diff --git a/app/test/test_distributor.c b/app/test/test_distributor.c
index ba402e2..6a4e20b 100644
--- a/app/test/test_distributor.c
+++ b/app/test/test_distributor.c
@@ -81,17 +81,17 @@ static int
 handle_work(void *arg)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = NULL;
-	struct rte_distributor *d = arg;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = arg;
 	unsigned count = 0;
 	unsigned id = __sync_fetch_and_add(&worker_idx, 1);
 
-	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 	while (!quit) {
 		worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	}
 	worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+	rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ handle_work(void *arg)
  *   not necessarily in the same order (as different flows).
  */
 static int
-sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+sanity_test(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST];
 	unsigned i;
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	for (i = 0; i < BURST; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = 0;
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	if (total_packet_count() != BURST) {
 		printf("Line %d: Error, not all packets flushed. "
 				"Expected %u, got %u\n",
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 		for (i = 0; i < BURST; i++)
 			bufs[i]->hash.usr = (i & 1) << 8;
 
-		rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
-		rte_distributor_flush(d);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
+		rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 		if (total_packet_count() != BURST) {
 			printf("Line %d: Error, not all packets flushed. "
 					"Expected %u, got %u\n",
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	for (i = 0; i < BURST; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = i;
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	if (total_packet_count() != BURST) {
 		printf("Line %d: Error, not all packets flushed. "
 				"Expected %u, got %u\n",
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	unsigned num_returned = 0;
 
 	/* flush out any remaining packets */
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
-	rte_distributor_clear_returns(d);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
+	rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(d);
 	if (rte_mempool_get_bulk(p, (void *)many_bufs, BIG_BATCH) != 0) {
 		printf("line %d: Error getting mbufs from pool\n", __LINE__);
 		return -1;
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ sanity_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 		many_bufs[i]->hash.usr = i << 2;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BIG_BATCH/BURST; i++) {
-		rte_distributor_process(d, &many_bufs[i*BURST], BURST);
-		num_returned += rte_distributor_returned_pkts(d,
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, &many_bufs[i*BURST], BURST);
+		num_returned += rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(d,
 				&return_bufs[num_returned],
 				BIG_BATCH - num_returned);
 	}
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
-	num_returned += rte_distributor_returned_pkts(d,
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
+	num_returned += rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(d,
 			&return_bufs[num_returned], BIG_BATCH - num_returned);
 
 	if (num_returned != BIG_BATCH) {
@@ -249,18 +249,18 @@ static int
 handle_work_with_free_mbufs(void *arg)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = NULL;
-	struct rte_distributor *d = arg;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = arg;
 	unsigned count = 0;
 	unsigned id = __sync_fetch_and_add(&worker_idx, 1);
 
-	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 	while (!quit) {
 		worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
 		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	}
 	worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+	rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ handle_work_with_free_mbufs(void *arg)
  * library.
  */
 static int
-sanity_test_with_mbuf_alloc(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+sanity_test_with_mbuf_alloc(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+		struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 	struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST];
@@ -280,16 +281,16 @@ sanity_test_with_mbuf_alloc(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	for (i = 0; i < ((1<<ITER_POWER)); i += BURST) {
 		unsigned j;
 		while (rte_mempool_get_bulk(p, (void *)bufs, BURST) < 0)
-			rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
+			rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
 		for (j = 0; j < BURST; j++) {
 			bufs[j]->hash.usr = (i+j) << 1;
 			rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(bufs[j], 1);
 		}
 
-		rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
 	}
 
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	if (total_packet_count() < (1<<ITER_POWER)) {
 		printf("Line %u: Packet count is incorrect, %u, expected %u\n",
 				__LINE__, total_packet_count(),
@@ -305,20 +306,20 @@ static int
 handle_work_for_shutdown_test(void *arg)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = NULL;
-	struct rte_distributor *d = arg;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = arg;
 	unsigned count = 0;
 	const unsigned id = __sync_fetch_and_add(&worker_idx, 1);
 
-	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 	/* wait for quit single globally, or for worker zero, wait
 	 * for zero_quit */
 	while (!quit && !(id == 0 && zero_quit)) {
 		worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
 		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 	}
 	worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+	rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 
 	if (id == 0) {
 		/* for worker zero, allow it to restart to pick up last packet
@@ -326,13 +327,13 @@ handle_work_for_shutdown_test(void *arg)
 		 */
 		while (zero_quit)
 			usleep(100);
-		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 		while (!quit) {
 			worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
 			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-			pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+			pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 		}
-		rte_distributor_return_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+		rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ handle_work_for_shutdown_test(void *arg)
  * library.
  */
 static int
-sanity_test_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
+sanity_test_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST];
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ sanity_test_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	for (i = 0; i < BURST; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = 0;
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
 	/* at this point, we will have processed some packets and have a full
 	 * backlog for the other ones at worker 0.
 	 */
@@ -378,10 +379,10 @@ sanity_test_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	/* get worker zero to quit */
 	zero_quit = 1;
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
 
 	/* flush the distributor */
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	if (total_packet_count() != BURST * 2) {
 		printf("Line %d: Error, not all packets flushed. "
 				"Expected %u, got %u\n",
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ sanity_test_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
  * one worker shuts down..
  */
 static int
-test_flush_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
+test_flush_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST];
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ test_flush_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	for (i = 0; i < BURST; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = 0;
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
 	/* at this point, we will have processed some packets and have a full
 	 * backlog for the other ones at worker 0.
 	 */
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ test_flush_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	zero_quit = 1;
 
 	/* flush the distributor */
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 
 	zero_quit = 0;
 	if (total_packet_count() != BURST) {
@@ -450,10 +451,10 @@ test_flush_with_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d,
 static
 int test_error_distributor_create_name(void)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor *d = NULL;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = NULL;
 	char *name = NULL;
 
-	d = rte_distributor_create(name, rte_socket_id(),
+	d = rte_distributor_create_v20(name, rte_socket_id(),
 			rte_lcore_count() - 1);
 	if (d != NULL || rte_errno != EINVAL) {
 		printf("ERROR: No error on create() with NULL name param\n");
@@ -467,8 +468,8 @@ int test_error_distributor_create_name(void)
 static
 int test_error_distributor_create_numworkers(void)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor *d = NULL;
-	d = rte_distributor_create("test_numworkers", rte_socket_id(),
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = NULL;
+	d = rte_distributor_create_v20("test_numworkers", rte_socket_id(),
 			RTE_MAX_LCORE + 10);
 	if (d != NULL || rte_errno != EINVAL) {
 		printf("ERROR: No error on create() with num_workers > MAX\n");
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ int test_error_distributor_create_numworkers(void)
 
 /* Useful function which ensures that all worker functions terminate */
 static void
-quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+quit_workers(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	const unsigned num_workers = rte_lcore_count() - 1;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -491,12 +492,12 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	quit = 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = i << 1;
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, num_workers);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, num_workers);
 
 	rte_mempool_put_bulk(p, (void *)bufs, num_workers);
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
 	quit = 0;
 	worker_idx = 0;
@@ -505,7 +506,7 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 static int
 test_distributor(void)
 {
-	static struct rte_distributor *d;
+	static struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
 	static struct rte_mempool *p;
 
 	if (rte_lcore_count() < 2) {
@@ -514,15 +515,16 @@ test_distributor(void)
 	}
 
 	if (d == NULL) {
-		d = rte_distributor_create("Test_distributor", rte_socket_id(),
+		d = rte_distributor_create_v20("Test_distributor",
+				rte_socket_id(),
 				rte_lcore_count() - 1);
 		if (d == NULL) {
 			printf("Error creating distributor\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	} else {
-		rte_distributor_flush(d);
-		rte_distributor_clear_returns(d);
+		rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
+		rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(d);
 	}
 
 	const unsigned nb_bufs = (511 * rte_lcore_count()) < BIG_BATCH ?
diff --git a/app/test/test_distributor_perf.c b/app/test/test_distributor_perf.c
index fe0c97d..a7e4823 100644
--- a/app/test/test_distributor_perf.c
+++ b/app/test/test_distributor_perf.c
@@ -130,17 +130,17 @@ static int
 handle_work(void *arg)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = NULL;
-	struct rte_distributor *d = arg;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = arg;
 	unsigned count = 0;
 	unsigned id = __sync_fetch_and_add(&worker_idx, 1);
 
-	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, NULL);
+	pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, NULL);
 	while (!quit) {
 		worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+		pkt = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	}
 	worker_stats[id].handled_packets++, count++;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt(d, id, pkt);
+	rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d, id, pkt);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ handle_work(void *arg)
  * threads and finally how long per packet the processing took.
  */
 static inline int
-perf_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+perf_test(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 	uint64_t start, end;
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ perf_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 
 	start = rte_rdtsc();
 	for (i = 0; i < (1<<ITER_POWER); i++)
-		rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, BURST);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, BURST);
 	end = rte_rdtsc();
 
 	do {
 		usleep(100);
-		rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
 	} while (total_packet_count() < (BURST << ITER_POWER));
 
 	printf("=== Performance test of distributor ===\n");
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ perf_test(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 
 /* Useful function which ensures that all worker functions terminate */
 static void
-quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+quit_workers(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	const unsigned num_workers = rte_lcore_count() - 1;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	quit = 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.usr = i << 1;
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, num_workers);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, num_workers);
 
 	rte_mempool_put_bulk(p, (void *)bufs, num_workers);
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
 	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
 	quit = 0;
 	worker_idx = 0;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 static int
 test_distributor_perf(void)
 {
-	static struct rte_distributor *d;
+	static struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
 	static struct rte_mempool *p;
 
 	if (rte_lcore_count() < 2) {
@@ -227,15 +227,15 @@ test_distributor_perf(void)
 	time_cache_line_switch();
 
 	if (d == NULL) {
-		d = rte_distributor_create("Test_perf", rte_socket_id(),
+		d = rte_distributor_create_v20("Test_perf", rte_socket_id(),
 				rte_lcore_count() - 1);
 		if (d == NULL) {
 			printf("Error creating distributor\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
 	} else {
-		rte_distributor_flush(d);
-		rte_distributor_clear_returns(d);
+		rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
+		rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(d);
 	}
 
 	const unsigned nb_bufs = (511 * rte_lcore_count()) < BIG_BATCH ?
diff --git a/examples/distributor/main.c b/examples/distributor/main.c
index fba5446..350d6f6 100644
--- a/examples/distributor/main.c
+++ b/examples/distributor/main.c
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ port_init(uint8_t port, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
 
 struct lcore_params {
 	unsigned worker_id;
-	struct rte_distributor *d;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
 	struct rte_ring *r;
 	struct rte_mempool *mem_pool;
 };
 
 static int
-quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
+quit_workers(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 {
 	const unsigned num_workers = rte_lcore_count() - 2;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 	for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++)
 		bufs[i]->hash.rss = i << 1;
 
-	rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, num_workers);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, num_workers);
 	rte_mempool_put_bulk(p, (void *)bufs, num_workers);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ quit_workers(struct rte_distributor *d, struct rte_mempool *p)
 static int
 lcore_rx(struct lcore_params *p)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor *d = p->d;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = p->d;
 	struct rte_mempool *mem_pool = p->mem_pool;
 	struct rte_ring *r = p->r;
 	const uint8_t nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count();
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ lcore_rx(struct lcore_params *p)
 		}
 		app_stats.rx.rx_pkts += nb_rx;
 
-		rte_distributor_process(d, bufs, nb_rx);
-		const uint16_t nb_ret = rte_distributor_returned_pkts(d,
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, bufs, nb_rx);
+		const uint16_t nb_ret = rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(d,
 				bufs, BURST_SIZE*2);
 		app_stats.rx.returned_pkts += nb_ret;
 		if (unlikely(nb_ret == 0)) {
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ lcore_rx(struct lcore_params *p)
 		if (++port == nb_ports)
 			port = 0;
 	}
-	rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
+	rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
 	/* flush distributor to bring to known state */
-	rte_distributor_flush(d);
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20(d);
 	/* set worker & tx threads quit flag */
 	quit_signal = 1;
 	/*
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ print_stats(void)
 static int
 lcore_worker(struct lcore_params *p)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor *d = p->d;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d = p->d;
 	const unsigned id = p->worker_id;
 	/*
 	 * for single port, xor_val will be zero so we won't modify the output
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ lcore_worker(struct lcore_params *p)
 
 	printf("\nCore %u acting as worker core.\n", rte_lcore_id());
 	while (!quit_signal) {
-		buf = rte_distributor_get_pkt(d, id, buf);
+		buf = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d, id, buf);
 		buf->port ^= xor_val;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool;
-	struct rte_distributor *d;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
 	struct rte_ring *output_ring;
 	unsigned lcore_id, worker_id = 0;
 	unsigned nb_ports;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				"All available ports are disabled. Please set portmask.\n");
 	}
 
-	d = rte_distributor_create("PKT_DIST", rte_socket_id(),
+	d = rte_distributor_create_v20("PKT_DIST", rte_socket_id(),
 			rte_lcore_count() - 2);
 	if (d == NULL)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot create distributor\n");
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
index b890947..48a8794 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
  * the next cache line to worker 0, we pad this out to three cache lines.
  * Only 64-bits of the memory is actually used though.
  */
-union rte_distributor_buffer {
+union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 {
 	volatile int64_t bufptr64;
 	char pad[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE*3];
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts {
 	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS];
 };
 
-struct rte_distributor {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor) next;    /**< Next in list. */
+struct rte_distributor_v20 {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor_v20) next;    /**< Next in list. */
 
 	char name[RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE];  /**< Name of the ring. */
 	unsigned num_workers;                 /**< Number of workers polling */
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ struct rte_distributor {
 
 	struct rte_distributor_backlog backlog[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
 
-	union rte_distributor_buffer bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
 
 	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts returns;
 };
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_distributor_list, rte_distributor);
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_distributor_list, rte_distributor_v20);
 
 static struct rte_tailq_elem rte_distributor_tailq = {
 	.name = "RTE_DISTRIBUTOR",
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_distributor_tailq)
 /**** APIs called by workers ****/
 
 void
-rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	int64_t req = (((int64_t)(uintptr_t)oldpkt) << RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS)
 			| RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF;
 	while (unlikely(buf->bufptr64 & RTE_DISTRIB_FLAGS_MASK))
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 }
 
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	if (buf->bufptr64 & RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -148,21 +148,21 @@ rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 }
 
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *ret;
-	rte_distributor_request_pkt(d, worker_id, oldpkt);
-	while ((ret = rte_distributor_poll_pkt(d, worker_id)) == NULL)
+	rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(d, worker_id, oldpkt);
+	while ((ret = rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(d, worker_id)) == NULL)
 		rte_pause();
 	return ret;
 }
 
 int
-rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	uint64_t req = (((int64_t)(uintptr_t)oldpkt) << RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS)
 			| RTE_DISTRIB_RETURN_BUF;
 	buf->bufptr64 = req;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ backlog_pop(struct rte_distributor_backlog *bl)
 
 /* stores a packet returned from a worker inside the returns array */
 static inline void
-store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor *d,
+store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned *ret_start, unsigned *ret_count)
 {
 	/* store returns in a circular buffer - code is branch-free */
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor *d,
 }
 
 static inline void
-handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned wkr)
+handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, unsigned int wkr)
 {
 	d->in_flight_tags[wkr] = 0;
 	d->in_flight_bitmask &= ~(1UL << wkr);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned wkr)
 		 * Note that the tags were set before first level call
 		 * to rte_distributor_process.
 		 */
-		rte_distributor_process(d, pkts, i);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, pkts, i);
 		bl->count = bl->start = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned wkr)
  * to do a partial flush.
  */
 static int
-process_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
+process_returns(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 {
 	unsigned wkr;
 	unsigned flushed = 0;
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ process_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
 
 /* process a set of packets to distribute them to workers */
 int
-rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num_mbufs)
 {
 	unsigned next_idx = 0;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 /* return to the caller, packets returned from workers */
 int
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned max_mbufs)
 {
 	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts *returns = &d->returns;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
 /* return the number of packets in-flight in a distributor, i.e. packets
  * being workered on or queued up in a backlog. */
 static inline unsigned
-total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor *d)
+total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 {
 	unsigned wkr, total_outstanding;
 
@@ -423,19 +423,19 @@ total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor *d)
 /* flush the distributor, so that there are no outstanding packets in flight or
  * queued up. */
 int
-rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d)
+rte_distributor_flush_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 {
 	const unsigned flushed = total_outstanding(d);
 
 	while (total_outstanding(d) > 0)
-		rte_distributor_process(d, NULL, 0);
+		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
 
 	return flushed;
 }
 
 /* clears the internal returns array in the distributor */
 void
-rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
+rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 {
 	d->returns.start = d->returns.count = 0;
 #ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
 }
 
 /* creates a distributor instance */
-struct rte_distributor *
-rte_distributor_create(const char *name,
+struct rte_distributor_v20 *
+rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name,
 		unsigned socket_id,
 		unsigned num_workers)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor *d;
+	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
 	struct rte_distributor_list *distributor_list;
 	char mz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
 	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h
index 7d36bc8..6da2ae3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.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
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#ifndef _RTE_DISTRIBUTE_H_
-#define _RTE_DISTRIBUTE_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_DISTRIBUTE_V20_H_
+#define _RTE_DISTRIBUTE_V20_H_
 
 /**
  * @file
  * RTE distributor
  *
- * The distributor is a component which is designed to pass packets
- * one-at-a-time to workers, with dynamic load balancing.
+ * This file contains the legacy single-packet-at-a-time API and is
+ * here to allow the latest API provide backward compatibility.
  */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE 32 /**< Length of name for instance */
 
-struct rte_distributor;
+struct rte_distributor_v20;
 struct rte_mbuf;
 
 /**
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ struct rte_mbuf;
  * @return
  *   The newly created distributor instance
  */
-struct rte_distributor *
-rte_distributor_create(const char *name, unsigned socket_id,
+struct rte_distributor_v20 *
+rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
 		unsigned num_workers);
 
 /*  *** APIS to be called on the distributor lcore ***  */
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ rte_distributor_create(const char *name, unsigned socket_id,
  *   The number of mbufs processed.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num_mbufs);
 
 /**
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
  *   The number of mbufs returned in the mbufs array.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned max_mbufs);
 
 /**
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
  *   The number of queued/in-flight packets that were completed by this call.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d);
+rte_distributor_flush_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
 
 /**
  * Clears the array of returned packets used as the source for the
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d);
  *   The distributor instance to be used
  */
 void
-rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d);
+rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
 
 /*  *** APIS to be called on the worker lcores ***  */
 /*
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d);
  *   A new packet to be processed by the worker thread.
  */
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt);
 
 /**
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
  *   The previous packet being processed by the worker
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned worker_id,
+rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+		unsigned int worker_id,
 		struct rte_mbuf *mbuf);
 
 /**
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned worker_id,
  *   The previous packet, if any, being processed by the worker
  */
 void
-rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt);
 
 /**
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
  *   packet is yet available.
  */
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 		unsigned worker_id);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
index 73fdc43..414fdc3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 DPDK_2.0 {
 	global:
 
-	rte_distributor_clear_returns;
-	rte_distributor_create;
-	rte_distributor_flush;
-	rte_distributor_get_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_poll_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_process;
-	rte_distributor_request_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_returned_pkts;
+	rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20;
+	rte_distributor_create_v20;
+	rte_distributor_flush_v20;
+	rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20;
+	rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20;
+	rte_distributor_process_v20;
+	rte_distributor_request_pk_v20t;
+	rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20;
+	rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20;
 
 	local: *;
 };
