diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 6d2d6cd..e193b7b 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -102,7 +102,14 @@
 extern int eth_unregister(struct eth_device *dev);/* Remove network device */
 extern void eth_try_another(int first_restart);	/* Change the device */
 extern void eth_set_current(void);		/* set nterface to ethcur var */
-extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev(void);	/* get the current device MAC */
+/* get the current device MAC */
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+struct eth_device *eth_get_dev(void)
+{
+	extern struct eth_device *eth_current;
+
+	return eth_current;
+}
 extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev_by_name(const char *devname);
 extern struct eth_device *eth_get_dev_by_index(int index); /* get dev @ index */
 extern int eth_get_dev_index(void);		/* get the device index */
@@ -151,6 +158,19 @@
 extern void eth_halt(void);			/* stop SCC */
 extern char *eth_get_name(void);		/* get name of current device */
 
+/* Set active state */
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int eth_init_state_only(bd_t *bis)
+{
+	eth_get_dev()->state = ETH_STATE_ACTIVE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+/* Set passive state */
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void eth_halt_state_only(void)
+{
+	eth_get_dev()->state = ETH_STATE_PASSIVE;
+}
+
 /*
  * Set the hardware address for an ethernet interface based on 'eth%daddr'
  * environment variable (or just 'ethaddr' if eth_number is 0).
@@ -532,6 +552,26 @@
 int nc_input_packet(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, unsigned src, unsigned len);
 #endif
 
+static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) int eth_is_on_demand_init(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
+	extern enum proto_t net_loop_last_protocol;
+
+	return net_loop_last_protocol != NETCONS;
+#else
+	return 1;
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline void eth_set_last_protocol(int protocol)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE
+	extern enum proto_t net_loop_last_protocol;
+
+	net_loop_last_protocol = protocol;
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Check if autoload is enabled. If so, use either NFS or TFTP to download
  * the boot file.