					len--;
+				}
+			}
 			Flags &= NV_RX2_CHECKSUMMASK;
 			if (Flags == NV_RX2_CHECKSUMOK1 ||
 					Flags == NV_RX2_CHECKSUMOK2 ||