diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore.h b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore.h
index c8e6311..b6541dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 	((FW_MAJOR_VERSION << 24) | (FW_MINOR_VERSION << 16) |	\
 	 (FW_REVISION_VERSION << 8) | FW_ENGINEERING_VERSION)
 
+#define IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn)	\
+	(!!(p_hwfn->b_en_pacing))
+
 #define MAX_HWFNS_PER_DEVICE	2
 #define NAME_SIZE 128 /* @DPDK */
 #define ECORE_WFQ_UNIT	100
@@ -680,6 +683,13 @@ struct ecore_hwfn {
 	/* Mechanism for recovering from doorbell drop */
 	struct ecore_db_recovery_info	db_recovery_info;
 
+	/* Enable/disable pacing, if request to enable then
+	 * IOV and mcos configuration will be skipped.
+	 * this actually reflects the value requested in
+	 * struct ecore_hw_prepare_params by ecore client.
+	 */
+	bool b_en_pacing;
+
 	/* @DPDK */
 	struct ecore_ptt		*p_arfs_ptt;
 };
@@ -932,12 +942,16 @@ void ecore_set_fw_mac_addr(__le16 *fw_msb, __le16 *fw_mid, __le16 *fw_lsb,
 #define PQ_FLAGS_ACK	(1 << 4)
 #define PQ_FLAGS_OFLD	(1 << 5)
 #define PQ_FLAGS_VFS	(1 << 6)
+#define PQ_FLAGS_LLT	(1 << 7)
 
 /* physical queue index for cm context intialization */
 u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u32 pq_flags);
 u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_mcos(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u8 tc);
 u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_vf(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 vf);
-u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u8 qpid);
+u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 rl);
+
+/* qm vport for rate limit configuration */
+u16 ecore_get_qm_vport_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 rl);
 
 const char *ecore_hw_get_resc_name(enum ecore_resources res_id);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev.c b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev.c
index 112f854..b1e67e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev.c
@@ -513,11 +513,14 @@ static u32 ecore_get_pq_flags(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 	/* feature flags */
 	if (IS_ECORE_SRIOV(p_hwfn->p_dev))
 		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_VFS;
+	if (IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_RLS;
 
 	/* protocol flags */
 	switch (p_hwfn->hw_info.personality) {
 	case ECORE_PCI_ETH:
-		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS;
+		if (!IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+			flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS;
 		break;
 	case ECORE_PCI_FCOE:
 		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_OFLD;
@@ -526,11 +529,14 @@ static u32 ecore_get_pq_flags(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_ACK | PQ_FLAGS_OOO | PQ_FLAGS_OFLD;
 		break;
 	case ECORE_PCI_ETH_ROCE:
-		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS | PQ_FLAGS_OFLD;
+		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_OFLD | PQ_FLAGS_LLT;
+		if (!IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+			flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS;
 		break;
 	case ECORE_PCI_ETH_IWARP:
-		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS | PQ_FLAGS_ACK | PQ_FLAGS_OOO |
-			 PQ_FLAGS_OFLD;
+		flags |= PQ_FLAGS_ACK | PQ_FLAGS_OOO | PQ_FLAGS_OFLD;
+		if (!IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+			flags |= PQ_FLAGS_MCOS;
 		break;
 	default:
 		DP_ERR(p_hwfn, "unknown personality %d\n",
@@ -837,7 +843,7 @@ u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_vf(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 vf)
 	return ecore_get_cm_pq_idx(p_hwfn, PQ_FLAGS_VFS) + vf;
 }
 
-u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u8 rl)
+u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 rl)
 {
 	u16 max_rl = ecore_init_qm_get_num_pf_rls(p_hwfn);
 
@@ -847,6 +853,23 @@ u16 ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u8 rl)
 	return ecore_get_cm_pq_idx(p_hwfn, PQ_FLAGS_RLS) + rl;
 }
 
+u16 ecore_get_qm_vport_idx_rl(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn, u16 rl)
+{
+	u16 start_pq, pq, qm_pq_idx;
+
+	pq = ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(p_hwfn, rl);
+	start_pq = p_hwfn->qm_info.start_pq;
+	qm_pq_idx = pq - start_pq - CM_TX_PQ_BASE;
+
+	if (qm_pq_idx > p_hwfn->qm_info.num_pqs) {
+		DP_ERR(p_hwfn,
+		       "qm_pq_idx %d must be smaller than %d\n",
+			qm_pq_idx, p_hwfn->qm_info.num_pqs);
+	}
+
+	return p_hwfn->qm_info.qm_pq_params[qm_pq_idx].vport_id;
+}
+
 /* Functions for creating specific types of pqs */
 static void ecore_init_qm_lb_pq(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 {
@@ -3878,8 +3901,13 @@ static void ecore_mcp_get_eee_caps(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 	bool drv_resc_alloc = p_params->drv_resc_alloc;
 	enum _ecore_status_t rc;
 
+	if (IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn)) {
+		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn->p_dev, ECORE_MSG_IOV,
+			   "Skipping IOV as packet pacing is requested\n");
+	}
+
 	/* Since all information is common, only first hwfns should do this */
-	if (IS_LEAD_HWFN(p_hwfn)) {
+	if (IS_LEAD_HWFN(p_hwfn) && !IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn)) {
 		rc = ecore_iov_hw_info(p_hwfn);
 		if (rc != ECORE_SUCCESS) {
 			if (p_params->b_relaxed_probe)
@@ -3964,7 +3992,10 @@ static void ecore_mcp_get_eee_caps(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 	 * that can result in performance penalty in some cases. 4
 	 * represents a good tradeoff between performance and flexibility.
 	 */
-	p_hwfn->hw_info.num_hw_tc = NUM_PHYS_TCS_4PORT_K2;
+	if (IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+		p_hwfn->hw_info.num_hw_tc = 1;
+	else
+		p_hwfn->hw_info.num_hw_tc = NUM_PHYS_TCS_4PORT_K2;
 
 	/* start out with a single active tc. This can be increased either
 	 * by dcbx negotiation or by upper layer driver
@@ -4251,6 +4282,7 @@ enum _ecore_status_t ecore_hw_prepare(struct ecore_dev *p_dev,
 
 	p_dev->chk_reg_fifo = p_params->chk_reg_fifo;
 	p_dev->allow_mdump = p_params->allow_mdump;
+	p_hwfn->b_en_pacing = p_params->b_en_pacing;
 
 	if (p_params->b_relaxed_probe)
 		p_params->p_relaxed_res = ECORE_HW_PREPARE_SUCCESS;
@@ -4286,6 +4318,7 @@ enum _ecore_status_t ecore_hw_prepare(struct ecore_dev *p_dev,
 							  BAR_ID_1) / 2;
 		p_doorbell = (void OSAL_IOMEM *)addr;
 
+		p_dev->hwfns[1].b_en_pacing = p_params->b_en_pacing;
 		/* prepare second hw function */
 		rc = ecore_hw_prepare_single(&p_dev->hwfns[1], p_regview,
 					     p_doorbell, p_params);
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev_api.h b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev_api.h
index f619683..29fb74b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev_api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev_api.h
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ struct ecore_hw_prepare_params {
 	 */
 	bool b_relaxed_probe;
 	enum ecore_hw_prepare_result p_relaxed_res;
+
+	/* Enable/disable request by ecore client for pacing */
+	bool b_en_pacing;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_l2.c b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_l2.c
index 0883fd3..c897fa5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_l2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_l2.c
@@ -1188,11 +1188,20 @@ enum _ecore_status_t
 			    void OSAL_IOMEM * *pp_doorbell)
 {
 	enum _ecore_status_t rc;
+	u16 pq_id;
 
-	/* TODO - set tc in the pq_params for multi-cos */
-	rc = ecore_eth_txq_start_ramrod(p_hwfn, p_cid,
-					pbl_addr, pbl_size,
-					ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_mcos(p_hwfn, tc));
+	/* TODO - set tc in the pq_params for multi-cos.
+	 * If pacing is enabled then select queue according to
+	 * rate limiter availability otherwise select queue based
+	 * on multi cos.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ECORE_PACING(p_hwfn))
+		pq_id = ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_rl(p_hwfn, p_cid->rel.queue_id);
+	else
+		pq_id = ecore_get_cm_pq_idx_mcos(p_hwfn, tc);
+
+	rc = ecore_eth_txq_start_ramrod(p_hwfn, p_cid, pbl_addr,
+					pbl_size, pq_id);
 	if (rc != ECORE_SUCCESS)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -2278,3 +2287,22 @@ enum _ecore_status_t
 
 	return rc;
 }
+
+enum _ecore_status_t
+ecore_eth_tx_queue_maxrate(struct ecore_hwfn *p_hwfn,
+			   struct ecore_ptt *p_ptt,
+			   struct ecore_queue_cid *p_cid, u32 rate)
+{
+	struct ecore_mcp_link_state *p_link;
+	u8 vport;
+
+	vport = (u8)ecore_get_qm_vport_idx_rl(p_hwfn, p_cid->rel.queue_id);
+	p_link = &ECORE_LEADING_HWFN(p_hwfn->p_dev)->mcp_info->link_output;
+
+	DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, ECORE_MSG_LINK,
+		   "About to rate limit qm vport %d for queue %d with rate %d\n",
+		   vport, p_cid->rel.queue_id, rate);
+
+	return ecore_init_vport_rl(p_hwfn, p_ptt, vport, rate,
+				   p_link->speed);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
index 650f2cf..2333ca0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static void qed_init_pci(struct ecore_dev *edev, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	hw_prepare_params.chk_reg_fifo = false;
 	hw_prepare_params.initiate_pf_flr = true;
 	hw_prepare_params.allow_mdump = false;
+	hw_prepare_params.b_en_pacing = false;
 	hw_prepare_params.epoch = (u32)time(NULL);
 	rc = ecore_hw_prepare(edev, &hw_prepare_params);
 	if (rc) {
