diff --git a/sys/dev/vr/if_vr.c b/sys/dev/vr/if_vr.c
index a91a5a76470f..33a583a4f718 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vr/if_vr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vr/if_vr.c
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ static int vr_encap		(struct vr_softc *, struct vr_chain *,
 static void vr_rxeof		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_rxeoc		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_txeof		(struct vr_softc *);
-static void vr_txeoc		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_tick		(void *);
 static void vr_intr		(void *);
 static void vr_start		(struct ifnet *);
@@ -952,8 +951,7 @@ vr_list_tx_init(sc)
 				&cd->vr_tx_chain[i + 1];
 	}
 
-	cd->vr_tx_free = &cd->vr_tx_chain[0];
-	cd->vr_tx_tail = cd->vr_tx_head = NULL;
+	cd->vr_tx_cons = cd->vr_tx_prod = &cd->vr_tx_chain[0];
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -1048,7 +1046,7 @@ static void
 vr_rxeof(sc)
 	struct vr_softc		*sc;
 {
-        struct mbuf		*m;
+        struct mbuf		*m, *m0;
         struct ifnet		*ifp;
 	struct vr_chain_onefrag	*cur_rx;
 	int			total_len = 0;
@@ -1060,8 +1058,14 @@ vr_rxeof(sc)
 
 	while(!((rxstat = sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head->vr_ptr->vr_status) &
 							VR_RXSTAT_OWN)) {
-		struct mbuf		*m0 = NULL;
-
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+		if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING) {
+			if (sc->rxcycles <= 0)
+				break;
+			sc->rxcycles--;
+		}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+		m0 = NULL;
 		cur_rx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head;
 		sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head = cur_rx->vr_nextdesc;
 		m = cur_rx->vr_mbuf;
@@ -1173,22 +1177,15 @@ vr_txeof(sc)
 
 	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
 
-	/* Reset the timeout timer; if_txeoc will clear it. */
-	ifp->if_timer = 5;
-
-	/* Sanity check. */
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL)
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Go through our tx list and free mbufs for those
 	 * frames that have been transmitted.
 	 */
-	while(sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+	cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons;
+	while (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
 		u_int32_t		txstat;
 		int			i;
 
-		cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head;
 		txstat = cur_tx->vr_ptr->vr_status;
 
 		if ((txstat & VR_TXSTAT_ABRT) ||
@@ -1221,41 +1218,15 @@ vr_txeof(sc)
 		ifp->if_collisions +=(txstat & VR_TXSTAT_COLLCNT) >> 3;
 
 		ifp->if_opackets++;
-		if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
-			m_freem(cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
-			cur_tx->vr_mbuf = NULL;
-		}
-
-		if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail) {
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = NULL;
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = NULL;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
-	}
-
-	return;
-}
-
-/*
- * TX 'end of channel' interrupt handler.
- */
-static void
-vr_txeoc(sc)
-	struct vr_softc		*sc;
-{
-	struct ifnet		*ifp;
-
-	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
-
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL) {
+		m_freem(cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
+		cur_tx->vr_mbuf = NULL;
 		ifp->if_flags &= ~IFF_OACTIVE;
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = NULL;
-		ifp->if_timer = 0;
-	}
 
-	return;
+		cur_tx = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
+	}
+	sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons = cur_tx;
+	if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf == NULL)
+		ifp->if_timer = 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1285,6 +1256,78 @@ vr_tick(xsc)
 	return;
 }
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+static poll_handler_t vr_poll;
+
+static void
+vr_poll(struct ifnet *ifp, enum poll_cmd cmd, int count)
+{
+	struct vr_softc *sc = ifp->if_softc;
+
+	VR_LOCK(sc);
+	if (cmd == POLL_DEREGISTER) { /* final call, enable interrupts */
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, VR_INTRS);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	sc->rxcycles = count;
+	vr_rxeof(sc);
+	vr_txeof(sc);
+	if (ifp->if_snd.ifq_head != NULL)
+		vr_start(ifp);
+
+	if (cmd == POLL_AND_CHECK_STATUS) { /* also check status register */
+		u_int16_t status;
+
+		status = CSR_READ_2(sc, VR_ISR);
+		if (status)
+			CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, status);
+
+		if ((status & VR_INTRS) == 0)
+			goto done;
+
+		if (status & VR_ISR_RX_DROPPED) {
+			printf("vr%d: rx packet lost\n", sc->vr_unit);
+			ifp->if_ierrors++;
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_RX_ERR) || (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF) || (status & VR_ISR_RX_OFLOW)) {
+			printf("vr%d: receive error (%04x)",
+			       sc->vr_unit, status);
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF)
+				printf(" no buffers");
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_OFLOW)
+				printf(" overflow");
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_DROPPED)
+				printf(" packet lost");
+			printf("\n");
+			vr_rxeoc(sc);
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_BUSERR) || (status & VR_ISR_TX_UNDERRUN)) {
+			vr_reset(sc);
+			vr_init(sc);
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_UDFI) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT2) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT)) {
+			ifp->if_oerrors++;
+			if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+				VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_ON);
+				VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_GO);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+done:
+	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
+
+}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+
 static void
 vr_intr(arg)
 	void			*arg;
@@ -1297,6 +1340,16 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 	VR_LOCK(sc);
 	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING)
+		goto done;
+	if (ether_poll_register(vr_poll, ifp)) { /* ok, disable interrupts */
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, 0x0000);
+		vr_poll(ifp, 0, 1);
+		goto done;
+	}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+
 	/* Supress unwanted interrupts. */
 	if (!(ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP)) {
 		vr_stop(sc);
@@ -1351,12 +1404,11 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 			    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT2) ||
 			    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT)) {
 				ifp->if_oerrors++;
-				if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head != NULL) {
+				if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
 					VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_ON);
 					VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_GO);
 				}
-			} else
-				vr_txeoc(sc);
+			}
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -1368,6 +1420,9 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 		vr_start(ifp);
 	}
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+done:
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
@@ -1383,49 +1438,38 @@ vr_encap(sc, c, m_head)
 	struct vr_chain		*c;
 	struct mbuf		*m_head;
 {
-	int			frag = 0;
 	struct vr_desc		*f = NULL;
-	int			total_len;
 	struct mbuf		*m;
 
-	m = m_head;
-	total_len = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * The VIA Rhine wants packet buffers to be longword
 	 * aligned, but very often our mbufs aren't. Rather than
 	 * waste time trying to decide when to copy and when not
 	 * to copy, just do it all the time.
 	 */
-	if (m != NULL) {
-		struct mbuf		*m_new = NULL;
-
-		m_new = m_defrag(m_head, M_DONTWAIT);
-		if (m_new == NULL) {
-			return(1);
-		}
-
-		m_head = m_new;
-		/*
-		 * The Rhine chip doesn't auto-pad, so we have to make
-		 * sure to pad short frames out to the minimum frame length
-		 * ourselves.
-		 */
-		if (m_head->m_len < VR_MIN_FRAMELEN) {
-			m_new->m_pkthdr.len += VR_MIN_FRAMELEN - m_new->m_len;
-			m_new->m_len = m_new->m_pkthdr.len;
-		}
-		f = c->vr_ptr;
-		f->vr_data = vtophys(mtod(m_new, caddr_t));
-		f->vr_ctl = total_len = m_new->m_len;
-		f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_TLINK|VR_TXCTL_FIRSTFRAG;
-		f->vr_status = 0;
-		frag = 1;
+	m = m_defrag(m_head, M_DONTWAIT);
+	if (m == NULL) {
+		return(1);
 	}
 
-	c->vr_mbuf = m_head;
-	c->vr_ptr->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_LASTFRAG|VR_TXCTL_FINT;
-	c->vr_ptr->vr_next = vtophys(c->vr_nextdesc->vr_ptr);
+	/*
+	 * The Rhine chip doesn't auto-pad, so we have to make
+	 * sure to pad short frames out to the minimum frame length
+	 * ourselves.
+	 */
+	if (m->m_len < VR_MIN_FRAMELEN) {
+		m->m_pkthdr.len += VR_MIN_FRAMELEN - m->m_len;
+		m->m_len = m->m_pkthdr.len;
+	}
+
+	c->vr_mbuf = m;
+	f = c->vr_ptr;
+	f->vr_data = vtophys(mtod(m, caddr_t));
+	f->vr_ctl = m->m_len;
+	f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_TLINK|VR_TXCTL_FIRSTFRAG;
+	f->vr_status = 0;
+	f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_LASTFRAG|VR_TXCTL_FINT;
+	f->vr_next = vtophys(c->vr_nextdesc->vr_ptr);
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -1442,45 +1486,30 @@ vr_start(ifp)
 	struct ifnet		*ifp;
 {
 	struct vr_softc		*sc;
-	struct mbuf		*m_head = NULL;
-	struct vr_chain		*cur_tx = NULL, *start_tx, *prev_tx;
+	struct mbuf		*m_head;
+	struct vr_chain		*cur_tx;
+
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_OACTIVE)
+		return;
 
 	sc = ifp->if_softc;
 
 	VR_LOCK(sc);
 
-	/*
-	 * Check for an available queue slot. If there are none,
-	 * punt.
-	 */
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
-		VR_UNLOCK(sc);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	start_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free;
-
-	while(sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free->vr_mbuf == NULL) {
+	cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod;
+	while (cur_tx->vr_mbuf == NULL) {
 		IF_DEQUEUE(&ifp->if_snd, m_head);
 		if (m_head == NULL)
 			break;
 
-		/* Pick a descriptor off the free list. */
-		prev_tx = cur_tx;
-		cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free;
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
-
 		/* Pack the data into the descriptor. */
 		if (vr_encap(sc, cur_tx, m_head)) {
 			/* Rollback, send what we were able to encap. */
 			IF_PREPEND(&ifp->if_snd, m_head);
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free = cur_tx;
-			cur_tx = prev_tx;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (cur_tx != start_tx)
-			VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
+		VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
 
 		/*
 		 * If there's a BPF listener, bounce a copy of this frame
@@ -1488,29 +1517,21 @@ vr_start(ifp)
 		 */
 		BPF_MTAP(ifp, cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
 
-		VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
+		cur_tx = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
+	}
+	if (cur_tx != sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod || cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod = cur_tx;
+
+		/* Tell the chip to start transmitting. */
+		VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, /*VR_CMD_TX_ON|*/VR_CMD_TX_GO);
+
+		/* Set a timeout in case the chip goes out to lunch. */
+		ifp->if_timer = 5;
+
+		if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL)
+			ifp->if_flags |= IFF_OACTIVE;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If there are no frames queued, bail.
-	 */
-	if (cur_tx == NULL) {
-		VR_UNLOCK(sc);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = cur_tx;
-
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL)
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = start_tx;
-	
-	/* Tell the chip to start transmitting. */
-	VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, /*VR_CMD_TX_ON|*/VR_CMD_TX_GO);
-
-	/*
-	 * Set a timeout in case the chip goes out to lunch.
-	 */
-	ifp->if_timer = 5;
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
@@ -1604,10 +1625,18 @@ vr_init(xsc)
 
 	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, VR_TXADDR, vtophys(&sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list[0]));
 
+	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, 0xFFFF);
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	/*
+	 * Disable interrupts if we are polling.
+	 */
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING)
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, 0);
+	else   
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 	/*
 	 * Enable interrupts.
 	 */
-	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, 0xFFFF);
 	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, VR_INTRS);
 
 	mii_mediachg(mii);
@@ -1743,6 +1772,10 @@ vr_stop(sc)
 	ifp->if_timer = 0;
 
 	untimeout(vr_tick, sc, sc->vr_stat_ch);
+	ifp->if_flags &= ~(IFF_RUNNING | IFF_OACTIVE);
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	ether_poll_deregister(ifp);
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 
 	VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_STOP);
 	VR_CLRBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, (VR_CMD_RX_ON|VR_CMD_TX_ON));
@@ -1775,7 +1808,6 @@ vr_stop(sc)
 	bzero((char *)&sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list,
 		sizeof(sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list));
 
-	ifp->if_flags &= ~(IFF_RUNNING | IFF_OACTIVE);
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
diff --git a/sys/dev/vr/if_vrreg.h b/sys/dev/vr/if_vrreg.h
index 2f8e810fd0ca..5cf3bb2036ea 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vr/if_vrreg.h
+++ b/sys/dev/vr/if_vrreg.h
@@ -420,9 +420,8 @@ struct vr_chain_data {
 
 	struct vr_chain_onefrag	*vr_rx_head;
 
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_head;
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_tail;
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_free;
+	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_cons;
+	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_prod;
 };
 
 struct vr_type {
@@ -469,6 +468,9 @@ struct vr_softc {
 	struct vr_chain_data	vr_cdata;
 	struct callout_handle	vr_stat_ch;
 	struct mtx		vr_mtx;
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	int			rxcycles;
+#endif
 };
 
 #define VR_F_RESTART		0x01		/* Restart unit on next tick */
diff --git a/sys/pci/if_vr.c b/sys/pci/if_vr.c
index a91a5a76470f..33a583a4f718 100644
--- a/sys/pci/if_vr.c
+++ b/sys/pci/if_vr.c
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ static int vr_encap		(struct vr_softc *, struct vr_chain *,
 static void vr_rxeof		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_rxeoc		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_txeof		(struct vr_softc *);
-static void vr_txeoc		(struct vr_softc *);
 static void vr_tick		(void *);
 static void vr_intr		(void *);
 static void vr_start		(struct ifnet *);
@@ -952,8 +951,7 @@ vr_list_tx_init(sc)
 				&cd->vr_tx_chain[i + 1];
 	}
 
-	cd->vr_tx_free = &cd->vr_tx_chain[0];
-	cd->vr_tx_tail = cd->vr_tx_head = NULL;
+	cd->vr_tx_cons = cd->vr_tx_prod = &cd->vr_tx_chain[0];
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -1048,7 +1046,7 @@ static void
 vr_rxeof(sc)
 	struct vr_softc		*sc;
 {
-        struct mbuf		*m;
+        struct mbuf		*m, *m0;
         struct ifnet		*ifp;
 	struct vr_chain_onefrag	*cur_rx;
 	int			total_len = 0;
@@ -1060,8 +1058,14 @@ vr_rxeof(sc)
 
 	while(!((rxstat = sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head->vr_ptr->vr_status) &
 							VR_RXSTAT_OWN)) {
-		struct mbuf		*m0 = NULL;
-
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+		if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING) {
+			if (sc->rxcycles <= 0)
+				break;
+			sc->rxcycles--;
+		}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+		m0 = NULL;
 		cur_rx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head;
 		sc->vr_cdata.vr_rx_head = cur_rx->vr_nextdesc;
 		m = cur_rx->vr_mbuf;
@@ -1173,22 +1177,15 @@ vr_txeof(sc)
 
 	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
 
-	/* Reset the timeout timer; if_txeoc will clear it. */
-	ifp->if_timer = 5;
-
-	/* Sanity check. */
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL)
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * Go through our tx list and free mbufs for those
 	 * frames that have been transmitted.
 	 */
-	while(sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+	cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons;
+	while (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
 		u_int32_t		txstat;
 		int			i;
 
-		cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head;
 		txstat = cur_tx->vr_ptr->vr_status;
 
 		if ((txstat & VR_TXSTAT_ABRT) ||
@@ -1221,41 +1218,15 @@ vr_txeof(sc)
 		ifp->if_collisions +=(txstat & VR_TXSTAT_COLLCNT) >> 3;
 
 		ifp->if_opackets++;
-		if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
-			m_freem(cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
-			cur_tx->vr_mbuf = NULL;
-		}
-
-		if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail) {
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = NULL;
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = NULL;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
-	}
-
-	return;
-}
-
-/*
- * TX 'end of channel' interrupt handler.
- */
-static void
-vr_txeoc(sc)
-	struct vr_softc		*sc;
-{
-	struct ifnet		*ifp;
-
-	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
-
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL) {
+		m_freem(cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
+		cur_tx->vr_mbuf = NULL;
 		ifp->if_flags &= ~IFF_OACTIVE;
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = NULL;
-		ifp->if_timer = 0;
-	}
 
-	return;
+		cur_tx = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
+	}
+	sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons = cur_tx;
+	if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf == NULL)
+		ifp->if_timer = 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1285,6 +1256,78 @@ vr_tick(xsc)
 	return;
 }
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+static poll_handler_t vr_poll;
+
+static void
+vr_poll(struct ifnet *ifp, enum poll_cmd cmd, int count)
+{
+	struct vr_softc *sc = ifp->if_softc;
+
+	VR_LOCK(sc);
+	if (cmd == POLL_DEREGISTER) { /* final call, enable interrupts */
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, VR_INTRS);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	sc->rxcycles = count;
+	vr_rxeof(sc);
+	vr_txeof(sc);
+	if (ifp->if_snd.ifq_head != NULL)
+		vr_start(ifp);
+
+	if (cmd == POLL_AND_CHECK_STATUS) { /* also check status register */
+		u_int16_t status;
+
+		status = CSR_READ_2(sc, VR_ISR);
+		if (status)
+			CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, status);
+
+		if ((status & VR_INTRS) == 0)
+			goto done;
+
+		if (status & VR_ISR_RX_DROPPED) {
+			printf("vr%d: rx packet lost\n", sc->vr_unit);
+			ifp->if_ierrors++;
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_RX_ERR) || (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF) || (status & VR_ISR_RX_OFLOW)) {
+			printf("vr%d: receive error (%04x)",
+			       sc->vr_unit, status);
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_NOBUF)
+				printf(" no buffers");
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_OFLOW)
+				printf(" overflow");
+			if (status & VR_ISR_RX_DROPPED)
+				printf(" packet lost");
+			printf("\n");
+			vr_rxeoc(sc);
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_BUSERR) || (status & VR_ISR_TX_UNDERRUN)) {
+			vr_reset(sc);
+			vr_init(sc);
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		if ((status & VR_ISR_UDFI) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT2) ||
+		    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT)) {
+			ifp->if_oerrors++;
+			if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+				VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_ON);
+				VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_GO);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+done:
+	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
+
+}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+
 static void
 vr_intr(arg)
 	void			*arg;
@@ -1297,6 +1340,16 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 	VR_LOCK(sc);
 	ifp = &sc->arpcom.ac_if;
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING)
+		goto done;
+	if (ether_poll_register(vr_poll, ifp)) { /* ok, disable interrupts */
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, 0x0000);
+		vr_poll(ifp, 0, 1);
+		goto done;
+	}
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
+
 	/* Supress unwanted interrupts. */
 	if (!(ifp->if_flags & IFF_UP)) {
 		vr_stop(sc);
@@ -1351,12 +1404,11 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 			    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT2) ||
 			    (status & VR_ISR_TX_ABRT)) {
 				ifp->if_oerrors++;
-				if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head != NULL) {
+				if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_cons->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
 					VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_ON);
 					VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_TX_GO);
 				}
-			} else
-				vr_txeoc(sc);
+			}
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -1368,6 +1420,9 @@ vr_intr(arg)
 		vr_start(ifp);
 	}
 
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+done:
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
@@ -1383,49 +1438,38 @@ vr_encap(sc, c, m_head)
 	struct vr_chain		*c;
 	struct mbuf		*m_head;
 {
-	int			frag = 0;
 	struct vr_desc		*f = NULL;
-	int			total_len;
 	struct mbuf		*m;
 
-	m = m_head;
-	total_len = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * The VIA Rhine wants packet buffers to be longword
 	 * aligned, but very often our mbufs aren't. Rather than
 	 * waste time trying to decide when to copy and when not
 	 * to copy, just do it all the time.
 	 */
-	if (m != NULL) {
-		struct mbuf		*m_new = NULL;
-
-		m_new = m_defrag(m_head, M_DONTWAIT);
-		if (m_new == NULL) {
-			return(1);
-		}
-
-		m_head = m_new;
-		/*
-		 * The Rhine chip doesn't auto-pad, so we have to make
-		 * sure to pad short frames out to the minimum frame length
-		 * ourselves.
-		 */
-		if (m_head->m_len < VR_MIN_FRAMELEN) {
-			m_new->m_pkthdr.len += VR_MIN_FRAMELEN - m_new->m_len;
-			m_new->m_len = m_new->m_pkthdr.len;
-		}
-		f = c->vr_ptr;
-		f->vr_data = vtophys(mtod(m_new, caddr_t));
-		f->vr_ctl = total_len = m_new->m_len;
-		f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_TLINK|VR_TXCTL_FIRSTFRAG;
-		f->vr_status = 0;
-		frag = 1;
+	m = m_defrag(m_head, M_DONTWAIT);
+	if (m == NULL) {
+		return(1);
 	}
 
-	c->vr_mbuf = m_head;
-	c->vr_ptr->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_LASTFRAG|VR_TXCTL_FINT;
-	c->vr_ptr->vr_next = vtophys(c->vr_nextdesc->vr_ptr);
+	/*
+	 * The Rhine chip doesn't auto-pad, so we have to make
+	 * sure to pad short frames out to the minimum frame length
+	 * ourselves.
+	 */
+	if (m->m_len < VR_MIN_FRAMELEN) {
+		m->m_pkthdr.len += VR_MIN_FRAMELEN - m->m_len;
+		m->m_len = m->m_pkthdr.len;
+	}
+
+	c->vr_mbuf = m;
+	f = c->vr_ptr;
+	f->vr_data = vtophys(mtod(m, caddr_t));
+	f->vr_ctl = m->m_len;
+	f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_TLINK|VR_TXCTL_FIRSTFRAG;
+	f->vr_status = 0;
+	f->vr_ctl |= VR_TXCTL_LASTFRAG|VR_TXCTL_FINT;
+	f->vr_next = vtophys(c->vr_nextdesc->vr_ptr);
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -1442,45 +1486,30 @@ vr_start(ifp)
 	struct ifnet		*ifp;
 {
 	struct vr_softc		*sc;
-	struct mbuf		*m_head = NULL;
-	struct vr_chain		*cur_tx = NULL, *start_tx, *prev_tx;
+	struct mbuf		*m_head;
+	struct vr_chain		*cur_tx;
+
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_OACTIVE)
+		return;
 
 	sc = ifp->if_softc;
 
 	VR_LOCK(sc);
 
-	/*
-	 * Check for an available queue slot. If there are none,
-	 * punt.
-	 */
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
-		VR_UNLOCK(sc);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	start_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free;
-
-	while(sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free->vr_mbuf == NULL) {
+	cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod;
+	while (cur_tx->vr_mbuf == NULL) {
 		IF_DEQUEUE(&ifp->if_snd, m_head);
 		if (m_head == NULL)
 			break;
 
-		/* Pick a descriptor off the free list. */
-		prev_tx = cur_tx;
-		cur_tx = sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free;
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
-
 		/* Pack the data into the descriptor. */
 		if (vr_encap(sc, cur_tx, m_head)) {
 			/* Rollback, send what we were able to encap. */
 			IF_PREPEND(&ifp->if_snd, m_head);
-			sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_free = cur_tx;
-			cur_tx = prev_tx;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (cur_tx != start_tx)
-			VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
+		VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
 
 		/*
 		 * If there's a BPF listener, bounce a copy of this frame
@@ -1488,29 +1517,21 @@ vr_start(ifp)
 		 */
 		BPF_MTAP(ifp, cur_tx->vr_mbuf);
 
-		VR_TXOWN(cur_tx) = VR_TXSTAT_OWN;
+		cur_tx = cur_tx->vr_nextdesc;
+	}
+	if (cur_tx != sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod || cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL) {
+		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_prod = cur_tx;
+
+		/* Tell the chip to start transmitting. */
+		VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, /*VR_CMD_TX_ON|*/VR_CMD_TX_GO);
+
+		/* Set a timeout in case the chip goes out to lunch. */
+		ifp->if_timer = 5;
+
+		if (cur_tx->vr_mbuf != NULL)
+			ifp->if_flags |= IFF_OACTIVE;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If there are no frames queued, bail.
-	 */
-	if (cur_tx == NULL) {
-		VR_UNLOCK(sc);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_tail = cur_tx;
-
-	if (sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head == NULL)
-		sc->vr_cdata.vr_tx_head = start_tx;
-	
-	/* Tell the chip to start transmitting. */
-	VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, /*VR_CMD_TX_ON|*/VR_CMD_TX_GO);
-
-	/*
-	 * Set a timeout in case the chip goes out to lunch.
-	 */
-	ifp->if_timer = 5;
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
@@ -1604,10 +1625,18 @@ vr_init(xsc)
 
 	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, VR_TXADDR, vtophys(&sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list[0]));
 
+	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, 0xFFFF);
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	/*
+	 * Disable interrupts if we are polling.
+	 */
+	if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_POLLING)
+		CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, 0);
+	else   
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 	/*
 	 * Enable interrupts.
 	 */
-	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_ISR, 0xFFFF);
 	CSR_WRITE_2(sc, VR_IMR, VR_INTRS);
 
 	mii_mediachg(mii);
@@ -1743,6 +1772,10 @@ vr_stop(sc)
 	ifp->if_timer = 0;
 
 	untimeout(vr_tick, sc, sc->vr_stat_ch);
+	ifp->if_flags &= ~(IFF_RUNNING | IFF_OACTIVE);
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	ether_poll_deregister(ifp);
+#endif /* DEVICE_POLLING */
 
 	VR_SETBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, VR_CMD_STOP);
 	VR_CLRBIT16(sc, VR_COMMAND, (VR_CMD_RX_ON|VR_CMD_TX_ON));
@@ -1775,7 +1808,6 @@ vr_stop(sc)
 	bzero((char *)&sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list,
 		sizeof(sc->vr_ldata->vr_tx_list));
 
-	ifp->if_flags &= ~(IFF_RUNNING | IFF_OACTIVE);
 	VR_UNLOCK(sc);
 
 	return;
diff --git a/sys/pci/if_vrreg.h b/sys/pci/if_vrreg.h
index 2f8e810fd0ca..5cf3bb2036ea 100644
--- a/sys/pci/if_vrreg.h
+++ b/sys/pci/if_vrreg.h
@@ -420,9 +420,8 @@ struct vr_chain_data {
 
 	struct vr_chain_onefrag	*vr_rx_head;
 
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_head;
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_tail;
-	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_free;
+	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_cons;
+	struct vr_chain		*vr_tx_prod;
 };
 
 struct vr_type {
@@ -469,6 +468,9 @@ struct vr_softc {
 	struct vr_chain_data	vr_cdata;
 	struct callout_handle	vr_stat_ch;
 	struct mtx		vr_mtx;
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+	int			rxcycles;
+#endif
 };
 
 #define VR_F_RESTART		0x01		/* Restart unit on next tick */