diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2a60fd46..0ff9325b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ HISTORY
 
   ++ New features:
 
+  2007-10-05 Simon Goldschmidt
+  * tcpip.c, etharp.h, etharp.c: moved ethernet_input from tcpip.c to etharp.c so
+    all netifs (or ports) can use it.
+
   2007-10-05 Frédéric Bernon
   * netifapi.h, netifapi.c: add function netifapi_netif_set_default. Change the 
     common function to reduce a little bit the footprint (for all functions using
diff --git a/src/api/tcpip.c b/src/api/tcpip.c
index c8cd605f..e79fabe1 100644
--- a/src/api/tcpip.c
+++ b/src/api/tcpip.c
@@ -202,66 +202,6 @@ igmp_timer(void *arg)
 }
 #endif /* LWIP_IGMP */
 
-#if LWIP_ARP
-/**
- * Process received ethernet frames. Using this function instead of directly
- * calling ip_input and passing ARP frames through etharp in ethernetif_input,
- * the ARP cache is protected from concurrent access.
- *
- * @param p the recevied packet, p->payload pointing to the ethernet header
- * @param netif the network interface on which the packet was received
- */
-static err_t
-ethernet_input(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif)
-{
-  struct eth_hdr* ethhdr;
-
-  /* points to packet payload, which starts with an Ethernet header */
-  ethhdr = p->payload;
-  
-  switch (htons(ethhdr->type)) {
-    /* IP packet? */
-    case ETHTYPE_IP:
-#if ETHARP_TRUST_IP_MAC
-      /* update ARP table */
-      etharp_ip_input( netif, p);
-#endif /* ETHARP_TRUST_IP_MAC */
-      /* skip Ethernet header */
-      if(pbuf_header(p, -(s16_t)sizeof(struct eth_hdr))) {
-        LWIP_ASSERT("Can't move over header in packet", 0);
-        pbuf_free(p);
-        p = NULL;
-      } else {
-        /* pass to IP layer */
-        ip_input(p, netif);
-      }
-      break;
-      
-    case ETHTYPE_ARP:
-      /* pass p to ARP module */
-      etharp_arp_input(netif, (struct eth_addr*)(netif->hwaddr), p);
-      break;
-
-#if PPPOE_SUPPORT
-    case ETHTYPE_PPPOEDISC: /* PPP Over Ethernet Discovery Stage */
-      pppoe_disc_input(netif, p);
-      break;
-
-    case ETHTYPE_PPPOE: /* PPP Over Ethernet Session Stage */
-      pppoe_data_input(netif, p);
-      break;
-#endif /* PPPOE_SUPPORT */
-
-    default:
-      pbuf_free(p);
-      p = NULL;
-      break;
-  }
-
-  return ERR_OK; /* return value ignored */
-}
-#endif /* LWIP_ARP */
-
 /**
  * The main lwIP thread. This thread has exclusive access to lwIP core functions
  * (unless access to them is not locked). Other threads communicate with this
diff --git a/src/include/netif/etharp.h b/src/include/netif/etharp.h
index dfe44019..e5d9e15d 100644
--- a/src/include/netif/etharp.h
+++ b/src/include/netif/etharp.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ err_t etharp_output(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *q, struct ip_addr *ipaddr)
 err_t etharp_query(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *ipaddr, struct pbuf *q);
 err_t etharp_request(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *ipaddr);
 
+err_t ethernet_input(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif);
+
 #if LWIP_AUTOIP
 err_t etharp_raw(struct netif *netif, const struct eth_addr *ethsrc_addr,
                  const struct eth_addr *ethdst_addr,
diff --git a/src/netif/etharp.c b/src/netif/etharp.c
index f611c3ea..77fd2eeb 100644
--- a/src/netif/etharp.c
+++ b/src/netif/etharp.c
@@ -1084,4 +1084,63 @@ etharp_request(struct netif *netif, struct ip_addr *ipaddr)
                     ipaddr, ARP_REQUEST);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Process received ethernet frames. Using this function instead of directly
+ * calling ip_input and passing ARP frames through etharp in ethernetif_input,
+ * the ARP cache is protected from concurrent access.
+ *
+ * @param p the recevied packet, p->payload pointing to the ethernet header
+ * @param netif the network interface on which the packet was received
+ */
+err_t
+ethernet_input(struct pbuf *p, struct netif *netif)
+{
+  struct eth_hdr* ethhdr;
+
+  /* points to packet payload, which starts with an Ethernet header */
+  ethhdr = p->payload;
+  
+  switch (htons(ethhdr->type)) {
+    /* IP packet? */
+    case ETHTYPE_IP:
+#if ETHARP_TRUST_IP_MAC
+      /* update ARP table */
+      etharp_ip_input(netif, p);
+#endif /* ETHARP_TRUST_IP_MAC */
+      /* skip Ethernet header */
+      if(pbuf_header(p, -(s16_t)sizeof(struct eth_hdr))) {
+        LWIP_ASSERT("Can't move over header in packet", 0);
+        pbuf_free(p);
+        p = NULL;
+      } else {
+        /* pass to IP layer */
+        ip_input(p, netif);
+      }
+      break;
+      
+    case ETHTYPE_ARP:
+      /* pass p to ARP module */
+      etharp_arp_input(netif, (struct eth_addr*)(netif->hwaddr), p);
+      break;
+
+#if PPPOE_SUPPORT
+    case ETHTYPE_PPPOEDISC: /* PPP Over Ethernet Discovery Stage */
+      pppoe_disc_input(netif, p);
+      break;
+
+    case ETHTYPE_PPPOE: /* PPP Over Ethernet Session Stage */
+      pppoe_data_input(netif, p);
+      break;
+#endif /* PPPOE_SUPPORT */
+
+    default:
+      pbuf_free(p);
+      p = NULL;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  /* This means the pbuf is freed or consumed,
+     so the caller doesn't have to free it again */
+  return ERR_OK;
+}
 #endif /* LWIP_ARP */