+static struct ethtool_ops qlge_ethtool_ops = {

Should be const in recent kernels

+	.get_drvinfo = ql_get_drvinfo,
+	.get_msglevel = ql_get_msglevel,
+	.set_msglevel = ql_set_msglevel,
+	.get_rx_csum = ql_get_rx_csum,
+	.set_rx_csum = ql_set_rx_csum,
+	.get_tx_csum = ethtool_op_get_tx_csum,
+	.get_sg = ethtool_op_get_sg,
+	.set_sg = ethtool_op_set_sg,
+	.get_tso = ethtool_op_get_tso,
+	.set_tso = ql_set_tso,
+	.get_coalesce = ql_get_coalesce,
+	.set_coalesce = ql_set_coalesce,
+	.get_sset_count = ql_get_sset_count,
+	.get_strings = ql_get_strings,
+	.get_ethtool_stats = ql_get_ethtool_stats,
+};
+
+void ql_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(ndev, &qlge_ethtool_ops);
+}

This function is useless overhead that only happens
because you made qlge_ethtool_ops static, just make it
global and call SET_ETHTOOL_OPS over in the setup code.