diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 52d0102..71c74fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 static void ibmveth_proc_unregister_adapter(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter);
 static irqreturn_t ibmveth_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance, struct pt_regs *regs);
 static inline void ibmveth_rxq_harvest_buffer(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter);
+static struct kobj_type ktype_veth_pool;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 #define IBMVETH_PROC_DIR "net/ibmveth"
@@ -133,12 +134,13 @@
 }
 
 /* setup the initial settings for a buffer pool */
-static void ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool, u32 pool_index, u32 pool_size, u32 buff_size)
+static void ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool, u32 pool_index, u32 pool_size, u32 buff_size, u32 pool_active)
 {
 	pool->size = pool_size;
 	pool->index = pool_index;
 	pool->buff_size = buff_size;
 	pool->threshold = pool_size / 2;
+	pool->active = pool_active;
 }
 
 /* allocate and setup an buffer pool - called during open */
@@ -180,7 +182,6 @@
 	atomic_set(&pool->available, 0);
 	pool->producer_index = 0;
 	pool->consumer_index = 0;
-	pool->active = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -301,7 +302,6 @@
 		kfree(pool->skbuff);
 		pool->skbuff = NULL;
 	}
-	pool->active = 0;
 }
 
 /* remove a buffer from a pool */
@@ -433,7 +433,9 @@
 	}
 
 	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++)
-		ibmveth_free_buffer_pool(adapter, &adapter->rx_buff_pool[i]);
+		if (adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active)
+			ibmveth_free_buffer_pool(adapter, 
+						 &adapter->rx_buff_pool[i]);
 }
 
 static int ibmveth_open(struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -489,9 +491,6 @@
 	adapter->rx_queue.num_slots = rxq_entries;
 	adapter->rx_queue.toggle = 1;
 
-	/* call change_mtu to init the buffer pools based in initial mtu */
-	ibmveth_change_mtu(netdev, netdev->mtu);
-
 	memcpy(&mac_address, netdev->dev_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 	mac_address = mac_address >> 16;
 
@@ -522,6 +521,17 @@
 		return -ENONET; 
 	}
 
+	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++) {
+		if(!adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active)
+			continue;
+		if (ibmveth_alloc_buffer_pool(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i])) {
+			ibmveth_error_printk("unable to alloc pool\n");
+			adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active = 0;
+			ibmveth_cleanup(adapter);
+			return -ENOMEM ;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ibmveth_debug_printk("registering irq 0x%x\n", netdev->irq);
 	if((rc = request_irq(netdev->irq, &ibmveth_interrupt, 0, netdev->name, netdev)) != 0) {
 		ibmveth_error_printk("unable to request irq 0x%x, rc %d\n", netdev->irq, rc);
@@ -550,7 +560,8 @@
     
 	ibmveth_debug_printk("close starting\n");
 
-	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
+	if (!adapter->pool_config)
+		netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
 	free_irq(netdev->irq, netdev);
 
@@ -876,46 +887,22 @@
 static int ibmveth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = dev->priv;
+	int new_mtu_oh = new_mtu + IBMVETH_BUFF_OH;
 	int i;
-	int prev_smaller = 1;
 
-	if ((new_mtu < 68) || 
-	    (new_mtu > (pool_size[IbmVethNumBufferPools-1]) - IBMVETH_BUFF_OH))
+	if (new_mtu < IBMVETH_MAX_MTU)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Look for an active buffer pool that can hold the new MTU */
 	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++) {
-		int activate = 0;
-		if (new_mtu > (pool_size[i]  - IBMVETH_BUFF_OH)) { 
-			activate = 1;
-			prev_smaller= 1;
-		} else {
-			if (prev_smaller)
-				activate = 1;
-			prev_smaller= 0;
+		if (!adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active)
+			continue;
+		if (new_mtu_oh < adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].buff_size) {
+			dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+			return 0;
 		}
-
-		if (activate && !adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active) {
-			struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool = 
-						&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i];
-			if(ibmveth_alloc_buffer_pool(pool)) {
-				ibmveth_error_printk("unable to alloc pool\n");
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			}
-			adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active = 1;
-		} else if (!activate && adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active) {
-			adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active = 0;
-			h_free_logical_lan_buffer(adapter->vdev->unit_address,
-					  (u64)pool_size[i]);
-		}
-
 	}
-
-	/* kick the interrupt handler so that the new buffer pools get
-	   replenished or deallocated */
-	ibmveth_interrupt(dev->irq, dev, NULL);
-
-	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
-	return 0;	
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
@@ -960,6 +947,7 @@
 	adapter->vdev = dev;
 	adapter->netdev = netdev;
 	adapter->mcastFilterSize= *mcastFilterSize_p;
+	adapter->pool_config = 0;
 	
 	/* 	Some older boxes running PHYP non-natively have an OF that
 		returns a 8-byte local-mac-address field (and the first 
@@ -994,9 +982,16 @@
 
 	memcpy(&netdev->dev_addr, &adapter->mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++)
+	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++) {
+		struct kobject *kobj = &adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].kobj;
 		ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i], i, 
-					 pool_count[i], pool_size[i]);
+					 pool_count[i], pool_size[i], 
+					 pool_active[i]);
+		kobj->parent = &dev->dev.kobj;
+		sprintf(kobj->name, "pool%d", i);
+		kobj->ktype = &ktype_veth_pool;
+		kobject_register(kobj);
+	}
 
 	ibmveth_debug_printk("adapter @ 0x%p\n", adapter);
 
@@ -1025,6 +1020,10 @@
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = dev->dev.driver_data;
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev->priv;
+	int i;
+
+	for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++)
+		kobject_unregister(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].kobj);
 
 	unregister_netdev(netdev);
 
@@ -1169,6 +1168,132 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
+static struct attribute veth_active_attr;
+static struct attribute veth_num_attr;
+static struct attribute veth_size_attr;
+
+static ssize_t veth_pool_show(struct kobject * kobj,
+                              struct attribute * attr, char * buf)
+{
+	struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool = container_of(kobj, 
+						      struct ibmveth_buff_pool,
+						      kobj);
+
+	if (attr == &veth_active_attr)
+		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", pool->active);
+	else if (attr == &veth_num_attr)
+		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", pool->size);
+	else if (attr == &veth_size_attr)
+		return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", pool->buff_size);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t veth_pool_store(struct kobject * kobj, struct attribute * attr,
+const char * buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool = container_of(kobj, 
+						      struct ibmveth_buff_pool,
+						      kobj);
+	struct net_device *netdev = 
+	    container_of(kobj->parent, struct device, kobj)->driver_data;
+	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev->priv;
+	long value = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
+	long rc;
+
+	if (attr == &veth_active_attr) {
+		if (value && !pool->active) {
+			if(ibmveth_alloc_buffer_pool(pool)) {
+                                ibmveth_error_printk("unable to alloc pool\n");
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                        }
+			pool->active = 1;
+			adapter->pool_config = 1;
+			ibmveth_close(netdev);
+			adapter->pool_config = 0;
+			if ((rc = ibmveth_open(netdev)))
+				return rc;
+		} else if (!value && pool->active) {
+			int mtu = netdev->mtu + IBMVETH_BUFF_OH;
+			int i;
+			/* Make sure there is a buffer pool with buffers that
+			   can hold a packet of the size of the MTU */
+			for(i = 0; i<IbmVethNumBufferPools; i++) {
+				if (pool == &adapter->rx_buff_pool[i])
+					continue;
+				if (!adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].active)
+					continue;
+				if (mtu < adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].buff_size) {
+					pool->active = 0;
+					h_free_logical_lan_buffer(adapter->
+								  vdev->
+								  unit_address,
+								  pool->
+								  buff_size);
+				}
+			}
+			if (pool->active) {
+				ibmveth_error_printk("no active pool >= MTU\n");
+				return -EPERM;
+			}
+		}
+	} else if (attr == &veth_num_attr) {
+		if (value <= 0 || value > IBMVETH_MAX_POOL_COUNT)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		else {
+			adapter->pool_config = 1;
+			ibmveth_close(netdev);
+			adapter->pool_config = 0;
+			pool->size = value;
+			if ((rc = ibmveth_open(netdev)))
+				return rc;
+		}
+	} else if (attr == &veth_size_attr) {
+		if (value <= IBMVETH_BUFF_OH || value > IBMVETH_MAX_BUF_SIZE)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		else {
+			adapter->pool_config = 1;
+			ibmveth_close(netdev);
+			adapter->pool_config = 0;
+			pool->buff_size = value;
+			if ((rc = ibmveth_open(netdev)))
+				return rc;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* kick the interrupt handler to allocate/deallocate pools */
+	ibmveth_interrupt(netdev->irq, netdev, NULL);
+	return count;
+}
+
+
+#define ATTR(_name, _mode)      \
+        struct attribute veth_##_name##_attr = {               \
+        .name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode, .owner = THIS_MODULE \
+        };
+
+static ATTR(active, 0644);
+static ATTR(num, 0644);
+static ATTR(size, 0644);
+
+static struct attribute * veth_pool_attrs[] = {
+	&veth_active_attr,
+	&veth_num_attr,
+	&veth_size_attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct sysfs_ops veth_pool_ops = {
+	.show   = veth_pool_show,
+	.store  = veth_pool_store,
+};
+
+static struct kobj_type ktype_veth_pool = {
+	.release        = NULL,
+	.sysfs_ops      = &veth_pool_ops,
+	.default_attrs  = veth_pool_attrs,
+};
+
+
 static struct vio_device_id ibmveth_device_table[] __devinitdata= {
 	{ "network", "IBM,l-lan"},
 	{ "", "" }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.h b/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
index 46919a8..b526dda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@
 
 #define IbmVethNumBufferPools 5
 #define IBMVETH_BUFF_OH 22 /* Overhead: 14 ethernet header + 8 opaque handle */
+#define IBMVETH_MAX_MTU 68
+#define IBMVETH_MAX_POOL_COUNT 4096
+#define IBMVETH_MAX_BUF_SIZE (1024 * 128)
 
-/* pool_size should be sorted */
 static int pool_size[] = { 512, 1024 * 2, 1024 * 16, 1024 * 32, 1024 * 64 };
 static int pool_count[] = { 256, 768, 256, 256, 256 };
+static int pool_active[] = { 1, 1, 0, 0, 0};
 
 #define IBM_VETH_INVALID_MAP ((u16)0xffff)
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@
     dma_addr_t *dma_addr;
     struct sk_buff **skbuff;
     int active;
+    struct kobject kobj;
 };
 
 struct ibmveth_rx_q {
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@
     dma_addr_t filter_list_dma;
     struct ibmveth_buff_pool rx_buff_pool[IbmVethNumBufferPools];
     struct ibmveth_rx_q rx_queue;
+    int pool_config;
 
     /* adapter specific stats */
     u64 replenish_task_cycles;