Imported Upstream version 17.05

Change-Id: Id1e419c5a214e4a18739663b91f0f9a549f1fdc6
Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>

87 files changed, 3688 insertions, 2560 deletions

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/Makefile
index cf11a099..5690bb49 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
 DIRS-y += common
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += linuxapp
+DEPDIRS-linuxapp := common
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += bsdapp
+DEPDIRS-bsdapp := common
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.subdir.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index a15b762b..a0f99502 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lgcc_s
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_eal_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 3
+LIBABIVER := 4
 
 # specific to bsdapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) := eal.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_cpuflags.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_string_fns.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_hexdump.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_devargs.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_bus.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_dev.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_options.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_common_thread.c
@@ -110,7 +111,4 @@ INC := rte_interrupts.h
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP)-include/exec-env := \
 	$(addprefix include/exec-env/,$(INC))
 
-DEPDIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += lib/librte_eal/common
-DEPDIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += lib/librte_eal/common/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)
-
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 35e3117a..05f0c1f9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <rte_launch.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_devargs.h>
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ rte_eal_config_create(void)
 		rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config\n");
 	}
 	memcpy(rte_mem_cfg_addr, &early_mem_config, sizeof(early_mem_config));
-	rte_config.mem_config = (struct rte_mem_config *) rte_mem_cfg_addr;
+	rte_config.mem_config = rte_mem_cfg_addr;
 }
 
 /* attach to an existing shared memory config */
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ rte_eal_config_attach(void)
 	if (rte_mem_cfg_addr == MAP_FAILED)
 		rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config\n");
 
-	rte_config.mem_config = (struct rte_mem_config *) rte_mem_cfg_addr;
+	rte_config.mem_config = rte_mem_cfg_addr;
 }
 
 /* Detect if we are a primary or a secondary process */
@@ -321,8 +323,6 @@ eal_log_level_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 	optind = 1;
 	optreset = 1;
 
-	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
-
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, eal_short_options,
 				  eal_long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 
@@ -486,6 +486,12 @@ rte_eal_iopl_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "EAL: FATAL: %s\n", msg);
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s\n", msg);
+}
+
 /* Launch threads, called at application init(). */
 int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -497,29 +503,47 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	char thread_name[RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	/* checks if the machine is adequate */
-	rte_cpu_check_supported();
+	if (!rte_cpu_is_supported()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("unsupported cpu type.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
+	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once)) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("already called initialization.");
+		rte_errno = EALREADY;
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
-	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
+	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
 
 	/* set log level as early as possible */
-	rte_set_log_level(internal_config.log_level);
+	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
 
-	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot detect lcores\n");
+	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv);
-	if (fctret < 0)
-		exit(1);
+	if (fctret < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid 'command line' arguments.");
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0 &&
 			internal_config.process_type != RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
-			eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot get hugepage information\n");
+			eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot get hugepage information.");
+		rte_errno = EACCES;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	if (internal_config.memory == 0 && internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
 		if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs)
@@ -543,31 +567,45 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	rte_config_init();
 
-	if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init memory\n");
-
-	if (rte_eal_memzone_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init memzone\n");
+	if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memory\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n");
+	if (rte_eal_memzone_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memzone\n");
+		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+	if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n");
+		rte_errno = EFAULT;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+	if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+		/* rte_eal_alarm_init sets rte_errno on failure. */
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+	if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
+	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 
 	if (eal_plugins_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init plugins\n");
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init plugins\n");
 
 	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
 
@@ -577,8 +615,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		rte_config.master_lcore, thread_id, cpuset,
 		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
-	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
+	if (rte_bus_scan()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n");
+		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(i) {
 
@@ -612,9 +653,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(sync_func, NULL, SKIP_MASTER);
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
 
-	/* Probe & Initialize PCI devices */
-	if (rte_eal_pci_probe())
-		rte_panic("Cannot probe PCI\n");
+	/* Probe all the buses and devices/drivers on them */
+	if (rte_bus_probe()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot probe devices\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
index 5fbc17c5..e1c75548 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#ifdef RTE_BACKTRACE
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 /* dump the stack of the calling core */
 void rte_dump_stack(void)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_BACKTRACE
 	void *func[BACKTRACE_SIZE];
 	char **symb = NULL;
 	int size;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ void rte_dump_stack(void)
 	}
 
 	free(symb);
+#endif /* RTE_BACKTRACE */
 }
 
 /* not implemented in this environment */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
index 836e4836..ea2afff4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
@@ -36,29 +36,37 @@
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
 int
-rte_intr_callback_register(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused,
-			rte_intr_callback_fn cb __rte_unused,
-			void *cb_arg __rte_unused)
+rte_intr_callback_register(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+			rte_intr_callback_fn cb,
+			void *cb_arg)
 {
+	RTE_SET_USED(intr_handle);
+	RTE_SET_USED(cb);
+	RTE_SET_USED(cb_arg);
+
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_callback_unregister(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused,
-			rte_intr_callback_fn cb_fn __rte_unused,
-			void *cb_arg __rte_unused)
+rte_intr_callback_unregister(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+			rte_intr_callback_fn cb,
+			void *cb_arg)
 {
+	RTE_SET_USED(intr_handle);
+	RTE_SET_USED(cb);
+	RTE_SET_USED(cb_arg);
+
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused)
+rte_intr_enable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused)
 {
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused)
+rte_intr_disable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle __rte_unused)
 {
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
index b8bfafde..bc584dd5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_lcore.c
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ eal_cpu_core_id(__rte_unused unsigned lcore_id)
 static int
 eal_get_ncpus(void)
 {
+	static int ncpu = -1;
 	int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, HW_NCPU};
-	int ncpu;
 	size_t len = sizeof(ncpu);
 
-	sysctl(mib, 2, &ncpu, &len, NULL, 0);
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Sysctl reports %d cpus\n", ncpu);
+	if (ncpu < 0) {
+		sysctl(mib, 2, &ncpu, &len, NULL, 0);
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Sysctl reports %d cpus\n", ncpu);
+	}
 	return ncpu;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
index 8b3ed881..e321461d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_pci.c
@@ -87,18 +87,11 @@
  * enabling bus master.
  */
 
-/* unbind kernel driver for this device */
-int
-pci_unbind_kernel_driver(struct rte_pci_device *dev __rte_unused)
-{
-	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "RTE_PCI_DRV_FORCE_UNBIND flag is not implemented "
-		"for BSD\n");
-	return -ENOTSUP;
-}
+extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
 
 /* Map pci device */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 
 /* Unmap pci device */
 void
-rte_eal_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	/* try unmapping the NIC resources */
 	switch (dev->kdrv) {
@@ -289,6 +282,9 @@ pci_scan_one(int dev_pci_fd, struct pci_conf *conf)
 	/* FreeBSD has no NUMA support (yet) */
 	dev->device.numa_node = 0;
 
+	rte_pci_device_name(&dev->addr, dev->name, sizeof(dev->name));
+	dev->device.name = dev->name;
+
 	/* FreeBSD has only one pass through driver */
 	dev->kdrv = RTE_KDRV_NIC_UIO;
 
@@ -322,20 +318,19 @@ pci_scan_one(int dev_pci_fd, struct pci_conf *conf)
 	}
 
 	/* device is valid, add in list (sorted) */
-	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&pci_device_list)) {
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
+	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&rte_pci_bus.device_list)) {
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
 	}
 	else {
 		struct rte_pci_device *dev2 = NULL;
 		int ret;
 
-		TAILQ_FOREACH(dev2, &pci_device_list, next) {
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(dev2, &rte_pci_bus.device_list, next) {
 			ret = rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(&dev->addr, &dev2->addr);
 			if (ret > 0)
 				continue;
 			else if (ret < 0) {
-				TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(dev2, dev, next);
-				return 0;
+				rte_pci_insert_device(dev2, dev);
 			} else { /* already registered */
 				dev2->kdrv = dev->kdrv;
 				dev2->max_vfs = dev->max_vfs;
@@ -343,10 +338,10 @@ pci_scan_one(int dev_pci_fd, struct pci_conf *conf)
 					dev->mem_resource,
 					sizeof(dev->mem_resource));
 				free(dev);
-				return 0;
 			}
+			return 0;
 		}
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -361,7 +356,7 @@ skipdev:
  * list. Call pci_scan_one() for each pci entry found.
  */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_scan(void)
+rte_pci_scan(void)
 {
 	int fd;
 	unsigned dev_count = 0;
@@ -374,6 +369,10 @@ rte_eal_pci_scan(void)
 			.matches = &matches[0],
 	};
 
+	/* for debug purposes, PCI can be disabled */
+	if (internal_config.no_pci)
+		return 0;
+
 	fd = open("/dev/pci", O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): error opening /dev/pci\n", __func__);
@@ -456,10 +455,11 @@ error:
 }
 
 /* Read PCI config space. */
-int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
-			    void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
+int rte_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
+		void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	int fd = -1;
+	int size;
 	struct pci_io pi = {
 		.pi_sel = {
 			.pc_domain = dev->addr.domain,
@@ -468,25 +468,28 @@ int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 			.pc_func = dev->addr.function,
 		},
 		.pi_reg = offset,
-		.pi_width = len,
 	};
 
-	if (len == 3 || len > sizeof(pi.pi_data)) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): invalid pci read length\n", __func__);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
 	fd = open("/dev/pci", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): error opening /dev/pci\n", __func__);
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	if (ioctl(fd, PCIOCREAD, &pi) < 0)
-		goto error;
+	while (len > 0) {
+		size = (len >= 4) ? 4 : ((len >= 2) ? 2 : 1);
+		pi.pi_width = size;
+
+		if (ioctl(fd, PCIOCREAD, &pi) < 0)
+			goto error;
+		memcpy(buf, &pi.pi_data, size);
+
+		buf = (char *)buf + size;
+		pi.pi_reg += size;
+		len -= size;
+	}
 	close(fd);
 
-	memcpy(buf, &pi.pi_data, len);
 	return 0;
 
  error:
@@ -496,8 +499,8 @@ int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 }
 
 /* Write PCI config space. */
-int rte_eal_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
-			     const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
+int rte_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
+		const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	int fd = -1;
 
@@ -539,8 +542,8 @@ int rte_eal_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 }
 
 int
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
-		       struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
+rte_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
+		struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
 
 static void
 pci_uio_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-		    void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+		void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	uint8_t *d;
@@ -595,8 +598,8 @@ pci_uio_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 }
 
 void
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+rte_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	switch (p->dev->kdrv) {
 	case RTE_KDRV_NIC_UIO:
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 
 static void
 pci_uio_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-		     const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+		const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	const uint8_t *s;
@@ -619,13 +622,13 @@ pci_uio_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 	for (s = data; len > 0; s += size, reg += size, len -= size) {
 		if (len >= 4) {
 			size = 4;
-			outl(*(const uint32_t *)s, reg);
+			outl(reg, *(const uint32_t *)s);
 		} else if (len >= 2) {
 			size = 2;
-			outw(*(const uint16_t *)s, reg);
+			outw(reg, *(const uint16_t *)s);
 		} else {
 			size = 1;
-			outb(*s, reg);
+			outb(reg, *s);
 		}
 	}
 #else
@@ -637,8 +640,8 @@ pci_uio_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 }
 
 void
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			 const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+rte_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	switch (p->dev->kdrv) {
 	case RTE_KDRV_NIC_UIO:
@@ -650,7 +653,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 }
 
 int
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
+rte_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -667,18 +670,3 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-/* Init the PCI EAL subsystem */
-int
-rte_eal_pci_init(void)
-{
-	/* for debug purposes, PCI can be disabled */
-	if (internal_config.no_pci)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (rte_eal_pci_scan() < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Cannot scan PCI bus\n", __func__);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 2f81f7c0..2e48a736 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	eal_parse_sysfs_value;
 	eal_timer_source;
 	lcore_config;
-	pci_device_list;
-	pci_driver_list;
 	per_lcore__lcore_id;
 	per_lcore__rte_errno;
 	rte_calloc;
@@ -22,12 +20,9 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_dump_tailq;
 	rte_eal_alarm_cancel;
 	rte_eal_alarm_set;
-	rte_eal_dev_init;
 	rte_eal_devargs_add;
 	rte_eal_devargs_dump;
 	rte_eal_devargs_type_count;
-	rte_eal_driver_register;
-	rte_eal_driver_unregister;
 	rte_eal_get_configuration;
 	rte_eal_get_lcore_state;
 	rte_eal_get_physmem_layout;
@@ -40,18 +35,10 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch;
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore;
 	rte_eal_parse_devargs_str;
-	rte_eal_pci_dump;
-	rte_eal_pci_probe;
-	rte_eal_pci_probe_one;
-	rte_eal_pci_register;
-	rte_eal_pci_scan;
-	rte_eal_pci_unregister;
 	rte_eal_process_type;
 	rte_eal_remote_launch;
 	rte_eal_tailq_lookup;
 	rte_eal_tailq_register;
-	rte_eal_vdev_init;
-	rte_eal_vdev_uninit;
 	rte_eal_wait_lcore;
 	rte_exit;
 	rte_free;
@@ -66,11 +53,8 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_intr_disable;
 	rte_intr_enable;
 	rte_log;
-	rte_log_add_in_history;
 	rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel;
 	rte_log_cur_msg_logtype;
-	rte_log_dump_history;
-	rte_log_set_history;
 	rte_logs;
 	rte_malloc;
 	rte_malloc_dump_stats;
@@ -114,9 +98,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 DPDK_2.1 {
 	global:
 
-	rte_eal_pci_detach;
-	rte_eal_pci_read_config;
-	rte_eal_pci_write_config;
 	rte_intr_allow_others;
 	rte_intr_dp_is_en;
 	rte_intr_efd_disable;
@@ -142,12 +123,6 @@ DPDK_16.04 {
 	global:
 
 	rte_cpu_get_flag_name;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_map;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_read;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_write;
-	rte_eal_pci_map_device;
-	rte_eal_pci_unmap_device;
 	rte_eal_primary_proc_alive;
 
 } DPDK_2.2;
@@ -170,7 +145,51 @@ DPDK_16.11 {
 	rte_delay_us_callback_register;
 	rte_eal_dev_attach;
 	rte_eal_dev_detach;
-	rte_eal_vdrv_register;
-	rte_eal_vdrv_unregister;
 
 } DPDK_16.07;
+
+DPDK_17.02 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_bus_dump;
+	rte_bus_probe;
+	rte_bus_register;
+	rte_bus_scan;
+	rte_bus_unregister;
+
+} DPDK_16.11;
+
+DPDK_17.05 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_cpu_is_supported;
+	rte_log_dump;
+	rte_log_register;
+	rte_log_get_global_level;
+	rte_log_set_global_level;
+	rte_log_set_level;
+	rte_log_set_level_regexp;
+	rte_pci_detach;
+	rte_pci_dump;
+	rte_pci_ioport_map;
+	rte_pci_ioport_read;
+	rte_pci_ioport_unmap;
+	rte_pci_ioport_write;
+	rte_pci_map_device;
+	rte_pci_probe;
+	rte_pci_probe_one;
+	rte_pci_read_config;
+	rte_pci_register;
+	rte_pci_scan;
+	rte_pci_unmap_device;
+	rte_pci_unregister;
+	rte_pci_write_config;
+	rte_vdev_init;
+	rte_vdev_register;
+	rte_vdev_uninit;
+	rte_vdev_unregister;
+	vfio_get_container_fd;
+	vfio_get_group_fd;
+	vfio_get_group_no;
+
+} DPDK_17.02;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/nic_uio/nic_uio.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/nic_uio/nic_uio.c
index 99a4975c..4bd7545a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/nic_uio/nic_uio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/nic_uio/nic_uio.c
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ nic_uio_probe (device_t dev)
 	unsigned int device = pci_get_slot(dev);
 	unsigned int function = pci_get_function(dev);
 
+	char bdf_str[256];
+	char *token, *remaining;
+
+	/* First check if we found this on load */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_detached; i++)
 		if (bus == pci_get_bus(detached_devices[i]) &&
 		    device == pci_get_slot(detached_devices[i]) &&
@@ -188,6 +192,45 @@ nic_uio_probe (device_t dev)
 			return BUS_PROBE_SPECIFIC;
 		}
 
+	/* otherwise check if it's a new device and if it matches the BDF */
+	memset(bdf_str, 0, sizeof(bdf_str));
+	TUNABLE_STR_FETCH("hw.nic_uio.bdfs", bdf_str, sizeof(bdf_str));
+	remaining = bdf_str;
+	while (1) {
+		if (remaining == NULL || remaining[0] == '\0')
+			break;
+		token = strsep(&remaining, ",:");
+		if (token == NULL)
+			break;
+		bus = strtol(token, NULL, 10);
+		token = strsep(&remaining, ",:");
+		if (token == NULL)
+			break;
+		device = strtol(token, NULL, 10);
+		token = strsep(&remaining, ",:");
+		if (token == NULL)
+			break;
+		function = strtol(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (bus == pci_get_bus(dev) &&
+				device == pci_get_slot(dev) &&
+				function == pci_get_function(dev)) {
+
+			if (num_detached < MAX_DETACHED_DEVICES) {
+				printf("%s: probed dev=%p\n",
+					       __func__, dev);
+				detached_devices[num_detached++] = dev;
+				device_set_desc(dev, "DPDK PCI Device");
+				return BUS_PROBE_SPECIFIC;
+			} else {
+				printf("%s: reached MAX_DETACHED_DEVICES=%d. dev=%p won't be reattached\n",
+						__func__, MAX_DETACHED_DEVICES,
+						dev);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return ENXIO;
 }
 
@@ -248,6 +291,7 @@ nic_uio_load(void)
 	memset(bdf_str, 0, sizeof(bdf_str));
 	TUNABLE_STR_FETCH("hw.nic_uio.bdfs", bdf_str, sizeof(bdf_str));
 	remaining = bdf_str;
+	printf("nic_uio: hw.nic_uio.bdfs = '%s'\n", bdf_str);
 	/*
 	 * Users should specify PCI BDFs in the format "b:d:f,b:d:f,b:d:f".
 	 *  But the code below does not try differentiate between : and ,
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile
index dfd64aa5..a5bd1089 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile
@@ -38,16 +38,14 @@ INC += rte_per_lcore.h rte_random.h
 INC += rte_tailq.h rte_interrupts.h rte_alarm.h
 INC += rte_string_fns.h rte_version.h
 INC += rte_eal_memconfig.h rte_malloc_heap.h
-INC += rte_hexdump.h rte_devargs.h rte_dev.h rte_vdev.h
+INC += rte_hexdump.h rte_devargs.h rte_bus.h rte_dev.h rte_vdev.h
 INC += rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h rte_pci_dev_features.h
 INC += rte_malloc.h rte_keepalive.h rte_time.h
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_INSECURE_FUNCTION_WARNING),y)
-INC += rte_warnings.h
-endif
-
 GENERIC_INC := rte_atomic.h rte_byteorder.h rte_cycles.h rte_prefetch.h
 GENERIC_INC += rte_spinlock.h rte_memcpy.h rte_cpuflags.h rte_rwlock.h
+GENERIC_INC += rte_vect.h rte_io.h
+
 # defined in mk/arch/$(RTE_ARCH)/rte.vars.mk
 ARCH_DIR ?= $(RTE_ARCH)
 ARCH_INC := $(notdir $(wildcard $(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)/*.h))
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f9baf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_bus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 NXP
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of NXP nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+
+#include <rte_bus.h>
+
+#include "eal_private.h"
+
+struct rte_bus_list rte_bus_list =
+	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_bus_list);
+
+void
+rte_bus_register(struct rte_bus *bus)
+{
+	RTE_VERIFY(bus);
+	RTE_VERIFY(bus->name && strlen(bus->name));
+	/* A bus should mandatorily have the scan implemented */
+	RTE_VERIFY(bus->scan);
+	RTE_VERIFY(bus->probe);
+
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&rte_bus_list, bus, next);
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Registered [%s] bus.\n", bus->name);
+}
+
+void
+rte_bus_unregister(struct rte_bus *bus)
+{
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&rte_bus_list, bus, next);
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Unregistered [%s] bus.\n", bus->name);
+}
+
+/* Scan all the buses for registered devices */
+int
+rte_bus_scan(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_bus *bus = NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(bus, &rte_bus_list, next) {
+		ret = bus->scan();
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Scan for (%s) bus failed.\n",
+				bus->name);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Probe all devices of all buses */
+int
+rte_bus_probe(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_bus *bus, *vbus = NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(bus, &rte_bus_list, next) {
+		if (!strcmp(bus->name, "virtual")) {
+			vbus = bus;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ret = bus->probe();
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Bus (%s) probe failed.\n",
+				bus->name);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (vbus) {
+		ret = vbus->probe();
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Bus (%s) probe failed.\n",
+				vbus->name);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Dump information of a single bus */
+static int
+bus_dump_one(FILE *f, struct rte_bus *bus)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* For now, dump only the bus name */
+	ret = fprintf(f, " %s\n", bus->name);
+
+	/* Error in case of inability in writing to stream */
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+rte_bus_dump(FILE *f)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_bus *bus;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(bus, &rte_bus_list, next) {
+		ret = bus_dump_one(f, bus);
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Unable to write to stream (%d)\n",
+				ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
index b5f76f7f..9a2d080a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
 void
 rte_cpu_check_supported(void)
 {
+	if (!rte_cpu_is_supported())
+		exit(1);
+}
+
+int
+rte_cpu_is_supported(void)
+{
 	/* This is generated at compile-time by the build system */
 	static const enum rte_cpu_flag_t compile_time_flags[] = {
 			RTE_COMPILE_TIME_CPUFLAGS
@@ -57,14 +64,16 @@ rte_cpu_check_supported(void)
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"ERROR: CPU feature flag lookup failed with error %d\n",
 				ret);
-			exit(1);
+			return 0;
 		}
 		if (!ret) {
 			fprintf(stderr,
 			        "ERROR: This system does not support \"%s\".\n"
 			        "Please check that RTE_MACHINE is set correctly.\n",
 			        rte_cpu_get_flag_name(compile_time_flags[i]));
-			exit(1);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
index 4f3b4934..a400ddd0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
@@ -45,65 +45,6 @@
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
-/** Global list of device drivers. */
-static struct rte_driver_list dev_driver_list =
-	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(dev_driver_list);
-/** Global list of device drivers. */
-static struct rte_device_list dev_device_list =
-	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(dev_device_list);
-
-/* register a driver */
-void
-rte_eal_driver_register(struct rte_driver *driver)
-{
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&dev_driver_list, driver, next);
-}
-
-/* unregister a driver */
-void
-rte_eal_driver_unregister(struct rte_driver *driver)
-{
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(&dev_driver_list, driver, next);
-}
-
-void rte_eal_device_insert(struct rte_device *dev)
-{
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&dev_device_list, dev, next);
-}
-
-void rte_eal_device_remove(struct rte_device *dev)
-{
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(&dev_device_list, dev, next);
-}
-
-int
-rte_eal_dev_init(void)
-{
-	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
-
-	/*
-	 * Note that the dev_driver_list is populated here
-	 * from calls made to rte_eal_driver_register from constructor functions
-	 * embedded into PMD modules via the RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV macro
-	 */
-
-	/* call the init function for each virtual device */
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(devargs, &devargs_list, next) {
-
-		if (devargs->type != RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL)
-			continue;
-
-		if (rte_eal_vdev_init(devargs->virt.drv_name,
-					devargs->args)) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "failed to initialize %s device\n",
-					devargs->virt.drv_name);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
@@ -114,11 +55,11 @@ int rte_eal_dev_attach(const char *name, const char *devargs)
 	}
 
 	if (eal_parse_pci_DomBDF(name, &addr) == 0) {
-		if (rte_eal_pci_probe_one(&addr) < 0)
+		if (rte_pci_probe_one(&addr) < 0)
 			goto err;
 
 	} else {
-		if (rte_eal_vdev_init(name, devargs))
+		if (rte_vdev_init(name, devargs))
 			goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -139,10 +80,10 @@ int rte_eal_dev_detach(const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (eal_parse_pci_DomBDF(name, &addr) == 0) {
-		if (rte_eal_pci_detach(&addr) < 0)
+		if (rte_pci_detach(&addr) < 0)
 			goto err;
 	} else {
-		if (rte_eal_vdev_uninit(name))
+		if (rte_vdev_uninit(name))
 			goto err;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
index 2cd41320..84fa0cb5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
@@ -83,16 +83,17 @@ rte_eal_cpu_init(void)
 		config->lcore_role[lcore_id] = ROLE_RTE;
 		lcore_config[lcore_id].core_id = eal_cpu_core_id(lcore_id);
 		lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = eal_cpu_socket_id(lcore_id);
-		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id >= RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES)
+		if (lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id >= RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES) {
 #ifdef RTE_EAL_ALLOW_INV_SOCKET_ID
 			lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id = 0;
 #else
-			rte_panic("Socket ID (%u) is greater than "
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Socket ID (%u) is greater than "
 				"RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES (%d)\n",
 				lcore_config[lcore_id].socket_id,
 				RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES);
+			return -1;
 #endif
-
+		}
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Detected lcore %u as "
 				"core %u on socket %u\n",
 				lcore_id, lcore_config[lcore_id].core_id,
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
index e45d3269..ddf65b7f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 
+#include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 
@@ -60,6 +64,11 @@ struct log_cur_msg {
 	uint32_t logtype;  /**< log type  - see rte_log.h */
 };
 
+struct rte_log_dynamic_type {
+	const char *name;
+	uint32_t loglevel;
+};
+
  /* per core log */
 static RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(struct log_cur_msg, log_cur_msg);
 
@@ -75,35 +84,95 @@ rte_openlog_stream(FILE *f)
 
 /* Set global log level */
 void
-rte_set_log_level(uint32_t level)
+rte_log_set_global_level(uint32_t level)
 {
 	rte_logs.level = (uint32_t)level;
 }
 
+/* Set global log level */
+/* replaced by rte_log_set_global_level */
+__rte_deprecated void
+rte_set_log_level(uint32_t level)
+{
+	rte_log_set_global_level(level);
+}
+
 /* Get global log level */
 uint32_t
-rte_get_log_level(void)
+rte_log_get_global_level(void)
 {
 	return rte_logs.level;
 }
 
+/* Get global log level */
+/* replaced by rte_log_get_global_level */
+uint32_t
+rte_get_log_level(void)
+{
+	return rte_log_get_global_level();
+}
+
 /* Set global log type */
-void
+__rte_deprecated void
 rte_set_log_type(uint32_t type, int enable)
 {
+	if (type < RTE_LOGTYPE_FIRST_EXT_ID) {
+		if (enable)
+			rte_logs.type |= 1 << type;
+		else
+			rte_logs.type &= ~(1 << type);
+	}
+
 	if (enable)
-		rte_logs.type |= type;
+		rte_log_set_level(type, 0);
 	else
-		rte_logs.type &= (~type);
+		rte_log_set_level(type, RTE_LOG_DEBUG);
 }
 
 /* Get global log type */
-uint32_t
+__rte_deprecated uint32_t
 rte_get_log_type(void)
 {
 	return rte_logs.type;
 }
 
+int
+rte_log_set_level(uint32_t type, uint32_t level)
+{
+	if (type >= rte_logs.dynamic_types_len)
+		return -1;
+	if (level > RTE_LOG_DEBUG)
+		return -1;
+
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types[type].loglevel = level;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* set level */
+int
+rte_log_set_level_regexp(const char *pattern, uint32_t level)
+{
+	regex_t r;
+	size_t i;
+
+	if (level > RTE_LOG_DEBUG)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (regcomp(&r, pattern, 0) != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rte_logs.dynamic_types_len; i++) {
+		if (rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name == NULL)
+			continue;
+		if (regexec(&r, rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name, 0,
+				NULL, 0) == 0)
+			rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].loglevel = level;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* get the current loglevel for the message beeing processed */
 int rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel(void)
 {
@@ -116,6 +185,161 @@ int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void)
 	return RTE_PER_LCORE(log_cur_msg).logtype;
 }
 
+static int
+rte_log_lookup(const char *name)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rte_logs.dynamic_types_len; i++) {
+		if (rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name == NULL)
+			continue;
+		if (strcmp(name, rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name) == 0)
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* register an extended log type, assuming table is large enough, and id
+ * is not yet registered.
+ */
+static int
+__rte_log_register(const char *name, int id)
+{
+	char *dup_name = strdup(name);
+
+	if (dup_name == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types[id].name = dup_name;
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types[id].loglevel = RTE_LOG_DEBUG;
+
+	return id;
+}
+
+/* register an extended log type */
+int
+rte_log_register(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_log_dynamic_type *new_dynamic_types;
+	int id, ret;
+
+	id = rte_log_lookup(name);
+	if (id >= 0)
+		return id;
+
+	new_dynamic_types = realloc(rte_logs.dynamic_types,
+		sizeof(struct rte_log_dynamic_type) *
+		(rte_logs.dynamic_types_len + 1));
+	if (new_dynamic_types == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types = new_dynamic_types;
+
+	ret = __rte_log_register(name, rte_logs.dynamic_types_len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types_len++;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct logtype {
+	uint32_t log_id;
+	const char *logtype;
+};
+
+static const struct logtype logtype_strings[] = {
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL,        "eal"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC,     "malloc"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_RING,       "ring"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_MEMPOOL,    "mempool"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_TIMER,      "timer"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD,        "pmd"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_HASH,       "hash"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_LPM,        "lpm"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_KNI,        "kni"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL,        "acl"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_POWER,      "power"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_METER,      "meter"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_SCHED,      "sched"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_PORT,       "port"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_TABLE,      "table"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_PIPELINE,   "pipeline"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_MBUF,       "mbuf"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_CRYPTODEV,  "cryptodev"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_EFD,        "efd"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_EVENTDEV,   "eventdev"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1,      "user1"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER2,      "user2"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER3,      "user3"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER4,      "user4"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER5,      "user5"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER6,      "user6"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER7,      "user7"},
+	{RTE_LOGTYPE_USER8,      "user8"}
+};
+
+RTE_INIT(rte_log_init);
+static void
+rte_log_init(void)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+#if RTE_LOG_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
+	rte_log_set_global_level(RTE_LOG_INFO);
+#else
+	rte_log_set_global_level(RTE_LOG_LEVEL);
+#endif
+
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types = calloc(RTE_LOGTYPE_FIRST_EXT_ID,
+		sizeof(struct rte_log_dynamic_type));
+	if (rte_logs.dynamic_types == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	/* register legacy log types */
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(logtype_strings); i++)
+		__rte_log_register(logtype_strings[i].logtype,
+				logtype_strings[i].log_id);
+
+	rte_logs.dynamic_types_len = RTE_LOGTYPE_FIRST_EXT_ID;
+}
+
+static const char *
+loglevel_to_string(uint32_t level)
+{
+	switch (level) {
+	case 0: return "disabled";
+	case RTE_LOG_EMERG: return "emerg";
+	case RTE_LOG_ALERT: return "alert";
+	case RTE_LOG_CRIT: return "critical";
+	case RTE_LOG_ERR: return "error";
+	case RTE_LOG_WARNING: return "warning";
+	case RTE_LOG_NOTICE: return "notice";
+	case RTE_LOG_INFO: return "info";
+	case RTE_LOG_DEBUG: return "debug";
+	default: return "unknown";
+	}
+}
+
+/* dump global level and registered log types */
+void
+rte_log_dump(FILE *f)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	fprintf(f, "global log level is %s\n",
+		loglevel_to_string(rte_log_get_global_level()));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rte_logs.dynamic_types_len; i++) {
+		if (rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name == NULL)
+			continue;
+		fprintf(f, "id %zu: %s, level is %s\n",
+			i, rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].name,
+			loglevel_to_string(rte_logs.dynamic_types[i].loglevel));
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Generates a log message The message will be sent in the stream
  * defined by the previous call to rte_openlog_stream().
@@ -139,7 +363,11 @@ rte_vlog(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtype, const char *format, va_list ap)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((level > rte_logs.level) || !(logtype & rte_logs.type))
+	if (level > rte_logs.level)
+		return 0;
+	if (logtype >= rte_logs.dynamic_types_len)
+		return -1;
+	if (level > rte_logs.dynamic_types[logtype].loglevel)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* save loglevel and logtype in a global per-lcore variable */
@@ -176,7 +404,8 @@ eal_log_set_default(FILE *default_log)
 {
 	default_log_stream = default_log;
 
-#if RTE_LOG_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
-	RTE_LOG(NOTICE, EAL, "Debug logs available - lower performance\n");
+#if RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
+	RTE_LOG(NOTICE, EAL,
+		"Debug dataplane logs available - lower performance\n");
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index 6ca8af17..f470195f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static const char *default_solib_dir = RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
 /*
  * Stringified version of solib path used by dpdk-pmdinfo.py
  * Note: PLEASE DO NOT ALTER THIS without making a corresponding
- * change to tools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py
+ * change to usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py
  */
 static const char dpdk_solib_path[] __attribute__((used)) =
 "DPDK_PLUGIN_PATH=" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static const char dpdk_solib_path[] __attribute__((used)) =
 
 static int master_lcore_parsed;
 static int mem_parsed;
+static int core_parsed;
 
 void
 eal_reset_internal_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
@@ -147,12 +148,6 @@ eal_reset_internal_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
 	internal_cfg->base_virtaddr = 0;
 
 	internal_cfg->syslog_facility = LOG_DAEMON;
-	/* default value from build option */
-#if RTE_LOG_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
-	internal_cfg->log_level = RTE_LOG_INFO;
-#else
-	internal_cfg->log_level = RTE_LOG_LEVEL;
-#endif
 
 	internal_cfg->xen_dom0_support = 0;
 
@@ -738,25 +733,49 @@ eal_parse_syslog(const char *facility, struct internal_config *conf)
 }
 
 static int
-eal_parse_log_level(const char *level, uint32_t *log_level)
+eal_parse_log_level(const char *arg)
 {
-	char *end;
+	char *end, *str, *type, *level;
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
+	str = strdup(arg);
+	if (str == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (strchr(str, ',') == NULL) {
+		type = NULL;
+		level = str;
+	} else {
+		type = strsep(&str, ",");
+		level = strsep(&str, ",");
+	}
+
 	errno = 0;
 	tmp = strtoul(level, &end, 0);
 
 	/* check for errors */
 	if ((errno != 0) || (level[0] == '\0') ||
-	    end == NULL || (*end != '\0'))
-		return -1;
+		    end == NULL || (*end != '\0'))
+		goto fail;
 
 	/* log_level is a uint32_t */
 	if (tmp >= UINT32_MAX)
-		return -1;
+		goto fail;
+
+	if (type == NULL) {
+		rte_log_set_global_level(tmp);
+	} else if (rte_log_set_level_regexp(type, tmp) < 0) {
+		printf("cannot set log level %s,%lu\n",
+			type, tmp);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
-	*log_level = tmp;
+	free(str);
 	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	free(str);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static enum rte_proc_type_t
@@ -797,6 +816,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid coremask\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
+		core_parsed = 1;
 		break;
 	/* corelist */
 	case 'l':
@@ -804,6 +824,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid core list\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
+		core_parsed = 1;
 		break;
 	/* size of memory */
 	case 'm':
@@ -895,15 +916,12 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 		break;
 
 	case OPT_LOG_LEVEL_NUM: {
-		uint32_t log;
-
-		if (eal_parse_log_level(optarg, &log) < 0) {
+		if (eal_parse_log_level(optarg) < 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 				"invalid parameters for --"
 				OPT_LOG_LEVEL "\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		conf->log_level = log;
 		break;
 	}
 	case OPT_LCORES_NUM:
@@ -912,6 +930,7 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 				OPT_LCORES "\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
+		core_parsed = 1;
 		break;
 
 	/* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
@@ -923,12 +942,38 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+eal_auto_detect_cores(struct rte_config *cfg)
+{
+	unsigned int lcore_id;
+	unsigned int removed = 0;
+	rte_cpuset_t affinity_set;
+	pthread_t tid = pthread_self();
+
+	if (pthread_getaffinity_np(tid, sizeof(rte_cpuset_t),
+				&affinity_set) < 0)
+		CPU_ZERO(&affinity_set);
+
+	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
+		if (cfg->lcore_role[lcore_id] == ROLE_RTE &&
+		    !CPU_ISSET(lcore_id, &affinity_set)) {
+			cfg->lcore_role[lcore_id] = ROLE_OFF;
+			removed++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	cfg->lcore_count -= removed;
+}
+
 int
 eal_adjust_config(struct internal_config *internal_cfg)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct rte_config *cfg = rte_eal_get_configuration();
 
+	if (!core_parsed)
+		eal_auto_detect_cores(cfg);
+
 	if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_AUTO)
 		internal_config.process_type = eal_proc_type_detect();
 
@@ -1027,7 +1072,9 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
 	       "  --"OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP"    Use VMware TSC map instead of native RDTSC\n"
 	       "  --"OPT_PROC_TYPE"         Type of this process (primary|secondary|auto)\n"
 	       "  --"OPT_SYSLOG"            Set syslog facility\n"
-	       "  --"OPT_LOG_LEVEL"         Set default log level\n"
+	       "  --"OPT_LOG_LEVEL"=<int>   Set global log level\n"
+	       "  --"OPT_LOG_LEVEL"=<type-regexp>,<int>\n"
+	       "                      Set specific log level\n"
 	       "  -v                  Display version information on startup\n"
 	       "  -h, --help          This help\n"
 	       "\nEAL options for DEBUG use only:\n"
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
index 6bff6752..b7499913 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_pci.c
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
+#include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
@@ -82,10 +84,7 @@
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
-struct pci_driver_list pci_driver_list =
-	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(pci_driver_list);
-struct pci_device_list pci_device_list =
-	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(pci_device_list);
+extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
 
 #define SYSFS_PCI_DEVICES "/sys/bus/pci/devices"
 
@@ -153,170 +152,154 @@ pci_unmap_resource(void *requested_addr, size_t size)
 }
 
 /*
- * If vendor/device ID match, call the probe() function of the
- * driver.
+ * Match the PCI Driver and Device using the ID Table
+ *
+ * @param pci_drv
+ *	PCI driver from which ID table would be extracted
+ * @param pci_dev
+ *	PCI device to match against the driver
+ * @return
+ *	1 for successful match
+ *	0 for unsuccessful match
  */
 static int
-rte_eal_pci_probe_one_driver(struct rte_pci_driver *dr, struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_match(const struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
+	      const struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
-	int ret;
 	const struct rte_pci_id *id_table;
 
-	for (id_table = dr->id_table; id_table->vendor_id != 0; id_table++) {
-
+	for (id_table = pci_drv->id_table; id_table->vendor_id != 0;
+	     id_table++) {
 		/* check if device's identifiers match the driver's ones */
-		if (id_table->vendor_id != dev->id.vendor_id &&
+		if (id_table->vendor_id != pci_dev->id.vendor_id &&
 				id_table->vendor_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
 			continue;
-		if (id_table->device_id != dev->id.device_id &&
+		if (id_table->device_id != pci_dev->id.device_id &&
 				id_table->device_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
 			continue;
-		if (id_table->subsystem_vendor_id != dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id &&
-				id_table->subsystem_vendor_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
+		if (id_table->subsystem_vendor_id !=
+		    pci_dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id &&
+		    id_table->subsystem_vendor_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
 			continue;
-		if (id_table->subsystem_device_id != dev->id.subsystem_device_id &&
-				id_table->subsystem_device_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
+		if (id_table->subsystem_device_id !=
+		    pci_dev->id.subsystem_device_id &&
+		    id_table->subsystem_device_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
 			continue;
-		if (id_table->class_id != dev->id.class_id &&
+		if (id_table->class_id != pci_dev->id.class_id &&
 				id_table->class_id != RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID)
 			continue;
 
-		struct rte_pci_addr *loc = &dev->addr;
-
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
-				loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function,
-				dev->device.numa_node);
-
-		/* no initialization when blacklisted, return without error */
-		if (dev->device.devargs != NULL &&
-			dev->device.devargs->type ==
-				RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI) {
-			RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "  Device is blacklisted, not initializing\n");
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "  probe driver: %x:%x %s\n", dev->id.vendor_id,
-				dev->id.device_id, dr->driver.name);
-
-		if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING) {
-			/* map resources for devices that use igb_uio */
-			ret = rte_eal_pci_map_device(dev);
-			if (ret != 0)
-				return ret;
-		} else if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_FORCE_UNBIND &&
-				rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
-			/* unbind current driver */
-			if (pci_unbind_kernel_driver(dev) < 0)
-				return -1;
-		}
-
-		/* reference driver structure */
-		dev->driver = dr;
-
-		/* call the driver probe() function */
-		ret = dr->probe(dr, dev);
-		if (ret)
-			dev->driver = NULL;
-
-		return ret;
+		return 1;
 	}
-	/* return positive value if driver doesn't support this device */
-	return 1;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * If vendor/device ID match, call the remove() function of the
+ * If vendor/device ID match, call the probe() function of the
  * driver.
  */
 static int
-rte_eal_pci_detach_dev(struct rte_pci_driver *dr,
-		struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_probe_one_driver(struct rte_pci_driver *dr,
+			 struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
-	const struct rte_pci_id *id_table;
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_pci_addr *loc;
 
 	if ((dr == NULL) || (dev == NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (id_table = dr->id_table; id_table->vendor_id != 0; id_table++) {
+	loc = &dev->addr;
 
-		/* check if device's identifiers match the driver's ones */
-		if (id_table->vendor_id != dev->id.vendor_id &&
-				id_table->vendor_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
-			continue;
-		if (id_table->device_id != dev->id.device_id &&
-				id_table->device_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
-			continue;
-		if (id_table->subsystem_vendor_id != dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id &&
-				id_table->subsystem_vendor_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
-			continue;
-		if (id_table->subsystem_device_id != dev->id.subsystem_device_id &&
-				id_table->subsystem_device_id != PCI_ANY_ID)
-			continue;
+	/* The device is not blacklisted; Check if driver supports it */
+	if (!rte_pci_match(dr, dev)) {
+		/* Match of device and driver failed */
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Driver (%s) doesn't match the device\n",
+			dr->driver.name);
+		return 1;
+	}
 
-		struct rte_pci_addr *loc = &dev->addr;
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
+			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function,
+			dev->device.numa_node);
+
+	/* no initialization when blacklisted, return without error */
+	if (dev->device.devargs != NULL &&
+		dev->device.devargs->type ==
+			RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "  Device is blacklisted, not"
+			" initializing\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
 
-		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
-				loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid,
-				loc->function, dev->device.numa_node);
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "  probe driver: %x:%x %s\n", dev->id.vendor_id,
+		dev->id.device_id, dr->driver.name);
 
-		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "  remove driver: %x:%x %s\n", dev->id.vendor_id,
-				dev->id.device_id, dr->driver.name);
+	if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING) {
+		/* map resources for devices that use igb_uio */
+		ret = rte_pci_map_device(dev);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
-		if (dr->remove && (dr->remove(dev) < 0))
-			return -1;	/* negative value is an error */
+	/* reference driver structure */
+	dev->driver = dr;
+	dev->device.driver = &dr->driver;
 
-		/* clear driver structure */
+	/* call the driver probe() function */
+	ret = dr->probe(dr, dev);
+	if (ret) {
 		dev->driver = NULL;
-
 		if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING)
-			/* unmap resources for devices that use igb_uio */
-			rte_eal_pci_unmap_device(dev);
-
-		return 0;
+			rte_pci_unmap_device(dev);
 	}
 
-	/* return positive value if driver doesn't support this device */
-	return 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * If vendor/device ID match, call the probe() function of all
- * registered driver for the given device. Return -1 if initialization
- * failed, return 1 if no driver is found for this device.
+ * If vendor/device ID match, call the remove() function of the
+ * driver.
  */
 static int
-pci_probe_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_detach_dev(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
-	struct rte_pci_driver *dr = NULL;
-	int rc = 0;
+	struct rte_pci_addr *loc;
+	struct rte_pci_driver *dr;
 
 	if (dev == NULL)
-		return -1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Check if a driver is already loaded */
-	if (dev->driver != NULL)
-		return 0;
+	dr = dev->driver;
+	loc = &dev->addr;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dr, &pci_driver_list, next) {
-		rc = rte_eal_pci_probe_one_driver(dr, dev);
-		if (rc < 0)
-			/* negative value is an error */
-			return -1;
-		if (rc > 0)
-			/* positive value means driver doesn't support it */
-			continue;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return 1;
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "PCI device "PCI_PRI_FMT" on NUMA socket %i\n",
+			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid,
+			loc->function, dev->device.numa_node);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "  remove driver: %x:%x %s\n", dev->id.vendor_id,
+			dev->id.device_id, dr->driver.name);
+
+	if (dr->remove && (dr->remove(dev) < 0))
+		return -1;	/* negative value is an error */
+
+	/* clear driver structure */
+	dev->driver = NULL;
+
+	if (dr->drv_flags & RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING)
+		/* unmap resources for devices that use igb_uio */
+		rte_pci_unmap_device(dev);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * If vendor/device ID match, call the remove() function of all
+ * If vendor/device ID match, call the probe() function of all
  * registered driver for the given device. Return -1 if initialization
  * failed, return 1 if no driver is found for this device.
  */
 static int
-pci_detach_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+pci_probe_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_driver *dr = NULL;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -324,8 +307,12 @@ pci_detach_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dr, &pci_driver_list, next) {
-		rc = rte_eal_pci_detach_dev(dr, dev);
+	/* Check if a driver is already loaded */
+	if (dev->driver != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	FOREACH_DRIVER_ON_PCIBUS(dr) {
+		rc = rte_pci_probe_one_driver(dr, dev);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			/* negative value is an error */
 			return -1;
@@ -342,9 +329,10 @@ pci_detach_all_drivers(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
  * the driver of the devive.
  */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
+rte_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *dev = NULL;
+
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (addr == NULL)
@@ -356,7 +344,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 	if (pci_update_device(addr) < 0)
 		goto err_return;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &pci_device_list, next) {
+	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(dev) {
 		if (rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(&dev->addr, addr))
 			continue;
 
@@ -378,7 +366,7 @@ err_return:
  * Detach device specified by its pci address.
  */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
+rte_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *dev = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -386,15 +374,19 @@ rte_eal_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 	if (addr == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &pci_device_list, next) {
+	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(dev) {
 		if (rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(&dev->addr, addr))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = pci_detach_all_drivers(dev);
+		ret = rte_pci_detach_dev(dev);
 		if (ret < 0)
+			/* negative value is an error */
 			goto err_return;
+		if (ret > 0)
+			/* positive value means driver doesn't support it */
+			continue;
 
-		TAILQ_REMOVE(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
+		rte_pci_remove_device(dev);
 		free(dev);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -413,9 +405,10 @@ err_return:
  * for discovered devices.
  */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_probe(void)
+rte_pci_probe(void)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *dev = NULL;
+	size_t probed = 0, failed = 0;
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
 	int probe_all = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -423,7 +416,8 @@ rte_eal_pci_probe(void)
 	if (rte_eal_devargs_type_count(RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI) == 0)
 		probe_all = 1;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &pci_device_list, next) {
+	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(dev) {
+		probed++;
 
 		/* set devargs in PCI structure */
 		devargs = pci_devargs_lookup(dev);
@@ -436,13 +430,17 @@ rte_eal_pci_probe(void)
 		else if (devargs != NULL &&
 			devargs->type == RTE_DEVTYPE_WHITELISTED_PCI)
 			ret = pci_probe_all_drivers(dev);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Requested device " PCI_PRI_FMT
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Requested device " PCI_PRI_FMT
 				 " cannot be used\n", dev->addr.domain, dev->addr.bus,
 				 dev->addr.devid, dev->addr.function);
+			rte_errno = errno;
+			failed++;
+			ret = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return (probed && probed == failed) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
 /* dump one device */
@@ -467,27 +465,60 @@ pci_dump_one_device(FILE *f, struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 
 /* dump devices on the bus */
 void
-rte_eal_pci_dump(FILE *f)
+rte_pci_dump(FILE *f)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *dev = NULL;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &pci_device_list, next) {
+	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(dev) {
 		pci_dump_one_device(f, dev);
 	}
 }
 
 /* register a driver */
 void
-rte_eal_pci_register(struct rte_pci_driver *driver)
+rte_pci_register(struct rte_pci_driver *driver)
 {
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_driver_list, driver, next);
-	rte_eal_driver_register(&driver->driver);
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&rte_pci_bus.driver_list, driver, next);
+	driver->bus = &rte_pci_bus;
 }
 
 /* unregister a driver */
 void
-rte_eal_pci_unregister(struct rte_pci_driver *driver)
+rte_pci_unregister(struct rte_pci_driver *driver)
+{
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&rte_pci_bus.driver_list, driver, next);
+	driver->bus = NULL;
+}
+
+/* Add a device to PCI bus */
+void
+rte_pci_add_device(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&rte_pci_bus.device_list, pci_dev, next);
+}
+
+/* Insert a device into a predefined position in PCI bus */
+void
+rte_pci_insert_device(struct rte_pci_device *exist_pci_dev,
+		      struct rte_pci_device *new_pci_dev)
 {
-	rte_eal_driver_unregister(&driver->driver);
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(&pci_driver_list, driver, next);
+	TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(exist_pci_dev, new_pci_dev, next);
 }
+
+/* Remove a device from PCI bus */
+void
+rte_pci_remove_device(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&rte_pci_bus.device_list, pci_dev, next);
+}
+
+struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus = {
+	.bus = {
+		.scan = rte_pci_scan,
+		.probe = rte_pci_probe,
+	},
+	.device_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.device_list),
+	.driver_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_pci_bus.driver_list),
+};
+
+RTE_REGISTER_BUS(PCI_BUS_NAME, rte_pci_bus.bus);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
index bb08ec8b..4f698288 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_tailqs.c
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ rte_eal_tailqs_init(void)
 		if (t->head == NULL) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 				"Cannot initialize tailq: %s\n", t->name);
-			/* no need to TAILQ_REMOVE, we are going to panic in
-			 * rte_eal_init() */
+			/* TAILQ_REMOVE not needed, error is already fatal */
 			goto fail;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
index 7d6e54f4..0037a641 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_vdev.c
@@ -37,35 +37,84 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_vdev.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
 
+/** Double linked list of virtual device drivers. */
+TAILQ_HEAD(vdev_device_list, rte_vdev_device);
+
+static struct vdev_device_list vdev_device_list =
+	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdev_device_list);
 struct vdev_driver_list vdev_driver_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdev_driver_list);
 
+static void rte_vdev_bus_register(void);
+
 /* register a driver */
 void
-rte_eal_vdrv_register(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver)
+rte_vdev_register(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver)
 {
+	rte_vdev_bus_register();
+
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vdev_driver_list, driver, next);
-	rte_eal_driver_register(&driver->driver);
 }
 
 /* unregister a driver */
 void
-rte_eal_vdrv_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver)
+rte_vdev_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver)
 {
-	rte_eal_driver_unregister(&driver->driver);
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&vdev_driver_list, driver, next);
 }
 
-int
-rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args)
+/*
+ * Parse "driver" devargs without adding a dependency on rte_kvargs.h
+ */
+static char *parse_driver_arg(const char *args)
+{
+	const char *c;
+	char *str;
+
+	if (!args || args[0] == '\0')
+		return NULL;
+
+	c = args;
+
+	do {
+		if (strncmp(c, "driver=", 7) == 0) {
+			c += 7;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		c = strchr(c, ',');
+		if (c)
+			c++;
+	} while (c);
+
+	if (c)
+		str = strdup(c);
+	else
+		str = NULL;
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+static int
+vdev_probe_all_drivers(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 {
+	const char *name;
+	char *drv_name;
 	struct rte_vdev_driver *driver;
+	int ret = 1;
 
-	if (name == NULL)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	drv_name = parse_driver_arg(rte_vdev_device_args(dev));
+	name = drv_name ? drv_name : rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Search driver %s to probe device %s\n", name,
+		rte_vdev_device_name(dev));
 
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
 		/*
@@ -75,50 +124,235 @@ rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args)
 		 * So use strncmp to compare.
 		 */
 		if (!strncmp(driver->driver.name, name,
-			    strlen(driver->driver.name)))
-			return driver->probe(name, args);
+			    strlen(driver->driver.name))) {
+			dev->device.driver = &driver->driver;
+			ret = driver->probe(dev);
+			if (ret)
+				dev->device.driver = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
 		if (driver->driver.alias &&
 		    !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
-			    strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
-			return driver->probe(name, args);
+			    strlen(driver->driver.alias))) {
+			dev->device.driver = &driver->driver;
+			ret = driver->probe(dev);
+			if (ret)
+				dev->device.driver = NULL;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(drv_name);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct rte_vdev_device *
+find_vdev(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_vdev_device *dev;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &vdev_device_list, next) {
+		const char *devname = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+		if (!strncmp(devname, name, strlen(name)))
+			return dev;
 	}
 
-	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct rte_devargs *
+alloc_devargs(const char *name, const char *args)
+{
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+	int ret;
+
+	devargs = calloc(1, sizeof(*devargs));
+	if (!devargs)
+		return NULL;
+
+	devargs->type = RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL;
+	if (args)
+		devargs->args = strdup(args);
+
+	ret = snprintf(devargs->virt.drv_name,
+			       sizeof(devargs->virt.drv_name), "%s", name);
+	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(devargs->virt.drv_name)) {
+		free(devargs->args);
+		free(devargs);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return devargs;
 }
 
 int
-rte_eal_vdev_uninit(const char *name)
+rte_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args)
 {
-	struct rte_vdev_driver *driver;
+	struct rte_vdev_device *dev;
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
-		/*
-		 * search a driver prefix in virtual device name.
-		 * For example, if the driver is pcap PMD, driver->name
-		 * will be "net_pcap", but "name" will be "net_pcapN".
-		 * So use strncmp to compare.
-		 */
-		if (!strncmp(driver->driver.name, name,
-			     strlen(driver->driver.name)))
-			return driver->remove(name);
+	dev = find_vdev(name);
+	if (dev)
+		return -EEXIST;
+
+	devargs = alloc_devargs(name, args);
+	if (!devargs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dev = calloc(1, sizeof(*dev));
+	if (!dev) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	/* Give new names precedence over aliases. */
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(driver, &vdev_driver_list, next) {
-		if (driver->driver.alias &&
-		    !strncmp(driver->driver.alias, name,
-			    strlen(driver->driver.alias)))
-			return driver->remove(name);
+	dev->device.devargs = devargs;
+	dev->device.numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
+	dev->device.name = devargs->virt.drv_name;
+
+	ret = vdev_probe_all_drivers(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret > 0)
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "no driver found for %s\n", name);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&devargs_list, devargs, next);
+
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vdev_device_list, dev, next);
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	free(devargs->args);
+	free(devargs);
+	free(dev);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+vdev_remove_driver(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+	const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+	const struct rte_vdev_driver *driver;
+
+	if (!dev->device.driver) {
+		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "no driver attach to device %s\n", name);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	driver = container_of(dev->device.driver, const struct rte_vdev_driver,
+		driver);
+	return driver->remove(dev);
+}
+
+int
+rte_vdev_uninit(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_vdev_device *dev;
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev = find_vdev(name);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	devargs = dev->device.devargs;
+
+	ret = vdev_remove_driver(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&vdev_device_list, dev, next);
+
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&devargs_list, devargs, next);
+
+	free(devargs->args);
+	free(devargs);
+	free(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+vdev_scan(void)
+{
+	struct rte_vdev_device *dev;
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
+
+	/* for virtual devices we scan the devargs_list populated via cmdline */
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(devargs, &devargs_list, next) {
+
+		if (devargs->type != RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL)
+			continue;
+
+		dev = find_vdev(devargs->virt.drv_name);
+		if (dev)
+			continue;
+
+		dev = calloc(1, sizeof(*dev));
+		if (!dev)
+			return -1;
+
+		dev->device.devargs = devargs;
+		dev->device.numa_node = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
+		dev->device.name = devargs->virt.drv_name;
+
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vdev_device_list, dev, next);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+vdev_probe(void)
+{
+	struct rte_vdev_device *dev;
+
+	/* call the init function for each virtual device */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(dev, &vdev_device_list, next) {
+
+		if (dev->device.driver)
+			continue;
+
+		if (vdev_probe_all_drivers(dev)) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "failed to initialize %s device\n",
+				rte_vdev_device_name(dev));
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_bus rte_vdev_bus = {
+	.scan = vdev_scan,
+	.probe = vdev_probe,
+};
+
+RTE_INIT(rte_vdev_bus_register);
+
+static void rte_vdev_bus_register(void)
+{
+	static int registered;
+
+	if (registered)
+		return;
+
+	registered = 1;
+	rte_vdev_bus.name = RTE_STR(virtual);
+	rte_bus_register(&rte_vdev_bus);
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
index 5f1367eb..7b7e8c88 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct internal_config {
 	volatile uint64_t socket_mem[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES]; /**< amount of memory per socket */
 	uintptr_t base_virtaddr;          /**< base address to try and reserve memory from */
 	volatile int syslog_facility;	  /**< facility passed to openlog() */
-	volatile uint32_t log_level;	  /**< default log level */
 	/** default interrupt mode for VFIO */
 	volatile enum rte_intr_mode vfio_intr_mode;
 	const char *hugefile_prefix;      /**< the base filename of hugetlbfs files */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
index 9e7d8f6b..6cacce07 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #ifndef _EAL_PRIVATE_H_
 #define _EAL_PRIVATE_H_
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 
@@ -108,18 +109,43 @@ int rte_eal_timer_init(void);
  */
 int rte_eal_log_init(const char *id, int facility);
 
+struct rte_pci_driver;
+struct rte_pci_device;
+
 /**
- * Init the PCI infrastructure
- *
- * This function is private to EAL.
+ * Add a PCI device to the PCI Bus (append to PCI Device list). This function
+ * also updates the bus references of the PCI Device (and the generic device
+ * object embedded within.
  *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, negative on error
+ * @param pci_dev
+ *	PCI device to add
+ * @return void
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_init(void);
+void rte_pci_add_device(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 
-struct rte_pci_driver;
-struct rte_pci_device;
+/**
+ * Insert a PCI device in the PCI Bus at a particular location in the device
+ * list. It also updates the PCI Bus reference of the new devices to be
+ * inserted.
+ *
+ * @param exist_pci_dev
+ *	Existing PCI device in PCI Bus
+ * @param new_pci_dev
+ *	PCI device to be added before exist_pci_dev
+ * @return void
+ */
+void rte_pci_insert_device(struct rte_pci_device *exist_pci_dev,
+		struct rte_pci_device *new_pci_dev);
+
+/**
+ * Remove a PCI device from the PCI Bus. This sets to NULL the bus references
+ * in the PCI device object as well as the generic device object.
+ *
+ * @param pci_device
+ *	PCI device to be removed from PCI Bus
+ * @return void
+ */
+void rte_pci_remove_device(struct rte_pci_device *pci_device);
 
 /**
  * Update a pci device object by asking the kernel for the latest information.
@@ -301,4 +327,15 @@ int rte_eal_hugepage_init(void);
  */
 int rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void);
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the system is able to obtain
+ * physical addresses. Return false if using DMA
+ * addresses through an IOMMU.
+ *
+ * Drivers based on uio will not load unless physical
+ * addresses are obtainable. It is only possible to get
+ * physical addresses when running as a privileged user.
+ */
+bool rte_eal_using_phys_addrs(void);
+
 #endif /* _EAL_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic.h
index 454a12b0..f3f3b6e3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic.h
@@ -39,10 +39,4 @@
 #include <rte_atomic_32.h>
 #endif
 
-#define rte_smp_mb() rte_mb()
-
-#define rte_smp_wmb() rte_wmb()
-
-#define rte_smp_rmb() rte_rmb()
-
 #endif /* _RTE_ATOMIC_ARM_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_32.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_32.h
index 9ae1e78b..14c04864 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_32.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_32.h
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define	rte_rmb() __sync_synchronize()
 
+#define rte_smp_mb() rte_mb()
+
+#define rte_smp_wmb() rte_wmb()
+
+#define rte_smp_rmb() rte_rmb()
+
+#define rte_io_mb() rte_mb()
+
+#define rte_io_wmb() rte_wmb()
+
+#define rte_io_rmb() rte_rmb()
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_64.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_64.h
index 671caa76..dc3a0f3b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_64.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_atomic_64.h
@@ -43,43 +43,26 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "generic/rte_atomic.h"
 
-#define dmb(opt)  do { asm volatile("dmb " #opt : : : "memory"); } while (0)
+#define dsb(opt)  { asm volatile("dsb " #opt : : : "memory"); }
+#define dmb(opt)  { asm volatile("dmb " #opt : : : "memory"); }
 
-/**
- * General memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the LOAD and STORE operations generated before the
- * barrier occur before the LOAD and STORE operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_mb(void)
-{
-	dmb(ish);
-}
+#define rte_mb() dsb(sy)
 
-/**
- * Write memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the STORE operations generated before the barrier
- * occur before the STORE operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_wmb(void)
-{
-	dmb(ishst);
-}
+#define rte_wmb() dsb(st)
 
-/**
- * Read memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the LOAD operations generated before the barrier
- * occur before the LOAD operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_rmb(void)
-{
-	dmb(ishld);
-}
+#define rte_rmb() dsb(ld)
+
+#define rte_smp_mb() dmb(ish)
+
+#define rte_smp_wmb() dmb(ishst)
+
+#define rte_smp_rmb() dmb(ishld)
+
+#define rte_io_mb() rte_mb()
+
+#define rte_io_wmb() rte_wmb()
+
+#define rte_io_rmb() rte_rmb()
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_cpuflags.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_io.h
index 1849b520..9593b424 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_cpuflags.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_io.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 Cavium networks. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
  *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
  *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
  *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium networks nor the names of its
  *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
  *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
  *
@@ -28,26 +29,23 @@
  *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
  *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
+ */
 
-#ifndef _RTE_CPUFLAGS_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_CPUFLAGS_TILE_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_IO_ARM_H_
+#define _RTE_IO_ARM_H_
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Enumeration of all CPU features supported
- */
-enum rte_cpu_flag_t {
-	RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS /**< This should always be the last! */
-};
-
-#include "generic/rte_cpuflags.h"
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
+#include "rte_io_64.h"
+#else
+#include "generic/rte_io.h"
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _RTE_CPUFLAGS_TILE_H_ */
+#endif /* _RTE_IO_ARM_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_io_64.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_io_64.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0402125b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_io_64.h
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/*
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright (C) Cavium networks Ltd. 2016.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium networks nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_IO_ARM64_H_
+#define _RTE_IO_ARM64_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define RTE_OVERRIDE_IO_H
+
+#include "generic/rte_io.h"
+#include "rte_atomic_64.h"
+
+static inline uint8_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read8_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint8_t val;
+
+	asm volatile(
+		    "ldrb %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    : [val] "=r" (val)
+		    : [addr] "r" (addr));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read16_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint16_t val;
+
+	asm volatile(
+		    "ldrh %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    : [val] "=r" (val)
+		    : [addr] "r" (addr));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read32_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint32_t val;
+
+	asm volatile(
+		    "ldr %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    : [val] "=r" (val)
+		    : [addr] "r" (addr));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read64_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint64_t val;
+
+	asm volatile(
+		    "ldr %x[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    : [val] "=r" (val)
+		    : [addr] "r" (addr));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write8_relaxed(uint8_t val, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	asm volatile(
+		    "strb %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    :
+		    : [val] "r" (val), [addr] "r" (addr));
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write16_relaxed(uint16_t val, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	asm volatile(
+		    "strh %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    :
+		    : [val] "r" (val), [addr] "r" (addr));
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write32_relaxed(uint32_t val, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	asm volatile(
+		    "str %w[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    :
+		    : [val] "r" (val), [addr] "r" (addr));
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write64_relaxed(uint64_t val, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	asm volatile(
+		    "str %x[val], [%x[addr]]"
+		    :
+		    : [val] "r" (val), [addr] "r" (addr));
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read8(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint8_t val;
+	val = rte_read8_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read16(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint16_t val;
+	val = rte_read16_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t  __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read32(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint32_t val;
+	val = rte_read32_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read64(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint64_t val;
+	val = rte_read64_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write8(uint8_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write8_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write16(uint16_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write16_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write32(uint32_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write32_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write64(uint64_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write64_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_IO_ARM64_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_vect.h
index b86c2cf5..4107c998 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_vect.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define _RTE_VECT_ARM_H_
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "generic/rte_vect.h"
 #include "arm_neon.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_atomic.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_atomic.h
index fb4fccb4..150810cd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_atomic.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_atomic.h
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define rte_smp_rmb() rte_rmb()
 
+#define rte_io_mb() rte_mb()
+
+#define rte_io_wmb() rte_wmb()
+
+#define rte_io_rmb() rte_rmb()
+
 /*------------------------- 16 bit atomic operations -------------------------*/
 /* To be compatible with Power7, use GCC built-in functions for 16 bit
  * operations */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/tile/rte_cpuflags.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_io.h
index a2b6c51a..be192da7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/tile/rte_cpuflags.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_io.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 Cavium networks. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
  *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
  *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
  *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium networks nor the names of its
  *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
  *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
  *
@@ -28,20 +29,19 @@
  *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
  *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
+ */
 
-#include "rte_cpuflags.h"
+#ifndef _RTE_IO_PPC_64_H_
+#define _RTE_IO_PPC_64_H_
 
-#include <errno.h>
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
-const struct feature_entry rte_cpu_feature_table[] = {
-};
+#include "generic/rte_io.h"
 
-/*
- * Checks if a particular flag is available on current machine.
- */
-int
-rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(__attribute__((unused)) enum rte_cpu_flag_t feature)
-{
-	return -ENOENT;
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_IO_PPC_64_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_vect.h
index 05209e52..99586e58 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/rte_vect.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define _RTE_VECT_PPC_64_H_
 
 #include <altivec.h>
+#include "generic/rte_vect.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_atomic.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_atomic.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 28825ff6..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_atomic.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_ATOMIC_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_ATOMIC_TILE_H_
-
-#ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#  error Platform must be built with CONFIG_RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include "generic/rte_atomic.h"
-
-/**
- * General memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the LOAD and STORE operations generated before the
- * barrier occur before the LOAD and STORE operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_mb(void)
-{
-	__sync_synchronize();
-}
-
-/**
- * Write memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the STORE operations generated before the barrier
- * occur before the STORE operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_wmb(void)
-{
-	__sync_synchronize();
-}
-
-/**
- * Read memory barrier.
- *
- * Guarantees that the LOAD operations generated before the barrier
- * occur before the LOAD operations generated after.
- * This function is architecture dependent.
- */
-static inline void rte_rmb(void)
-{
-	__sync_synchronize();
-}
-
-#define rte_smp_mb() rte_mb()
-
-#define rte_smp_wmb() rte_compiler_barrier()
-
-#define rte_smp_rmb() rte_compiler_barrier()
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_ATOMIC_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_byteorder.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_byteorder.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7239e437..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_byteorder.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_BYTEORDER_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_BYTEORDER_TILE_H_
-
-#ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#  error Platform must be built with CONFIG_RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include "generic/rte_byteorder.h"
-
-#if !(__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8))
-#define rte_bswap16(x) rte_constant_bswap16(x)
-#endif
-
-#if RTE_BYTE_ORDER == RTE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_16(x) (x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_32(x) (x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_64(x) (x)
-
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_16(x) rte_bswap16(x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_32(x) rte_bswap32(x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_64(x) rte_bswap64(x)
-
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_16(x) (x)
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_32(x) (x)
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_64(x) (x)
-
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_16(x) rte_bswap16(x)
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_32(x) rte_bswap32(x)
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_64(x) rte_bswap64(x)
-
-#else /* RTE_BIG_ENDIAN */
-
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_16(x) rte_bswap16(x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_32(x) rte_bswap32(x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_le_64(x) rte_bswap64(x)
-
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_16(x) (x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_32(x) (x)
-#define rte_cpu_to_be_64(x) (x)
-
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_16(x) rte_bswap16(x)
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_32(x) rte_bswap32(x)
-#define rte_le_to_cpu_64(x) rte_bswap64(x)
-
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_16(x) (x)
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_32(x) (x)
-#define rte_be_to_cpu_64(x) (x)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_BYTEORDER_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_memcpy.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_memcpy.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e606957c..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_memcpy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_MEMCPY_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_MEMCPY_TILE_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "generic/rte_memcpy.h"
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov16(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 16);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov32(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 32);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov48(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 48);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov64(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 64);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov128(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 128);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_mov256(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
-{
-	memcpy(dst, src, 256);
-}
-
-#define rte_memcpy(d, s, n)	memcpy((d), (s), (n))
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_MEMCPY_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_prefetch.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_prefetch.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a1bb93e..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_prefetch.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_PREFETCH_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_PREFETCH_TILE_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include "generic/rte_prefetch.h"
-
-static inline void rte_prefetch0(const volatile void *p)
-{
-	__builtin_prefetch((const void *)(uintptr_t)p, 0, 3);
-}
-
-static inline void rte_prefetch1(const volatile void *p)
-{
-	__builtin_prefetch((const void *)(uintptr_t)p, 0, 2);
-}
-
-static inline void rte_prefetch2(const volatile void *p)
-{
-	__builtin_prefetch((const void *)(uintptr_t)p, 0, 1);
-}
-
-static inline void rte_prefetch_non_temporal(const volatile void *p)
-{
-	/* non-temporal version not available, fallback to rte_prefetch0 */
-	rte_prefetch0(p);
-}
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_PREFETCH_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_rwlock.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f67a190..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_rwlock.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_RWLOCK_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_RWLOCK_TILE_H_
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include "generic/rte_rwlock.h"
-
-static inline void
-rte_rwlock_read_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
-{
-	rte_rwlock_read_lock(rwl);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_rwlock_read_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
-{
-	rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rwl);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_rwlock_write_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
-{
-	rte_rwlock_write_lock(rwl);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_rwlock_write_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
-{
-	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rwl);
-}
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_RWLOCK_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_spinlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_spinlock.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e91f99ee..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_spinlock.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
-
-#ifndef _RTE_SPINLOCK_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_SPINLOCK_TILE_H_
-
-#ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#  error Platform must be built with CONFIG_RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-#include <rte_common.h>
-#include "generic/rte_spinlock.h"
-
-static inline int rte_tm_supported(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_spinlock_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
-{
-	rte_spinlock_lock(sl); /* fall-back */
-}
-
-static inline int
-rte_spinlock_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
-{
-	return rte_spinlock_trylock(sl);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_spinlock_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
-{
-	rte_spinlock_unlock(sl);
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
-{
-	rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(slr); /* fall-back */
-}
-
-static inline void
-rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
-{
-	rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(slr);
-}
-
-static inline int
-rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
-{
-	return rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock(slr);
-}
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _RTE_SPINLOCK_TILE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_atomic.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_atomic.h
index 00b1cdf5..4eac6663 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_atomic.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_atomic.h
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define rte_smp_rmb() rte_compiler_barrier()
 
+#define rte_io_mb() rte_mb()
+
+#define rte_io_wmb() rte_compiler_barrier()
+
+#define rte_io_rmb() rte_compiler_barrier()
+
 /*------------------------- 16 bit atomic operations -------------------------*/
 
 #ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_cycles.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_io.h
index 0b2200a3..c8d14043 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/tile/rte_cycles.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_io.h
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /*
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright (C) EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. 2015.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 Cavium networks. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
  *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
  *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
  *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of EZchip Semiconductor nor the names of its
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium networks nor the names of its
  *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
  *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
  *
@@ -28,43 +29,19 @@
  *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
  *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-*/
+ */
 
-#ifndef _RTE_CYCLES_TILE_H_
-#define _RTE_CYCLES_TILE_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_IO_X86_H_
+#define _RTE_IO_X86_H_
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <arch/cycle.h>
-
-#include "generic/rte_cycles.h"
-
-/**
- * Read the time base register.
- *
- * @return
- *   The time base for this lcore.
- */
-static inline uint64_t
-rte_rdtsc(void)
-{
-	return get_cycle_count();
-}
-
-static inline uint64_t
-rte_rdtsc_precise(void)
-{
-	rte_mb();
-	return rte_rdtsc();
-}
-
-static inline uint64_t
-rte_get_tsc_cycles(void) { return rte_rdtsc(); }
+#include "generic/rte_io.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _RTE_CYCLES_TILE_H_ */
+#endif /* _RTE_IO_X86_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
index b3bfc235..b9785e85 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_memcpy.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n) __attribute__((always_inline));
 
 #ifdef RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AVX512F
 
+#define ALIGNMENT_MASK 0x3F
+
 /**
  * AVX512 implementation below
  */
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ rte_mov512blocks(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src, size_t n)
 }
 
 static inline void *
-rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+rte_memcpy_generic(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
 {
 	uintptr_t dstu = (uintptr_t)dst;
 	uintptr_t srcu = (uintptr_t)src;
@@ -308,6 +310,8 @@ COPY_BLOCK_128_BACK63:
 
 #elif defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AVX2
 
+#define ALIGNMENT_MASK 0x1F
+
 /**
  * AVX2 implementation below
  */
@@ -387,7 +391,7 @@ rte_mov128blocks(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src, size_t n)
 }
 
 static inline void *
-rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+rte_memcpy_generic(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
 {
 	uintptr_t dstu = (uintptr_t)dst;
 	uintptr_t srcu = (uintptr_t)src;
@@ -499,6 +503,8 @@ COPY_BLOCK_128_BACK31:
 
 #else /* RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG */
 
+#define ALIGNMENT_MASK 0x0F
+
 /**
  * SSE & AVX implementation below
  */
@@ -677,7 +683,7 @@ __extension__ ({                                                      \
 })
 
 static inline void *
-rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+rte_memcpy_generic(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
 {
 	__m128i xmm0, xmm1, xmm2, xmm3, xmm4, xmm5, xmm6, xmm7, xmm8;
 	uintptr_t dstu = (uintptr_t)dst;
@@ -821,6 +827,75 @@ COPY_BLOCK_64_BACK15:
 
 #endif /* RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG */
 
+static inline void *
+rte_memcpy_aligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+{
+	void *ret = dst;
+
+	/* Copy size <= 16 bytes */
+	if (n < 16) {
+		if (n & 0x01) {
+			*(uint8_t *)dst = *(const uint8_t *)src;
+			src = (const uint8_t *)src + 1;
+			dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 1;
+		}
+		if (n & 0x02) {
+			*(uint16_t *)dst = *(const uint16_t *)src;
+			src = (const uint16_t *)src + 1;
+			dst = (uint16_t *)dst + 1;
+		}
+		if (n & 0x04) {
+			*(uint32_t *)dst = *(const uint32_t *)src;
+			src = (const uint32_t *)src + 1;
+			dst = (uint32_t *)dst + 1;
+		}
+		if (n & 0x08)
+			*(uint64_t *)dst = *(const uint64_t *)src;
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy 16 <= size <= 32 bytes */
+	if (n <= 32) {
+		rte_mov16((uint8_t *)dst, (const uint8_t *)src);
+		rte_mov16((uint8_t *)dst - 16 + n,
+				(const uint8_t *)src - 16 + n);
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy 32 < size <= 64 bytes */
+	if (n <= 64) {
+		rte_mov32((uint8_t *)dst, (const uint8_t *)src);
+		rte_mov32((uint8_t *)dst - 32 + n,
+				(const uint8_t *)src - 32 + n);
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy 64 bytes blocks */
+	for (; n >= 64; n -= 64) {
+		rte_mov64((uint8_t *)dst, (const uint8_t *)src);
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 64;
+		src = (const uint8_t *)src + 64;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy whatever left */
+	rte_mov64((uint8_t *)dst - 64 + n,
+			(const uint8_t *)src - 64 + n);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void *
+rte_memcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+{
+	if (!(((uintptr_t)dst | (uintptr_t)src) & ALIGNMENT_MASK))
+		return rte_memcpy_aligned(dst, src, n);
+	else
+		return rte_memcpy_generic(dst, src, n);
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
index 77f2e253..1b4b85dd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/x86/rte_vect.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#ifndef _RTE_VECT_H_
-#define _RTE_VECT_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_VECT_X86_H_
+#define _RTE_VECT_X86_H_
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "generic/rte_vect.h"
 
 #if (defined(__ICC) || (__GNUC__ == 4 &&  __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4))
 
@@ -133,4 +134,4 @@ __extension__ ({                 \
 }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _RTE_VECT_H_ */
+#endif /* _RTE_VECT_X86_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_atomic.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_atomic.h
index 43a704ec..7b81705b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_atomic.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_atomic.h
@@ -100,6 +100,33 @@ static inline void rte_smp_wmb(void);
  */
 static inline void rte_smp_rmb(void);
 
+/**
+ * General memory barrier for I/O device
+ *
+ * Guarantees that the LOAD and STORE operations that precede the
+ * rte_io_mb() call are visible to I/O device or CPU before the
+ * LOAD and STORE operations that follow it.
+ */
+static inline void rte_io_mb(void);
+
+/**
+ * Write memory barrier for I/O device
+ *
+ * Guarantees that the STORE operations that precede the
+ * rte_io_wmb() call are visible to I/O device before the STORE
+ * operations that follow it.
+ */
+static inline void rte_io_wmb(void);
+
+/**
+ * Read memory barrier for IO device
+ *
+ * Guarantees that the LOAD operations on I/O device that precede the
+ * rte_io_rmb() call are visible to CPU before the LOAD
+ * operations that follow it.
+ */
+static inline void rte_io_rmb(void);
+
 #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cpuflags.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cpuflags.h
index 71321f32..c1c5551f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cpuflags.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cpuflags.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
  * Architecture specific API to determine available CPU features at runtime.
  */
 
+#include "rte_common.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +80,17 @@ rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(enum rte_cpu_flag_t feature);
  * that were specified at compile time. It is called automatically within the
  * EAL, so does not need to be used by applications.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 void
 rte_cpu_check_supported(void);
 
+/**
+ * This function checks that the currently used CPU supports the CPU features
+ * that were specified at compile time. It is called automatically within the
+ * EAL, so does not need to be used by applications.  This version returns a
+ * result so that decisions may be made (for instance, graceful shutdowns).
+ */
+int
+rte_cpu_is_supported(void);
+
 #endif /* _RTE_CPUFLAGS_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cycles.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cycles.h
index 00103ca9..0e645c2c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cycles.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_cycles.h
@@ -150,15 +150,17 @@ int rte_eal_hpet_init(int make_default);
 static inline uint64_t
 rte_get_timer_cycles(void)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET
 	switch(eal_timer_source) {
 	case EAL_TIMER_TSC:
+#endif
 		return rte_get_tsc_cycles();
-	case EAL_TIMER_HPET:
 #ifdef RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET
+	case EAL_TIMER_HPET:
 		return rte_get_hpet_cycles();
-#endif
 	default: rte_panic("Invalid timer source specified\n");
 	}
+#endif
 }
 
 /**
@@ -170,15 +172,17 @@ rte_get_timer_cycles(void)
 static inline uint64_t
 rte_get_timer_hz(void)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET
 	switch(eal_timer_source) {
 	case EAL_TIMER_TSC:
+#endif
 		return rte_get_tsc_hz();
-	case EAL_TIMER_HPET:
 #ifdef RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET
+	case EAL_TIMER_HPET:
 		return rte_get_hpet_hz();
-#endif
 	default: rte_panic("Invalid timer source specified\n");
 	}
+#endif
 }
 /**
  * Wait at least us microseconds.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_io.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_io.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d82ee695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_io.h
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+/*
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 Cavium networks. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Cavium networks nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_IO_H_
+#define _RTE_IO_H_
+
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * I/O device memory operations
+ *
+ * This file defines the generic API for I/O device memory read/write operations
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+
+#ifdef __DOXYGEN__
+
+/**
+ * Read a 8-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint8_t
+rte_read8_relaxed(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 16-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint16_t
+rte_read16_relaxed(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 32-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_read32_relaxed(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 64-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_read64_relaxed(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 8-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+
+static inline void
+rte_write8_relaxed(uint8_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 16-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write16_relaxed(uint16_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 32-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write32_relaxed(uint32_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 64-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * The relaxed version does not have additional I/O memory barrier, useful in
+ * accessing the device registers of integrated controllers which implicitly
+ * strongly ordered with respect to memory access.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write64_relaxed(uint64_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 8-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint8_t
+rte_read8(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 16-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint16_t
+rte_read16(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 32-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_read32(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Read a 64-bit value from I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to read the value from
+ * @return
+ *  read value
+ */
+static inline uint64_t
+rte_read64(const volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 8-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+
+static inline void
+rte_write8(uint8_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 16-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write16(uint16_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 32-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write32(uint32_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+/**
+ * Write a 64-bit value to I/O device memory address *addr*.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *  Value to write
+ * @param addr
+ *  I/O memory address to write the value to
+ */
+static inline void
+rte_write64(uint64_t value, volatile void *addr);
+
+#endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_OVERRIDE_IO_H
+
+static inline uint8_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read8_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return *(const volatile uint8_t *)addr;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read16_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return *(const volatile uint16_t *)addr;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read32_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return *(const volatile uint32_t *)addr;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read64_relaxed(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return *(const volatile uint64_t *)addr;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write8_relaxed(uint8_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	*(volatile uint8_t *)addr = value;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write16_relaxed(uint16_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	*(volatile uint16_t *)addr = value;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write32_relaxed(uint32_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	*(volatile uint32_t *)addr = value;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write64_relaxed(uint64_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	*(volatile uint64_t *)addr = value;
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read8(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint8_t val;
+	val = rte_read8_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read16(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint16_t val;
+	val = rte_read16_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t  __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read32(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint32_t val;
+	val = rte_read32_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_read64(const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	uint64_t val;
+	val = rte_read64_relaxed(addr);
+	rte_io_rmb();
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write8(uint8_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write8_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write16(uint16_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write16_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write32(uint32_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write32_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_write64(uint64_t value, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	rte_io_wmb();
+	rte_write64_relaxed(value, addr);
+}
+
+#endif /* RTE_OVERRIDE_IO_H */
+
+#endif /* _RTE_IO_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_vect.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..600ee9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_vect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2016 6WIND S.A.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of 6WIND S.A. nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_VECT_H_
+#define _RTE_VECT_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * SIMD vector types
+ *
+ * This file defines types to use vector instructions with generic C code.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* Unsigned vector types */
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with unsigned 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64u8_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef uint8_t rte_v64u8_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with unsigned 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64u16_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3 }
+ */
+typedef uint16_t rte_v64u16_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with unsigned 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64u32_t){ a0, a1 }
+ */
+typedef uint32_t rte_v64u32_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with unsigned 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128u8_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                     a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15 }
+ */
+typedef uint8_t rte_v128u8_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with unsigned 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128u16_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef uint16_t rte_v128u16_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with unsigned 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128u32_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4 }
+ */
+typedef uint32_t rte_v128u32_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with unsigned 64 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128u64_t){ a0, a1 }
+ */
+typedef uint64_t rte_v128u64_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with unsigned 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256u8_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                     a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15,
+ *                     a16, a17, a18, a19, a20, a21, a22, a23,
+ *                     a24, a25, a26, a27, a28, a29, a30, a31 }
+ */
+typedef uint8_t rte_v256u8_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with unsigned 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256u16_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                      a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15 }
+ */
+typedef uint16_t rte_v256u16_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with unsigned 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256u32_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef uint32_t rte_v256u32_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with unsigned 64 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256u64_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3 }
+ */
+typedef uint64_t rte_v256u64_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+
+/* Signed vector types */
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64s8_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef int8_t rte_v64s8_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64s16_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3 }
+ */
+typedef int16_t rte_v64s16_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 64 bits vector size to use with 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v64s32_t){ a0, a1 }
+ */
+typedef int32_t rte_v64s32_t __attribute__((vector_size(8), aligned(8)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128s8_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                     a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15 }
+ */
+typedef int8_t rte_v128s8_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128s16_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef int16_t rte_v128s16_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128s32_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3 }
+ */
+typedef int32_t rte_v128s32_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 128 bits vector size to use with 64 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v128s64_t){ a1, a2 }
+ */
+typedef int64_t rte_v128s64_t __attribute__((vector_size(16), aligned(16)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with 8 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256s8_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                     a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15,
+ *                     a16, a17, a18, a19, a20, a21, a22, a23,
+ *                     a24, a25, a26, a27, a28, a29, a30, a31 }
+ */
+typedef int8_t rte_v256s8_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with 16 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256s16_t){ a00, a01, a02, a03, a04, a05, a06, a07,
+ *                      a08, a09, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15 }
+ */
+typedef int16_t rte_v256s16_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with 32 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256s32_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7 }
+ */
+typedef int32_t rte_v256s32_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+/**
+ * 256 bits vector size to use with 64 bits elements.
+ *
+ * a = (rte_v256s64_t){ a0, a1, a2, a3 }
+ */
+typedef int64_t rte_v256s64_t __attribute__((vector_size(32), aligned(32)));
+
+#endif /* _RTE_VECT_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c369692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_bus.h
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016 NXP
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of NXP nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_BUS_H_
+#define _RTE_BUS_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * DPDK device bus interface
+ *
+ * This file exposes API and interfaces for bus abstraction
+ * over the devices and drivers in EAL.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+
+/** Double linked list of buses */
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_bus_list, rte_bus);
+
+/**
+ * Bus specific scan for devices attached on the bus.
+ * For each bus object, the scan would be reponsible for finding devices and
+ * adding them to its private device list.
+ *
+ * A bus should mandatorily implement this method.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	0 for successful scan
+ *	<0 for unsuccessful scan with error value
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_bus_scan_t)(void);
+
+/**
+ * Implementation specific probe function which is responsible for linking
+ * devices on that bus with applicable drivers.
+ *
+ * This is called while iterating over each registered bus.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	0 for successful probe
+ *	!0 for any error while probing
+ */
+typedef int (*rte_bus_probe_t)(void);
+
+/**
+ * A structure describing a generic bus.
+ */
+struct rte_bus {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_bus) next;   /**< Next bus object in linked list */
+	const char *name;            /**< Name of the bus */
+	rte_bus_scan_t scan;         /**< Scan for devices attached to bus */
+	rte_bus_probe_t probe;       /**< Probe devices on bus */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Register a Bus handler.
+ *
+ * @param bus
+ *   A pointer to a rte_bus structure describing the bus
+ *   to be registered.
+ */
+void rte_bus_register(struct rte_bus *bus);
+
+/**
+ * Unregister a Bus handler.
+ *
+ * @param bus
+ *   A pointer to a rte_bus structure describing the bus
+ *   to be unregistered.
+ */
+void rte_bus_unregister(struct rte_bus *bus);
+
+/**
+ * Scan all the buses.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 in case of success in scanning all buses
+ *  !0 in case of failure to scan
+ */
+int rte_bus_scan(void);
+
+/**
+ * For each device on the buses, perform a driver 'match' and call the
+ * driver-specific probe for device initialization.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	 0 for successful match/probe
+ *	!0 otherwise
+ */
+int rte_bus_probe(void);
+
+/**
+ * Dump information of all the buses registered with EAL.
+ *
+ * @param f
+ *	 A valid and open output stream handle
+ *
+ * @return
+ *	 0 in case of success
+ *	!0 in case there is error in opening the output stream
+ */
+void rte_bus_dump(FILE *f);
+
+/**
+ * Helper for Bus registration.
+ * The constructor has higher priority than PMD constructors.
+ */
+#define RTE_REGISTER_BUS(nm, bus) \
+static void __attribute__((constructor(101), used)) businitfn_ ##nm(void) \
+{\
+	(bus).name = RTE_STR(nm);\
+	rte_bus_register(&bus); \
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_BUS_H */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
index db5ac91c..e057f6e2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common.h
@@ -331,6 +331,29 @@ rte_bsf32(uint32_t v)
 #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER)  __builtin_offsetof (TYPE, MEMBER)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Return pointer to the wrapping struct instance.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ *  struct wrapper {
+ *      ...
+ *      struct child c;
+ *      ...
+ *  };
+ *
+ *  struct child *x = obtain(...);
+ *  struct wrapper *w = container_of(x, struct wrapper, c);
+ */
+#ifndef container_of
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member)	__extension__ ({		\
+			const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *_ptr = (ptr); \
+			__attribute__((unused)) type *_target_ptr =	\
+				(type *)(ptr);				\
+			(type *)(((uintptr_t)_ptr) - offsetof(type, member)); \
+		})
+#endif
+
 #define _RTE_STR(x) #x
 /** Take a macro value and get a string version of it */
 #define RTE_STR(x) _RTE_STR(x)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index 8840380d..de20c063 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
+#include <rte_config.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
 
 __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)))
@@ -70,6 +71,19 @@ rte_pmd_debug_trace(const char *func_name, const char *fmt, ...)
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ERR, RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD, "%s: %s", func_name, buffer);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Enable RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE() when at least one component relying on the
+ * RTE_*_RET() macros defined below is compiled in debug mode.
+ */
+#if defined(RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG) || \
+	defined(RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV_DEBUG) || \
+	defined(RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV_DEBUG)
+#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(...) \
+	rte_pmd_debug_trace(__func__, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(...) (void)0
+#endif
+
 /* Macros for checking for restricting functions to primary instance only */
 #define RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(retval) do { \
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { \
@@ -109,40 +123,6 @@ struct rte_mem_resource {
 	void *addr;         /**< Virtual address, NULL when not mapped. */
 };
 
-/** Double linked list of device drivers. */
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_driver_list, rte_driver);
-/** Double linked list of devices. */
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_device_list, rte_device);
-
-/* Forward declaration */
-struct rte_driver;
-
-/**
- * A structure describing a generic device.
- */
-struct rte_device {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_device) next; /**< Next device */
-	struct rte_driver *driver;    /**< Associated driver */
-	int numa_node;                /**< NUMA node connection */
-	struct rte_devargs *devargs;  /**< Device user arguments */
-};
-
-/**
- * Insert a device detected by a bus scanning.
- *
- * @param dev
- *   A pointer to a rte_device structure describing the detected device.
- */
-void rte_eal_device_insert(struct rte_device *dev);
-
-/**
- * Remove a device (e.g. when being unplugged).
- *
- * @param dev
- *   A pointer to a rte_device structure describing the device to be removed.
- */
-void rte_eal_device_remove(struct rte_device *dev);
-
 /**
  * A structure describing a device driver.
  */
@@ -153,27 +133,15 @@ struct rte_driver {
 };
 
 /**
- * Register a device driver.
- *
- * @param driver
- *   A pointer to a rte_dev structure describing the driver
- *   to be registered.
- */
-void rte_eal_driver_register(struct rte_driver *driver);
-
-/**
- * Unregister a device driver.
- *
- * @param driver
- *   A pointer to a rte_dev structure describing the driver
- *   to be unregistered.
- */
-void rte_eal_driver_unregister(struct rte_driver *driver);
-
-/**
- * Initalize all the registered drivers in this process
+ * A structure describing a generic device.
  */
-int rte_eal_dev_init(void);
+struct rte_device {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_device) next; /**< Next device */
+	const char *name;             /**< Device name */
+	const struct rte_driver *driver;/**< Associated driver */
+	int numa_node;                /**< NUMA node connection */
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs;  /**< Device user arguments */
+};
 
 /**
  * Initialize a driver specified by name.
@@ -185,7 +153,7 @@ int rte_eal_dev_init(void);
  * @return
  *  0 on success, negative on error
  */
-int rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args);
+int rte_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args);
 
 /**
  * Uninitalize a driver specified by name.
@@ -195,7 +163,7 @@ int rte_eal_vdev_init(const char *name, const char *args);
  * @return
  *  0 on success, negative on error
  */
-int rte_eal_vdev_uninit(const char *name);
+int rte_vdev_uninit(const char *name);
 
 /**
  * Attach a device to a registered driver.
@@ -239,6 +207,31 @@ RTE_STR(table)
 static const char DRV_EXP_TAG(name, param_string_export)[] \
 __attribute__((used)) = str
 
+/**
+ * Advertise the list of kernel modules required to run this driver
+ *
+ * This string lists the kernel modules required for the devices
+ * associated to a PMD. The format of each line of the string is:
+ * "<device-pattern> <kmod-expression>".
+ *
+ * The possible formats for the device pattern are:
+ *   "*"                     all devices supported by this driver
+ *   "pci:*"                 all PCI devices supported by this driver
+ *   "pci:v8086:d*:sv*:sd*"  all PCI devices supported by this driver
+ *                           whose vendor id is 0x8086.
+ *
+ * The format of the kernel modules list is a parenthesed expression
+ * containing logical-and (&) and logical-or (|).
+ *
+ * The device pattern and the kmod expression are separated by a space.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * - "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio"
+ */
+#define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(name, str) \
+static const char DRV_EXP_TAG(name, kmod_dep_export)[] \
+__attribute__((used)) = str
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index d150b9dd..abf020bf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -146,15 +146,45 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
  * This behavior may change in the future.
  *
  * @param argc
- *   The argc argument that was given to the main() function.
+ *   A non-negative value.  If it is greater than 0, the array members
+ *   for argv[0] through argv[argc] (non-inclusive) shall contain pointers
+ *   to strings.
  * @param argv
- *   The argv argument that was given to the main() function.
+ *   An array of strings.  The contents of the array, as well as the strings
+ *   which are pointed to by the array, may be modified by this function.
  * @return
  *   - On success, the number of parsed arguments, which is greater or
  *     equal to zero. After the call to rte_eal_init(),
- *     all arguments argv[x] with x < ret may be modified and should
- *     not be accessed by the application.
- *   - On failure, a negative error value.
+ *     all arguments argv[x] with x < ret may have been modified by this
+ *     function call and should not be further interpreted by the
+ *     application.  The EAL does not take any ownership of the memory used
+ *     for either the argv array, or its members.
+ *   - On failure, -1 and rte_errno is set to a value indicating the cause
+ *     for failure.  In some instances, the application will need to be
+ *     restarted as part of clearing the issue.
+ *
+ *   Error codes returned via rte_errno:
+ *     EACCES indicates a permissions issue.
+ *
+ *     EAGAIN indicates either a bus or system resource was not available,
+ *            setup may be attempted again.
+ *
+ *     EALREADY indicates that the rte_eal_init function has already been
+ *              called, and cannot be called again.
+ *
+ *     EFAULT indicates the tailq configuration name was not found in
+ *            memory configuration.
+ *
+ *     EINVAL indicates invalid parameters were passed as argv/argc.
+ *
+ *     ENOMEM indicates failure likely caused by an out-of-memory condition.
+ *
+ *     ENODEV indicates memory setup issues.
+ *
+ *     ENOTSUP indicates that the EAL cannot initialize on this system.
+ *
+ *     EPROTO indicates that the PCI bus is either not present, or is not
+ *            readable by the eal.
  */
 int rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_interrupts.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_interrupts.h
index fd3c6eff..5d06ed79 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_interrupts.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_interrupts.h
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ extern "C" {
 struct rte_intr_handle;
 
 /** Function to be registered for the specific interrupt */
-typedef void (*rte_intr_callback_fn)(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
-							void *cb_arg);
+typedef void (*rte_intr_callback_fn)(void *cb_arg);
 
 #include <exec-env/rte_interrupts.h>
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ typedef void (*rte_intr_callback_fn)(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
  *  - On success, zero.
  *  - On failure, a negative value.
  */
-int rte_intr_callback_register(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+int rte_intr_callback_register(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 				rte_intr_callback_fn cb, void *cb_arg);
 
 /**
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ int rte_intr_callback_register(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
  *  - On success, return the number of callback entities removed.
  *  - On failure, a negative value.
  */
-int rte_intr_callback_unregister(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+int rte_intr_callback_unregister(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 				rte_intr_callback_fn cb, void *cb_arg);
 
 /**
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ int rte_intr_callback_unregister(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
  *  - On success, zero.
  *  - On failure, a negative value.
  */
-int rte_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
+int rte_intr_enable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
 
 /**
  * It disables the interrupt for the specified handle.
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ int rte_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
  *  - On success, zero.
  *  - On failure, a negative value.
  */
-int rte_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
+int rte_intr_disable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
index 29f7d192..34191385 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*-
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -50,45 +50,56 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include <rte_common.h>
+
+struct rte_log_dynamic_type;
+
 /** The rte_log structure. */
 struct rte_logs {
 	uint32_t type;  /**< Bitfield with enabled logs. */
 	uint32_t level; /**< Log level. */
 	FILE *file;     /**< Output file set by rte_openlog_stream, or NULL. */
+	size_t dynamic_types_len;
+	struct rte_log_dynamic_type *dynamic_types;
 };
 
 /** Global log informations */
 extern struct rte_logs rte_logs;
 
 /* SDK log type */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL     0x00000001 /**< Log related to eal. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC  0x00000002 /**< Log related to malloc. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_RING    0x00000004 /**< Log related to ring. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MEMPOOL 0x00000008 /**< Log related to mempool. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_TIMER   0x00000010 /**< Log related to timers. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD     0x00000020 /**< Log related to poll mode driver. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_HASH    0x00000040 /**< Log related to hash table. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_LPM     0x00000080 /**< Log related to LPM. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_KNI     0x00000100 /**< Log related to KNI. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL     0x00000200 /**< Log related to ACL. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_POWER   0x00000400 /**< Log related to power. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_METER   0x00000800 /**< Log related to QoS meter. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_SCHED   0x00001000 /**< Log related to QoS port scheduler. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PORT    0x00002000 /**< Log related to port. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_TABLE   0x00004000 /**< Log related to table. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PIPELINE 0x00008000 /**< Log related to pipeline. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MBUF    0x00010000 /**< Log related to mbuf. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_CRYPTODEV 0x00020000 /**< Log related to cryptodev. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL        0 /**< Log related to eal. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC     1 /**< Log related to malloc. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_RING       2 /**< Log related to ring. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MEMPOOL    3 /**< Log related to mempool. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_TIMER      4 /**< Log related to timers. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD        5 /**< Log related to poll mode driver. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_HASH       6 /**< Log related to hash table. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_LPM        7 /**< Log related to LPM. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_KNI        8 /**< Log related to KNI. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL        9 /**< Log related to ACL. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_POWER     10 /**< Log related to power. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_METER     11 /**< Log related to QoS meter. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_SCHED     12 /**< Log related to QoS port scheduler. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PORT      13 /**< Log related to port. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_TABLE     14 /**< Log related to table. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_PIPELINE  15 /**< Log related to pipeline. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MBUF      16 /**< Log related to mbuf. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_CRYPTODEV 17 /**< Log related to cryptodev. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_EFD       18 /**< Log related to EFD. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_EVENTDEV  19 /**< Log related to eventdev. */
 
 /* these log types can be used in an application */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1   0x01000000 /**< User-defined log type 1. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER2   0x02000000 /**< User-defined log type 2. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER3   0x04000000 /**< User-defined log type 3. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER4   0x08000000 /**< User-defined log type 4. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER5   0x10000000 /**< User-defined log type 5. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER6   0x20000000 /**< User-defined log type 6. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER7   0x40000000 /**< User-defined log type 7. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER8   0x80000000 /**< User-defined log type 8. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1     24 /**< User-defined log type 1. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER2     25 /**< User-defined log type 2. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER3     26 /**< User-defined log type 3. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER4     27 /**< User-defined log type 4. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER5     28 /**< User-defined log type 5. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER6     29 /**< User-defined log type 6. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER7     30 /**< User-defined log type 7. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_USER8     31 /**< User-defined log type 8. */
+
+/** First identifier for extended logs */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_FIRST_EXT_ID 32
 
 /* Can't use 0, as it gives compiler warnings */
 #define RTE_LOG_EMERG    1U  /**< System is unusable.               */
@@ -118,18 +129,32 @@ int rte_openlog_stream(FILE *f);
 /**
  * Set the global log level.
  *
- * After this call, all logs that are lower or equal than level and
- * lower or equal than the RTE_LOG_LEVEL configuration option will be
- * displayed.
+ * After this call, logs with a level lower or equal than the level
+ * passed as argument will be displayed.
  *
  * @param level
  *   Log level. A value between RTE_LOG_EMERG (1) and RTE_LOG_DEBUG (8).
  */
+void rte_log_set_global_level(uint32_t level);
+
+/**
+ * Deprecated, replaced by rte_log_set_global_level().
+ */
+__rte_deprecated
 void rte_set_log_level(uint32_t level);
 
 /**
  * Get the global log level.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The current global log level.
+ */
+uint32_t rte_log_get_global_level(void);
+
+/**
+ * Deprecated, replaced by rte_log_get_global_level().
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 uint32_t rte_get_log_level(void);
 
 /**
@@ -140,14 +165,40 @@ uint32_t rte_get_log_level(void);
  * @param enable
  *   True for enable; false for disable.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 void rte_set_log_type(uint32_t type, int enable);
 
 /**
  * Get the global log type.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 uint32_t rte_get_log_type(void);
 
 /**
+ * Set the log level for a given type.
+ *
+ * @param pattern
+ *   The regexp identifying the log type.
+ * @param level
+ *   The level to be set.
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative value if level is invalid.
+ */
+int rte_log_set_level_regexp(const char *pattern, uint32_t level);
+
+/**
+ * Set the log level for a given type.
+ *
+ * @param logtype
+ *   The log type identifier.
+ * @param level
+ *   The level to be set.
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative value if logtype or level is invalid.
+ */
+int rte_log_set_level(uint32_t logtype, uint32_t level);
+
+/**
  * Get the current loglevel for the message being processed.
  *
  * Before calling the user-defined stream for logging, the log
@@ -176,6 +227,30 @@ int rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel(void);
 int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void);
 
 /**
+ * Register a dynamic log type
+ *
+ * If a log is already registered with the same type, the returned value
+ * is the same than the previous one.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   The string identifying the log type.
+ * @return
+ *   - >0: success, the returned value is the log type identifier.
+ *   - (-ENONEM): cannot allocate memory.
+ */
+int rte_log_register(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * Dump log information.
+ *
+ * Dump the global level and the registered log types.
+ *
+ * @param f
+ *   The output stream where the dump should be sent.
+ */
+void rte_log_dump(FILE *f);
+
+/**
  * Generates a log message.
  *
  * The message will be sent in the stream defined by the previous call
@@ -184,9 +259,8 @@ int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void);
  * The level argument determines if the log should be displayed or
  * not, depending on the global rte_logs variable.
  *
- * The preferred alternative is the RTE_LOG() function because debug logs may
- * be removed at compilation time if optimization is enabled. Moreover,
- * logs are automatically prefixed by type when using the macro.
+ * The preferred alternative is the RTE_LOG() because it adds the
+ * level and type in the logged string.
  *
  * @param level
  *   Log level. A value between RTE_LOG_EMERG (1) and RTE_LOG_DEBUG (8).
@@ -217,8 +291,8 @@ int rte_log(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtype, const char *format, ...)
  * not, depending on the global rte_logs variable. A trailing
  * newline may be added if needed.
  *
- * The preferred alternative is the RTE_LOG() because debug logs may be
- * removed at compilation time.
+ * The preferred alternative is the RTE_LOG() because it adds the
+ * level and type in the logged string.
  *
  * @param level
  *   Log level. A value between RTE_LOG_EMERG (1) and RTE_LOG_DEBUG (8).
@@ -239,15 +313,8 @@ int rte_vlog(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtype, const char *format, va_list ap)
 /**
  * Generates a log message.
  *
- * The RTE_LOG() is equivalent to rte_log() with two differences:
-
- * - RTE_LOG() can be used to remove debug logs at compilation time,
- *   depending on RTE_LOG_LEVEL configuration option, and compilation
- *   optimization level. If optimization is enabled, the tests
- *   involving constants only are pre-computed. If compilation is done
- *   with -O0, these tests will be done at run time.
- * - The log level and log type names are smaller, for example:
- *   RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "this is a %s", "log");
+ * The RTE_LOG() is a helper that prefixes the string with the log level
+ * and type, and call rte_log().
  *
  * @param l
  *   Log level. A value between EMERG (1) and DEBUG (8). The short name is
@@ -263,7 +330,31 @@ int rte_vlog(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtype, const char *format, va_list ap)
  *   - Negative on error.
  */
 #define RTE_LOG(l, t, ...)					\
-	(void)((RTE_LOG_ ## l <= RTE_LOG_LEVEL) ?		\
+	 rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## l,					\
+		 RTE_LOGTYPE_ ## t, # t ": " __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/**
+ * Generates a log message for data path.
+ *
+ * Similar to RTE_LOG(), except that it is removed at compilation time
+ * if the RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL configuration option is lower than the log
+ * level argument.
+ *
+ * @param l
+ *   Log level. A value between EMERG (1) and DEBUG (8). The short name is
+ *   expanded by the macro, so it cannot be an integer value.
+ * @param t
+ *   The log type, for example, EAL. The short name is expanded by the
+ *   macro, so it cannot be an integer value.
+ * @param ...
+ *   The fmt string, as in printf(3), followed by the variable arguments
+ *   required by the format.
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success.
+ *   - Negative on error.
+ */
+#define RTE_LOG_DP(l, t, ...)					\
+	(void)((RTE_LOG_ ## l <= RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL) ?		\
 	 rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## l,					\
 		 RTE_LOGTYPE_ ## t, # t ": " __VA_ARGS__) :	\
 	 0)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
index 9ce88472..ab64c63c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci.h
@@ -85,12 +85,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_debug.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
-
-TAILQ_HEAD(pci_device_list, rte_pci_device); /**< PCI devices in D-linked Q. */
-TAILQ_HEAD(pci_driver_list, rte_pci_driver); /**< PCI drivers in D-linked Q. */
-
-extern struct pci_driver_list pci_driver_list; /**< Global list of PCI drivers. */
-extern struct pci_device_list pci_device_list; /**< Global list of PCI devices. */
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 
 /** Pathname of PCI devices directory. */
 const char *pci_get_sysfs_path(void);
@@ -111,6 +106,25 @@ const char *pci_get_sysfs_path(void);
 /** Maximum number of PCI resources. */
 #define PCI_MAX_RESOURCE 6
 
+/** Name of PCI Bus */
+#define PCI_BUS_NAME "PCI"
+
+/* Forward declarations */
+struct rte_pci_device;
+struct rte_pci_driver;
+
+/** List of PCI devices */
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_pci_device_list, rte_pci_device);
+/** List of PCI drivers */
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_pci_driver_list, rte_pci_driver);
+
+/* PCI Bus iterators */
+#define FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(p)	\
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &(rte_pci_bus.device_list), next)
+
+#define FOREACH_DRIVER_ON_PCIBUS(p)	\
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &(rte_pci_bus.driver_list), next)
+
 /**
  * A structure describing an ID for a PCI driver. Each driver provides a
  * table of these IDs for each device that it supports.
@@ -158,8 +172,15 @@ struct rte_pci_device {
 	struct rte_pci_driver *driver;          /**< Associated driver */
 	uint16_t max_vfs;                       /**< sriov enable if not zero */
 	enum rte_kernel_driver kdrv;            /**< Kernel driver passthrough */
+	char name[PCI_PRI_STR_SIZE+1];          /**< PCI location (ASCII) */
 };
 
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Helper macro for drivers that need to convert to struct rte_pci_device.
+ */
+#define RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(ptr) container_of(ptr, struct rte_pci_device, device)
+
 /** Any PCI device identifier (vendor, device, ...) */
 #define PCI_ANY_ID (0xffff)
 #define RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID (0xffffff)
@@ -182,8 +203,6 @@ struct rte_pci_device {
 	.subsystem_device_id = PCI_ANY_ID
 #endif
 
-struct rte_pci_driver;
-
 /**
  * Initialisation function for the driver called during PCI probing.
  */
@@ -200,20 +219,28 @@ typedef int (pci_remove_t)(struct rte_pci_device *);
 struct rte_pci_driver {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_pci_driver) next;       /**< Next in list. */
 	struct rte_driver driver;               /**< Inherit core driver. */
+	struct rte_pci_bus *bus;                /**< PCI bus reference. */
 	pci_probe_t *probe;                     /**< Device Probe function. */
 	pci_remove_t *remove;                   /**< Device Remove function. */
 	const struct rte_pci_id *id_table;	/**< ID table, NULL terminated. */
 	uint32_t drv_flags;                     /**< Flags contolling handling of device. */
 };
 
+/**
+ * Structure describing the PCI bus
+ */
+struct rte_pci_bus {
+	struct rte_bus bus;               /**< Inherit the generic class */
+	struct rte_pci_device_list device_list;  /**< List of PCI devices */
+	struct rte_pci_driver_list driver_list;  /**< List of PCI drivers */
+};
+
 /** Device needs PCI BAR mapping (done with either IGB_UIO or VFIO) */
 #define RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING 0x0001
-/** Device needs to be unbound even if no module is provided */
-#define RTE_PCI_DRV_FORCE_UNBIND 0x0004
 /** Device driver supports link state interrupt */
 #define RTE_PCI_DRV_INTR_LSC	0x0008
-/** Device driver supports detaching capability */
-#define RTE_PCI_DRV_DETACHABLE	0x0010
+/** Device driver supports device removal interrupt */
+#define RTE_PCI_DRV_INTR_RMV 0x0010
 
 /**
  * A structure describing a PCI mapping.
@@ -315,8 +342,8 @@ eal_parse_pci_DomBDF(const char *input, struct rte_pci_addr *dev_addr)
  *	The output buffer size
  */
 static inline void
-rte_eal_pci_device_name(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr,
-		    char *output, size_t size)
+rte_pci_device_name(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr,
+		char *output, size_t size)
 {
 	RTE_VERIFY(size >= PCI_PRI_STR_SIZE);
 	RTE_VERIFY(snprintf(output, size, PCI_PRI_FMT,
@@ -366,20 +393,17 @@ rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr,
  * @return
  *  0 on success, negative on error
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_scan(void);
+int rte_pci_scan(void);
 
 /**
- * Probe the PCI bus for registered drivers.
- *
- * Scan the content of the PCI bus, and call the probe() function for
- * all registered drivers that have a matching entry in its id_table
- * for discovered devices.
+ * Probe the PCI bus
  *
  * @return
  *   - 0 on success.
- *   - Negative on error.
+ *   - !0 on error.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_probe(void);
+int
+rte_pci_probe(void);
 
 /**
  * Map the PCI device resources in user space virtual memory address
@@ -396,7 +420,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_probe(void);
  *   0 on success, negative on error and positive if no driver
  *   is found for the device.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
+int rte_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 
 /**
  * Unmap this device
@@ -405,7 +429,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
  *   A pointer to a rte_pci_device structure describing the device
  *   to use
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
+void rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 
 /**
  * @internal
@@ -452,7 +476,7 @@ void pci_unmap_resource(void *requested_addr, size_t size);
  *   - 0 on success.
  *   - Negative on error.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
+int rte_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
 
 /**
  * Close the single PCI device.
@@ -467,7 +491,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_probe_one(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
  *   - 0 on success.
  *   - Negative on error.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
+int rte_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
 
 /**
  * Dump the content of the PCI bus.
@@ -475,7 +499,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_detach(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr);
  * @param f
  *   A pointer to a file for output
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_dump(FILE *f);
+void rte_pci_dump(FILE *f);
 
 /**
  * Register a PCI driver.
@@ -484,7 +508,7 @@ void rte_eal_pci_dump(FILE *f);
  *   A pointer to a rte_pci_driver structure describing the driver
  *   to be registered.
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_register(struct rte_pci_driver *driver);
+void rte_pci_register(struct rte_pci_driver *driver);
 
 /** Helper for PCI device registration from driver (eth, crypto) instance */
 #define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(nm, pci_drv) \
@@ -492,7 +516,7 @@ RTE_INIT(pciinitfn_ ##nm); \
 static void pciinitfn_ ##nm(void) \
 {\
 	(pci_drv).driver.name = RTE_STR(nm);\
-	rte_eal_pci_register(&pci_drv); \
+	rte_pci_register(&pci_drv); \
 } \
 RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
 
@@ -503,7 +527,7 @@ RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
  *   A pointer to a rte_pci_driver structure describing the driver
  *   to be unregistered.
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_unregister(struct rte_pci_driver *driver);
+void rte_pci_unregister(struct rte_pci_driver *driver);
 
 /**
  * Read PCI config space.
@@ -518,8 +542,8 @@ void rte_eal_pci_unregister(struct rte_pci_driver *driver);
  * @param offset
  *   The offset into PCI config space
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
-			    void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
+int rte_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
+		void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
 
 /**
  * Write PCI config space.
@@ -534,8 +558,8 @@ int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
  * @param offset
  *   The offset into PCI config space
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
-			     const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
+int rte_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
+		const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset);
 
 /**
  * A structure used to access io resources for a pci device.
@@ -563,8 +587,8 @@ struct rte_pci_ioport {
  * @return
  *  0 on success, negative on error.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
-			   struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
+int rte_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
+		struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
 
 /**
  * Release any resources used in a rte_pci_ioport object.
@@ -574,7 +598,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
  * @return
  *  0 on success, negative on error.
  */
-int rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
+int rte_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
 
 /**
  * Read from a io pci resource.
@@ -588,8 +612,8 @@ int rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
  * @param offset
  *   The offset into the pci io resource.
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			     void *data, size_t len, off_t offset);
+void rte_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		void *data, size_t len, off_t offset);
 
 /**
  * Write to a io pci resource.
@@ -603,8 +627,8 @@ void rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
  * @param offset
  *   The offset into the pci io resource.
  */
-void rte_eal_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			      const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset);
+void rte_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
index 784e837d..e6b678ea 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_vdev.h
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
+
+struct rte_vdev_device {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_vdev_device) next;      /**< Next attached vdev */
+	struct rte_device device;               /**< Inherit core device */
+};
+
+static inline const char *
+rte_vdev_device_name(const struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->device.devargs)
+		return dev->device.devargs->virt.drv_name;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+rte_vdev_device_args(const struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->device.devargs)
+		return dev->device.devargs->args;
+	return "";
+}
 
 /** Double linked list of virtual device drivers. */
 TAILQ_HEAD(vdev_driver_list, rte_vdev_driver);
@@ -46,12 +68,12 @@ TAILQ_HEAD(vdev_driver_list, rte_vdev_driver);
 /**
  * Probe function called for each virtual device driver once.
  */
-typedef int (rte_vdev_probe_t)(const char *name, const char *args);
+typedef int (rte_vdev_probe_t)(struct rte_vdev_device *dev);
 
 /**
  * Remove function called for each virtual device driver once.
  */
-typedef int (rte_vdev_remove_t)(const char *name);
+typedef int (rte_vdev_remove_t)(struct rte_vdev_device *dev);
 
 /**
  * A virtual device driver abstraction.
@@ -70,7 +92,7 @@ struct rte_vdev_driver {
  *   A pointer to a rte_vdev_driver structure describing the driver
  *   to be registered.
  */
-void rte_eal_vdrv_register(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
+void rte_vdev_register(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
 
 /**
  * Unregister a virtual device driver.
@@ -79,7 +101,7 @@ void rte_eal_vdrv_register(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
  *   A pointer to a rte_vdev_driver structure describing the driver
  *   to be unregistered.
  */
-void rte_eal_vdrv_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
+void rte_vdev_unregister(struct rte_vdev_driver *driver);
 
 #define RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(nm, vdrv)\
 RTE_INIT(vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv);\
@@ -88,7 +110,7 @@ static void vdrvinitfn_ ##vdrv(void)\
 {\
 	(vdrv).driver.name = RTE_STR(nm);\
 	(vdrv).driver.alias = vdrvinit_ ## nm ## _alias;\
-	rte_eal_vdrv_register(&vdrv);\
+	rte_vdev_register(&vdrv);\
 } \
 RTE_PMD_EXPORT_NAME(nm, __COUNTER__)
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_version.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_version.h
index 0de35fb7..07a085eb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_version.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_version.h
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * Major version/year number i.e. the yy in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_YEAR 16
+#define RTE_VER_YEAR 17
 
 /**
  * Minor version/month number i.e. the mm in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_MONTH 11
+#define RTE_VER_MONTH 5
 
 /**
  * Patch level number i.e. the z in yy.mm.z
  */
-#define RTE_VER_MINOR 1
+#define RTE_VER_MINOR 0
 
 /**
  * Extra string to be appended to version number
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_warnings.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_warnings.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b545c9..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_warnings.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- *   BSD LICENSE
- *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *   All rights reserved.
- *
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
- *   are met:
- *
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
- *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
- *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Definitions of warnings for use of various insecure functions
- */
-
-#ifndef _RTE_WARNINGS_H_
-#define _RTE_WARNINGS_H_
-
-#ifdef RTE_INSECURE_FUNCTION_WARNING
-
-/* we need to include all used standard header files so that they appear
- * _before_ we poison the function names.
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP
-#include <dirent.h>
-#endif
-
-/* the following function are deemed not fully secure for use e.g. they
- * do not always null-terminate arguments */
-#pragma GCC poison sprintf strtok snprintf vsnprintf
-#pragma GCC poison strlen strcpy strcat
-#pragma GCC poison sscanf
-
-/* other unsafe functions may be implemented as macros so just undef them */
-#ifdef strsep
-#undef strsep
-#else
-#pragma GCC poison strsep
-#endif
-
-#ifdef strncpy
-#undef strncpy
-#else
-#pragma GCC poison strncpy
-#endif
-
-#ifdef strncat
-#undef strncat
-#else
-#pragma GCC poison strncat
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-#endif /* RTE_WARNINGS_H */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/Makefile
index 20d2a916..4794696b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO) += igb_uio
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD) += kni
+DEPDIRS-kni := eal
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0) += xen_dom0
+DEPDIRS-xen_dom0 := eal
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.subdir.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 4e206f09..640afd08 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ARCH_DIR ?= $(RTE_ARCH)
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_eal_version.map
 VPATH += $(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)
 
-LIBABIVER := 3
+LIBABIVER := 4
 
 VPATH += $(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
 
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_cpuflags.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_string_fns.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_hexdump.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_devargs.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_bus.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_dev.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_options.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_common_thread.c
@@ -130,7 +131,4 @@ INC := rte_interrupts.h rte_kni_common.h rte_dom0_common.h
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP)-include/exec-env := \
 	$(addprefix include/exec-env/,$(INC))
 
-DEPDIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += lib/librte_eal/common
-DEPDIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += lib/librte_eal/common/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)
-
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 2075282e..7c78f2dc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <rte_launch.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_log.h>
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_devargs.h>
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ rte_eal_config_create(void)
 		rte_panic("Cannot mmap memory for rte_config\n");
 	}
 	memcpy(rte_mem_cfg_addr, &early_mem_config, sizeof(early_mem_config));
-	rte_config.mem_config = (struct rte_mem_config *) rte_mem_cfg_addr;
+	rte_config.mem_config = rte_mem_cfg_addr;
 
 	/* store address of the config in the config itself so that secondary
 	 * processes could later map the config into this exact location */
@@ -490,8 +492,6 @@ eal_log_level_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 	argvopt = argv;
 	optind = 1;
 
-	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
-
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, eal_short_options,
 				  eal_long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 
@@ -739,6 +739,12 @@ static int rte_eal_vfio_setup(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "EAL: FATAL: %s\n", msg);
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s\n", msg);
+}
+
 /* Launch threads, called at application init(). */
 int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -751,33 +757,51 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	char thread_name[RTE_MAX_THREAD_NAME_LEN];
 
 	/* checks if the machine is adequate */
-	rte_cpu_check_supported();
+	if (!rte_cpu_is_supported()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("unsupported cpu type.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once))
+	if (!rte_atomic32_test_and_set(&run_once)) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("already called initialization.");
+		rte_errno = EALREADY;
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	logid = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	logid = strdup(logid ? logid + 1: argv[0]);
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
-	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
+	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
 
 	/* set log level as early as possible */
-	rte_set_log_level(internal_config.log_level);
+	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
 
-	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot detect lcores\n");
+	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	fctret = eal_parse_args(argc, argv);
-	if (fctret < 0)
-		exit(1);
+	if (fctret < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid 'command line' arguments.");
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs == 0 &&
 			internal_config.process_type != RTE_PROC_SECONDARY &&
 			internal_config.xen_dom0_support == 0 &&
-			eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot get hugepage information\n");
+			eal_hugepage_info_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot get hugepage information.");
+		rte_errno = EACCES;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	if (internal_config.memory == 0 && internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
 		if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs)
@@ -799,39 +823,59 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	rte_config_init();
 
-	if (rte_eal_log_init(logid, internal_config.syslog_facility) < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init logs\n");
-
-	if (rte_eal_pci_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init PCI\n");
+	if (rte_eal_log_init(logid, internal_config.syslog_facility) < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init logging.");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
-	if (rte_eal_vfio_setup() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init VFIO\n");
+	if (rte_eal_vfio_setup() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init VFIO\n");
+		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
+		rte_atomic32_clear(&run_once);
+		return -1;
+	}
 #endif
 
-	if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init memory\n");
+	if (rte_eal_memory_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memory\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	/* the directories are locked during eal_hugepage_info_init */
 	eal_hugedirs_unlock();
 
-	if (rte_eal_memzone_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init memzone\n");
+	if (rte_eal_memzone_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init memzone\n");
+		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n");
+	if (rte_eal_tailqs_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init tail queues for objects\n");
+		rte_errno = EFAULT;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+	if (rte_eal_alarm_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+		/* rte_eal_alarm_init sets rte_errno on failure. */
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 
 	if (eal_plugins_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init plugins\n");
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init plugins\n");
 
 	eal_thread_init_master(rte_config.master_lcore);
 
@@ -841,11 +885,16 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		rte_config.master_lcore, (int)thread_id, cpuset,
 		ret == 0 ? "" : "...");
 
-	if (rte_eal_dev_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init pmd devices\n");
+	if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_intr_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init interrupt-handling thread\n");
+	if (rte_bus_scan()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot scan the buses for devices\n");
+		rte_errno = ENODEV;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(i) {
 
@@ -883,9 +932,12 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(sync_func, NULL, SKIP_MASTER);
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
 
-	/* Probe & Initialize PCI devices */
-	if (rte_eal_pci_probe())
-		rte_panic("Cannot probe PCI\n");
+	/* Probe all the buses and devices/drivers on them */
+	if (rte_bus_probe()) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot probe devices\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	rte_eal_mcfg_complete();
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_alarm.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_alarm.c
index 8b042abc..fbae4613 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_alarm.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_alarm.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static rte_spinlock_t alarm_list_lk = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
 
 static struct rte_intr_handle intr_handle = {.fd = -1 };
 static int handler_registered = 0;
-static void eal_alarm_callback(struct rte_intr_handle *hdl, void *arg);
+static void eal_alarm_callback(void *arg);
 
 int
 rte_eal_alarm_init(void)
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 static void
-eal_alarm_callback(struct rte_intr_handle *hdl __rte_unused,
-		void *arg __rte_unused)
+eal_alarm_callback(void *arg __rte_unused)
 {
 	struct timespec now;
 	struct alarm_entry *ap;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
index 5fbc17c5..e1c75548 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#ifdef RTE_BACKTRACE
 #include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 /* dump the stack of the calling core */
 void rte_dump_stack(void)
 {
+#ifdef RTE_BACKTRACE
 	void *func[BACKTRACE_SIZE];
 	char **symb = NULL;
 	int size;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ void rte_dump_stack(void)
 	}
 
 	free(symb);
+#endif /* RTE_BACKTRACE */
 }
 
 /* not implemented in this environment */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
index 18858e2d..7a21e8f6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_hugepage_info.c
@@ -283,9 +283,12 @@ eal_hugepage_info_init(void)
 	struct dirent *dirent;
 
 	dir = opendir(sys_dir_path);
-	if (dir == NULL)
-		rte_panic("Cannot open directory %s to read system hugepage "
-			  "info\n", sys_dir_path);
+	if (dir == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"Cannot open directory %s to read system hugepage info\n",
+			sys_dir_path);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	for (dirent = readdir(dir); dirent != NULL; dirent = readdir(dir)) {
 		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
index 47a3b20a..2e3bd12a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_interrupts.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ static pthread_t intr_thread;
 
 /* enable legacy (INTx) interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_enable_intx(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_enable_intx(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
 	char irq_set_buf[IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	int len, ret;
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ vfio_enable_intx(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 /* disable legacy (INTx) interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_disable_intx(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_disable_intx(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
 	char irq_set_buf[IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	int len, ret;
@@ -194,14 +195,14 @@ vfio_disable_intx(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	irq_set = (struct vfio_irq_set *) irq_set_buf;
 	irq_set->argsz = len;
 	irq_set->count = 1;
-	irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_UNMASK;
+	irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_MASK;
 	irq_set->index = VFIO_PCI_INTX_IRQ_INDEX;
 	irq_set->start = 0;
 
 	ret = ioctl(intr_handle->vfio_dev_fd, VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS, irq_set);
 
 	if (ret) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error unmasking INTx interrupts for fd %d\n",
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Error masking INTx interrupts for fd %d\n",
 						intr_handle->fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ vfio_disable_intx(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 /* enable MSI interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_enable_msi(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_enable_msi(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	int len, ret;
 	char irq_set_buf[IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ vfio_enable_msi(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 /* disable MSI interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_disable_msi(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_disable_msi(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
 	char irq_set_buf[IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	int len, ret;
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ vfio_disable_msi(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 /* enable MSI-X interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_enable_msix(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_enable_msix(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	int len, ret;
 	char irq_set_buf[MSIX_IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
@@ -290,12 +291,10 @@ vfio_enable_msix(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 	irq_set = (struct vfio_irq_set *) irq_set_buf;
 	irq_set->argsz = len;
-	if (!intr_handle->max_intr)
-		intr_handle->max_intr = 1;
-	else if (intr_handle->max_intr > RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID)
-		intr_handle->max_intr = RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID + 1;
-
-	irq_set->count = intr_handle->max_intr;
+	/* 0 < irq_set->count < RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID + 1 */
+	irq_set->count = intr_handle->max_intr ?
+		(intr_handle->max_intr > RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID + 1 ?
+		RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID + 1 : intr_handle->max_intr) : 1;
 	irq_set->flags = VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD | VFIO_IRQ_SET_ACTION_TRIGGER;
 	irq_set->index = VFIO_PCI_MSIX_IRQ_INDEX;
 	irq_set->start = 0;
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ vfio_enable_msix(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 
 /* disable MSI-X interrupts */
 static int
-vfio_disable_msix(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
+vfio_disable_msix(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 	struct vfio_irq_set *irq_set;
 	char irq_set_buf[MSIX_IRQ_SET_BUF_LEN];
 	int len, ret;
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ vfio_disable_msix(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle) {
 #endif
 
 static int
-uio_intx_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+uio_intx_intr_disable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
 	unsigned char command_high;
 
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ uio_intx_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 }
 
 static int
-uio_intx_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+uio_intx_intr_enable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
 	unsigned char command_high;
 
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ uio_intx_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 }
 
 static int
-uio_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+uio_intr_disable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
 	const int value = 0;
 
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ uio_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 }
 
 static int
-uio_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+uio_intr_enable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
 	const int value = 1;
 
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ uio_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_callback_register(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+rte_intr_callback_register(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 			rte_intr_callback_fn cb, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	int ret, wake_thread;
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ rte_intr_callback_register(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_callback_unregister(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
+rte_intr_callback_unregister(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 			rte_intr_callback_fn cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -555,8 +554,11 @@ rte_intr_callback_unregister(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+rte_intr_enable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
+	if (intr_handle && intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!intr_handle || intr_handle->fd < 0 || intr_handle->uio_cfg_fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -599,8 +601,11 @@ rte_intr_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 }
 
 int
-rte_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+rte_intr_disable(const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
+	if (intr_handle && intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!intr_handle || intr_handle->fd < 0 || intr_handle->uio_cfg_fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -645,6 +650,7 @@ rte_intr_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 static int
 eal_intr_process_interrupts(struct epoll_event *events, int nfds)
 {
+	bool call = false;
 	int n, bytes_read;
 	struct rte_intr_source *src;
 	struct rte_intr_callback *cb;
@@ -693,13 +699,18 @@ eal_intr_process_interrupts(struct epoll_event *events, int nfds)
 			bytes_read = sizeof(buf.vfio_intr_count);
 			break;
 #endif
+		case RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV:
 		case RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT:
+			bytes_read = 0;
+			call = true;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			bytes_read = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (src->intr_handle.type != RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT) {
+		if (bytes_read > 0) {
 			/**
 			 * read out to clear the ready-to-be-read flag
 			 * for epoll_wait.
@@ -716,12 +727,14 @@ eal_intr_process_interrupts(struct epoll_event *events, int nfds)
 			} else if (bytes_read == 0)
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Read nothing from file "
 					"descriptor %d\n", events[n].data.fd);
+			else
+				call = true;
 		}
 
 		/* grab a lock, again to call callbacks and update status. */
 		rte_spinlock_lock(&intr_lock);
 
-		if (bytes_read > 0) {
+		if (call) {
 
 			/* Finally, call all callbacks. */
 			TAILQ_FOREACH(cb, &src->callbacks, next) {
@@ -731,8 +744,7 @@ eal_intr_process_interrupts(struct epoll_event *events, int nfds)
 				rte_spinlock_unlock(&intr_lock);
 
 				/* call the actual callback */
-				active_cb.cb_fn(&src->intr_handle,
-					active_cb.cb_arg);
+				active_cb.cb_fn(active_cb.cb_arg);
 
 				/*get the lock back. */
 				rte_spinlock_lock(&intr_lock);
@@ -832,7 +844,7 @@ eal_intr_thread_main(__rte_unused void *arg)
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(src, &intr_sources, next) {
 			if (src->callbacks.tqh_first == NULL)
 				continue; /* skip those with no callbacks */
-			ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLPRI;
+			ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLPRI | EPOLLRDHUP | EPOLLHUP;
 			ev.data.fd = src->intr_handle.fd;
 
 			/**
@@ -872,13 +884,16 @@ rte_eal_intr_init(void)
 	 * create a pipe which will be waited by epoll and notified to
 	 * rebuild the wait list of epoll.
 	 */
-	if (pipe(intr_pipe.pipefd) < 0)
+	if (pipe(intr_pipe.pipefd) < 0) {
+		rte_errno = errno;
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	/* create the host thread to wait/handle the interrupt */
 	ret = pthread_create(&intr_thread, NULL,
 			eal_intr_thread_main, NULL);
 	if (ret != 0) {
+		rte_errno = ret;
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 			"Failed to create thread for interrupt handling\n");
 	} else {
@@ -913,6 +928,14 @@ eal_intr_proc_rxtx_intr(int fd, const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 		bytes_read = sizeof(buf.vfio_intr_count);
 		break;
 #endif
+	case RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV:
+		/* for vdev, fd points to:
+		 * a. eventfd which does not need to read out;
+		 * b. datapath fd which needs PMD to read out.
+		 */
+		return;
+	case RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT:
+		return;
 	default:
 		bytes_read = 1;
 		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "unexpected intr type\n");
@@ -1141,6 +1164,24 @@ rte_intr_rx_ctl(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle, int epfd,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+void
+rte_intr_free_epoll_fd(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+	struct rte_epoll_event *rev;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < intr_handle->nb_efd; i++) {
+		rev = &intr_handle->elist[i];
+		if (rev->status == RTE_EPOLL_INVALID)
+			continue;
+		if (rte_epoll_ctl(rev->epfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, rev->fd, rev)) {
+			/* force free if the entry valid */
+			eal_epoll_data_safe_free(rev);
+			rev->status = RTE_EPOLL_INVALID;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 int
 rte_intr_efd_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle, uint32_t nb_efd)
 {
@@ -1157,12 +1198,14 @@ rte_intr_efd_enable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle, uint32_t nb_efd)
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
 					"can't setup eventfd, error %i (%s)\n",
 					errno, strerror(errno));
-				return -1;
+				return -errno;
 			}
 			intr_handle->efds[i] = fd;
 		}
 		intr_handle->nb_efd   = n;
 		intr_handle->max_intr = NB_OTHER_INTR + n;
+	} else if (intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV) {
+		/* do nothing, and let vdev driver to initialize this struct */
 	} else {
 		intr_handle->efds[0]  = intr_handle->fd;
 		intr_handle->nb_efd   = RTE_MIN(nb_efd, 1U);
@@ -1176,19 +1219,8 @@ void
 rte_intr_efd_disable(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 {
 	uint32_t i;
-	struct rte_epoll_event *rev;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < intr_handle->nb_efd; i++) {
-		rev = &intr_handle->elist[i];
-		if (rev->status == RTE_EPOLL_INVALID)
-			continue;
-		if (rte_epoll_ctl(rev->epfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, rev->fd, rev)) {
-			/* force free if the entry valid */
-			eal_epoll_data_safe_free(rev);
-			rev->status = RTE_EPOLL_INVALID;
-		}
-	}
 
+	rte_intr_free_epoll_fd(intr_handle);
 	if (intr_handle->max_intr > intr_handle->nb_efd) {
 		for (i = 0; i < intr_handle->nb_efd; i++)
 			close(intr_handle->efds[i]);
@@ -1218,5 +1250,8 @@ rte_intr_cap_multiple(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle)
 	if (intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VFIO_MSIX)
 		return 1;
 
+	if (intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV)
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
index a956bb22..ebe06833 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -122,26 +123,28 @@ int rte_xen_dom0_supported(void)
 
 static uint64_t baseaddr_offset;
 
-static unsigned proc_pagemap_readable;
+static bool phys_addrs_available = true;
 
 #define RANDOMIZE_VA_SPACE_FILE "/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space"
 
 static void
-test_proc_pagemap_readable(void)
+test_phys_addrs_available(void)
 {
-	int fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+	uint64_t tmp;
+	phys_addr_t physaddr;
 
-	if (fd < 0) {
+	/* For dom0, phys addresses can always be available */
+	if (rte_xen_dom0_supported())
+		return;
+
+	physaddr = rte_mem_virt2phy(&tmp);
+	if (physaddr == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
-			"Cannot open /proc/self/pagemap: %s. "
-			"virt2phys address translation will not work\n",
+			"Cannot obtain physical addresses: %s. "
+			"Only vfio will function.\n",
 			strerror(errno));
-		return;
+		phys_addrs_available = false;
 	}
-
-	/* Is readable */
-	close(fd);
-	proc_pagemap_readable = 1;
 }
 
 /* Lock page in physical memory and prevent from swapping. */
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 	}
 
 	/* Cannot parse /proc/self/pagemap, no need to log errors everywhere */
-	if (!proc_pagemap_readable)
+	if (!phys_addrs_available)
 		return RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR;
 
 	/* standard page size */
@@ -229,6 +232,9 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 	 * the pfn (page frame number) are bits 0-54 (see
 	 * pagemap.txt in linux Documentation)
 	 */
+	if ((page & 0x7fffffffffffffULL) == 0)
+		return RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR;
+
 	physaddr = ((page & 0x7fffffffffffffULL) * page_size)
 		+ ((unsigned long)virtaddr % page_size);
 
@@ -242,7 +248,7 @@ rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
 static int
 find_physaddrs(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
 {
-	unsigned i;
+	unsigned int i;
 	phys_addr_t addr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
@@ -255,6 +261,22 @@ find_physaddrs(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
 }
 
 /*
+ * For each hugepage in hugepg_tbl, fill the physaddr value sequentially.
+ */
+static int
+set_physaddrs(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	static phys_addr_t addr;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
+		hugepg_tbl[i].physaddr = addr;
+		addr += hugepg_tbl[i].size;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Check whether address-space layout randomization is enabled in
  * the kernel. This is important for multi-process as it can prevent
  * two processes mapping data to the same virtual address
@@ -313,7 +335,13 @@ get_virtual_area(size_t *size, size_t hugepage_sz)
 	}
 	do {
 		addr = mmap(addr,
-				(*size) + hugepage_sz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+				(*size) + hugepage_sz, PROT_READ,
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+				MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB,
+#else
+				MAP_PRIVATE,
+#endif
+				fd, 0);
 		if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
 			*size -= hugepage_sz;
 	} while (addr == MAP_FAILED && *size > 0);
@@ -592,12 +620,12 @@ static int
 cmp_physaddr(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 #ifndef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
-	const struct hugepage_file *p1 = (const struct hugepage_file *)a;
-	const struct hugepage_file *p2 = (const struct hugepage_file *)b;
+	const struct hugepage_file *p1 = a;
+	const struct hugepage_file *p2 = b;
 #else
 	/* PowerPC needs memory sorted in reverse order from x86 */
-	const struct hugepage_file *p1 = (const struct hugepage_file *)b;
-	const struct hugepage_file *p2 = (const struct hugepage_file *)a;
+	const struct hugepage_file *p1 = b;
+	const struct hugepage_file *p2 = a;
 #endif
 	if (p1->physaddr < p2->physaddr)
 		return -1;
@@ -951,7 +979,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 	int nr_hugefiles, nr_hugepages = 0;
 	void *addr;
 
-	test_proc_pagemap_readable();
+	test_phys_addrs_available();
 
 	memset(used_hp, 0, sizeof(used_hp));
 
@@ -1043,11 +1071,22 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		/* find physical addresses and sockets for each hugepage */
-		if (find_physaddrs(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0){
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to find phys addr for %u MB pages\n",
-					(unsigned)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
-			goto fail;
+		if (phys_addrs_available) {
+			/* find physical addresses for each hugepage */
+			if (find_physaddrs(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0) {
+				RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to find phys addr "
+					"for %u MB pages\n",
+					(unsigned int)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
+				goto fail;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* set physical addresses for each hugepage */
+			if (set_physaddrs(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0) {
+				RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to set phys addr "
+					"for %u MB pages\n",
+					(unsigned int)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
+				goto fail;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (find_numasocket(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0){
@@ -1289,7 +1328,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
 				"into secondary processes\n");
 	}
 
-	test_proc_pagemap_readable();
+	test_phys_addrs_available();
 
 	if (internal_config.xen_dom0_support) {
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0
@@ -1330,7 +1369,13 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
 		 * use mmap to get identical addresses as the primary process.
 		 */
 		base_addr = mmap(mcfg->memseg[s].addr, mcfg->memseg[s].len,
-				 PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0);
+				 PROT_READ,
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+				 MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB,
+#else
+				 MAP_PRIVATE,
+#endif
+				 fd_zero, 0);
 		if (base_addr == MAP_FAILED ||
 		    base_addr != mcfg->memseg[s].addr) {
 			max_seg = s;
@@ -1426,3 +1471,9 @@ error:
 		close(fd_hugepage);
 	return -1;
 }
+
+bool
+rte_eal_using_phys_addrs(void)
+{
+	return phys_addrs_available;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
index 876ba381..595622b2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_bus.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
@@ -54,44 +55,7 @@
  * IGB_UIO driver (or doesn't initialize, if the device wasn't bound to it).
  */
 
-/* unbind kernel driver for this device */
-int
-pci_unbind_kernel_driver(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
-{
-	int n;
-	FILE *f;
-	char filename[PATH_MAX];
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	struct rte_pci_addr *loc = &dev->addr;
-
-	/* open /sys/bus/pci/devices/AAAA:BB:CC.D/driver */
-	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename),
-		"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/driver/unbind", pci_get_sysfs_path(),
-		loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
-
-	f = fopen(filename, "w");
-	if (f == NULL) /* device was not bound */
-		return 0;
-
-	n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), PCI_PRI_FMT "\n",
-	             loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
-	if ((n < 0) || (n >= (int)sizeof(buf))) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): snprintf failed\n", __func__);
-		goto error;
-	}
-	if (fwrite(buf, n, 1, f) == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): could not write to %s\n", __func__,
-				filename);
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	fclose(f);
-	return 0;
-
-error:
-	fclose(f);
-	return -1;
-}
+extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
 
 static int
 pci_get_kernel_driver_by_path(const char *filename, char *dri_name)
@@ -124,7 +88,7 @@ pci_get_kernel_driver_by_path(const char *filename, char *dri_name)
 
 /* Map pci device */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 
@@ -138,8 +102,10 @@ rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 		break;
 	case RTE_KDRV_IGB_UIO:
 	case RTE_KDRV_UIO_GENERIC:
-		/* map resources for devices that use uio */
-		ret = pci_uio_map_resource(dev);
+		if (rte_eal_using_phys_addrs()) {
+			/* map resources for devices that use uio */
+			ret = pci_uio_map_resource(dev);
+		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
@@ -153,12 +119,15 @@ rte_eal_pci_map_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 
 /* Unmap pci device */
 void
-rte_eal_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+rte_pci_unmap_device(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	/* try unmapping the NIC resources using VFIO if it exists */
 	switch (dev->kdrv) {
 	case RTE_KDRV_VFIO:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Hotplug doesn't support vfio yet\n");
+#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
+		if (pci_vfio_is_enabled())
+			pci_vfio_unmap_resource(dev);
+#endif
 		break;
 	case RTE_KDRV_IGB_UIO:
 	case RTE_KDRV_UIO_GENERIC:
@@ -267,8 +236,7 @@ error:
 
 /* Scan one pci sysfs entry, and fill the devices list from it. */
 static int
-pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
-	     uint8_t devid, uint8_t function)
+pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 {
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 	unsigned long tmp;
@@ -281,10 +249,7 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 		return -1;
 
 	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
-	dev->addr.domain = domain;
-	dev->addr.bus = bus;
-	dev->addr.devid = devid;
-	dev->addr.function = function;
+	dev->addr = *addr;
 
 	/* get vendor id */
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/vendor", dirname);
@@ -359,6 +324,9 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 		dev->device.numa_node = tmp;
 	}
 
+	rte_pci_device_name(addr, dev->name, sizeof(dev->name));
+	dev->device.name = dev->name;
+
 	/* parse resources */
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/resource", dirname);
 	if (pci_parse_sysfs_resource(filename, dev) < 0) {
@@ -389,21 +357,19 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 		dev->kdrv = RTE_KDRV_NONE;
 
 	/* device is valid, add in list (sorted) */
-	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&pci_device_list)) {
-		rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
+	if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&rte_pci_bus.device_list)) {
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
 	} else {
 		struct rte_pci_device *dev2;
 		int ret;
 
-		TAILQ_FOREACH(dev2, &pci_device_list, next) {
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(dev2, &rte_pci_bus.device_list, next) {
 			ret = rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(&dev->addr, &dev2->addr);
 			if (ret > 0)
 				continue;
 
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(dev2, dev, next);
-				rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
+				rte_pci_insert_device(dev2, dev);
 			} else { /* already registered */
 				dev2->kdrv = dev->kdrv;
 				dev2->max_vfs = dev->max_vfs;
@@ -413,8 +379,8 @@ pci_scan_one(const char *dirname, uint16_t domain, uint8_t bus,
 			}
 			return 0;
 		}
-		rte_eal_device_insert(&dev->device);
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pci_device_list, dev, next);
+
+		rte_pci_add_device(dev);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -429,16 +395,14 @@ pci_update_device(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 		 pci_get_sysfs_path(), addr->domain, addr->bus, addr->devid,
 		 addr->function);
 
-	return pci_scan_one(filename, addr->domain, addr->bus, addr->devid,
-				addr->function);
+	return pci_scan_one(filename, addr);
 }
 
 /*
  * split up a pci address into its constituent parts.
  */
 static int
-parse_pci_addr_format(const char *buf, int bufsize, uint16_t *domain,
-		uint8_t *bus, uint8_t *devid, uint8_t *function)
+parse_pci_addr_format(const char *buf, int bufsize, struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 {
 	/* first split on ':' */
 	union splitaddr {
@@ -466,10 +430,10 @@ parse_pci_addr_format(const char *buf, int bufsize, uint16_t *domain,
 
 	/* now convert to int values */
 	errno = 0;
-	*domain = (uint16_t)strtoul(splitaddr.domain, NULL, 16);
-	*bus = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.bus, NULL, 16);
-	*devid = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.devid, NULL, 16);
-	*function = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.function, NULL, 10);
+	addr->domain = (uint16_t)strtoul(splitaddr.domain, NULL, 16);
+	addr->bus = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.bus, NULL, 16);
+	addr->devid = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.devid, NULL, 16);
+	addr->function = (uint8_t)strtoul(splitaddr.function, NULL, 10);
 	if (errno != 0)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -485,13 +449,16 @@ error:
  * list
  */
 int
-rte_eal_pci_scan(void)
+rte_pci_scan(void)
 {
 	struct dirent *e;
 	DIR *dir;
 	char dirname[PATH_MAX];
-	uint16_t domain;
-	uint8_t bus, devid, function;
+	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
+
+	/* for debug purposes, PCI can be disabled */
+	if (internal_config.no_pci)
+		return 0;
 
 	dir = opendir(pci_get_sysfs_path());
 	if (dir == NULL) {
@@ -504,13 +471,13 @@ rte_eal_pci_scan(void)
 		if (e->d_name[0] == '.')
 			continue;
 
-		if (parse_pci_addr_format(e->d_name, sizeof(e->d_name), &domain,
-				&bus, &devid, &function) != 0)
+		if (parse_pci_addr_format(e->d_name, sizeof(e->d_name), &addr) != 0)
 			continue;
 
 		snprintf(dirname, sizeof(dirname), "%s/%s",
 				pci_get_sysfs_path(), e->d_name);
-		if (pci_scan_one(dirname, domain, bus, devid, function) < 0)
+
+		if (pci_scan_one(dirname, &addr) < 0)
 			goto error;
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
@@ -522,8 +489,8 @@ error:
 }
 
 /* Read PCI config space. */
-int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
-			    void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
+int rte_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
+		void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &device->intr_handle;
 
@@ -547,8 +514,8 @@ int rte_eal_pci_read_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
 }
 
 /* Write PCI config space. */
-int rte_eal_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
-			     const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
+int rte_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
+		const void *buf, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	const struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &device->intr_handle;
 
@@ -574,7 +541,7 @@ int rte_eal_pci_write_config(const struct rte_pci_device *device,
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 static int
 pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar __rte_unused,
-	       struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
+		struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
 	uint16_t start, end;
 	FILE *fp;
@@ -632,8 +599,8 @@ pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar __rte_unused,
 #endif
 
 int
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
-		       struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
+rte_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
+		struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 
@@ -670,8 +637,8 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
 }
 
 void
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+rte_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	switch (p->dev->kdrv) {
 #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
@@ -696,8 +663,8 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_read(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 }
 
 void
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
-			 const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
+rte_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
+		const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset)
 {
 	switch (p->dev->kdrv) {
 #ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
@@ -722,7 +689,7 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 }
 
 int
-rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
+rte_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 
@@ -754,19 +721,3 @@ rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-/* Init the PCI EAL subsystem */
-int
-rte_eal_pci_init(void)
-{
-	/* for debug purposes, PCI can be disabled */
-	if (internal_config.no_pci)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (rte_eal_pci_scan() < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Cannot scan PCI bus\n", __func__);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_init.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_init.h
index 6a960d1b..ae2980d6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_init.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_init.h
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ void pci_vfio_ioport_write(struct rte_pci_ioport *p,
 			   const void *data, size_t len, off_t offset);
 int pci_vfio_ioport_unmap(struct rte_pci_ioport *p);
 
-/* map VFIO resource prototype */
+/* map/unmap VFIO resource prototype */
 int pci_vfio_map_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
+int pci_vfio_unmap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_uio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_uio.c
index 3e4ffb57..fa10329f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_uio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_uio.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <linux/pci_regs.h>
 
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ pci_uio_free_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev,
 		close(dev->intr_handle.uio_cfg_fd);
 		dev->intr_handle.uio_cfg_fd = -1;
 	}
-	if (dev->intr_handle.fd) {
+	if (dev->intr_handle.fd >= 0) {
 		close(dev->intr_handle.fd);
 		dev->intr_handle.fd = -1;
 		dev->intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
index 5f478c59..2be13195 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_pci_vfio.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_pci.h>
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ pci_vfio_get_msix_bar(int fd, int *msix_bar, uint32_t *msix_table_offset,
 
 /* set PCI bus mastering */
 static int
-pci_vfio_set_bus_master(int dev_fd)
+pci_vfio_set_bus_master(int dev_fd, bool op)
 {
 	uint16_t reg;
 	int ret;
@@ -185,8 +186,11 @@ pci_vfio_set_bus_master(int dev_fd)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* set the master bit */
-	reg |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER;
+	if (op)
+		/* set the master bit */
+		reg |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER;
+	else
+		reg &= ~(PCI_COMMAND_MASTER);
 
 	ret = pwrite64(dev_fd, &reg, sizeof(reg),
 			VFIO_GET_REGION_ADDR(VFIO_PCI_CONFIG_REGION_INDEX) +
@@ -355,7 +359,8 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	} else {
 		/* if we're in a secondary process, just find our tailq entry */
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(vfio_res, vfio_res_list, next) {
-			if (memcmp(&vfio_res->pci_addr, &dev->addr, sizeof(dev->addr)))
+			if (rte_eal_compare_pci_addr(&vfio_res->pci_addr,
+						     &dev->addr))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -517,7 +522,7 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 		}
 
 		/* set bus mastering for the device */
-		if (pci_vfio_set_bus_master(vfio_dev_fd)) {
+		if (pci_vfio_set_bus_master(vfio_dev_fd, true)) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot set up bus mastering!\n", pci_addr);
 			close(vfio_dev_fd);
 			rte_free(vfio_res);
@@ -535,6 +540,79 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 }
 
 int
+pci_vfio_unmap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+{
+	char pci_addr[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+	struct rte_pci_addr *loc = &dev->addr;
+	int i, ret;
+	struct mapped_pci_resource *vfio_res = NULL;
+	struct mapped_pci_res_list *vfio_res_list;
+
+	struct pci_map *maps;
+
+	/* store PCI address string */
+	snprintf(pci_addr, sizeof(pci_addr), PCI_PRI_FMT,
+			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
+
+
+	if (close(dev->intr_handle.fd) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Error when closing eventfd file descriptor for %s\n",
+			pci_addr);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (pci_vfio_set_bus_master(dev->intr_handle.vfio_dev_fd, false)) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot unset bus mastering for PCI device!\n",
+				pci_addr);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = vfio_release_device(pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
+				  dev->intr_handle.vfio_dev_fd);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+			"%s(): cannot release device\n", __func__);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	vfio_res_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_vfio_tailq.head, mapped_pci_res_list);
+	/* Get vfio_res */
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(vfio_res, vfio_res_list, next) {
+		if (memcmp(&vfio_res->pci_addr, &dev->addr, sizeof(dev->addr)))
+			continue;
+		break;
+	}
+	/* if we haven't found our tailq entry, something's wrong */
+	if (vfio_res == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot find TAILQ entry for PCI device!\n",
+				pci_addr);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* unmap BARs */
+	maps = vfio_res->maps;
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Releasing pci mapped resource for %s\n",
+		pci_addr);
+	for (i = 0; i < (int) vfio_res->nb_maps; i++) {
+
+		/*
+		 * We do not need to be aware of MSI-X table BAR mappings as
+		 * when mapping. Just using current maps array is enough
+		 */
+		if (maps[i].addr) {
+			RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Calling pci_unmap_resource for %s at %p\n",
+				pci_addr, maps[i].addr);
+			pci_unmap_resource(maps[i].addr, maps[i].size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(vfio_res_list, vfio_res, next);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
 pci_vfio_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
 		    struct rte_pci_ioport *p)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.c
index 702f7a2e..53ac725d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.c
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@
 static struct vfio_config vfio_cfg;
 
 static int vfio_type1_dma_map(int);
+static int vfio_spapr_dma_map(int);
 static int vfio_noiommu_dma_map(int);
 
 /* IOMMU types we support */
 static const struct vfio_iommu_type iommu_types[] = {
 	/* x86 IOMMU, otherwise known as type 1 */
 	{ RTE_VFIO_TYPE1, "Type 1", &vfio_type1_dma_map},
+	/* ppc64 IOMMU, otherwise known as spapr */
+	{ RTE_VFIO_SPAPR, "sPAPR", &vfio_spapr_dma_map},
 	/* IOMMU-less mode */
 	{ RTE_VFIO_NOIOMMU, "No-IOMMU", &vfio_noiommu_dma_map},
 };
@@ -65,13 +68,32 @@ vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no)
 {
 	int i;
 	int vfio_group_fd;
+	int group_idx = -1;
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 
 	/* check if we already have the group descriptor open */
-	for (i = 0; i < vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < VFIO_MAX_GROUPS; i++)
 		if (vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].group_no == iommu_group_no)
 			return vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].fd;
 
+	/* Lets see first if there is room for a new group */
+	if (vfio_cfg.vfio_active_groups == VFIO_MAX_GROUPS) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Maximum number of VFIO groups reached!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Now lets get an index for the new group */
+	for (i = 0; i < VFIO_MAX_GROUPS; i++)
+		if (vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].group_no == -1) {
+			group_idx = i;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	/* This should not happen */
+	if (group_idx == -1) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "No VFIO group free slot found\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
 	/* if primary, try to open the group */
 	if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
 		/* try regular group format */
@@ -101,14 +123,9 @@ vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no)
 			/* noiommu group found */
 		}
 
-		/* if the fd is valid, create a new group for it */
-		if (vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx == VFIO_MAX_GROUPS) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Maximum number of VFIO groups reached!\n");
-			close(vfio_group_fd);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].group_no = iommu_group_no;
-		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].fd = vfio_group_fd;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[group_idx].group_no = iommu_group_no;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[group_idx].fd = vfio_group_fd;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_active_groups++;
 		return vfio_group_fd;
 	}
 	/* if we're in a secondary process, request group fd from the primary
@@ -155,14 +172,115 @@ vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+
+static int
+get_vfio_group_idx(int vfio_group_fd)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < VFIO_MAX_GROUPS; i++)
+		if (vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].fd == vfio_group_fd)
+			return i;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static void
+vfio_group_device_get(int vfio_group_fd)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i = get_vfio_group_idx(vfio_group_fd);
+	if (i < 0 || i > VFIO_MAX_GROUPS)
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  wrong vfio_group index (%d)\n", i);
+	else
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].devices++;
+}
+
 static void
-clear_current_group(void)
+vfio_group_device_put(int vfio_group_fd)
 {
-	vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].group_no = 0;
-	vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].fd = -1;
+	int i;
+
+	i = get_vfio_group_idx(vfio_group_fd);
+	if (i < 0 || i > VFIO_MAX_GROUPS)
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  wrong vfio_group index (%d)\n", i);
+	else
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].devices--;
+}
+
+static int
+vfio_group_device_count(int vfio_group_fd)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i = get_vfio_group_idx(vfio_group_fd);
+	if (i < 0 || i > VFIO_MAX_GROUPS) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  wrong vfio_group index (%d)\n", i);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].devices;
+}
+
+int
+clear_group(int vfio_group_fd)
+{
+	int i;
+	int socket_fd, ret;
+
+	if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+
+		i = get_vfio_group_idx(vfio_group_fd);
+		if (i < 0)
+			return -1;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].group_no = -1;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].fd = -1;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].devices = 0;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_active_groups--;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* This is just for SECONDARY processes */
+	socket_fd = vfio_mp_sync_connect_to_primary();
+
+	if (socket_fd < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot connect to primary process!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (vfio_mp_sync_send_request(socket_fd, SOCKET_CLR_GROUP) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot request container fd!\n");
+		close(socket_fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (vfio_mp_sync_send_request(socket_fd, vfio_group_fd) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot send group fd!\n");
+		close(socket_fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = vfio_mp_sync_receive_request(socket_fd);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case SOCKET_NO_FD:
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  BAD VFIO group fd!\n");
+		close(socket_fd);
+		break;
+	case SOCKET_OK:
+		close(socket_fd);
+		return 0;
+	case SOCKET_ERR:
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  Socket error\n");
+		close(socket_fd);
+		break;
+	default:
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  UNKNOWN reply, %d\n", ret);
+		close(socket_fd);
+	}
+	return -1;
 }
 
-int vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
+int
+vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
 		int *vfio_dev_fd, struct vfio_device_info *device_info)
 {
 	struct vfio_group_status group_status = {
@@ -189,18 +307,10 @@ int vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
 	if (vfio_group_fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* store group fd */
-	vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].group_no = iommu_group_no;
-	vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx].fd = vfio_group_fd;
-
 	/* if group_fd == 0, that means the device isn't managed by VFIO */
 	if (vfio_group_fd == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "  %s not managed by VFIO driver, skipping\n",
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, " %s not managed by VFIO driver, skipping\n",
 				dev_addr);
-		/* we store 0 as group fd to distinguish between existing but
-		 * unbound VFIO groups, and groups that don't exist at all.
-		 */
-		vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx++;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -215,12 +325,12 @@ int vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot get group status, "
 				"error %i (%s)\n", dev_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
 		close(vfio_group_fd);
-		clear_current_group();
+		clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
 		return -1;
 	} else if (!(group_status.flags & VFIO_GROUP_FLAGS_VIABLE)) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s VFIO group is not viable!\n", dev_addr);
 		close(vfio_group_fd);
-		clear_current_group();
+		clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -234,60 +344,131 @@ int vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot add VFIO group to container, "
 					"error %i (%s)\n", dev_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
 			close(vfio_group_fd);
-			clear_current_group();
+			clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
+
 		/*
-		 * at this point we know that this group has been successfully
-		 * initialized, so we increment vfio_group_idx to indicate that we can
-		 * add new groups.
+		 * pick an IOMMU type and set up DMA mappings for container
+		 *
+		 * needs to be done only once, only when first group is
+		 * assigned to a container and only in primary process.
+		 * Note this can happen several times with the hotplug
+		 * functionality.
 		 */
-		vfio_cfg.vfio_group_idx++;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * pick an IOMMU type and set up DMA mappings for container
-	 *
-	 * needs to be done only once, only when at least one group is assigned to
-	 * a container and only in primary process
-	 */
-	if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY &&
-			vfio_cfg.vfio_container_has_dma == 0) {
-		/* select an IOMMU type which we will be using */
-		const struct vfio_iommu_type *t =
+		if (internal_config.process_type == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY &&
+				vfio_cfg.vfio_active_groups == 1) {
+			/* select an IOMMU type which we will be using */
+			const struct vfio_iommu_type *t =
 				vfio_set_iommu_type(vfio_cfg.vfio_container_fd);
-		if (!t) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s failed to select IOMMU type\n", dev_addr);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		ret = t->dma_map_func(vfio_cfg.vfio_container_fd);
-		if (ret) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s DMA remapping failed, "
-					"error %i (%s)\n", dev_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
-			return -1;
+			if (!t) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+					"  %s failed to select IOMMU type\n",
+					dev_addr);
+				close(vfio_group_fd);
+				clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			ret = t->dma_map_func(vfio_cfg.vfio_container_fd);
+			if (ret) {
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
+					"  %s DMA remapping failed, error %i (%s)\n",
+					dev_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
+				close(vfio_group_fd);
+				clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
+				return -1;
+			}
 		}
-		vfio_cfg.vfio_container_has_dma = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* get a file descriptor for the device */
 	*vfio_dev_fd = ioctl(vfio_group_fd, VFIO_GROUP_GET_DEVICE_FD, dev_addr);
 	if (*vfio_dev_fd < 0) {
-		/* if we cannot get a device fd, this simply means that this
-		* particular port is not bound to VFIO
-		*/
-		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "  %s not managed by VFIO driver, skipping\n",
+		/* if we cannot get a device fd, this implies a problem with
+		 * the VFIO group or the container not having IOMMU configured.
+		 */
+
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "Getting a vfio_dev_fd for %s failed\n",
 				dev_addr);
-		return 1;
+		close(vfio_group_fd);
+		clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* test and setup the device */
 	ret = ioctl(*vfio_dev_fd, VFIO_DEVICE_GET_INFO, device_info);
 	if (ret) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  %s cannot get device info, "
-				"error %i (%s)\n", dev_addr, errno, strerror(errno));
+				"error %i (%s)\n", dev_addr, errno,
+				strerror(errno));
 		close(*vfio_dev_fd);
+		close(vfio_group_fd);
+		clear_group(vfio_group_fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
+	vfio_group_device_get(vfio_group_fd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+vfio_release_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
+		    int vfio_dev_fd)
+{
+	struct vfio_group_status group_status = {
+			.argsz = sizeof(group_status)
+	};
+	int vfio_group_fd;
+	int iommu_group_no;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* get group number */
+	ret = vfio_get_group_no(sysfs_base, dev_addr, &iommu_group_no);
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "  %s not managed by VFIO driver\n",
+			dev_addr);
+		/* This is an error at this point. */
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* get the actual group fd */
+	vfio_group_fd = vfio_get_group_fd(iommu_group_no);
+	if (vfio_group_fd <= 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "vfio_get_group_fd failed for %s\n",
+				   dev_addr);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* At this point we got an active group. Closing it will make the
+	 * container detachment. If this is the last active group, VFIO kernel
+	 * code will unset the container and the IOMMU mappings.
+	 */
+
+	/* Closing a device */
+	if (close(vfio_dev_fd) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Error when closing vfio_dev_fd for %s\n",
+				   dev_addr);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* An VFIO group can have several devices attached. Just when there is
+	 * no devices remaining should the group be closed.
+	 */
+	vfio_group_device_put(vfio_group_fd);
+	if (!vfio_group_device_count(vfio_group_fd)) {
+
+		if (close(vfio_group_fd) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Error when closing vfio_group_fd for %s\n",
+				dev_addr);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (clear_group(vfio_group_fd) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Error when clearing group for %s\n",
+					   dev_addr);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -302,6 +483,7 @@ vfio_enable(const char *modname)
 	for (i = 0; i < VFIO_MAX_GROUPS; i++) {
 		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].fd = -1;
 		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].group_no = -1;
+		vfio_cfg.vfio_groups[i].devices = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* inform the user that we are probing for VFIO */
@@ -531,7 +713,8 @@ vfio_type1_dma_map(int vfio_container_fd)
 
 		if (ret) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot set up DMA remapping, "
-					"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+					  "error %i (%s)\n", errno,
+					  strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -540,6 +723,93 @@ vfio_type1_dma_map(int vfio_container_fd)
 }
 
 static int
+vfio_spapr_dma_map(int vfio_container_fd)
+{
+	const struct rte_memseg *ms = rte_eal_get_physmem_layout();
+	int i, ret;
+
+	struct vfio_iommu_spapr_register_memory reg = {
+		.argsz = sizeof(reg),
+		.flags = 0
+	};
+	struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_info info = {
+		.argsz = sizeof(info),
+	};
+	struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_create create = {
+		.argsz = sizeof(create),
+	};
+	struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_remove remove = {
+		.argsz = sizeof(remove),
+	};
+
+	/* query spapr iommu info */
+	ret = ioctl(vfio_container_fd, VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO, &info);
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot get iommu info, "
+				"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* remove default DMA of 32 bit window */
+	remove.start_addr = info.dma32_window_start;
+	ret = ioctl(vfio_container_fd, VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE, &remove);
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot remove default DMA window, "
+				"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* calculate window size based on number of hugepages configured */
+	create.window_size = rte_eal_get_physmem_size();
+	create.page_shift = __builtin_ctzll(ms->hugepage_sz);
+	create.levels = 2;
+
+	ret = ioctl(vfio_container_fd, VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE, &create);
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot create new DMA window, "
+				"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* map all DPDK segments for DMA. use 1:1 PA to IOVA mapping */
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_MEMSEG; i++) {
+		struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map dma_map;
+
+		if (ms[i].addr == NULL)
+			break;
+
+		reg.vaddr = (uintptr_t) ms[i].addr;
+		reg.size = ms[i].len;
+		ret = ioctl(vfio_container_fd,
+			VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY, &reg);
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot register vaddr for IOMMU, "
+				"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		memset(&dma_map, 0, sizeof(dma_map));
+		dma_map.argsz = sizeof(struct vfio_iommu_type1_dma_map);
+		dma_map.vaddr = ms[i].addr_64;
+		dma_map.size = ms[i].len;
+		dma_map.iova = ms[i].phys_addr;
+		dma_map.flags = VFIO_DMA_MAP_FLAG_READ |
+				 VFIO_DMA_MAP_FLAG_WRITE;
+
+		ret = ioctl(vfio_container_fd, VFIO_IOMMU_MAP_DMA, &dma_map);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "  cannot set up DMA remapping, "
+				"error %i (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
 vfio_noiommu_dma_map(int __rte_unused vfio_container_fd)
 {
 	/* No-IOMMU mode does not need DMA mapping */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.h
index 29f7f3ec..5ff63e5d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio.h
@@ -54,6 +54,62 @@
 
 #define RTE_VFIO_TYPE1 VFIO_TYPE1_IOMMU
 
+#ifndef VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_v2_IOMMU
+#define RTE_VFIO_SPAPR 7
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_REGISTER_MEMORY _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 17)
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_CREATE _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 19)
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_REMOVE _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 20)
+
+struct vfio_iommu_spapr_register_memory {
+	uint32_t argsz;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	uint64_t vaddr;
+	uint64_t size;
+};
+
+struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_create {
+	uint32_t argsz;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	/* in */
+	uint32_t page_shift;
+	uint32_t __resv1;
+	uint64_t window_size;
+	uint32_t levels;
+	uint32_t __resv2;
+	/* out */
+	uint64_t start_addr;
+};
+
+struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_remove {
+	uint32_t argsz;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	/* in */
+	uint64_t start_addr;
+};
+
+struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_ddw_info {
+	uint64_t pgsizes;
+	uint32_t max_dynamic_windows_supported;
+	uint32_t levels;
+};
+
+/* SPAPR_v2 is not present, but SPAPR might be */
+#ifndef VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU
+#define VFIO_IOMMU_SPAPR_TCE_GET_INFO _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 12)
+
+struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_info {
+	uint32_t argsz;
+	uint32_t flags;
+	uint32_t dma32_window_start;
+	uint32_t dma32_window_size;
+	struct vfio_iommu_spapr_tce_ddw_info ddw;
+};
+#endif /* VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU */
+
+#else /* VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_v2_IOMMU */
+#define RTE_VFIO_SPAPR VFIO_SPAPR_TCE_v2_IOMMU
+#endif
+
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 5, 0)
 #define RTE_VFIO_NOIOMMU 8
 #else
@@ -78,13 +134,13 @@ int vfio_mp_sync_connect_to_primary(void);
 struct vfio_group {
 	int group_no;
 	int fd;
+	int devices;
 };
 
 struct vfio_config {
 	int vfio_enabled;
 	int vfio_container_fd;
-	int vfio_container_has_dma;
-	int vfio_group_idx;
+	int vfio_active_groups;
 	struct vfio_group vfio_groups[VFIO_MAX_GROUPS];
 };
 
@@ -130,6 +186,10 @@ vfio_get_group_no(const char *sysfs_base,
 int
 vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no);
 
+/* remove group fd from internal VFIO group fd array */
+int
+clear_group(int vfio_group_fd);
+
 /**
  * Setup vfio_cfg for the device identified by its address. It discovers
  * the configured I/O MMU groups or sets a new one for the device. If a new
@@ -140,6 +200,8 @@ vfio_get_group_fd(int iommu_group_no);
 int vfio_setup_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr,
 		int *vfio_dev_fd, struct vfio_device_info *device_info);
 
+int vfio_release_device(const char *sysfs_base, const char *dev_addr, int fd);
+
 int vfio_enable(const char *modname);
 int vfio_is_enabled(const char *modname);
 
@@ -150,6 +212,7 @@ int vfio_mp_sync_setup(void);
 
 #define SOCKET_REQ_CONTAINER 0x100
 #define SOCKET_REQ_GROUP 0x200
+#define SOCKET_CLR_GROUP 0x300
 #define SOCKET_OK 0x0
 #define SOCKET_NO_FD 0x1
 #define SOCKET_ERR 0xFF
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio_mp_sync.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio_mp_sync.c
index fb4a2f84..7e8095cb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio_mp_sync.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_vfio_mp_sync.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ vfio_mp_sync_connect_to_primary(void)
 static __attribute__((noreturn)) void *
 vfio_mp_sync_thread(void __rte_unused * arg)
 {
-	int ret, fd, vfio_group_no;
+	int ret, fd, vfio_data;
 
 	/* wait for requests on the socket */
 	for (;;) {
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ vfio_mp_sync_thread(void __rte_unused * arg)
 			break;
 		case SOCKET_REQ_GROUP:
 			/* wait for group number */
-			vfio_group_no = vfio_mp_sync_receive_request(conn_sock);
-			if (vfio_group_no < 0) {
+			vfio_data = vfio_mp_sync_receive_request(conn_sock);
+			if (vfio_data < 0) {
 				close(conn_sock);
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			fd = vfio_get_group_fd(vfio_group_no);
+			fd = vfio_get_group_fd(vfio_data);
 
 			if (fd < 0)
 				vfio_mp_sync_send_request(conn_sock, SOCKET_ERR);
@@ -324,6 +324,21 @@ vfio_mp_sync_thread(void __rte_unused * arg)
 				vfio_mp_sync_send_fd(conn_sock, fd);
 			}
 			break;
+		case SOCKET_CLR_GROUP:
+			/* wait for group fd */
+			vfio_data = vfio_mp_sync_receive_request(conn_sock);
+			if (vfio_data < 0) {
+				close(conn_sock);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			ret = clear_group(vfio_data);
+
+			if (ret < 0)
+				vfio_mp_sync_send_request(conn_sock, SOCKET_NO_FD);
+			else
+				vfio_mp_sync_send_request(conn_sock, SOCKET_OK);
+			break;
 		default:
 			vfio_mp_sync_send_request(conn_sock, SOCKET_ERR);
 			break;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
index d459bf48..6daffebf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_interrupts.h
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ enum rte_intr_handle_type {
 	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VFIO_LEGACY,  /**< vfio device handle (legacy) */
 	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VFIO_MSI,     /**< vfio device handle (MSI) */
 	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VFIO_MSIX,    /**< vfio device handle (MSIX) */
-	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_ALARM,    /**< alarm handle */
-	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT, /**< external handler */
+	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_ALARM,        /**< alarm handle */
+	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT,          /**< external handler */
+	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_VDEV,         /**< virtual device */
 	RTE_INTR_HANDLE_MAX
 };
 
@@ -171,6 +172,15 @@ rte_intr_rx_ctl(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle,
 		int epfd, int op, unsigned int vec, void *data);
 
 /**
+ * It deletes registered eventfds.
+ *
+ * @param intr_handle
+ *   Pointer to the interrupt handle.
+ */
+void
+rte_intr_free_epoll_fd(struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle);
+
+/**
  * It enables the packet I/O interrupt event if it's necessary.
  * It creates event fd for each interrupt vector when MSIX is used,
  * otherwise it multiplexes a single event fd.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
index 09713b0c..2ac879fd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
@@ -116,11 +116,10 @@ struct rte_kni_fifo {
 struct rte_kni_mbuf {
 	void *buf_addr __attribute__((__aligned__(RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));
 	uint64_t buf_physaddr;
-	char pad0[2];
 	uint16_t data_off;      /**< Start address of data in segment buffer. */
 	char pad1[2];
-	uint8_t nb_segs;        /**< Number of segments. */
-	char pad4[1];
+	uint16_t nb_segs;       /**< Number of segments. */
+	char pad4[2];
 	uint64_t ol_flags;      /**< Offload features. */
 	char pad2[4];
 	uint32_t pkt_len;       /**< Total pkt len: sum of all segment data_len. */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 83721ba5..670bab3a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	eal_parse_sysfs_value;
 	eal_timer_source;
 	lcore_config;
-	pci_device_list;
-	pci_driver_list;
 	per_lcore__lcore_id;
 	per_lcore__rte_errno;
 	rte_calloc;
@@ -22,12 +20,9 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_dump_tailq;
 	rte_eal_alarm_cancel;
 	rte_eal_alarm_set;
-	rte_eal_dev_init;
 	rte_eal_devargs_add;
 	rte_eal_devargs_dump;
 	rte_eal_devargs_type_count;
-	rte_eal_driver_register;
-	rte_eal_driver_unregister;
 	rte_eal_get_configuration;
 	rte_eal_get_lcore_state;
 	rte_eal_get_physmem_layout;
@@ -40,18 +35,10 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch;
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore;
 	rte_eal_parse_devargs_str;
-	rte_eal_pci_dump;
-	rte_eal_pci_probe;
-	rte_eal_pci_probe_one;
-	rte_eal_pci_register;
-	rte_eal_pci_scan;
-	rte_eal_pci_unregister;
 	rte_eal_process_type;
 	rte_eal_remote_launch;
 	rte_eal_tailq_lookup;
 	rte_eal_tailq_register;
-	rte_eal_vdev_init;
-	rte_eal_vdev_uninit;
 	rte_eal_wait_lcore;
 	rte_exit;
 	rte_free;
@@ -66,11 +53,8 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_intr_disable;
 	rte_intr_enable;
 	rte_log;
-	rte_log_add_in_history;
 	rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel;
 	rte_log_cur_msg_logtype;
-	rte_log_dump_history;
-	rte_log_set_history;
 	rte_logs;
 	rte_malloc;
 	rte_malloc_dump_stats;
@@ -114,9 +98,6 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 DPDK_2.1 {
 	global:
 
-	rte_eal_pci_detach;
-	rte_eal_pci_read_config;
-	rte_eal_pci_write_config;
 	rte_epoll_ctl;
 	rte_epoll_wait;
 	rte_intr_allow_others;
@@ -146,12 +127,6 @@ DPDK_16.04 {
 	global:
 
 	rte_cpu_get_flag_name;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_map;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_read;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_unmap;
-	rte_eal_pci_ioport_write;
-	rte_eal_pci_map_device;
-	rte_eal_pci_unmap_device;
 	rte_eal_primary_proc_alive;
 
 } DPDK_2.2;
@@ -174,7 +149,52 @@ DPDK_16.11 {
 	rte_delay_us_callback_register;
 	rte_eal_dev_attach;
 	rte_eal_dev_detach;
-	rte_eal_vdrv_register;
-	rte_eal_vdrv_unregister;
 
 } DPDK_16.07;
+
+DPDK_17.02 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_bus_dump;
+	rte_bus_probe;
+	rte_bus_register;
+	rte_bus_scan;
+	rte_bus_unregister;
+
+} DPDK_16.11;
+
+DPDK_17.05 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_cpu_is_supported;
+	rte_intr_free_epoll_fd;
+	rte_log_dump;
+	rte_log_get_global_level;
+	rte_log_register;
+	rte_log_set_global_level;
+	rte_log_set_level;
+	rte_log_set_level_regexp;
+	rte_pci_detach;
+	rte_pci_dump;
+	rte_pci_ioport_map;
+	rte_pci_ioport_read;
+	rte_pci_ioport_unmap;
+	rte_pci_ioport_write;
+	rte_pci_map_device;
+	rte_pci_probe;
+	rte_pci_probe_one;
+	rte_pci_read_config;
+	rte_pci_register;
+	rte_pci_scan;
+	rte_pci_unmap_device;
+	rte_pci_unregister;
+	rte_pci_write_config;
+	rte_vdev_init;
+	rte_vdev_register;
+	rte_vdev_uninit;
+	rte_vdev_unregister;
+	vfio_get_container_fd;
+	vfio_get_group_fd;
+	vfio_get_group_no;
+
+} DPDK_17.02;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h
index 0d781e48..b800a53c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/compat.h
@@ -123,3 +123,7 @@ static bool pci_check_and_mask_intx(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 }
 
 #endif /* < 3.3.0 */
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
+#define HAVE_PCI_ENABLE_MSIX
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
index df41e457..b9d427c5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ igbuio_setup_bars(struct pci_dev *dev, struct uio_info *info)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return (iom != 0) ? ret : -ENOENT;
+	return (iom != 0 || iop != 0) ? ret : -ENOENT;
 }
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
@@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ static int
 igbuio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct rte_uio_pci_dev *udev;
+#ifdef HAVE_PCI_ENABLE_MSIX
 	struct msix_entry msix_entry;
+#endif
+	dma_addr_t map_dma_addr;
+	void *map_addr;
 	int err;
 
 	udev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rte_uio_pci_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -379,18 +383,28 @@ igbuio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	switch (igbuio_intr_mode_preferred) {
 	case RTE_INTR_MODE_MSIX:
 		/* Only 1 msi-x vector needed */
+#ifdef HAVE_PCI_ENABLE_MSIX
 		msix_entry.entry = 0;
 		if (pci_enable_msix(dev, &msix_entry, 1) == 0) {
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "using MSI-X");
+			udev->info.irq_flags = IRQF_NO_THREAD;
 			udev->info.irq = msix_entry.vector;
 			udev->mode = RTE_INTR_MODE_MSIX;
 			break;
 		}
+#else
+		if (pci_alloc_irq_vectors(dev, 1, 1, PCI_IRQ_MSIX) == 1) {
+			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "using MSI-X");
+			udev->info.irq = pci_irq_vector(dev, 0);
+			udev->mode = RTE_INTR_MODE_MSIX;
+			break;
+		}
+#endif
 		/* fall back to INTX */
 	case RTE_INTR_MODE_LEGACY:
 		if (pci_intx_mask_supported(dev)) {
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "using INTX");
-			udev->info.irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED;
+			udev->info.irq_flags = IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_THREAD;
 			udev->info.irq = dev->irq;
 			udev->mode = RTE_INTR_MODE_LEGACY;
 			break;
@@ -423,6 +437,27 @@ igbuio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	dev_info(&dev->dev, "uio device registered with irq %lx\n",
 		 udev->info.irq);
 
+	/*
+	 * Doing a harmless dma mapping for attaching the device to
+	 * the iommu identity mapping if kernel boots with iommu=pt.
+	 * Note this is not a problem if no IOMMU at all.
+	 */
+	map_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(&dev->dev, 1024, &map_dma_addr,
+			GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (map_addr)
+		memset(map_addr, 0, 1024);
+
+	if (!map_addr)
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "dma mapping failed\n");
+	else {
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "mapping 1K dma=%#llx host=%p\n",
+			 (unsigned long long)map_dma_addr, map_addr);
+
+		dma_free_coherent(&dev->dev, 1024, map_addr, map_dma_addr);
+		dev_info(&dev->dev, "unmapping 1K dma=%#llx host=%p\n",
+			 (unsigned long long)map_dma_addr, map_addr);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 fail_remove_group:
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
index 4e99e07e..154c528d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
@@ -44,45 +44,43 @@ MODULE_CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_OUTPUT)/include -I$(SRCDIR)/ethtool/ixgbe -I$(SRCDIR)/e
 MODULE_CFLAGS += -include $(RTE_OUTPUT)/include/rte_config.h
 MODULE_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror
 
-ifeq ($(shell lsb_release -si 2>/dev/null),Ubuntu)
-MODULE_CFLAGS += -DUBUNTU_RELEASE_CODE=$(shell lsb_release -sr | tr -d .)
+-include /etc/lsb-release
+
+ifeq ($(DISTRIB_ID),Ubuntu)
+MODULE_CFLAGS += -DUBUNTU_RELEASE_CODE=$(subst .,,$(DISTRIB_RELEASE))
 UBUNTU_KERNEL_CODE := $(shell echo `grep UTS_RELEASE $(RTE_KERNELDIR)/include/generated/utsrelease.h \
 	 | cut -d '"' -f2 | cut -d- -f1,2 | tr .- ,`,1)
 MODULE_CFLAGS += -D"UBUNTU_KERNEL_CODE=UBUNTU_KERNEL_VERSION($(UBUNTU_KERNEL_CODE))"
 endif
 
-# this lib needs main eal
-DEPDIRS-y += lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal
-
 #
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 #
-SRCS-y := ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_api.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/ixgbe/kcompat.c
+SRCS-y := kni_misc.c
+SRCS-y += kni_net.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += kni_ethtool.c
 
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_82575.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_i210.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_api.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_mac.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_manage.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_mbx.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_nvm.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/e1000_phy.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/igb_param.c
-SRCS-y += ethtool/igb/igb_vmdq.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_api.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_x540.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/kcompat.c
 
-SRCS-y += kni_misc.c
-SRCS-y += kni_net.c
-SRCS-y += kni_ethtool.c
-SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST) += kni_vhost.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_82575.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_i210.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_api.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_mac.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_manage.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_mbx.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_nvm.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/e1000_phy.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/igb_param.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/igb/igb_vmdq.c
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.module.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h
index 78da08e5..d96275af 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/compat.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Minimal wrappers to allow compiling kni on older kernels.
  */
 
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
 #ifndef RHEL_RELEASE_VERSION
 #define RHEL_RELEASE_VERSION(a, b) (((a) << 8) + (b))
 #endif
@@ -67,3 +69,7 @@
 	(LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 34)))
 #undef NET_NAME_UNKNOWN
 #endif
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 11, 0)
+#define HAVE_SIGNAL_FUNCTIONS_OWN_HEADER
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
index d7a987d5..95e262b7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_ethtool.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ static int igb_eeprom_test(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u64 *data)
 
 static irqreturn_t igb_test_intr(int irq, void *data)
 {
-	struct igb_adapter *adapter = (struct igb_adapter *) data;
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = data;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 
 	adapter->test_icr |= E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_ICR);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
index f4dca5a3..5f1f3a6b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1031,8 +1031,15 @@ static void igb_set_interrupt_capability(struct igb_adapter *adapter, bool msix)
 			for (i = 0; i < numvecs; i++)
 				adapter->msix_entries[i].entry = i;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PCI_ENABLE_MSIX
 			err = pci_enable_msix(pdev,
 			                      adapter->msix_entries, numvecs);
+#else
+			err = pci_enable_msix_range(pdev,
+					adapter->msix_entries,
+					numvecs,
+					numvecs);
+#endif
 			if (err == 0)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1629,7 +1636,7 @@ static void igb_check_swap_media(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
  */
 static int igb_get_i2c_data(void *data)
 {
-	struct igb_adapter *adapter = (struct igb_adapter *)data;
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = data;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	s32 i2cctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_I2CPARAMS);
 
@@ -1644,7 +1651,7 @@ static int igb_get_i2c_data(void *data)
  */
 static void igb_set_i2c_data(void *data, int state)
 {
-	struct igb_adapter *adapter = (struct igb_adapter *)data;
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = data;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	s32 i2cctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_I2CPARAMS);
 
@@ -1669,7 +1676,7 @@ static void igb_set_i2c_data(void *data, int state)
  */
 static void igb_set_i2c_clk(void *data, int state)
 {
-	struct igb_adapter *adapter = (struct igb_adapter *)data;
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = data;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	s32 i2cctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_I2CPARAMS);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1698,7 @@ static void igb_set_i2c_clk(void *data, int state)
  */
 static int igb_get_i2c_clk(void *data)
 {
-	struct igb_adapter *adapter = (struct igb_adapter *)data;
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = data;
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	s32 i2cctl = E1000_READ_REG(hw, E1000_I2CPARAMS);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
index 84826b26..4c52da3c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat.h
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@ struct _kc_ethtool_pauseparam {
 #elif ( LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,12,28) )
 /* SLES12 is at least 3.12.28+ based */
 #define SLE_VERSION_CODE SLE_VERSION(12,0,0)
+#elif (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 4, 57))
+/* SLES12SP3 is at least 4.4.57+ based */
+#define SLE_VERSION_CODE SLE_VERSION(12, 3, 0)
 #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE == KERNEL_VERSION(x,y,z) */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SUSE_KERNEL */
 #ifndef SLE_VERSION_CODE
@@ -3929,8 +3932,13 @@ skb_set_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 hash, __always_unused int type)
 #define vlan_tx_tag_present skb_vlan_tag_present
 #endif
 
-#if ( LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,9,0) )
+#if ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 9, 0)) || \
+    (SLE_VERSION_CODE && SLE_VERSION_CODE >= SLE_VERSION(12, 3, 0)))
 #define HAVE_VF_VLAN_PROTO
-#endif /* >= 4.9.0 */
+#endif /* >= 4.9.0, >= SLES12SP3 */
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 8, 0)
+#define HAVE_PCI_ENABLE_MSIX
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _KCOMPAT_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index bc3cb2f4..cdfcb959 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ static int ixgbe_eeprom_test(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u64 *data)
 
 static irqreturn_t ixgbe_test_intr(int irq, void *data)
 {
-	struct net_device *netdev = (struct net_device *) data;
+	struct net_device *netdev = data;
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	adapter->test_icr |= IXGBE_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, IXGBE_EICR);
@@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ static int ixgbe_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_rxnfc *cmd,
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL:
 		ret = ixgbe_get_ethtool_fdir_all(adapter, cmd,
-						 (u32 *)rule_locs);
+						 rule_locs);
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GRXFH:
 		ret = ixgbe_get_rss_hash_opts(adapter, cmd);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
index 58cbadd3..72385ab4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
@@ -30,17 +30,19 @@
 #endif
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
+#include "compat.h"
+
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_FUNCTIONS_OWN_HEADER
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+#else
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#endif
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-#include <net/sock.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <exec-env/rte_kni_common.h>
 #define KNI_KTHREAD_RESCHEDULE_INTERVAL 5 /* us */
 
@@ -102,15 +104,6 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	/* synchro for request processing */
 	unsigned long synchro;
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *vhost_queue;
-
-	volatile enum {
-		BE_STOP = 0x1,
-		BE_START = 0x2,
-		BE_FINISH = 0x4,
-	} vq_status;
-#endif
 	/* buffers */
 	void *pa[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
 	void *va[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
@@ -118,26 +111,6 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	void *alloc_va[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
 };
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-uint32_t
-kni_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table * wait);
-int kni_chk_vhost_rx(struct kni_dev *kni);
-int kni_vhost_init(struct kni_dev *kni);
-int kni_vhost_backend_release(struct kni_dev *kni);
-
-struct kni_vhost_queue {
-	struct sock sk;
-	struct socket *sock;
-	int vnet_hdr_sz;
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	int sockfd;
-	uint32_t flags;
-	struct sk_buff *cache;
-	struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo;
-};
-
-#endif
-
 void kni_net_rx(struct kni_dev *kni);
 void kni_net_init(struct net_device *dev);
 void kni_net_config_lo_mode(char *lo_str);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
index 025ec1c9..14f4141f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
@@ -91,18 +91,4 @@ kni_fifo_free_count(struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo)
 	return (fifo->read - fifo->write - 1) & (fifo->len - 1);
 }
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-/**
- * Initializes the kni fifo structure
- */
-static inline void
-kni_fifo_init(struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo, uint32_t size)
-{
-	fifo->write = 0;
-	fifo->read = 0;
-	fifo->len = size;
-	fifo->elem_size = sizeof(void *);
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _KNI_FIFO_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
index 497db9bd..7590f1fd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ kni_thread_single(void *data)
 		down_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
 		for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
 			list_for_each_entry(dev, &knet->kni_list_head, list) {
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-				kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
-#else
 				kni_net_rx(dev);
-#endif
 				kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
 			}
 		}
@@ -163,15 +159,11 @@ static int
 kni_thread_multiple(void *param)
 {
 	int j;
-	struct kni_dev *dev = (struct kni_dev *)param;
+	struct kni_dev *dev = param;
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-			kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
-#else
 			kni_net_rx(dev);
-#endif
 			kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
 		}
 #ifdef RTE_KNI_PREEMPT_DEFAULT
@@ -205,12 +197,14 @@ kni_dev_remove(struct kni_dev *dev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+#ifdef RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL
 	if (dev->pci_dev) {
 		if (pci_match_id(ixgbe_pci_tbl, dev->pci_dev))
 			ixgbe_kni_remove(dev->pci_dev);
 		else if (pci_match_id(igb_pci_tbl, dev->pci_dev))
 			igb_kni_remove(dev->pci_dev);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	if (dev->net_dev) {
 		unregister_netdev(dev->net_dev);
@@ -246,9 +240,6 @@ kni_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			dev->pthread = NULL;
 		}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-		kni_vhost_backend_release(dev);
-#endif
 		kni_dev_remove(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
 	}
@@ -326,11 +317,13 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	struct kni_net *knet = net_generic(net, kni_net_id);
 	int ret;
 	struct rte_kni_device_info dev_info;
-	struct pci_dev *pci = NULL;
-	struct pci_dev *found_pci = NULL;
 	struct net_device *net_dev = NULL;
-	struct net_device *lad_dev = NULL;
 	struct kni_dev *kni, *dev, *n;
+#ifdef RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL
+	struct pci_dev *found_pci = NULL;
+	struct net_device *lad_dev = NULL;
+	struct pci_dev *pci = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	pr_info("Creating kni...\n");
 	/* Check the buffer size, to avoid warning */
@@ -344,6 +337,12 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	/* Check if name is zero-ended */
+	if (strnlen(dev_info.name, sizeof(dev_info.name)) == sizeof(dev_info.name)) {
+		pr_err("kni.name not zero-terminated");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if the cpu core id is valid for binding.
 	 */
@@ -363,8 +362,8 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	up_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
 
 	net_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct kni_dev), dev_info.name,
-#ifdef NET_NAME_UNKNOWN
-							NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
+#ifdef NET_NAME_USER
+							NET_NAME_USER,
 #endif
 							kni_net_init);
 	if (net_dev == NULL) {
@@ -392,10 +391,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	kni->sync_va = dev_info.sync_va;
 	kni->sync_kva = phys_to_virt(dev_info.sync_phys);
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-	kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-#endif
 	kni->mbuf_size = dev_info.mbuf_size;
 
 	pr_debug("tx_phys:      0x%016llx, tx_q addr:      0x%p\n",
@@ -418,7 +413,7 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 					dev_info.function,
 					dev_info.vendor_id,
 					dev_info.device_id);
-
+#ifdef RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL
 	pci = pci_get_device(dev_info.vendor_id, dev_info.device_id, NULL);
 
 	/* Support Ethtool */
@@ -459,6 +454,7 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	}
 	if (pci)
 		pci_dev_put(pci);
+#endif
 
 	if (kni->lad_dev)
 		ether_addr_copy(net_dev->dev_addr, kni->lad_dev->dev_addr);
@@ -479,10 +475,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	kni_vhost_init(kni);
-#endif
-
 	ret = kni_run_thread(knet, kni, dev_info.force_bind);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -526,9 +518,6 @@ kni_ioctl_release(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 			dev->pthread = NULL;
 		}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-		kni_vhost_backend_release(dev);
-#endif
 		kni_dev_remove(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
index 4ac99cfe..db9f4898 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -198,18 +198,6 @@ kni_net_config(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map)
 /*
  * Transmit a packet (called by the kernel)
  */
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-static int
-kni_net_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	kni->stats.tx_dropped++;
-
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-}
-#else
 static int
 kni_net_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -289,7 +277,6 @@ drop:
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
  * RX: normal working mode
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f54c34b1..00000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,842 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
- *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- *   published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- *   General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *   The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution
- *   in the file called LICENSE.GPL.
- *
- *   Contact Information:
- *   Intel Corporation
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/net.h>
-#include <net/sock.h>
-#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/if_tun.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
-#include <linux/file.h>
-
-#include "compat.h"
-#include "kni_dev.h"
-#include "kni_fifo.h"
-
-#define RX_BURST_SZ 4
-
-#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_SOCK_MAP_FD
-static int kni_sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock)
-{
-	struct file *file;
-	int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
-
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return fd;
-
-	file = sock_alloc_file(sock, 0, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		put_unused_fd(fd);
-		return PTR_ERR(file);
-	}
-	fd_install(fd, file);
-	return fd;
-}
-#endif
-
-static struct proto kni_raw_proto = {
-	.name = "kni_vhost",
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.obj_size = sizeof(struct kni_vhost_queue),
-};
-
-static inline int
-kni_vhost_net_tx(struct kni_dev *kni, struct msghdr *m,
-		 uint32_t offset, uint32_t len)
-{
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *pkt_kva = NULL;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *pkt_va = NULL;
-	int ret;
-
-	pr_debug("tx offset=%d, len=%d, iovlen=%d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   offset, len, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   offset, len, (int)m->msg_iov->iov_len);
-#endif
-
-	/**
-	 * Check if it has at least one free entry in tx_q and
-	 * one entry in alloc_q.
-	 */
-	if (kni_fifo_free_count(kni->tx_q) == 0 ||
-	    kni_fifo_count(kni->alloc_q) == 0) {
-		/**
-		 * If no free entry in tx_q or no entry in alloc_q,
-		 * drops skb and goes out.
-		 */
-		goto drop;
-	}
-
-	/* dequeue a mbuf from alloc_q */
-	ret = kni_fifo_get(kni->alloc_q, (void **)&pkt_va, 1);
-	if (likely(ret == 1)) {
-		void *data_kva;
-
-		pkt_kva = (void *)pkt_va - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-		data_kva = pkt_kva->buf_addr + pkt_kva->data_off
-			- kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		copy_from_iter(data_kva, len, &m->msg_iter);
-#else
-		memcpy_fromiovecend(data_kva, m->msg_iov, offset, len);
-#endif
-
-		if (unlikely(len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
-			memset(data_kva + len, 0, ETH_ZLEN - len);
-			len = ETH_ZLEN;
-		}
-		pkt_kva->pkt_len = len;
-		pkt_kva->data_len = len;
-
-		/* enqueue mbuf into tx_q */
-		ret = kni_fifo_put(kni->tx_q, (void **)&pkt_va, 1);
-		if (unlikely(ret != 1)) {
-			/* Failing should not happen */
-			pr_err("Fail to enqueue mbuf into tx_q\n");
-			goto drop;
-		}
-	} else {
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to dequeue mbuf from alloc_q\n");
-		goto drop;
-	}
-
-	/* update statistics */
-	kni->stats.tx_bytes += len;
-	kni->stats.tx_packets++;
-
-	return 0;
-
-drop:
-	/* update statistics */
-	kni->stats.tx_dropped++;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int
-kni_vhost_net_rx(struct kni_dev *kni, struct msghdr *m,
-		 uint32_t offset, uint32_t len)
-{
-	uint32_t pkt_len;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *kva;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *va;
-	void *data_kva;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* ensure at least one entry in free_q */
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_free_count(kni->free_q) == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-	skb = skb_dequeue(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue);
-	if (unlikely(skb == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	kva = (struct rte_kni_mbuf *)skb->data;
-
-	/* free skb to cache */
-	skb->data = NULL;
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_put(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, 1) != 1))
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to enqueue entries into rx cache fifo\n");
-
-	pkt_len = kva->data_len;
-	if (unlikely(pkt_len > len))
-		goto drop;
-
-	pr_debug("rx offset=%d, len=%d, pkt_len=%d, iovlen=%d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   offset, len, pkt_len, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   offset, len, pkt_len, (int)m->msg_iov->iov_len);
-#endif
-
-	data_kva = kva->buf_addr + kva->data_off - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-	if (unlikely(copy_to_iter(data_kva, pkt_len, &m->msg_iter)))
-#else
-	if (unlikely(memcpy_toiovecend(m->msg_iov, data_kva, offset, pkt_len)))
-#endif
-		goto drop;
-
-	/* Update statistics */
-	kni->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
-	kni->stats.rx_packets++;
-
-	/* enqueue mbufs into free_q */
-	va = (void *)kva - kni->mbuf_kva + kni->mbuf_va;
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_put(kni->free_q, (void **)&va, 1) != 1))
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to enqueue entries into free_q\n");
-
-	pr_debug("receive done %d\n", pkt_len);
-
-	return pkt_len;
-
-drop:
-	/* Update drop statistics */
-	kni->stats.rx_dropped++;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static uint32_t
-kni_sock_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	uint32_t mask = 0;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return POLLERR;
-
-	kni = q->kni;
-#ifdef HAVE_SOCKET_WQ
-	pr_debug("start kni_poll on group %d, wq 0x%16llx\n",
-		  kni->group_id, (uint64_t)sock->wq);
-	poll_wait(file, &sock->wq->wait, wait);
-#else
-	pr_debug("start kni_poll on group %d, wait at 0x%16llx\n",
-		  kni->group_id, (uint64_t)&sock->wait);
-	poll_wait(file, &sock->wait, wait);
-#endif
-
-	if (kni_fifo_count(kni->rx_q) > 0)
-		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
-
-	if (sock_writeable(&q->sk) ||
-#ifdef SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE
-		(!test_and_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &q->sock->flags) &&
-			sock_writeable(&q->sk)))
-#else
-		(!test_and_set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &q->sock->flags) &&
-			sock_writeable(&q->sk)))
-#endif
-		mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
-
-	return mask;
-}
-
-static inline void
-kni_vhost_enqueue(struct kni_dev *kni, struct kni_vhost_queue *q,
-		  struct sk_buff *skb, struct rte_kni_mbuf *va)
-{
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *kva;
-
-	kva = (void *)(va) - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-	(skb)->data = (unsigned char *)kva;
-	(skb)->len = kva->data_len;
-	skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, skb);
-}
-
-static inline void
-kni_vhost_enqueue_burst(struct kni_dev *kni, struct kni_vhost_queue *q,
-	  struct sk_buff **skb, struct rte_kni_mbuf **va)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < RX_BURST_SZ; skb++, va++, i++)
-		kni_vhost_enqueue(kni, q, *skb, *va);
-}
-
-int
-kni_chk_vhost_rx(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-	uint32_t nb_in, nb_mbuf, nb_skb;
-	const uint32_t BURST_MASK = RX_BURST_SZ - 1;
-	uint32_t nb_burst, nb_backlog, i;
-	struct sk_buff *skb[RX_BURST_SZ];
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *va[RX_BURST_SZ];
-
-	if (unlikely(BE_STOP & kni->vq_status)) {
-		kni->vq_status |= BE_FINISH;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	nb_skb = kni_fifo_count(q->fifo);
-	nb_mbuf = kni_fifo_count(kni->rx_q);
-
-	nb_in = min(nb_mbuf, nb_skb);
-	nb_in = min_t(uint32_t, nb_in, RX_BURST_SZ);
-	nb_burst   = (nb_in & ~BURST_MASK);
-	nb_backlog = (nb_in & BURST_MASK);
-
-	/* enqueue skb_queue per BURST_SIZE bulk */
-	if (nb_burst != 0) {
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(kni->rx_q, (void **)&va, RX_BURST_SZ)
-				!= RX_BURST_SZ))
-			goto except;
-
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, RX_BURST_SZ)
-				!= RX_BURST_SZ))
-			goto except;
-
-		kni_vhost_enqueue_burst(kni, q, skb, va);
-	}
-
-	/* all leftover, do one by one */
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_backlog; ++i) {
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(kni->rx_q, (void **)&va, 1) != 1))
-			goto except;
-
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, 1) != 1))
-			goto except;
-
-		kni_vhost_enqueue(kni, q, *skb, *va);
-	}
-
-	/* Ondemand wake up */
-	if ((nb_in == RX_BURST_SZ) || (nb_skb == 0) ||
-	    ((nb_mbuf < RX_BURST_SZ) && (nb_mbuf != 0))) {
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(sk_sleep(&q->sk),
-				   POLLIN | POLLRDNORM | POLLRDBAND);
-		pr_debug("RX CHK KICK nb_mbuf %d, nb_skb %d, nb_in %d\n",
-			   nb_mbuf, nb_skb, nb_in);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-except:
-	/* Failing should not happen */
-	pr_err("Fail to enqueue fifo, it shouldn't happen\n");
-	BUG_ON(1);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-#ifdef HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM
-kni_sock_sndmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len)
-#else
-kni_sock_sndmsg(struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len)
-#endif /* HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM */
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
-	unsigned long len = total_len;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	pr_debug("kni_sndmsg len %ld, flags 0x%08x, nb_iov %d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   len, q->flags, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   len, q->flags, (int)m->msg_iovlen);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	if (likely(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)) {
-		vnet_hdr_len = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		if (unlikely(len < vnet_hdr_len))
-			return -EINVAL;
-		len -= vnet_hdr_len;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN + q->vnet_hdr_sz))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return kni_vhost_net_tx(q->kni, m, vnet_hdr_len, len);
-}
-
-static int
-#ifdef HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM
-kni_sock_rcvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t len, int flags)
-#else
-kni_sock_rcvmsg(struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t len, int flags)
-#endif /* HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM */
-{
-	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
-	int pkt_len = 0;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	static struct virtio_net_hdr
-		__attribute__ ((unused)) vnet_hdr = {
-		.flags = 0,
-		.gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE
-	};
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	if (likely(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)) {
-		vnet_hdr_len = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		len -= vnet_hdr_len;
-		if (len < 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	pkt_len = kni_vhost_net_rx(q->kni, m, vnet_hdr_len, len);
-	if (unlikely(pkt_len == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	/* no need to copy hdr when no pkt received */
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-	if (unlikely(copy_to_iter((void *)&vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_len,
-		&m->msg_iter)))
-#else
-	if (unlikely(memcpy_toiovecend(m->msg_iov,
-		(void *)&vnet_hdr, 0, vnet_hdr_len)))
-#endif /* HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR */
-		return -EFAULT;
-#endif /* RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN */
-	pr_debug("kni_rcvmsg expect_len %ld, flags 0x%08x, pkt_len %d\n",
-		   (unsigned long)len, q->flags, pkt_len);
-
-	return pkt_len + vnet_hdr_len;
-}
-
-/* dummy tap like ioctl */
-static int
-kni_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, uint32_t cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	struct ifreq __user *ifr = argp;
-	uint32_t __user *up = argp;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	uint32_t u;
-	int __user *sp = argp;
-	int s;
-	int ret;
-
-	pr_debug("tap ioctl cmd 0x%08x\n", cmd);
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case TUNSETIFF:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETIFF\n");
-		/* ignore the name, just look at flags */
-		if (get_user(u, &ifr->ifr_flags))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		ret = 0;
-		if ((u & ~IFF_VNET_HDR) != (IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP))
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-		else
-			q->flags = u;
-
-		return ret;
-
-	case TUNGETIFF:
-		pr_debug("TUNGETIFF\n");
-		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		kni = rcu_dereference_bh(q->kni);
-		if (kni)
-			dev_hold(kni->net_dev);
-		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
-
-		if (!kni)
-			return -ENOLINK;
-
-		ret = 0;
-		if (copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_name, kni->net_dev->name, IFNAMSIZ)
-				|| put_user(q->flags, &ifr->ifr_flags))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		dev_put(kni->net_dev);
-		return ret;
-
-	case TUNGETFEATURES:
-		pr_debug("TUNGETFEATURES\n");
-		u = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-		u |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
-#endif
-		if (put_user(u, up))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETSNDBUF:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETSNDBUF\n");
-		if (get_user(u, up))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		q->sk.sk_sndbuf = u;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNGETVNETHDRSZ:
-		s = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		if (put_user(s, sp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		pr_debug("TUNGETVNETHDRSZ %d\n", s);
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETVNETHDRSZ:
-		if (get_user(s, sp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		if (s < (int)sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		pr_debug("TUNSETVNETHDRSZ %d\n", s);
-		q->vnet_hdr_sz = s;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETOFFLOAD:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETOFFLOAD %lx\n", arg);
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-		/* not support any offload yet */
-		if (!(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR))
-			return  -EINVAL;
-
-		return 0;
-#else
-		return -EINVAL;
-#endif
-
-	default:
-		pr_debug("NOT SUPPORT\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-kni_sock_compat_ioctl(struct socket *sock, uint32_t cmd,
-		     unsigned long arg)
-{
-	/* 32 bits app on 64 bits OS to be supported later */
-	pr_debug("Not implemented.\n");
-
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-#define KNI_VHOST_WAIT_WQ_SAFE()                        \
-do {							\
-	while ((BE_FINISH | BE_STOP) == kni->vq_status) \
-		msleep(1);				\
-} while (0)						\
-
-
-static int
-kni_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-
-	if (q == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	kni = q->kni;
-	if (kni != NULL) {
-		kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-		KNI_VHOST_WAIT_WQ_SAFE();
-		kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-		q->kni = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (q->sockfd != -1)
-		q->sockfd = -1;
-
-	sk_set_socket(&q->sk, NULL);
-	sock->sk = NULL;
-
-	sock_put(&q->sk);
-
-	pr_debug("dummy sock release done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-kni_sock_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
-		int *sockaddr_len, int peer)
-{
-	pr_debug("dummy sock getname\n");
-	((struct sockaddr_ll *)addr)->sll_family = AF_PACKET;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct proto_ops kni_socket_ops = {
-	.getname = kni_sock_getname,
-	.sendmsg = kni_sock_sndmsg,
-	.recvmsg = kni_sock_rcvmsg,
-	.release = kni_sock_release,
-	.poll    = kni_sock_poll,
-	.ioctl   = kni_sock_ioctl,
-	.compat_ioctl = kni_sock_compat_ioctl,
-};
-
-static void
-kni_sk_write_space(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	wait_queue_head_t *wqueue;
-
-	if (!sock_writeable(sk) ||
-#ifdef SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE
-	    !test_and_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags))
-#else
-	    !test_and_clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags))
-#endif
-		return;
-	wqueue = sk_sleep(sk);
-	if (wqueue && waitqueue_active(wqueue))
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(
-			wqueue, POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM | POLLWRBAND);
-}
-
-static void
-kni_sk_destruct(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-
-	if (!q)
-		return;
-
-	/* make sure there's no packet in buffer */
-	while (skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue) != NULL)
-		;
-
-	mb();
-
-	if (q->fifo != NULL) {
-		kfree(q->fifo);
-		q->fifo = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (q->cache != NULL) {
-		kfree(q->cache);
-		q->cache = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-kni_vhost_backend_init(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q;
-	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
-	int err, i, sockfd;
-	struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo;
-	struct sk_buff *elem;
-
-	if (kni->vhost_queue != NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SK_ALLOC_KERN_PARAM
-	q = (struct kni_vhost_queue *)sk_alloc(net, AF_UNSPEC, GFP_KERNEL,
-			&kni_raw_proto, 0);
-#else
-	q = (struct kni_vhost_queue *)sk_alloc(net, AF_UNSPEC, GFP_KERNEL,
-			&kni_raw_proto);
-#endif
-	if (!q)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = sock_create_lite(AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW, &q->sock);
-	if (err)
-		goto free_sk;
-
-	sockfd = kni_sock_map_fd(q->sock);
-	if (sockfd < 0) {
-		err = sockfd;
-		goto free_sock;
-	}
-
-	/* cache init */
-	q->cache = kzalloc(
-		RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE * sizeof(struct sk_buff),
-		GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!q->cache)
-		goto free_fd;
-
-	fifo = kzalloc(RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE * sizeof(void *)
-			+ sizeof(struct rte_kni_fifo), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fifo)
-		goto free_cache;
-
-	kni_fifo_init(fifo, RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-		elem = &q->cache[i];
-		kni_fifo_put(fifo, (void **)&elem, 1);
-	}
-	q->fifo = fifo;
-
-	/* store sockfd in vhost_queue */
-	q->sockfd = sockfd;
-
-	/* init socket */
-	q->sock->type = SOCK_RAW;
-	q->sock->state = SS_CONNECTED;
-	q->sock->ops = &kni_socket_ops;
-	sock_init_data(q->sock, &q->sk);
-
-	/* init sock data */
-	q->sk.sk_write_space = kni_sk_write_space;
-	q->sk.sk_destruct = kni_sk_destruct;
-	q->flags = IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP;
-	q->vnet_hdr_sz = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	q->flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
-#endif
-
-	/* bind kni_dev with vhost_queue */
-	q->kni = kni;
-	kni->vhost_queue = q;
-
-	wmb();
-
-	kni->vq_status = BE_START;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SOCKET_WQ
-	pr_debug("backend init sockfd=%d, sock->wq=0x%16llx,sk->sk_wq=0x%16llx",
-		  q->sockfd, (uint64_t)q->sock->wq,
-		  (uint64_t)q->sk.sk_wq);
-#else
-	pr_debug("backend init sockfd=%d, sock->wait at 0x%16llx,sk->sk_sleep=0x%16llx",
-		  q->sockfd, (uint64_t)&q->sock->wait,
-		  (uint64_t)q->sk.sk_sleep);
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-
-free_cache:
-	kfree(q->cache);
-	q->cache = NULL;
-
-free_fd:
-	put_unused_fd(sockfd);
-
-free_sock:
-	q->kni = NULL;
-	kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-	kni->vq_status |= BE_FINISH;
-	sock_release(q->sock);
-	q->sock->ops = NULL;
-	q->sock = NULL;
-
-free_sk:
-	sk_free((struct sock *)q);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-/* kni vhost sock sysfs */
-static ssize_t
-show_sock_fd(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	     char *buf)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-	int sockfd = -1;
-
-	if (kni->vhost_queue != NULL)
-		sockfd = kni->vhost_queue->sockfd;
-	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%d\n", sockfd);
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-show_sock_en(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	     char *buf)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-
-	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%u\n", (kni->vhost_queue == NULL ? 0 : 1));
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-set_sock_en(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	      const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-	unsigned long en;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &en) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (en)
-		err = kni_vhost_backend_init(kni);
-
-	return err ? err : count;
-}
-
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sock_fd, S_IRUGO | S_IRUSR, show_sock_fd, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sock_en, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_sock_en, set_sock_en);
-static struct attribute *dev_attrs[] = {
-	&dev_attr_sock_fd.attr,
-	&dev_attr_sock_en.attr,
-	NULL,
-};
-
-static const struct attribute_group dev_attr_grp = {
-	.attrs = dev_attrs,
-};
-
-int
-kni_vhost_backend_release(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-
-	if (q == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* dettach from kni */
-	q->kni = NULL;
-
-	pr_debug("release backend done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-kni_vhost_init(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = kni->net_dev;
-
-	if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_grp))
-		sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_grp);
-
-	kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-
-	pr_debug("kni_vhost_init done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/Makefile
index 9d22fb97..be51a82a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/Makefile
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ MODULE_CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_OUTPUT)/include
 MODULE_CFLAGS += -include $(RTE_OUTPUT)/include/rte_config.h
 MODULE_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror
 
-# this lib needs main eal
-DEPDIRS-y += lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal
-
 #
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 #