diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/Jamfile b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/Jamfile
index 92973b4478..d973664ee1 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/Jamfile
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/Jamfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ UsePrivateHeaders kernel net ;
 UseHeaders [ FDirName $(SUBDIR) .. .. ] : true ;
 UseHeaders [ FDirName $(HAIKU_TOP) src libs compat freebsd_network compat ] : true ;
 
-SubDirCcFlags [ FDefines _KERNEL=1 ] ;
+SubDirCcFlags [ FDefines _KERNEL=1 LEDEBUG=128 ] ;
 
 KernelAddon pcnet :
 	am7990.c
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/am79900.c b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/am79900.c
index 13eca87eab..f87de8a404 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/am79900.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/network/pcnet/dev/le/am79900.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ am79900_config(struct am79900_softc *sc, const char* name, int unit)
 	if (mem > sc->lsc.sc_memsize)
 		panic("%s: memsize", __func__);
 
+	sc->lsc.sc_flags |= LE_DEBUG;
+
 	lance_attach(&sc->lsc);
 
 	return (0);
@@ -450,10 +452,12 @@ am79900_intr(void *arg)
 	if (sc->sc_flags & LE_DEBUG)
 		if_printf(ifp, "%s: entering with isr=%04x\n", __func__, isr);
 #endif
+#if 0
 	if ((isr & LE_C0_INTR) == 0) {
 		LE_UNLOCK(sc);
 		return;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear interrupt source flags and turn off interrupts. If we
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/Jamfile b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/Jamfile
index badd43bf63..8bf6fc7698 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/Jamfile
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/Jamfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ UsePrivateHeaders kernel net ;
 UseHeaders [ FDirName $(SUBDIR) ] : true ;
 UseHeaders [ FDirName $(SUBDIR) compat ] : true ;
 
-SubDirCcFlags [ FDefines _KERNEL=1 ] ;
+SubDirCcFlags [ FDefines _KERNEL=1 KTR=1 ] ;
 
 Library libfreebsd_network.a :
 	bus.c
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/busdma_machdep.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/busdma_machdep.c
index bc1e08b752..f70015391e 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ bus_dmamem_alloc(bus_dma_tag_t dmat, void** vaddr, int flags,
 		printf("bus_dmamem_alloc failed to align memory properly.\n");
 	}
 	CTR4(KTR_BUSDMA, "%s: tag %p tag flags 0x%x error %d",
-	    __func__, dmat, dmat->flags, ENOMEM);
+	    __func__, dmat, dmat->flags, 0);
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat.c
index 9f34604d02..c7674459a6 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat.c
@@ -293,10 +293,13 @@ _kernel_contigmalloc(const char *file, int line, size_t size, int flags,
 	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "contig:%s:%d", file, line);
 
 	area = create_area(name, &addr, B_ANY_KERNEL_ADDRESS, size,
-		B_FULL_LOCK | B_CONTIGUOUS, 0);
+		B_FULL_LOCK | B_CONTIGUOUS, B_READ_AREA | B_WRITE_AREA);
 	if (area < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
+	driver_printf("(%s) addr = %p, area = %d, size = %lu\n",
+		name, addr, area, size);
+
 	return addr;
 }
 
@@ -308,6 +311,21 @@ _kernel_contigfree(void *addr, size_t size)
 }
 
 
+/* Marcus' vtophys */
+unsigned long
+vtophys(vm_offset_t vaddr)
+{
+	physical_entry pe;
+	status_t status;
+
+	status = get_memory_map((void *)vaddr, 1, &pe, 1);
+	if (status < 0)
+		panic("fbsd compat: get_memory_map failed for %p, error %08lx\n",
+			(void *)vaddr, status);
+
+	return (unsigned long)pe.address;
+}
+
 status_t
 init_compat_layer()
 {
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/endian.h b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/endian.h
index 9c1bf59e3d..82aee8f1b8 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/endian.h
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/endian.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  * Host to big endian, host to little endian, big endian to host, and little
  * endian to host byte order functions as detailed in byteorder(9).
  */
-#if _YTE_ORDER == _LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#if _BYTE_ORDER == _LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define	htobe16(x)	bswap16((x))
 #define	htobe32(x)	bswap32((x))
 #define	htobe64(x)	bswap64((x))
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/ktr.h b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/ktr.h
index 36188e6e46..7270ccdd39 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/ktr.h
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/sys/ktr.h
@@ -128,9 +128,15 @@ extern struct ktr_entry ktr_buf[];
 
 #ifdef KTR
 
+#if 0
 void	ktr_tracepoint(u_int mask, const char *file, int line,
 	    const char *format, u_long arg1, u_long arg2, u_long arg3,
 	    u_long arg4, u_long arg5, u_long arg6);
+#else
+extern void driver_printf(const char *format, ...);
+#define ktr_tracepoint(mask, file, line, format, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6) \
+	driver_printf("(%s:%i) " format "\n", file, line, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6)
+#endif
 
 #define CTR6(m, format, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6) do {			\
 	if (KTR_COMPILE & (m))						\
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/vm/vm.h b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/vm/vm.h
index a9eeeecea9..e6ab862698 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/vm/vm.h
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat/vm/vm.h
@@ -17,19 +17,6 @@ typedef void *		pmap_t;
 
 #define pmap_kextract(vaddr)	vtophys(vaddr)
 
-/* Marcus' vtophys */
-static inline unsigned long
-vtophys(vm_offset_t vaddr)
-{
-	physical_entry pe;
-	status_t status;
-
-	status = get_memory_map((void *)vaddr, 1, &pe, 1);
-	if (status < 0)
-		panic("fbsd compat: get_memory_map failed for %p, error %08lx\n",
-			(void *)vaddr, status);
-
-	return (unsigned long)pe.address;
-}
+unsigned long vtophys(vm_offset_t vaddr);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/device.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/device.c
index 57309b839b..d782d72e48 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/device.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/device.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <Drivers.h>
 #include <ether_driver.h>
 
+#include <sys/sockio.h>
+
 #include <compat/sys/haiku-module.h>
 
 #include <compat/sys/bus.h>
@@ -118,6 +120,21 @@ compat_open(const char *name, uint32 flags, void **cookie)
 
 	driver_printf(" ... status = 0x%ld\n", status);
 
+	if (status == 0) {
+		struct ifnet *ifp = dev->ifp;
+		struct ifreq ifr;
+
+		ifp->if_flags = 0;
+		ifp->if_ioctl(ifp, SIOCSIFFLAGS, NULL);
+
+		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
+		ifr.ifr_media = IFM_MAKEWORD(IFM_ETHER, IFM_AUTO, 0, 0);
+		ifp->if_ioctl(ifp, SIOCSIFMEDIA, &ifr);
+
+		ifp->if_flags = IFF_UP;
+		ifp->if_ioctl(ifp, SIOCSIFFLAGS, NULL);
+	}
+
 	*cookie = dev;
 
 	return status;
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
index c1b5df58db..00fa56c872 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ ether_sprintf(const u_char *ap)
 {
 	static char etherbuf[18];
 	snprintf(etherbuf, sizeof (etherbuf),
-		"%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+		"%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx",
 		(uint32)ap[0], (uint32)ap[1], (uint32)ap[2], (uint32)ap[3],
 		(uint32)ap[4], (uint32)ap[5]);
 	return (etherbuf);
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if_media.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if_media.c
index bb64b2d6fd..07b6fe276f 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if_media.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/if_media.c
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@
  * 	Useful for debugging newly-ported  drivers.
  */
 
+#define IFMEDIA_DEBUG
+
 static struct ifmedia_entry *ifmedia_match(struct ifmedia *ifm,
     int flags, int mask);
 
 #ifdef IFMEDIA_DEBUG
-int	ifmedia_debug = 0;
+int	ifmedia_debug = 1;
 static	void ifmedia_printword(int);
 #endif
 
@@ -198,7 +200,6 @@ ifmedia_ioctl(ifp, ifr, ifm, cmd)
 	struct ifmedia *ifm;
 	u_long cmd;
 {
-#if 0
 	struct ifmedia_entry *match;
 	struct ifmediareq *ifmr = (struct ifmediareq *) ifr;
 	int error = 0, sticky;
@@ -330,9 +331,13 @@ ifmedia_ioctl(ifp, ifr, ifm, cmd)
 		 */
 		sticky = error;
 		if ((error == 0 || error == E2BIG) && ifmr->ifm_count != 0) {
+#if 0
 			error = copyout((caddr_t)kptr,
 			    (caddr_t)ifmr->ifm_ulist,
 			    ifmr->ifm_count * sizeof(int));
+#endif
+			/* this ioctl() is only called from within the kernel -hugo */
+			memcpy(kptr, ifmr->ifm_ulist, ifmr->ifm_count * sizeof(int));
 		}
 
 		if (error == 0)
@@ -350,8 +355,6 @@ ifmedia_ioctl(ifp, ifr, ifm, cmd)
 	}
 
 	return (error);
-#endif
-	return ENOTSUP;
 }
 
 /*