diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
index 7e1416768a60..60f0227425e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # under Linux.
 #
 
-obj-y	+= ip32-berr.o ip32-irq.o ip32-setup.o ip32-reset.o \
+obj-y	+= ip32-berr.o ip32-irq.o ip32-platform.o ip32-setup.o ip32-reset.o \
 	   crime.o ip32-memory.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..120b15932caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+static __init int meth_devinit(void)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pd;
+	int ret;
+
+	pd = platform_device_alloc("meth", -1);
+	if (!pd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = platform_device_add(pd);
+	if (ret)
+		platform_device_put(pd);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+device_initcall(meth_devinit);
diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.c b/drivers/net/meth.c
index 0343ea12b299..92b403bf38b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.c
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
  *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
-
-#include <linux/kernel.h> /* printk() */
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>  /* error codes */
-#include <linux/types.h>  /* size_t */
-#include <linux/interrupt.h> /* mark_bh */
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/scatterlist.h>
-#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 
 #include "meth.h"
 
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 
 
 static const char *meth_str="SGI O2 Fast Ethernet";
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Ilya Volynets <ilya@theIlya.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SGI O2 Builtin Fast Ethernet driver");
 
 #define HAVE_TX_TIMEOUT
 /* The maximum time waited (in jiffies) before assuming a Tx failed. (400ms) */
@@ -784,15 +782,15 @@ static struct net_device_stats *meth_stats(struct net_device *dev)
 /*
  * The init function.
  */
-static struct net_device *meth_init(void)
+static int __init meth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct meth_private *priv;
-	int ret;
+	int err;
 
 	dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct meth_private));
 	if (!dev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev->open            = meth_open;
 	dev->stop            = meth_release;
@@ -808,11 +806,12 @@ static struct net_device *meth_init(void)
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->meth_lock);
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
-	ret = register_netdev(dev);
-	if (ret) {
+	err = register_netdev(dev);
+	if (err) {
 		free_netdev(dev);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s: SGI MACE Ethernet rev. %d\n",
@@ -820,21 +819,44 @@ static struct net_device *meth_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct net_device *meth_dev;
+static int __exit meth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	unregister_netdev(dev);
+	free_netdev(dev);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver meth_driver = {
+	.probe	= meth_probe,
+	.remove	= __devexit_p(meth_remove),
+	.driver = {
+		.name	= "meth",
+	}
+};
 
 static int __init meth_init_module(void)
 {
-	meth_dev = meth_init();
-	if (IS_ERR(meth_dev))
-		return PTR_ERR(meth_dev);
-	return 0;
+	int err;
+
+	err = platform_driver_register(&meth_driver);
+	if (err)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Driver registration failed\n");
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit meth_exit_module(void)
 {
-	unregister_netdev(meth_dev);
-	free_netdev(meth_dev);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&meth_driver);
 }
 
 module_init(meth_init_module);
 module_exit(meth_exit_module);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Ilya Volynets <ilya@theIlya.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SGI O2 Builtin Fast Ethernet driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");