diff -puN drivers/net/ne.c~nec-fix-rmmod-platform-driver-improvements drivers/net/ne.c
--- a/drivers/net/ne.c~nec-fix-rmmod-platform-driver-improvements
+++ a/drivers/net/ne.c
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ static const char version2[] =
 
 /* Do we support clones that don't adhere to 14,15 of the SAprom ? */
 #define SUPPORT_NE_BAD_CLONES
+/* 0xbad = bad sig or no reset ack */
+#define BAD 0xbad
+
+#define MAX_NE_CARDS	4	/* Max number of NE cards per module */
+static struct platform_device *pdev_ne[MAX_NE_CARDS];
+static int io[MAX_NE_CARDS];
+static int irq[MAX_NE_CARDS];
+static int bad[MAX_NE_CARDS];
+
+#ifdef MODULE
+module_param_array(io, int, NULL, 0);
+module_param_array(irq, int, NULL, 0);
+module_param_array(bad, int, NULL, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O base address(es),required");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ number(s)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(bad, "Accept card(s) with bad signatures");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NE1000/NE2000 ISA/PnP Ethernet driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+#endif /* MODULE */
 
 /* Do we perform extra sanity checks on stuff ? */
 /* #define NE_SANITY_CHECK */
@@ -74,6 +93,10 @@ static const char version2[] =
 /* Do we have a non std. amount of memory? (in units of 256 byte pages) */
 /* #define PACKETBUF_MEMSIZE	0x40 */
 
+/* This is set up so that no ISA autoprobe takes place. We can't guarantee
+that the ne2k probe is the last 8390 based probe to take place (as it
+is at boot) and so the probe will get confused by any other 8390 cards.
+ISA device autoprobes on a running machine are not recommended anyway. */
 #if !defined(MODULE) && (defined(CONFIG_ISA) || defined(CONFIG_M32R))
 /* Do we need a portlist for the ISA auto-probe ? */
 #define NEEDS_PORTLIST
@@ -192,8 +215,13 @@ static int __init do_ne_probe(struct net
 #endif
 
 	/* First check any supplied i/o locations. User knows best. <cough> */
-	if (base_addr > 0x1ff)	/* Check a single specified location. */
-		return ne_probe1(dev, base_addr);
+	if (base_addr > 0x1ff) {	/* Check a single specified location. */
+		int ret = ne_probe1(dev, base_addr);
+		if (ret)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ne.c: No NE*000 card found at "
+				"i/o = %#lx\n", base_addr);
+		return ret;
+	}
 	else if (base_addr != 0)	/* Don't probe at all. */
 		return -ENXIO;
 
@@ -214,28 +242,6 @@ static int __init do_ne_probe(struct net
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-#ifndef MODULE
-struct net_device * __init ne_probe(int unit)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = alloc_eip_netdev();
-	int err;
-
-	if (!dev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	sprintf(dev->name, "eth%d", unit);
-	netdev_boot_setup_check(dev);
-
-	err = do_ne_probe(dev);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-	return dev;
-out:
-	free_netdev(dev);
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-#endif
-
 static int __init ne_probe_isapnp(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -329,7 +335,7 @@ static int __init ne_probe1(struct net_d
 	   with an otherwise unused dev->mem_end value of "0xBAD" will
 	   cause the driver to skip these parts of the probe. */
 
-	bad_card = ((dev->base_addr != 0) && (dev->mem_end == 0xbad));
+	bad_card = ((dev->base_addr != 0) && (dev->mem_end == BAD));
 
 	/* Reset card. Who knows what dain-bramaged state it was left in. */
 
@@ -806,39 +812,84 @@ retry:
 static int __init ne_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
+	int err, this_dev = pdev->id;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int err, irq;
-
-	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
-	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (!res || irq < 0)
-		return -ENODEV;
 
 	dev = alloc_eip_netdev();
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	dev->irq = irq;
-	dev->base_addr = res->start;
+
+	/* ne.c doesn't populate resources in platform_device, but
+	 * rbtx4927_ne_init and rbtx4938_ne_init do register devices
+	 * with resources.
+	 */
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
+	if (res) {
+		dev->base_addr = res->start;
+		dev->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	} else {
+		if (this_dev < 0 || this_dev >= MAX_NE_CARDS)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		dev->base_addr = io[this_dev];
+		dev->irq = irq[this_dev];
+		dev->mem_end = bad[this_dev];
+	}
 	err = do_ne_probe(dev);
 	if (err) {
 		free_netdev(dev);
 		return err;
 	}
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
+
+	/* Update with any values found by probing, don't update if
+	 * resources were specified.
+	 */
+	if (!res) {
+		io[this_dev] = dev->base_addr;
+		irq[this_dev] = dev->irq;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __exit ne_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int ne_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	unregister_netdev(dev);
-	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
-	release_region(dev->base_addr, NE_IO_EXTENT);
-	free_netdev(dev);
+	if (dev) {
+		struct pnp_dev *idev = (struct pnp_dev *)ei_status.priv;
+		netif_device_detach(dev);
+		unregister_netdev(dev);
+		if (idev)
+			pnp_device_detach(idev);
+		/* Careful ne_drv_remove can be called twice, once from
+		 * the platform_driver.remove and again when the
+		 * platform_device is being removed.
+		 */
+		ei_status.priv = 0;
+		free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
+		release_region(dev->base_addr, NE_IO_EXTENT);
+		free_netdev(dev);
+		platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Remove unused devices or all if true. */
+static void ne_loop_rm_unreg(int all)
+{
+	int this_dev;
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	for (this_dev = 0; this_dev < MAX_NE_CARDS; this_dev++) {
+		pdev = pdev_ne[this_dev];
+		/* No network device == unused */
+		if (pdev && (!platform_get_drvdata(pdev) || all)) {
+			ne_drv_remove(pdev);
+			platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+			pdev_ne[this_dev] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 static int ne_drv_suspend(struct platform_device *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 {
@@ -866,7 +917,7 @@ static int ne_drv_resume(struct platform
 #endif
 
 static struct platform_driver ne_driver = {
-	.remove		= __exit_p(ne_drv_remove),
+	.remove		= ne_drv_remove,
 	.suspend	= ne_drv_suspend,
 	.resume		= ne_drv_resume,
 	.driver		= {
@@ -875,91 +926,96 @@ static struct platform_driver ne_driver 
 	},
 };
 
-static int __init ne_init(void)
+static void __init ne_add_devices(void)
 {
-	return platform_driver_probe(&ne_driver, ne_drv_probe);
+	int this_dev;
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+
+	for (this_dev = 0; this_dev < MAX_NE_CARDS; this_dev++) {
+		if (pdev_ne[this_dev])
+			continue;
+		pdev = platform_device_register_simple(
+			DRV_NAME, this_dev, NULL, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(pdev))
+			continue;
+		pdev_ne[this_dev] = pdev;
+	}
 }
 
-static void __exit ne_exit(void)
+#ifdef MODULE
+int __init init_module()
 {
-	platform_driver_unregister(&ne_driver);
+	int retval;
+	ne_add_devices();
+	retval = platform_driver_probe(&ne_driver, ne_drv_probe);
+	if (retval) {
+		if (io[0] == 0)
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "ne.c: You must supply \"io=0xNNN\""
+				" value(s) for ISA cards.\n");
+		ne_loop_rm_unreg(1);
+		return retval;
+	}
+
+	/* Unregister unused platform_devices. */
+	ne_loop_rm_unreg(0);
+	return retval;
 }
+#else /* MODULE */
+static int __init ne_init(void)
+{
+	int retval = platform_driver_probe(&ne_driver, ne_drv_probe);
 
-#ifdef MODULE
-#define MAX_NE_CARDS	4	/* Max number of NE cards per module */
-static struct net_device *dev_ne[MAX_NE_CARDS];
-static int io[MAX_NE_CARDS];
-static int irq[MAX_NE_CARDS];
-static int bad[MAX_NE_CARDS];	/* 0xbad = bad sig or no reset ack */
+	/* Unregister unused platform_devices. */
+	ne_loop_rm_unreg(0);
+	return retval;
+}
+module_init(ne_init);
 
-module_param_array(io, int, NULL, 0);
-module_param_array(irq, int, NULL, 0);
-module_param_array(bad, int, NULL, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O base address(es),required");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ number(s)");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(bad, "Accept card(s) with bad signatures");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NE1000/NE2000 ISA/PnP Ethernet driver");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+struct net_device * __init ne_probe(int unit)
+{
+	int this_dev;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 
-/* This is set up so that no ISA autoprobe takes place. We can't guarantee
-that the ne2k probe is the last 8390 based probe to take place (as it
-is at boot) and so the probe will get confused by any other 8390 cards.
-ISA device autoprobes on a running machine are not recommended anyway. */
+	/* Find an empty slot, that is no net_device and zero io port. */
+	this_dev = 0;
+	while ((pdev_ne[this_dev] && platform_get_drvdata(pdev_ne[this_dev])) ||
+		io[this_dev]) {
+		if (++this_dev == MAX_NE_CARDS)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
-int __init init_module(void)
-{
-	int this_dev, found = 0;
-	int plat_found = !ne_init();
+	/* Get irq, io from kernel command line */
+	dev = alloc_eip_netdev();
+	if (!dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	sprintf(dev->name, "eth%d", unit);
+	netdev_boot_setup_check(dev);
+
+	io[this_dev] = dev->base_addr;
+	irq[this_dev] = dev->irq;
+	bad[this_dev] = dev->mem_end;
+
+	free_netdev(dev);
+
+	ne_add_devices();
+
+	/* return the first device found */
 	for (this_dev = 0; this_dev < MAX_NE_CARDS; this_dev++) {
-		struct net_device *dev = alloc_eip_netdev();
-		if (!dev)
-			break;
-		dev->irq = irq[this_dev];
-		dev->mem_end = bad[this_dev];
-		dev->base_addr = io[this_dev];
-		if (do_ne_probe(dev) == 0) {
-			dev_ne[found++] = dev;
-			continue;
+		if (pdev_ne[this_dev]) {
+			dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev_ne[this_dev]);
+			if (dev)
+				return dev;
 		}
-		free_netdev(dev);
-		if (found || plat_found)
-			break;
-		if (io[this_dev] != 0)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "ne.c: No NE*000 card found at i/o = %#x\n", io[this_dev]);
-		else
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "ne.c: You must supply \"io=0xNNN\" value(s) for ISA cards.\n");
-		return -ENXIO;
 	}
-	if (found || plat_found)
-		return 0;
-	return -ENODEV;
-}
 
-static void cleanup_card(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct pnp_dev *idev = (struct pnp_dev *)ei_status.priv;
-	if (idev)
-		pnp_device_detach(idev);
-	free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
-	release_region(dev->base_addr, NE_IO_EXTENT);
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
+#endif /* MODULE */
 
-void __exit cleanup_module(void)
+static void __exit ne_exit(void)
 {
-	int this_dev;
-
-	ne_exit();
-	for (this_dev = 0; this_dev < MAX_NE_CARDS; this_dev++) {
-		struct net_device *dev = dev_ne[this_dev];
-		if (dev) {
-			unregister_netdev(dev);
-			cleanup_card(dev);
-			free_netdev(dev);
-		}
-	}
+	platform_driver_unregister(&ne_driver);
+	ne_loop_rm_unreg(1);
 }
-#else /* MODULE */
-module_init(ne_init);
 module_exit(ne_exit);
-#endif /* MODULE */
