diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 5d07e969..7e275c44 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct ethhdr {
 	unsigned char	h_dest[ETH_ALEN];	/* destination eth addr	*/
 	unsigned char	h_source[ETH_ALEN];	/* source ether addr	*/
 	__be16		h_proto;		/* packet type ID field	*/
-} __packed;
+} __attribute__((packed));
 
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_IF_ETHER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 77c288a7..bec4e23f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -34,36 +34,6 @@
 #define MAX_ADDR_LEN	32		/* Largest hardware address length */
 
 
-/*
- *	Old network device statistics. Fields are native words
- *	(unsigned long) so they can be read and written atomically.
- */
-
-struct net_device_stats {
-	unsigned long	rx_packets;
-	unsigned long	tx_packets;
-	unsigned long	rx_bytes;
-	unsigned long	tx_bytes;
-	unsigned long	rx_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_dropped;
-	unsigned long	tx_dropped;
-	unsigned long	multicast;
-	unsigned long	collisions;
-	unsigned long	rx_length_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_over_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_crc_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_frame_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_fifo_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_missed_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_aborted_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_carrier_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_fifo_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_heartbeat_errors;
-	unsigned long	tx_window_errors;
-	unsigned long	rx_compressed;
-	unsigned long	tx_compressed;
-};
 
 /* Media selection options. */
 enum {
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 958b7f80..eed51b06 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_LINKS 32		
 
-struct net;
-
 struct sockaddr_nl {
 	sa_family_t	nl_family;	/* AF_NETLINK	*/
 	unsigned short	nl_pad;		/* zero		*/
diff --git a/include/linux/tc_ematch/tc_em_text.h b/include/linux/tc_ematch/tc_em_text.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aac4045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/tc_ematch/tc_em_text.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_TC_EM_TEXT_H
+#define __LINUX_TC_EM_TEXT_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/pkt_cls.h>
+
+#define TC_EM_TEXT_ALGOSIZ	16
+
+struct tcf_em_text {
+	char		algo[TC_EM_TEXT_ALGOSIZ];
+	__u16		from_offset;
+	__u16		to_offset;
+	__u16		pattern_len;
+	__u8		from_layer:4;
+	__u8		to_layer:4;
+	__u8		pad;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 8b483c80..1bf5e5ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -34,5 +34,10 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __be64;
 typedef __u16 __bitwise __sum16;
 typedef __u32 __bitwise __wsum;
 
+/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
+#define __aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define __aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define __aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+
 #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_TYPES_H */