virtio: Native virtio driver

Change-Id: Id7fccf2f805e578fb05032aeb2b649a74c3c0e56
Signed-off-by: Mohsin Kazmi <sykazmi@cisco.com>

13 files changed, 2078 insertions, 174 deletions

diff --git a/src/vnet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/vnet/CMakeLists.txt
index 353bd3f7a6d..e2a168ee825 100644
--- a/src/vnet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/vnet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -971,9 +971,13 @@ list(APPEND VNET_SOURCES
   devices/virtio/vhost_user_output.c
   devices/virtio/vhost_user_api.c
   devices/virtio/virtio.c
+  devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
+  devices/virtio/cli.c
+  devices/virtio/pci.c
 )
 
 list(APPEND VNET_HEADERS
+  devices/virtio/pci.h
   devices/virtio/virtio.h
   devices/virtio/vhost_user.h
 )
@@ -983,7 +987,10 @@ list(APPEND VNET_MULTIARCH_SOURCES
   devices/virtio/vhost_user_output.c
 )
 
-list(APPEND VNET_API_FILES devices/virtio/vhost_user.api)
+list(APPEND VNET_API_FILES
+  devices/virtio/vhost_user.api
+  devices/virtio/virtio.api
+)
 
 ##############################################################################
 # tap interface (with virtio backend)
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/tap/cli.c b/src/vnet/devices/tap/cli.c
index 9d86159c574..ee57a72268e 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/tap/cli.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/tap/cli.c
@@ -172,29 +172,6 @@ tap_show_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
   int show_descr = 0;
   clib_error_t *error = 0;
   u32 hw_if_index, *hw_if_indices = 0;
-  virtio_vring_t *vring;
-  int i, j;
-  struct feat_struct
-  {
-    u8 bit;
-    char *str;
-  };
-  struct feat_struct *feat_entry;
-
-  static struct feat_struct feat_array[] = {
-#define _(s,b) { .str = #s, .bit = b, },
-    foreach_virtio_net_features
-#undef _
-    {.str = NULL}
-  };
-
-  struct feat_struct *flag_entry;
-  static struct feat_struct flags_array[] = {
-#define _(b,e,s) { .bit = b, .str = s, },
-    foreach_virtio_if_flag
-#undef _
-    {.str = NULL}
-  };
 
   while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
     {
@@ -220,81 +197,8 @@ tap_show_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
       /* *INDENT-ON* */
     }
 
-  for (hw_if_index = 0; hw_if_index < vec_len (hw_if_indices); hw_if_index++)
-    {
-      vnet_hw_interface_t *hi =
-	vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, hw_if_indices[hw_if_index]);
-      vif = pool_elt_at_index (mm->interfaces, hi->dev_instance);
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "interface %U", format_vnet_sw_if_index_name,
-		       vnm, vif->sw_if_index);
-      if (vif->host_if_name)
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  name \"%s\"", vif->host_if_name);
-      if (vif->net_ns)
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  host-ns \"%s\"", vif->net_ns);
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  flags 0x%x", vif->flags);
-      flag_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &flags_array;
-      while (flag_entry->str)
-	{
-	  if (vif->flags & (1ULL << flag_entry->bit))
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", flag_entry->str,
-			     flag_entry->bit);
-	  flag_entry++;
-	}
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  fd %d", vif->fd);
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  tap-fd %d", vif->tap_fd);
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  features 0x%lx", vif->features);
-      feat_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &feat_array;
-      while (feat_entry->str)
-	{
-	  if (vif->features & (1ULL << feat_entry->bit))
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", feat_entry->str,
-			     feat_entry->bit);
-	  feat_entry++;
-	}
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  remote-features 0x%lx", vif->remote_features);
-      feat_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &feat_array;
-      while (feat_entry->str)
-	{
-	  if (vif->remote_features & (1ULL << feat_entry->bit))
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", feat_entry->str,
-			     feat_entry->bit);
-	  feat_entry++;
-	}
-      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings)
-      {
-	// RX = 0, TX = 1
-	vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, i);
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (%s)", (i & 1) ? "TX" : "RX");
-	vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			 "    qsz %d, last_used_idx %d, desc_next %d, desc_in_use %d",
-			 vring->size, vring->last_used_idx, vring->desc_next,
-			 vring->desc_in_use);
-	vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			 "    avail.flags 0x%x avail.idx %d used.flags 0x%x used.idx %d",
-			 vring->avail->flags, vring->avail->idx,
-			 vring->used->flags, vring->used->idx);
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "    kickfd %d, callfd %d", vring->kick_fd,
-			 vring->call_fd);
-	if (show_descr)
-	  {
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "\n  descriptor table:\n");
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			     "   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr\n");
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			     "  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================\n");
-	    vring = vif->vrings;
-	    for (j = 0; j < vring->size; j++)
-	      {
-		struct vring_desc *desc = &vring->desc[j];
-		vlib_cli_output (vm,
-				 "  %-5d 0x%016lx %-5d 0x%04x %-5d 0x%016lx\n",
-				 j, desc->addr,
-				 desc->len,
-				 desc->flags, desc->next, desc->addr);
-	      }
-	  }
-      }
-    }
+  virtio_show (vm, hw_if_indices, show_descr, VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP);
+
 done:
   vec_free (hw_if_indices);
   return error;
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
index d0ed58c1f06..4f3066a6916 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
 
   _IOCTL (vif->fd, VHOST_GET_FEATURES, &vif->remote_features);
 
-  if ((vif->remote_features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) == 0)
+  if ((vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)) == 0)
     {
       args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED;
       args->error = clib_error_return (0, "vhost-net backend doesn't support "
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
       goto error;
     }
 
-  if ((vif->remote_features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC)) == 0)
+  if ((vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC)) ==
+      0)
     {
       args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED;
       args->error = clib_error_return (0, "vhost-net backend doesn't support "
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
       goto error;
     }
 
-  if ((vif->remote_features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) == 0)
+  if ((vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) == 0)
     {
       args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED;
       args->error = clib_error_return (0, "vhost-net backend doesn't support "
@@ -154,9 +155,11 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
       goto error;
     }
 
-  vif->features |= 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF;
-  vif->features |= 1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1;
-  vif->features |= 1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC;
+  vif->features |= VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF);
+  vif->features |= VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1);
+  vif->features |= VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC);
+
+  virtio_set_net_hdr_size (vif);
 
   _IOCTL (vif->fd, VHOST_SET_FEATURES, &vif->features);
 
@@ -349,6 +352,8 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
     }
   vif->rx_ring_sz = args->rx_ring_sz != 0 ? args->rx_ring_sz : 256;
   vif->tx_ring_sz = args->tx_ring_sz != 0 ? args->tx_ring_sz : 256;
+  clib_memcpy (vif->mac_addr, args->mac_addr, 6);
+
   vif->host_if_name = args->host_if_name;
   args->host_if_name = 0;
   vif->net_ns = args->host_namespace;
@@ -363,9 +368,10 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
   if (args->host_ip6_prefix_len)
     clib_memcpy (&vif->host_ip6_addr, &args->host_ip6_addr, 16);
 
+  vif->type = VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP;
   args->error = ethernet_register_interface (vnm, virtio_device_class.index,
 					     vif->dev_instance,
-					     args->mac_addr,
+					     vif->mac_addr,
 					     &vif->hw_if_index,
 					     virtio_eth_flag_change);
   if (args->error)
@@ -386,7 +392,6 @@ tap_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, tap_create_if_args_t * args)
   vnet_hw_interface_set_rx_mode (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0,
 				 VNET_HW_INTERFACE_RX_MODE_DEFAULT);
   vif->per_interface_next_index = ~0;
-  vif->type = VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP;
   vif->flags |= VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
   vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
 			       VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP);
@@ -433,6 +438,9 @@ tap_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 sw_if_index)
 
   vif = pool_elt_at_index (mm->interfaces, hw->dev_instance);
 
+  if (vif->type != VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+    return VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_INTERFACE;
+
   /* bring down the interface */
   vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
   vnet_sw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->sw_if_index, 0);
@@ -469,6 +477,8 @@ tap_dump_ifs (tap_interface_details_t ** out_tapids)
 
   /* *INDENT-OFF* */
   pool_foreach (vif, mm->interfaces,
+    if (vif->type != VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+      continue;
     vec_add2(r_tapids, tapid, 1);
     clib_memset (tapid, 0, sizeof (*tapid));
     tapid->id = vif->id;
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82dc5a117b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/cli.c
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+/*
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
+#include <vlib/pci/pci.h>
+#include <vnet/ethernet/ethernet.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/ip4_packet.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h>
+
+static clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_create_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
+			      vlib_cli_command_t * cmd)
+{
+  unformat_input_t _line_input, *line_input = &_line_input;
+  virtio_pci_create_if_args_t args;
+  u32 tmp;
+  u64 feature_mask = (u64) ~ (0ULL);
+
+  /* Get a line of input. */
+  if (!unformat_user (input, unformat_line_input, line_input))
+    return 0;
+
+  memset (&args, 0, sizeof (args));
+  while (unformat_check_input (line_input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
+    {
+      if (unformat (line_input, "%U", unformat_vlib_pci_addr, &args.addr))
+	;
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "feature-mask 0x%llx", &feature_mask))
+	args.features = feature_mask;
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "rx-queue-size %u", &tmp))
+	args.rxq_size = tmp;
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "tx-queue-size %u", &tmp))
+	args.txq_size = tmp;
+      else
+	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+				  format_unformat_error, input);
+    }
+  unformat_free (line_input);
+
+  virtio_pci_create_if (vm, &args);
+
+  return args.error;
+}
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (virtio_pci_create_command, static) = {
+  .path = "create interface virtio",
+  .short_help = "create interface virtio <pci-address>"
+                "[feature-mask <hex-mask>] [rx-queue-size <size>] [tx-queue-size <size>]",
+  .function = virtio_pci_create_command_fn,
+};
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+static clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_delete_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
+			      vlib_cli_command_t * cmd)
+{
+  unformat_input_t _line_input, *line_input = &_line_input;
+  u32 sw_if_index = ~0;
+  vnet_hw_interface_t *hw;
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+
+  /* Get a line of input. */
+  if (!unformat_user (input, unformat_line_input, line_input))
+    return 0;
+
+  while (unformat_check_input (line_input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
+    {
+      if (unformat (line_input, "sw_if_index %d", &sw_if_index))
+	;
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "%U", unformat_vnet_sw_interface,
+			 vnm, &sw_if_index))
+	;
+      else
+	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+				  format_unformat_error, input);
+    }
+  unformat_free (line_input);
+
+  if (sw_if_index == ~0)
+    return clib_error_return (0,
+			      "please specify interface name or sw_if_index");
+
+  hw = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
+  if (hw == NULL || virtio_device_class.index != hw->dev_class_index)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "not a virtio interface");
+
+  vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmxm->interfaces, hw->dev_instance);
+
+  if (virtio_pci_delete_if (vm, vif) < 0)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "not a virtio pci interface");
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (virtio_pci_delete_command, static) = {
+  .path = "delete interface virtio",
+  .short_help = "delete interface virtio"
+    "{<interface> | sw_if_index <sw_idx>}",
+  .function = virtio_pci_delete_command_fn,
+};
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+static clib_error_t *
+show_virtio_pci_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input,
+		    vlib_cli_command_t * cmd)
+{
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = &vnet_main;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  u32 hw_if_index, *hw_if_indices = 0;
+  vnet_hw_interface_t *hi;
+  u8 show_descr = 0, show_device_config = 0;
+
+  while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
+    {
+      if (unformat
+	  (input, "%U", unformat_vnet_hw_interface, vnm, &hw_if_index))
+	{
+	  hi = vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, hw_if_index);
+	  if (virtio_device_class.index != hi->dev_class_index)
+	    {
+	      error = clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+					 format_unformat_error, input);
+	      goto done;
+	    }
+	  vec_add1 (hw_if_indices, hw_if_index);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "descriptors") || unformat (input, "desc"))
+	show_descr = 1;
+      else if (unformat (input, "debug-device"))
+	show_device_config = 1;
+      else
+	{
+	  error = clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+				     format_unformat_error, input);
+	  goto done;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (vec_len (hw_if_indices) == 0)
+    {
+      pool_foreach (vif, vmxm->interfaces,
+		    vec_add1 (hw_if_indices, vif->hw_if_index);
+	);
+    }
+  else if (show_device_config)
+    {
+      vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmxm->interfaces, hi->dev_instance);
+      if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+	debug_device_config_space (vm, vif);
+    }
+
+  virtio_show (vm, hw_if_indices, show_descr, VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI);
+
+done:
+  vec_free (hw_if_indices);
+  return error;
+}
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (show_virtio_pci_command, static) = {
+  .path = "show virtio pci",
+  .short_help = "show virtio pci [<interface>] [descriptors | desc] [debug-device]",
+  .function = show_virtio_pci_fn,
+};
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_cli_init (vlib_main_t * vm)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+VLIB_INIT_FUNCTION (virtio_pci_cli_init);
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
index 7c66a60cf99..4eeb2caf8a1 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ _(NO_TX_QUEUES, "no tx queues")
 
 typedef enum
 {
-#define _(f,s) TAP_TX_ERROR_##f,
+#define _(f,s) VIRTIO_TX_ERROR_##f,
   foreach_virtio_tx_func_error
 #undef _
-    TAP_TX_N_ERROR,
+    VIRTIO_TX_N_ERROR,
 } virtio_tx_func_error_t;
 
 static char *virtio_tx_func_error_strings[] = {
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ format_virtio_device_name (u8 * s, va_list * args)
   virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (mm->interfaces, dev_instance);
 
   if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
-    {
-      s = format (s, "tap%u", vif->id);
-    }
+    s = format (s, "tap%u", vif->id);
+  else if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+    s = format (s, "virtio-%x/%x/%x/%x", vif->pci_addr.domain,
+		vif->pci_addr.bus, vif->pci_addr.slot,
+		vif->pci_addr.function);
   else
-    s = format (s, "virtio%lu", vif->dev_instance);
+    s = format (s, "virtio-%lu", vif->dev_instance);
 
   return s;
 }
@@ -104,13 +106,6 @@ virtio_free_used_desc (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring)
     {
       struct vring_used_elem *e = &vring->used->ring[last & mask];
       u16 slot = e->id;
-      struct vring_desc *d = &vring->desc[slot];
-
-      if (PREDICT_FALSE (d->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
-	{
-	  d = uword_to_pointer (d->addr, struct vring_desc *);
-	  vec_free (d);
-	}
 
       vlib_buffer_free (vm, &vring->buffers[slot], 1);
       used--;
@@ -122,11 +117,12 @@ virtio_free_used_desc (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring)
 }
 
 static_always_inline u16
-add_buffer_to_slot (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring, u32 bi,
-		    u16 avail, u16 next, u16 mask)
+add_buffer_to_slot (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+		    virtio_vring_t * vring, u32 bi, u16 avail, u16 next,
+		    u16 mask)
 {
   u16 n_added = 0;
-  const int hdr_sz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1);
+  int hdr_sz = vif->virtio_net_hdr_sz;
   struct vring_desc *d;
   d = &vring->desc[next];
   vlib_buffer_t *b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi);
@@ -136,31 +132,85 @@ add_buffer_to_slot (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring, u32 bi,
 
   if (PREDICT_TRUE ((b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT) == 0))
     {
-      d->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b)) - hdr_sz;
+      d->addr =
+	((vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI) ? vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm,
+									 b) :
+	 pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b))) - hdr_sz;
       d->len = b->current_length + hdr_sz;
       d->flags = 0;
     }
   else
     {
-      struct vring_desc *id, *descs = 0;
-
-      /* first buffer in chain */
-      vec_add2_aligned (descs, id, 1, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-      id->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b)) - hdr_sz;
-      id->len = b->current_length + hdr_sz;
-
-      while (b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT)
+      /*
+       * We are using single vlib_buffer_t for indirect descriptor(s)
+       * chain. Single descriptor is 16 bytes and vlib_buffer_t
+       * has 2048 bytes space. So maximum long chain can have 128
+       * (=2048/16) indirect descriptors.
+       * It can easily support 65535 bytes of Jumbo frames with
+       * each data buffer size of 512 bytes minimum.
+       */
+      vlib_buffer_t *indirect_desc =
+	vlib_get_buffer (vm, vring->indirect_buffers[next]);
+      indirect_desc->current_data = 0;
+
+      struct vring_desc *id =
+	(struct vring_desc *) vlib_buffer_get_current (indirect_desc);
+      u32 count = 1;
+      if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
 	{
-	  id->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
-	  id->next = vec_len (descs);
-	  vec_add2_aligned (descs, id, 1, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-	  b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, b->next_buffer);
-	  id->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b));
-	  id->len = b->current_length;
+	  d->addr = vlib_physmem_get_pa (vm, id);
+	  id->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b) - hdr_sz;
+
+	  /*
+	   * If VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT is not negotiated, then virtio_net_hdr
+	   * should be presented in separate descriptor and data will start
+	   * from next descriptor.
+	   */
+	  if (PREDICT_TRUE
+	      (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT)))
+	    id->len = b->current_length + hdr_sz;
+	  else
+	    {
+	      id->len = hdr_sz;
+	      id->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
+	      id->next = count;
+	      count++;
+	      id++;
+	      id->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b);
+	      id->len = b->current_length;
+	    }
+	  while (b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT)
+	    {
+	      id->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
+	      id->next = count;
+	      count++;
+	      id++;
+	      b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, b->next_buffer);
+	      id->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b);
+	      id->len = b->current_length;
+	    }
 	}
-
-      d->addr = pointer_to_uword (descs);
-      d->len = vec_len (descs) * sizeof (struct vring_desc);
+      else			/* VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP */
+	{
+	  d->addr = pointer_to_uword (id);
+	  /* first buffer in chain */
+	  id->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b)) - hdr_sz;
+	  id->len = b->current_length + hdr_sz;
+
+	  while (b->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT)
+	    {
+	      id->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
+	      id->next = count;
+	      count++;
+	      id++;
+	      b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, b->next_buffer);
+	      id->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b));
+	      id->len = b->current_length;
+	    }
+	}
+      id->flags = 0;
+      id->next = 0;
+      d->len = count * sizeof (struct vring_desc);
       d->flags = VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT;
     }
   vring->buffers[next] = bi;
@@ -184,8 +234,8 @@ virtio_interface_tx_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
   clib_spinlock_lock_if_init (&vif->lockp);
 
   if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0 &&
-      vring->last_kick_avail_idx != vring->avail->idx)
-    virtio_kick (vring);
+      (vring->last_kick_avail_idx != vring->avail->idx))
+    virtio_kick (vm, vring, vif);
 
   /* free consumed buffers */
   virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
@@ -196,8 +246,11 @@ virtio_interface_tx_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 
   while (n_left && used < sz)
     {
-      u16 n_added;
-      n_added = add_buffer_to_slot (vm, vring, buffers[0], avail, next, mask);
+      u16 n_added = 0;
+      n_added =
+	add_buffer_to_slot (vm, vif, vring, buffers[0], avail, next, mask);
+      if (!n_added)
+	break;
       avail += n_added;
       next = (next + n_added) & mask;
       used += n_added;
@@ -212,13 +265,12 @@ virtio_interface_tx_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
       vring->desc_next = next;
       vring->desc_in_use = used;
       if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0)
-	virtio_kick (vring);
+	virtio_kick (vm, vring, vif);
     }
 
-
   if (n_left)
     {
-      vlib_error_count (vm, node->node_index, TAP_TX_ERROR_NO_FREE_SLOTS,
+      vlib_error_count (vm, node->node_index, VIRTIO_TX_ERROR_NO_FREE_SLOTS,
 			n_left);
       vlib_buffer_free (vm, buffers, n_left);
     }
@@ -313,7 +365,7 @@ VNET_DEVICE_CLASS (virtio_device_class) = {
   .format_device_name = format_virtio_device_name,
   .format_device = format_virtio_device,
   .format_tx_trace = format_virtio_tx_trace,
-  .tx_function_n_errors = TAP_TX_N_ERROR,
+  .tx_function_n_errors = VIRTIO_TX_N_ERROR,
   .tx_function_error_strings = virtio_tx_func_error_strings,
   .rx_redirect_to_node = virtio_set_interface_next_node,
   .clear_counters = virtio_clear_hw_interface_counters,
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
index d7a0b3964b4..c02b607d5fe 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ format_virtio_input_trace (u8 * s, va_list * args)
 }
 
 static_always_inline void
-virtio_refill_vring (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring)
+virtio_refill_vring (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+		     virtio_vring_t * vring, const int hdr_sz)
 {
-  const int hdr_sz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1);
   u16 used, next, avail, n_slots;
   u16 sz = vring->size;
   u16 mask = sz - 1;
@@ -108,7 +108,18 @@ more:
     {
       struct vring_desc *d = &vring->desc[next];;
       vlib_buffer_t *b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, vring->buffers[next]);
-      d->addr = pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b)) - hdr_sz;
+      /*
+       * current_data may not be initialized with 0 and may contain
+       * previous offset. Here we want to make sure, it should be 0
+       * initialized.
+       */
+      b->current_data = 0;
+      b->current_data -= hdr_sz;
+      memset (vlib_buffer_get_current (b), 0, hdr_sz);
+      d->addr =
+	((vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI) ? vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm,
+									 b) :
+	 pointer_to_uword (vlib_buffer_get_current (b)));
       d->len = VLIB_BUFFER_DATA_SIZE + hdr_sz;
       d->flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
       vring->avail->ring[avail & mask] = next;
@@ -123,7 +134,9 @@ more:
   vring->desc_in_use = used;
 
   if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0)
-    virtio_kick (vring);
+    {
+      virtio_kick (vm, vring, vif);
+    }
   goto more;
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ virtio_device_input_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
   uword n_trace = vlib_get_trace_count (vm, node);
   virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, 0);
   u32 next_index = VNET_DEVICE_INPUT_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT;
-  const int hdr_sz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1);
+  const int hdr_sz = vif->virtio_net_hdr_sz;
   u32 *to_next = 0;
   u32 n_rx_packets = 0;
   u32 n_rx_bytes = 0;
@@ -146,7 +159,7 @@ virtio_device_input_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 
   if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0 &&
       vring->last_kick_avail_idx != vring->avail->idx)
-    virtio_kick (vring);
+    virtio_kick (vm, vring, vif);
 
   if (n_left == 0)
     goto refill;
@@ -159,17 +172,18 @@ virtio_device_input_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 
       while (n_left && n_left_to_next)
 	{
-	  u16 num_buffers;
+	  u16 num_buffers = 1;
 	  struct vring_used_elem *e = &vring->used->ring[last & mask];
 	  struct virtio_net_hdr_v1 *hdr;
 	  u16 slot = e->id;
 	  u16 len = e->len - hdr_sz;
 	  u32 bi0 = vring->buffers[slot];
 	  vlib_buffer_t *b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
-	  hdr = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0) - hdr_sz;
-	  num_buffers = hdr->num_buffers;
+	  hdr = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
+	  if (hdr_sz == sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1))
+	    num_buffers = hdr->num_buffers;
 
-	  b0->current_data = 0;
+	  b0->current_data += hdr_sz;
 	  b0->current_length = len;
 	  b0->total_length_not_including_first_buffer = 0;
 	  b0->flags = VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID;
@@ -189,7 +203,6 @@ virtio_device_input_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 		  cb = vlib_get_buffer (vm, cbi);
 
 		  /* current buffer */
-		  cb->current_data = -hdr_sz;
 		  cb->current_length = e->len;
 
 		  /* previous buffer */
@@ -253,7 +266,7 @@ virtio_device_input_inline (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 				   n_rx_bytes);
 
 refill:
-  virtio_refill_vring (vm, vring);
+  virtio_refill_vring (vm, vif, vring, hdr_sz);
 
   return n_rx_packets;
 }
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63c8c54fdad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c
@@ -0,0 +1,919 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
+#include <linux/vhost.h>
+#include <sys/eventfd.h>
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+#include <sys/io.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <vppinfra/types.h>
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vlib/pci/pci.h>
+#include <vnet/ethernet/ethernet.h>
+#include <vpp/app/version.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/ip4_packet.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h>
+
+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIRTIO				0x1af4
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_NIC			0x1000
+/* Doesn't support modern device */
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_NIC_MODERN			0x1041
+
+#define PCI_CAPABILITY_LIST     0x34
+#define PCI_CAP_ID_VNDR         0x09
+#define PCI_CAP_ID_MSIX         0x11
+
+#define PCI_MSIX_ENABLE 0x8000
+
+static u32 msix_enabled = 0;
+
+#define PCI_CONFIG_SIZE ((msix_enabled == VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED) ? \
+  24 : 20)
+
+static pci_device_id_t virtio_pci_device_ids[] = {
+  {
+   .vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIRTIO,
+   .device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_NIC},
+  {
+   .vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIRTIO,
+   .device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_NIC_MODERN},
+  {0},
+};
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, void *dst,
+			       int len, u32 addr)
+{
+  u32 size = 0;
+  vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h = vif->pci_dev_handle;
+
+  while (len > 0)
+    {
+      if (len >= 4)
+	{
+	  size = 4;
+	  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, dst);
+	}
+      else if (len >= 2)
+	{
+	  size = 2;
+	  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, dst);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  size = 1;
+	  vlib_pci_read_io_u8 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, dst);
+	}
+      dst = (u8 *) dst + size;
+      addr += size;
+      len -= size;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_legacy_write_config (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				void *src, int len, u32 addr)
+{
+  u32 size = 0;
+  vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h = vif->pci_dev_handle;
+
+  while (len > 0)
+    {
+      if (len >= 4)
+	{
+	  size = 4;
+	  vlib_pci_write_io_u32 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, src);
+	}
+      else if (len >= 2)
+	{
+	  size = 2;
+	  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, src);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  size = 1;
+	  vlib_pci_write_io_u8 (vm, h, PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + addr, src);
+	}
+      src = (u8 *) src + size;
+      addr += size;
+      len -= size;
+    }
+}
+
+static u64
+virtio_pci_legacy_get_features (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  u32 features;
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_HOST_FEATURES,
+			&features);
+  return features;
+}
+
+static u32
+virtio_pci_legacy_set_features (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				u64 features)
+{
+  if ((features >> 32) != 0)
+    {
+      clib_warning ("only 32 bit features are allowed for legacy virtio!");
+    }
+  u32 feature = 0, guest_features = (u32) features;
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_GUEST_FEATURES,
+			 &guest_features);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_GUEST_FEATURES,
+			&feature);
+  return feature;
+}
+
+static u8
+virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  u8 status = 0;
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u8 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_STATUS, &status);
+  return status;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u8 status)
+{
+  if (status != VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_RESET)
+    status |= virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u8 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_STATUS, &status);
+}
+
+static u8
+virtio_pci_legacy_reset (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_RESET);
+  return virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
+}
+
+static u8
+virtio_pci_legacy_get_isr (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  u8 isr = 0;
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u8 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_ISR, &isr);
+  return isr;
+}
+
+static u16
+virtio_pci_legacy_get_queue_num (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				 u16 queue_id)
+{
+  u16 queue_num = 0;
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL,
+			 &queue_id);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NUM,
+			&queue_num);
+  return queue_num;
+}
+
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_legacy_setup_queue (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			       u16 queue_id, void *p)
+{
+  u64 addr = vlib_physmem_get_pa (vm, p) >> VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_ADDR_SHIFT;
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL,
+			 &queue_id);
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN,
+			 (u32 *) & addr);
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			     u16 queue_id)
+{
+  u32 src = 0;
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL,
+			 &queue_id);
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN, &src);
+}
+
+inline void
+virtio_pci_legacy_notify_queue (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				u16 queue_id)
+{
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NOTIFY,
+			 &queue_id);
+}
+
+/* Enable one vector (0) for Link State Intrerrupt */
+static u16
+virtio_pci_legacy_set_config_irq (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				  u16 vec)
+{
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_MSI_CONFIG_VECTOR,
+			 &vec);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_MSI_CONFIG_VECTOR,
+			&vec);
+  return vec;
+}
+
+static u16
+virtio_pci_legacy_set_queue_irq (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 vec,
+				 u16 queue_id)
+{
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL,
+			 &queue_id);
+  vlib_pci_write_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_MSI_QUEUE_VECTOR,
+			 &vec);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_MSI_QUEUE_VECTOR,
+			&vec);
+  return vec;
+}
+
+static u32
+virtio_pci_flag_change (vnet_main_t * vnm, vnet_hw_interface_t * hw,
+			u32 flags)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_get_max_virtqueue_pairs (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  virtio_net_config_t config;
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  u16 max_queue_pairs = 1;
+
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ))
+    {
+      virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &config.max_virtqueue_pairs,
+				     sizeof (config.max_virtqueue_pairs), 8);
+      max_queue_pairs = config.max_virtqueue_pairs;
+    }
+
+  if (max_queue_pairs < 1 || max_queue_pairs > 0x8000)
+    clib_error_return (error, "max queue pair is %x", max_queue_pairs);
+
+  vif->max_queue_pairs = max_queue_pairs;
+  return error;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_set_mac (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  virtio_pci_legacy_write_config (vm, vif, vif->mac_addr,
+				  sizeof (vif->mac_addr), 0);
+}
+
+static u32
+virtio_pci_get_mac (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  if (vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
+    {
+      virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, vif->mac_addr,
+				     sizeof (vif->mac_addr), 0);
+      return 0;
+    }
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static u16
+virtio_pci_is_link_up (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  /*
+   * Minimal driver: assumes link is up
+   */
+  u16 status = 1;
+  if (vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS))
+    virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &status, sizeof (status),	/* mac */
+				   6);
+  return status;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_irq_0_handler (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h, u16 line)
+{
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  uword pd = vlib_pci_get_private_data (vm, h);
+  virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmxm->interfaces, pd);
+  u16 qid = line;
+
+  vnet_device_input_set_interrupt_pending (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, qid);
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_irq_1_handler (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h, u16 line)
+{
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  uword pd = vlib_pci_get_private_data (vm, h);
+  virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmxm->interfaces, pd);
+
+  if (virtio_pci_is_link_up (vm, vif) & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP)
+    {
+      vif->flags |= VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
+      vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
+				   VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      vif->flags &= ~VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
+      vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_irq_handler (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h)
+{
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  uword pd = vlib_pci_get_private_data (vm, h);
+  virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmxm->interfaces, pd);
+  u8 isr = 0;
+  u16 line = 0;
+
+  isr = virtio_pci_legacy_get_isr (vm, vif);
+
+  /*
+   * If the lower bit is set: look through the used rings of
+   * all virtqueues for the device, to see if any progress has
+   * been made by the device which requires servicing.
+   */
+  if (isr & VIRTIO_PCI_ISR_INTR)
+    virtio_pci_irq_0_handler (vm, h, line);
+
+  if (isr & VIRTIO_PCI_ISR_CONFIG)
+    virtio_pci_irq_1_handler (vm, h, line);
+}
+
+inline void
+device_status (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  struct status_struct
+  {
+    u8 bit;
+    char *str;
+  };
+  struct status_struct *status_entry;
+  static struct status_struct status_array[] = {
+#define _(s,b) { .str = #s, .bit = b, },
+    foreach_virtio_config_status_flags
+#undef _
+    {.str = NULL}
+  };
+
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "  status 0x%x", vif->status);
+
+  status_entry = (struct status_struct *) &status_array;
+  while (status_entry->str)
+    {
+      if (vif->status & status_entry->bit)
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%x)", status_entry->str,
+			 status_entry->bit);
+      status_entry++;
+    }
+}
+
+inline void
+debug_device_config_space (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  u32 data_u32;
+  u16 data_u16;
+  u8 data_u8;
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_HOST_FEATURES,
+			&data_u32);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "remote features 0x%lx", data_u32);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_GUEST_FEATURES,
+			&data_u32);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "guest features 0x%lx", data_u32);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN,
+			&data_u32);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "queue address 0x%lx", data_u32);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NUM,
+			&data_u16);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "queue size 0x%x", data_u16);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL,
+			&data_u16);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "queue select 0x%x", data_u16);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u16 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NOTIFY,
+			&data_u16);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "queue notify 0x%x", data_u16);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u8 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_STATUS, &data_u8);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "status 0x%x", data_u8);
+  vlib_pci_read_io_u8 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, VIRTIO_PCI_ISR, &data_u8);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "isr 0x%x", data_u8);
+
+  u8 mac[6];
+  virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, mac, sizeof (mac), 0);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "mac %U", format_ethernet_address, mac);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &data_u16, sizeof (u16),	/* offset to status */
+				 6);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "link up/down status 0x%x", data_u16);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &data_u16, sizeof (u16),
+				 /* offset to max_virtqueue */ 8);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "num of virtqueue 0x%x", data_u16);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &data_u16, sizeof (u16),	/* offset to mtu */
+				 10);
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "mtu 0x%x", data_u16);
+
+  u32 i = PCI_CONFIG_SIZE + 12, a = 4;
+  i += a;
+  i &= ~a;
+  for (; i < 64; i += 4)
+    {
+      u32 data = 0;
+      vlib_pci_read_io_u32 (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle, i, &data);
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "0x%lx", data);
+    }
+}
+
+static u8
+virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (u16 qsz)
+{
+  if (qsz < 64 || qsz > 4096)
+    return 0;
+  if ((qsz % 64) != 0)
+    return 0;
+  return 1;
+}
+
+clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx)
+{
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  u16 queue_size = 0;
+  virtio_vring_t *vring;
+  struct vring vr;
+  u32 i = 0;
+  void *ptr;
+
+  queue_size = virtio_pci_legacy_get_queue_num (vm, vif, idx);
+  if (!virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (queue_size))
+    clib_warning ("queue size is not valid");
+
+  if (!is_pow2 (queue_size))
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ring size must be power of 2");
+
+  if (queue_size > 32768)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ring size must be 32768 or lower");
+
+  if (queue_size == 0)
+    queue_size = 256;
+
+  vec_validate_aligned (vif->vrings, idx, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, idx);
+
+  i = vring_size (queue_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  i = round_pow2 (i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  ptr = vlib_physmem_alloc_aligned (vm, i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  memset (ptr, 0, i);
+  vring_init (&vr, queue_size, ptr, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  vring->desc = vr.desc;
+  vring->avail = vr.avail;
+  vring->used = vr.used;
+  vring->queue_id = idx;
+  vring->avail->flags = VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT;
+
+  ASSERT (vring->buffers == 0);
+  vec_validate_aligned (vring->buffers, queue_size, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  ASSERT (vring->indirect_buffers == 0);
+  vec_validate_aligned (vring->indirect_buffers, queue_size,
+			CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  if (idx % 2)
+    {
+      u32 n_alloc = 0;
+      do
+	{
+	  if (n_alloc < queue_size)
+	    n_alloc =
+	      vlib_buffer_alloc (vm, vring->indirect_buffers + n_alloc,
+				 queue_size - n_alloc);
+	}
+      while (n_alloc != queue_size);
+      vif->tx_ring_sz = queue_size;
+    }
+  else
+    vif->rx_ring_sz = queue_size;
+  vring->size = queue_size;
+
+  virtio_pci_legacy_setup_queue (vm, vif, idx, ptr);
+  vring->kick_fd = -1;
+
+  return error;
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_negotiate_features (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			   u64 req_features)
+{
+  /*
+   * if features are not requested
+   * default: all supported features
+   */
+  u64 supported_features = VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC);
+
+  if (req_features == 0)
+    {
+      req_features = supported_features;
+    }
+
+  vif->features = req_features & vif->remote_features & supported_features;
+
+  if (vif->
+      remote_features & vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU))
+    {
+      virtio_net_config_t config;
+      virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &config.mtu,
+				     sizeof (config.mtu), 10);
+      if (config.mtu < 64)
+	vif->features &= ~VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU);
+    }
+
+  vif->features = virtio_pci_legacy_set_features (vm, vif, vif->features);
+}
+
+void
+virtio_pci_read_device_feature (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  vif->remote_features = virtio_pci_legacy_get_features (vm, vif);
+}
+
+int
+virtio_pci_reset_device (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  u8 status = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Reset the device
+   */
+  status = virtio_pci_legacy_reset (vm, vif);
+
+  /*
+   * Set the Acknowledge status bit
+   */
+  virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_ACK);
+
+  /*
+   * Set the Driver status bit
+   */
+  virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER);
+
+  /*
+   * Read the status and verify it
+   */
+  status = virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
+  if (!
+      ((status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_ACK)
+       && (status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER)))
+    return -1;
+  vif->status = status;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_read_caps (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  struct virtio_pci_cap cap;
+  u8 pos, common_cfg = 0, notify_base = 0, dev_cfg = 0, isr = 0;
+  vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h = vif->pci_dev_handle;
+
+  if ((error = vlib_pci_read_config_u8 (vm, h, PCI_CAPABILITY_LIST, &pos)))
+    clib_error_return (error, "error in reading capabilty list position");
+
+  while (pos)
+    {
+      if ((error =
+	   vlib_pci_read_write_config (vm, h, VLIB_READ, pos, &cap,
+				       sizeof (cap))))
+	clib_error_return (error, "error in reading the capability at [%2x]",
+			   pos);
+
+      if (cap.cap_vndr == PCI_CAP_ID_MSIX)
+	{
+	  u16 flags;
+	  if ((error =
+	       vlib_pci_read_write_config (vm, h, VLIB_READ, pos + 2, &flags,
+					   sizeof (flags))))
+	    clib_error_return (error,
+			       "error in reading the capability at [%2x]",
+			       pos + 2);
+
+	  if (flags & PCI_MSIX_ENABLE)
+	    msix_enabled = VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED;
+	  else
+	    msix_enabled = VIRTIO_MSIX_DISABLED;
+	}
+
+      if (cap.cap_vndr != PCI_CAP_ID_VNDR)
+	{
+	  clib_warning ("[%2x] skipping non VNDR cap id: %2x", pos,
+			cap.cap_vndr);
+	  goto next;
+	}
+
+      switch (cap.cfg_type)
+	{
+	case VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_COMMON_CFG:
+	  common_cfg = 1;
+	  break;
+	case VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_NOTIFY_CFG:
+	  notify_base = 1;
+	  break;
+	case VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_DEVICE_CFG:
+	  dev_cfg = 1;
+	  break;
+	case VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_ISR_CFG:
+	  isr = 1;
+	  break;
+	}
+    next:
+      pos = cap.cap_next;
+    }
+
+  if (common_cfg == 0 || notify_base == 0 || dev_cfg == 0 || isr == 0)
+    {
+      clib_warning ("no modern virtio pci device found");
+      return error;
+    }
+
+  return clib_error_return (error, "modern virtio pci device found");
+}
+
+static clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_device_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			virtio_pci_create_if_args_t * args)
+{
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  u8 status = 0;
+
+  virtio_pci_read_caps (vm, vif);
+
+  if (virtio_pci_reset_device (vm, vif) < 0)
+    clib_error_return (error, "Failed to reset the device");
+
+  /*
+   * read device features and negotiate (user) requested features
+   */
+  virtio_pci_read_device_feature (vm, vif);
+  virtio_negotiate_features (vm, vif, args->features);
+
+  /*
+   * After FEATURE_OK, driver should not accept new feature bits
+   */
+  virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_FEATURES_OK);
+  status = virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
+  if (!(status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_FEATURES_OK))
+    clib_error_return (error, "Device doesn't support requested features");
+
+  vif->status = status;
+
+  if (virtio_pci_get_mac (vm, vif))
+    {
+      f64 now = vlib_time_now (vm);
+      u32 rnd;
+      rnd = (u32) (now * 1e6);
+      rnd = random_u32 (&rnd);
+
+      memcpy (vif->mac_addr + 2, &rnd, sizeof (rnd));
+      vif->mac_addr[0] = 2;
+      vif->mac_addr[1] = 0xfe;
+      virtio_pci_set_mac (vm, vif);
+    }
+
+  virtio_set_net_hdr_size (vif);
+
+  if ((error = virtio_pci_get_max_virtqueue_pairs (vm, vif)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, 0)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, 1)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if (msix_enabled == VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED)
+    {
+      virtio_pci_legacy_set_config_irq (vm, vif, VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR);
+      virtio_pci_legacy_set_queue_irq (vm, vif, VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR, 0);
+    }
+  virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER_OK);
+  vif->status = virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
+error:
+  return error;
+}
+
+void
+virtio_pci_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_pci_create_if_args_t * args)
+{
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+  vlib_pci_dev_handle_t h;
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+
+  if (args->rxq_size == 0)
+    args->rxq_size = VIRTIO_NUM_RX_DESC;
+  if (args->txq_size == 0)
+    args->txq_size = VIRTIO_NUM_TX_DESC;
+
+  if (!virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (args->rxq_size) ||
+      !virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (args->txq_size))
+    {
+      args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
+      args->error =
+	clib_error_return (error,
+			   "queue size must be <= 4096, >= 64, "
+			   "and multiples of 64");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  /* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  pool_foreach (vif, vmxm->interfaces, ({
+    if (vif->pci_addr.as_u32 == args->addr)
+      {
+	args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE;
+	args->error =
+	  clib_error_return (error, "PCI address in use");
+	return;
+      }
+  }));
+  /* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+  pool_get (vmxm->interfaces, vif);
+  vif->dev_instance = vif - vmxm->interfaces;
+  vif->per_interface_next_index = ~0;
+  vif->pci_addr.as_u32 = args->addr;
+
+  if ((vif->fd = open ("/dev/vhost-net", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0)
+    {
+      args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_SYSCALL_ERROR_1;
+      args->error = clib_error_return_unix (0, "open '/dev/vhost-net'");
+      goto error;
+    }
+
+  if ((error =
+       vlib_pci_device_open (vm, (vlib_pci_addr_t *) & vif->pci_addr,
+			     virtio_pci_device_ids, &h)))
+    {
+      pool_put (vmxm->interfaces, vif);
+      args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_INTERFACE;
+      args->error =
+	clib_error_return (error, "pci-addr %U", format_vlib_pci_addr,
+			   &vif->pci_addr);
+      return;
+    }
+  vif->pci_dev_handle = h;
+  vlib_pci_set_private_data (vm, h, vif->dev_instance);
+
+  if ((error = vlib_pci_bus_master_enable (vm, h)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if ((error = vlib_pci_io_region (vm, h, 0)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if ((error = virtio_pci_device_init (vm, vif, args)))
+    goto error;
+
+  if (msix_enabled == VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED)
+    {
+      if ((error = vlib_pci_register_msix_handler (vm, h, 0, 1,
+						   &virtio_pci_irq_0_handler)))
+	goto error;
+
+      if ((error = vlib_pci_register_msix_handler (vm, h, 1, 1,
+						   &virtio_pci_irq_1_handler)))
+	goto error;
+
+      if ((error = vlib_pci_enable_msix_irq (vm, h, 0, 2)))
+	goto error;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      vlib_pci_register_intx_handler (vm, h, &virtio_pci_irq_handler);
+    }
+
+  if ((error = vlib_pci_intr_enable (vm, h)))
+    goto error;
+
+  vif->type = VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI;
+  /* create interface */
+  error = ethernet_register_interface (vnm, virtio_device_class.index,
+				       vif->dev_instance, vif->mac_addr,
+				       &vif->hw_if_index,
+				       virtio_pci_flag_change);
+
+  if (error)
+    goto error;
+
+  vnet_sw_interface_t *sw = vnet_get_hw_sw_interface (vnm, vif->hw_if_index);
+  vif->sw_if_index = sw->sw_if_index;
+  args->sw_if_index = sw->sw_if_index;
+
+  vnet_hw_interface_t *hw = vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, vif->hw_if_index);
+  hw->flags |= VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_INT_MODE;
+  vnet_hw_interface_set_input_node (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
+				    virtio_input_node.index);
+  vnet_hw_interface_assign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0, ~0);
+
+  if (virtio_pci_is_link_up (vm, vif) & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP)
+    {
+      vif->flags |= VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
+      vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
+				   VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP);
+    }
+  else
+    vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+  return;
+
+error:
+  virtio_pci_delete_if (vm, vif);
+  args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_INTERFACE;
+  args->error = error;
+}
+
+int
+virtio_pci_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  virtio_main_t *vmxm = &virtio_main;
+  u32 i = 0;
+
+  if (vif->type != VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+    return VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_INTERFACE;
+
+  vlib_pci_intr_disable (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle);
+
+  virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, 0);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, 1);
+
+  virtio_pci_legacy_reset (vm, vif);
+
+  if (vif->hw_if_index)
+    {
+      vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+      vnet_hw_interface_unassign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+      ethernet_delete_interface (vnm, vif->hw_if_index);
+    }
+
+  vlib_pci_device_close (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle);
+
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings)
+  {
+    virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, i);
+    if (vring->kick_fd != -1)
+      close (vring->kick_fd);
+    if (vring->used)
+      {
+	if ((i & 1) == 1)
+	  virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
+	else
+	  virtio_free_rx_buffers (vm, vring);
+      }
+    if (vring->queue_id % 2)
+      {
+	vlib_buffer_free_no_next (vm, vring->indirect_buffers, vring->size);
+      }
+    vec_free (vring->buffers);
+    vec_free (vring->indirect_buffers);
+    vlib_physmem_free (vm, vring->desc);
+  }
+
+  vec_free (vif->vrings);
+
+  if (vif->fd != -1)
+    close (vif->fd);
+  if (vif->tap_fd != -1)
+    vif->tap_fd = -1;
+  clib_error_free (vif->error);
+  memset (vif, 0, sizeof (*vif));
+  pool_put (vmxm->interfaces, vif);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7552dd89ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __included_virtio_pci_h__
+#define __included_virtio_pci_h__
+
+/* VirtIO ABI version, this must match exactly. */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION 0
+
+/*
+ * VirtIO Header, located in BAR 0.
+ */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_HOST_FEATURES  0	/* host's supported features (32bit, RO) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_GUEST_FEATURES 4	/* guest's supported features (32, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_PFN      8	/* physical address of VQ (32, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NUM      12	/* number of ring entries (16, RO) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_SEL      14	/* current VQ selection (16, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_NOTIFY   16	/* notify host regarding VQ (16, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_STATUS         18	/* device status register (8, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_ISR            19	/* interrupt status register, reading
+					 * also clears the register (8, RO) */
+/* Only if MSIX is enabled: */
+#define VIRTIO_MSI_CONFIG_VECTOR  20	/* configuration change vector (16, RW) */
+#define VIRTIO_MSI_QUEUE_VECTOR   22	/* vector for selected VQ notifications
+					   (16, RW) */
+
+/*
+ * define in include/linux/virtio_pci.h
+ * #define VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR 0xFFFF
+ */
+
+/* The bit of the ISR which indicates a device has an interrupt. */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_ISR_INTR   0x1
+/* The bit of the ISR which indicates a device configuration change. */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_ISR_CONFIG 0x2
+/* Vector value used to disable MSI for queue. */
+
+/* VirtIO device IDs. */
+#define VIRTIO_ID_NETWORK  0x01
+
+/* Status byte for guest to report progress. */
+#define foreach_virtio_config_status_flags	\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_RESET, 0x00)		\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_ACK, 0x01)		\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER, 0x02)		\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER_OK, 0x04)	\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_FEATURES_OK, 0x08)	\
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DEVICE_NEEDS_RESET, 0x40) \
+  _ (VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_FAILED, 0x80)
+
+typedef enum
+{
+#define _(a, b) a = b,
+  foreach_virtio_config_status_flags
+#undef _
+} virtio_config_status_flags_t;
+
+#define foreach_virtio_net_feature_flags      \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM, 0)      /* Host handles pkts w/ partial csum */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM, 1) /* Guest handles pkts w/ partial csum */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, 2) /* Dynamic offload configuration. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, 3)       /* Initial MTU advice. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC, 5)       /* Host has given MAC address. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GSO, 6)       /* Host handles pkts w/ any GSO. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4, 7)        /* Guest can handle TSOv4 in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6, 8)        /* Guest can handle TSOv6 in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN, 9) /* Guest can handle TSO[6] w/ ECN in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO, 10)        /* Guest can handle UFO in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4, 11)        /* Host can handle TSOv4 in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6, 12)        /* Host can handle TSOv6 in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN, 13) /* Host can handle TSO[6] w/ ECN in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO, 14) /* Host can handle UFO in. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF, 15)        /* Host can merge receive buffers. */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS, 16)   /* virtio_net_config.status available */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ, 17)  /* Control channel available */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX, 18)  /* Control channel RX mode support */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN, 19)        /* Control channel VLAN filtering */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX_EXTRA, 20)    /* Extra RX mode control support */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, 21)   /* Guest can announce device on the network */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, 22)               /* Device supports Receive Flow Steering */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, 23)    /* Set MAC address */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY, 24) \
+  _ (VHOST_F_LOG_ALL, 26)      /* Log all write descriptors */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT, 27)  /* Can the device handle any descripor layout */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC, 28)   /* Support indirect buffer descriptors */ \
+  _ (VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX, 29)       /* The Guest publishes the used index for which it expects an interrupt \
+ * at the end of the avail ring. Host should ignore the avail->flags field. */ \
+/* The Host publishes the avail index for which it expects a kick \
+ * at the end of the used ring. Guest should ignore the used->flags field. */ \
+  _ (VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES, 30)
+
+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU 3
+#define VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP    1	/* Link is up */
+#define VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE   2	/* Announcement is needed */
+
+/* Common configuration */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_COMMON_CFG       1
+/* Notifications */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_NOTIFY_CFG       2
+/* ISR Status */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_ISR_CFG          3
+/* Device specific configuration */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_DEVICE_CFG       4
+/* PCI configuration access */
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_PCI_CFG          5
+
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_ADDR_SHIFT 12
+
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN 4096
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  VIRTIO_MSIX_NONE = 0,
+  VIRTIO_MSIX_DISABLED = 1,
+  VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED = 2
+} virtio_msix_status_t;
+
+/* This is the PCI capability header: */
+typedef struct
+{
+  u8 cap_vndr;			/* Generic PCI field: PCI_CAP_ID_VNDR */
+  u8 cap_next;			/* Generic PCI field: next ptr. */
+  u8 cap_len;			/* Generic PCI field: capability length */
+  u8 cfg_type;			/* Identifies the structure. */
+  u8 bar;			/* Where to find it. */
+  u8 padding[3];		/* Pad to full dword. */
+  u32 offset;			/* Offset within bar. */
+  u32 length;			/* Length of the structure, in bytes. */
+} virtio_pci_cap_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  struct virtio_pci_cap cap;
+  u32 notify_off_multiplier;	/* Multiplier for queue_notify_off. */
+} virtio_pci_notify_cap_t;
+
+/* Fields in VIRTIO_PCI_CAP_COMMON_CFG: */
+typedef struct
+{
+  /* About the whole device. */
+  u32 device_feature_select;	/* read-write */
+  u32 device_feature;		/* read-only */
+  u32 guest_feature_select;	/* read-write */
+  u32 guest_feature;		/* read-write */
+  u16 msix_config;		/* read-write */
+  u16 num_queues;		/* read-only */
+  u8 device_status;		/* read-write */
+  u8 config_generation;		/* read-only */
+
+  /* About a specific virtqueue. */
+  u16 queue_select;		/* read-write */
+  u16 queue_size;		/* read-write, power of 2. */
+  u16 queue_msix_vector;	/* read-write */
+  u16 queue_enable;		/* read-write */
+  u16 queue_notify_off;		/* read-only */
+  u32 queue_desc_lo;		/* read-write */
+  u32 queue_desc_hi;		/* read-write */
+  u32 queue_avail_lo;		/* read-write */
+  u32 queue_avail_hi;		/* read-write */
+  u32 queue_used_lo;		/* read-write */
+  u32 queue_used_hi;		/* read-write */
+} virtio_pci_common_cfg_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u64 addr;
+  u32 len;
+  u16 flags;
+  u16 next;
+} vring_desc_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u16 flags;
+  u16 idx;
+  u16 ring[0];
+  /*  u16 used_event; */
+} vring_avail_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u32 id;
+  u32 len;
+} vring_used_elem_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u16 flags;
+  u16 idx;
+  vring_used_elem_t ring[0];
+  /* u16 avail_event; */
+} vring_used_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u32 addr;
+  u16 rxq_size;
+  u16 txq_size;
+  /* return */
+  i32 rv;
+  u32 sw_if_index;
+  u8 mac_addr_set;
+  u8 mac_addr[6];
+  u64 features;
+  clib_error_t *error;
+} virtio_pci_create_if_args_t;
+
+extern void debug_device_config_space (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif);
+extern void device_status (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif);
+void virtio_pci_create_if (vlib_main_t * vm,
+			   virtio_pci_create_if_args_t * args);
+int virtio_pci_delete_if (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * ad);
+
+#endif /* __included_virtio_pci_h__ */
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.api b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.api
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb672960afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.api
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+option version = "1.0.0";
+
+/** \brief Initialize a new virtio pci interface with the given paramters
+    @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+    @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+    @param pci_addr - pci address as unsigned 32bit integer:
+                      0-15 domain, 16-23 bus, 24-28 slot, 29-31 function
+    @param use_random_mac - let the system generate a unique mac address
+    @param mac_address - mac addr to assign to the interface if use_radom not set
+    @param tx_ring_sz - the number of entries of TX ring
+    @param rx_ring_sz - the number of entries of RX ring
+    @param features - the virtio features which driver should negotiate with device
+*/
+define virtio_pci_create
+{
+  u32 client_index;
+  u32 context;
+  u32 pci_addr;
+  u8 use_random_mac;
+  u8 mac_address[6];
+  u16 tx_ring_sz; /* optional, default is 256 entries, must be power of 2 */
+  u16 rx_ring_sz; /* optional, default is 256 entries, must be power of 2 */
+  u64 features;
+};
+
+/** \brief Reply for virtio pci create reply
+    @param context - returned sender context, to match reply w/ request
+    @param retval - return code
+    @param sw_if_index - software index allocated for the new virtio pci interface
+*/
+define virtio_pci_create_reply
+{
+  u32 context;
+  i32 retval;
+  u32 sw_if_index;
+};
+
+/** \brief Delete virtio pci interface
+    @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+    @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+    @param sw_if_index - interface index of existing virtio pci interface
+*/
+autoreply define virtio_pci_delete
+{
+  u32 client_index;
+  u32 context;
+  u32 sw_if_index;
+};
+
+/** \brief Dump virtio pci interfaces request */
+define sw_interface_virtio_pci_dump
+{
+  u32 client_index;
+  u32 context;
+};
+
+/** \brief Reply for virtio pci interface dump request
+    @param sw_if_index - software index of virtio pci interface
+    @param pci_addr - pci address as unsigned 32bit integer:
+                      0-15 domain, 16-23 bus, 24-28 slot, 29-31 function
+    @param mac_addr - native virtio device mac address
+    @param tx_ring_sz - the number of entries of TX ring
+    @param rx_ring_sz - the number of entries of RX ring
+    @param features - the virtio features which driver have negotiated with device
+*/
+define sw_interface_virtio_pci_details
+{
+  u32 context;
+  u32 sw_if_index;
+  u32 pci_addr;
+  u8 mac_addr[6];
+  u16 tx_ring_sz;
+  u16 rx_ring_sz;
+  u64 features;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
index 17de781921d..94f140dac97 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 
 #include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vlib/pci/pci.h>
 #include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
 #include <vnet/ethernet/ethernet.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/ip4_packet.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h>
 #include <vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h>
 
 virtio_main_t virtio_main;
 
@@ -101,6 +103,20 @@ virtio_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx, u16 sz)
 
   ASSERT (vring->buffers == 0);
   vec_validate_aligned (vring->buffers, sz, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  ASSERT (vring->indirect_buffers == 0);
+  vec_validate_aligned (vring->indirect_buffers, sz, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  if (idx % 2)
+    {
+      u32 n_alloc = 0;
+      do
+	{
+	  if (n_alloc < sz)
+	    n_alloc =
+	      vlib_buffer_alloc (vm, vring->indirect_buffers + n_alloc,
+				 sz - n_alloc);
+	}
+      while (n_alloc != sz);
+    }
 
   vring->size = sz;
   vring->call_fd = eventfd (0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
@@ -136,7 +152,7 @@ error:
   return err;
 }
 
-static_always_inline void
+inline void
 virtio_free_rx_buffers (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring)
 {
   u16 used = vring->desc_in_use;
@@ -171,10 +187,157 @@ virtio_vring_free (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u32 idx)
     clib_mem_free (vring->desc);
   if (vring->avail)
     clib_mem_free (vring->avail);
+  if (vring->queue_id % 2)
+    {
+      vlib_buffer_free_no_next (vm, vring->indirect_buffers, vring->size);
+    }
   vec_free (vring->buffers);
+  vec_free (vring->indirect_buffers);
   return 0;
 }
 
+inline void
+virtio_set_net_hdr_size (virtio_if_t * vif)
+{
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF) ||
+      vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1))
+    vif->virtio_net_hdr_sz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1);
+  else
+    vif->virtio_net_hdr_sz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr);
+}
+
+inline void
+virtio_show (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 * hw_if_indices, u8 show_descr, u32 type)
+{
+  u32 i, j, hw_if_index;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = &vnet_main;
+  virtio_main_t *mm = &virtio_main;
+  virtio_vring_t *vring;
+  struct feat_struct
+  {
+    u8 bit;
+    char *str;
+  };
+  struct feat_struct *feat_entry;
+
+  static struct feat_struct feat_array[] = {
+#define _(s,b) { .str = #s, .bit = b, },
+    foreach_virtio_net_features
+#undef _
+    {.str = NULL}
+  };
+
+  struct feat_struct *flag_entry;
+  static struct feat_struct flags_array[] = {
+#define _(b,e,s) { .bit = b, .str = s, },
+    foreach_virtio_if_flag
+#undef _
+    {.str = NULL}
+  };
+
+  if (!hw_if_indices)
+    return;
+
+  for (hw_if_index = 0; hw_if_index < vec_len (hw_if_indices); hw_if_index++)
+    {
+      vnet_hw_interface_t *hi =
+	vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, hw_if_indices[hw_if_index]);
+      vif = pool_elt_at_index (mm->interfaces, hi->dev_instance);
+      if (vif->type != type)
+	continue;
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Interface: %U (ifindex %d)",
+		       format_vnet_hw_if_index_name, vnm,
+		       hw_if_indices[hw_if_index], vif->hw_if_index);
+      if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+	{
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "  PCI Address: %U", format_vlib_pci_addr,
+			   &vif->pci_addr);
+	}
+      if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+	{
+	  if (vif->host_if_name)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "  name \"%s\"", vif->host_if_name);
+	  if (vif->net_ns)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "  host-ns \"%s\"", vif->net_ns);
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "  fd %d", vif->fd);
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "  tap-fd %d", vif->tap_fd);
+	}
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Mac Address: %U", format_ethernet_address,
+		       vif->mac_addr);
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Device instance: %u", vif->dev_instance);
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  flags 0x%x", vif->flags);
+      flag_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &flags_array;
+      while (flag_entry->str)
+	{
+	  if (vif->flags & (1ULL << flag_entry->bit))
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", flag_entry->str,
+			     flag_entry->bit);
+	  flag_entry++;
+	}
+      if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+	{
+	  device_status (vm, vif);
+	}
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  features 0x%lx", vif->features);
+      feat_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &feat_array;
+      while (feat_entry->str)
+	{
+	  if (vif->features & (1ULL << feat_entry->bit))
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", feat_entry->str,
+			     feat_entry->bit);
+	  feat_entry++;
+	}
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  remote-features 0x%lx", vif->remote_features);
+      feat_entry = (struct feat_struct *) &feat_array;
+      while (feat_entry->str)
+	{
+	  if (vif->remote_features & (1ULL << feat_entry->bit))
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    %s (%d)", feat_entry->str,
+			     feat_entry->bit);
+	  feat_entry++;
+	}
+      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings)
+      {
+	// RX = 0, TX = 1
+	vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, i);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (%s)", (i & 1) ? "TX" : "RX");
+	vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			 "    qsz %d, last_used_idx %d, desc_next %d, desc_in_use %d",
+			 vring->size, vring->last_used_idx, vring->desc_next,
+			 vring->desc_in_use);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			 "    avail.flags 0x%x avail.idx %d used.flags 0x%x used.idx %d",
+			 vring->avail->flags, vring->avail->idx,
+			 vring->used->flags, vring->used->idx);
+	if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+	  {
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    kickfd %d, callfd %d", vring->kick_fd,
+			     vring->call_fd);
+	  }
+	if (show_descr)
+	  {
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "\n  descriptor table:\n");
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr\n");
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================\n");
+	    vring = vif->vrings;
+	    for (j = 0; j < vring->size; j++)
+	      {
+		struct vring_desc *desc = &vring->desc[j];
+		vlib_cli_output (vm,
+				 "  %-5d 0x%016lx %-5d 0x%04x %-5d 0x%016lx\n",
+				 j, desc->addr,
+				 desc->len,
+				 desc->flags, desc->next, desc->addr);
+	      }
+	  }
+      }
+    }
+
+}
+
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
  *
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
index 841441bd0c6..f4a8103a0ab 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #ifndef _VNET_DEVICES_VIRTIO_VIRTIO_H_
 #define _VNET_DEVICES_VIRTIO_VIRTIO_H_
 
+#include <linux/virtio_config.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_pci.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
+
 #define foreach_virtio_net_features      \
   _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM, 0)	/* Host handles pkts w/ partial csum */ \
   _ (VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM, 1) /* Guest handles pkts w/ partial csum */ \
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@
   _ (VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES, 30) \
   _ (VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1, 32)
 
+
 #define foreach_virtio_if_flag		\
   _(0, ADMIN_UP, "admin-up")		\
   _(1, DELETING, "deleting")
@@ -64,15 +70,31 @@ typedef enum
 #undef _
 } virtio_if_flag_t;
 
+#define VIRTIO_NUM_RX_DESC 256
+#define VIRTIO_NUM_TX_DESC 256
+
+#define VIRTIO_FEATURE(X) (1ULL << X)
+
 typedef enum
 {
   VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP,
+  VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI,
   VIRTIO_IF_N_TYPES,
 } virtio_if_type_t;
 
 
 typedef struct
 {
+  u8 mac[6];
+  u16 status;
+  u16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
+  u16 mtu;
+} virtio_net_config_t;
+
+#define VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT 1
+
+typedef struct
+{
   CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK (cacheline0);
   struct vring_desc *desc;
   struct vring_used *used;
@@ -82,33 +104,62 @@ typedef struct
   int kick_fd;
   int call_fd;
   u16 size;
-#define VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT 1
-  u32 flags;
+  u16 queue_id;
+  u16 flags;
   u32 call_file_index;
   u32 *buffers;
+  u32 *indirect_buffers;
   u16 last_used_idx;
   u16 last_kick_avail_idx;
 } virtio_vring_t;
 
+typedef union
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    u16 domain;
+    u8 bus;
+    u8 slot:5;
+    u8 function:3;
+  };
+  u32 as_u32;
+} pci_addr_t;
+
 typedef struct
 {
+  CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK (cacheline0);
   u32 flags;
   clib_spinlock_t lockp;
 
-  u32 id;
   u32 dev_instance;
   u32 hw_if_index;
   u32 sw_if_index;
+  u16 virtio_net_hdr_sz;
+  virtio_if_type_t type;
+  union
+  {
+    u32 id;
+    pci_addr_t pci_addr;
+  };
   u32 per_interface_next_index;
   int fd;
-  int tap_fd;
+  union
+  {
+    int tap_fd;
+    u32 pci_dev_handle;
+  };
   virtio_vring_t *vrings;
 
   u64 features, remote_features;
 
-  virtio_if_type_t type;
+  /* error */
+  clib_error_t *error;
+  u16 max_queue_pairs;
   u16 tx_ring_sz;
   u16 rx_ring_sz;
+  u8 status;
+  u8 mac_addr[6];
+  u64 bar[2];
   u8 *host_if_name;
   u8 *net_ns;
   u8 *host_bridge;
@@ -135,17 +186,27 @@ clib_error_t *virtio_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx,
 clib_error_t *virtio_vring_free (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
 				 u32 idx);
 extern void virtio_free_used_desc (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring);
-
+extern void virtio_free_rx_buffers (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring);
+extern void virtio_set_net_hdr_size (virtio_if_t * vif);
+extern void virtio_show (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 * hw_if_indices, u8 show_descr,
+			 u32 type);
+extern void virtio_pci_legacy_notify_queue (vlib_main_t * vm,
+					    virtio_if_t * vif, u16 queue_id);
 format_function_t format_virtio_device_name;
 
 static_always_inline void
-virtio_kick (virtio_vring_t * vring)
+virtio_kick (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring, virtio_if_t * vif)
 {
-  u64 x = 1;
-  int __clib_unused r;
-
-  r = write (vring->kick_fd, &x, sizeof (x));
-  vring->last_kick_avail_idx = vring->avail->idx;
+  if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+    virtio_pci_legacy_notify_queue (vm, vif, vring->queue_id);
+  else
+    {
+      u64 x = 1;
+      int __clib_unused r;
+
+      r = write (vring->kick_fd, &x, sizeof (x));
+      vring->last_kick_avail_idx = vring->avail->idx;
+    }
 }
 
 #endif /* _VNET_DEVICES_VIRTIO_VIRTIO_H_ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f70b090034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/*
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * virtio_api.c - vnet virtio pci device driver API support
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include <vnet/vnet.h>
+#include <vlibmemory/api.h>
+
+#include <vnet/interface.h>
+#include <vnet/api_errno.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/ip.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/pci.h>
+
+#include <vnet/vnet_msg_enum.h>
+
+#define vl_typedefs		/* define message structures */
+#include <vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h>
+#undef vl_typedefs
+
+#define vl_endianfun		/* define message structures */
+#include <vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h>
+#undef vl_endianfun
+
+/* instantiate all the print functions we know about */
+#define vl_print(handle, ...) vlib_cli_output (handle, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define vl_printfun
+#include <vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h>
+#undef vl_printfun
+
+#include <vlibapi/api_helper_macros.h>
+
+#define foreach_virtio_pci_api_msg                        \
+_(VIRTIO_PCI_CREATE, virtio_pci_create)                   \
+_(VIRTIO_PCI_DELETE, virtio_pci_delete)                   \
+_(SW_INTERFACE_VIRTIO_PCI_DUMP, sw_interface_virtio_pci_dump)
+
+static void
+vl_api_virtio_pci_create_t_handler (vl_api_virtio_pci_create_t * mp)
+{
+  vlib_main_t *vm = vlib_get_main ();
+  vl_api_virtio_pci_create_reply_t *rmp;
+  vl_api_registration_t *reg;
+  virtio_pci_create_if_args_t _a, *ap = &_a;
+
+  clib_memset (ap, 0, sizeof (*ap));
+
+  ap->addr = ntohl (mp->pci_addr);
+  if (!mp->use_random_mac)
+    {
+      clib_memcpy (ap->mac_addr, mp->mac_address, 6);
+      ap->mac_addr_set = 1;
+    }
+  ap->rxq_size = ntohs (mp->rx_ring_sz);
+  ap->txq_size = ntohs (mp->tx_ring_sz);
+  ap->sw_if_index = (u32) ~ 0;
+  ap->features = clib_net_to_host_u64 (mp->features);
+
+  virtio_pci_create_if (vm, ap);
+
+  reg = vl_api_client_index_to_registration (mp->client_index);
+  if (!reg)
+    return;;
+
+  rmp = vl_msg_api_alloc (sizeof (*rmp));
+  rmp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_VIRTIO_PCI_CREATE_REPLY);
+  rmp->context = mp->context;
+  rmp->retval = htonl (ap->rv);
+  rmp->sw_if_index = htonl (ap->sw_if_index);
+
+  vl_api_send_msg (reg, (u8 *) rmp);
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_send_sw_interface_event_deleted (vpe_api_main_t * am,
+					    vl_api_registration_t * reg,
+					    u32 sw_if_index)
+{
+  vl_api_sw_interface_event_t *mp;
+
+  mp = vl_msg_api_alloc (sizeof (*mp));
+  clib_memset (mp, 0, sizeof (*mp));
+  mp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_SW_INTERFACE_EVENT);
+  mp->sw_if_index = htonl (sw_if_index);
+
+  mp->admin_up_down = 0;
+  mp->link_up_down = 0;
+  mp->deleted = 1;
+  vl_api_send_msg (reg, (u8 *) mp);
+}
+
+static void
+vl_api_virtio_pci_delete_t_handler (vl_api_virtio_pci_delete_t * mp)
+{
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  vlib_main_t *vm = vlib_get_main ();
+  virtio_main_t *vmx = &virtio_main;
+  int rv = 0;
+  vnet_hw_interface_t *hw;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+  vpe_api_main_t *vam = &vpe_api_main;
+  vl_api_virtio_pci_delete_reply_t *rmp;
+  vl_api_registration_t *reg;
+  u32 sw_if_index = ntohl (mp->sw_if_index);
+
+  hw = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, htonl (mp->sw_if_index));
+  if (hw == NULL || virtio_device_class.index != hw->dev_class_index)
+    {
+      rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INVALID_INTERFACE;
+      goto reply;
+    }
+
+  vif = pool_elt_at_index (vmx->interfaces, hw->dev_instance);
+
+  rv = virtio_pci_delete_if (vm, vif);
+
+reply:
+  reg = vl_api_client_index_to_registration (mp->client_index);
+  if (!reg)
+    return;
+
+  rmp = vl_msg_api_alloc (sizeof (*rmp));
+  rmp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_VIRTIO_PCI_DELETE_REPLY);
+  rmp->context = mp->context;
+  rmp->retval = htonl (rv);
+
+  vl_api_send_msg (reg, (u8 *) rmp);
+
+  if (!rv)
+    {
+      virtio_pci_send_sw_interface_event_deleted (vam, reg, sw_if_index);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+virtio_pci_send_sw_interface_details (vpe_api_main_t * am,
+				      vl_api_registration_t * reg,
+				      virtio_if_t * vif, u32 context)
+{
+  vl_api_sw_interface_virtio_pci_details_t *mp;
+  mp = vl_msg_api_alloc (sizeof (*mp));
+
+  clib_memset (mp, 0, sizeof (*mp));
+
+  mp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_SW_INTERFACE_VIRTIO_PCI_DETAILS);
+  mp->pci_addr = htonl (vif->pci_addr.as_u32);
+  mp->sw_if_index = htonl (vif->sw_if_index);
+  mp->rx_ring_sz = htons (vif->rx_ring_sz);
+  mp->tx_ring_sz = htons (vif->tx_ring_sz);
+  clib_memcpy (mp->mac_addr, vif->mac_addr, 6);
+  mp->features = clib_host_to_net_u64 (vif->features);
+
+  mp->context = context;
+  vl_api_send_msg (reg, (u8 *) mp);
+}
+
+static void
+  vl_api_sw_interface_virtio_pci_dump_t_handler
+  (vl_api_sw_interface_virtio_pci_dump_t * mp)
+{
+  vpe_api_main_t *am = &vpe_api_main;
+  vl_api_registration_t *reg;
+  virtio_main_t *vmx = &virtio_main;
+  virtio_if_t *vif;
+
+  reg = vl_api_client_index_to_registration (mp->client_index);
+  if (!reg)
+    return;
+
+  pool_foreach (vif, vmx->interfaces, (
+					{
+					if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI)
+					{
+					virtio_pci_send_sw_interface_details
+					(am, reg, vif, mp->context);}
+					}
+		));
+}
+
+#define vl_msg_name_crc_list
+#include <vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h>
+#undef vl_msg_name_crc_list
+
+static void
+setup_message_id_table (api_main_t * am)
+{
+#define _(id,n,crc) vl_msg_api_add_msg_name_crc (am, #n "_" #crc, id);
+  foreach_vl_msg_name_crc_virtio;
+#undef _
+}
+
+static clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_api_hookup (vlib_main_t * vm)
+{
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+
+#define _(N,n)                                                  \
+    vl_msg_api_set_handlers(VL_API_##N, #n,                     \
+                           vl_api_##n##_t_handler,              \
+                           vl_noop_handler,                     \
+                           vl_api_##n##_t_endian,               \
+                           vl_api_##n##_t_print,                \
+                           sizeof(vl_api_##n##_t), 1);
+  foreach_virtio_pci_api_msg;
+#undef _
+
+  /*
+   * Set up the (msg_name, crc, message-id) table
+   */
+  setup_message_id_table (am);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+VLIB_API_INIT_FUNCTION (virtio_pci_api_hookup);
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/src/vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h b/src/vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h
index 927bcab9e92..f35fd7fd9d8 100644
--- a/src/vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h
+++ b/src/vnet/vnet_all_api_h.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #include <vnet/devices/pipe/pipe.api.h>
 #include <vnet/vxlan-gbp/vxlan_gbp.api.h>
 #include <vnet/syslog/syslog.api.h>
+#include <vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.api.h>
 
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON