diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
index beab870..99b55a8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
@@ -66,16 +66,17 @@
  * For SW based packet transfers, i.e., when the
  * RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_INTERNAL_PORT is not set in the adapter's
  * capabilities flags for a particular ethernet device, the service function
- * temporarily enqueues mbufs to an event buffer before batch enqueuing these
+ * temporarily enqueues events to an event buffer before batch enqueuing these
  * to the event device. If the buffer fills up, the service function stops
  * dequeuing packets from the ethernet device. The application may want to
  * monitor the buffer fill level and instruct the service function to
- * selectively buffer packets. The application may also use some other
+ * selectively buffer events. The application may also use some other
  * criteria to decide which packets should enter the event device even when
- * the event buffer fill level is low. The
- * rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register() function allows the
- * application to register a callback that selects which packets to enqueue
- * to the event device.
+ * the event buffer fill level is low or may want to enqueue packets to an
+ * internal event port. The rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register() function
+ * allows the application to register a callback that selects which packets are
+ * enqueued to the event device by the SW adapter. The callback interface is
+ * event based so the callback can also modify the event data if it needs to.
  */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -173,9 +174,6 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_conf {
 };
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * A structure used to retrieve statistics for an eth rx adapter instance.
  */
 struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats {
@@ -187,6 +185,8 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats {
 	/**< Eventdev enqueue count */
 	uint64_t rx_enq_retry;
 	/**< Eventdev enqueue retry count */
+	uint64_t rx_dropped;
+	/**< Received packet dropped count */
 	uint64_t rx_enq_start_ts;
 	/**< Rx enqueue start timestamp */
 	uint64_t rx_enq_block_cycles;
@@ -204,16 +204,25 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats {
 };
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
  *
  * Callback function invoked by the SW adapter before it continues
- * to process packets. The callback is passed the size of the enqueue
+ * to process events. The callback is passed the size of the enqueue
  * buffer in the SW adapter and the occupancy of the buffer. The
- * callback can use these values to decide which mbufs should be
- * enqueued to the event device. If the return value of the callback
- * is less than nb_mbuf then the SW adapter uses the return value to
- * enqueue enq_mbuf[] to the event device.
+ * callback can use these values to decide which events are
+ * enqueued to the event device by the SW adapter. The callback may
+ * also enqueue events internally using its own event port. The SW
+ * adapter populates the event information based on the Rx queue
+ * configuration in the adapter. The callback can modify the this event
+ * information for the events to be enqueued by the SW adapter.
+ *
+ * The callback return value is the number of events from the
+ * beginning of the event array that are to be enqueued by
+ * the SW adapter. It is the callback's responsibility to arrange
+ * these events at the beginning of the array, if these events are
+ * not contiguous in the original array. The *nb_dropped* parameter is
+ * a pointer to the number of events dropped by the callback, this
+ * number is used by the adapter to indicate the number of dropped packets
+ * as part of its statistics.
  *
  * @param eth_dev_id
  *  Port identifier of the Ethernet device.
@@ -222,27 +231,26 @@ struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats {
  * @param enqueue_buf_size
  *  Total enqueue buffer size.
  * @param enqueue_buf_count
- *  mbuf count in enqueue buffer.
- * @param mbuf
- *  mbuf array.
- * @param nb_mbuf
- *  mbuf count.
+ *  Event count in enqueue buffer.
+ * @param[in, out] ev
+ *  Event array.
+ * @param nb_event
+ *  Event array length.
  * @param cb_arg
  *  Callback argument.
- * @param[out] enq_mbuf
- *  The adapter enqueues enq_mbuf[] if the return value of the
- *  callback is less than nb_mbuf
+ * @param[out] nb_dropped
+ *  Packets dropped by callback.
  * @return
- *  Returns the number of mbufs should be enqueued to eventdev
+ *  - The number of events to be enqueued by the SW adapter.
  */
 typedef uint16_t (*rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_fn)(uint16_t eth_dev_id,
 						uint16_t queue_id,
 						uint32_t enqueue_buf_size,
 						uint32_t enqueue_buf_count,
-						struct rte_mbuf **mbuf,
-						uint16_t nb_mbuf,
+						struct rte_event *ev,
+						uint16_t nb_event,
 						void *cb_arg,
-						struct rte_mbuf **enq_buf);
+						uint16_t *nb_dropped);
 
 /**
  * Create a new ethernet Rx event adapter with the specified identifier.
@@ -398,9 +406,6 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
 int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stop(uint8_t id);
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Retrieve statistics for an adapter
  *
  * @param id
@@ -413,8 +418,7 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
  *  - 0: Success, retrieved successfully.
  *  - <0: Error code on failure.
  */
-int __rte_experimental
-rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats_get(uint8_t id,
+int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats_get(uint8_t id,
 				struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats *stats);
 
 /**
@@ -447,9 +451,6 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
 int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_service_id_get(uint8_t id, uint32_t *service_id);
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Register callback to process Rx packets, this is supported for
  * SW based packet transfers.
  * @see rte_event_eth_rx_cb_fn
@@ -466,11 +467,10 @@ int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_del(uint8_t id, uint16_t eth_dev_id,
  *  - 0: Success
  *  - <0: Error code on failure.
  */
-int __rte_experimental
-rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register(uint8_t id,
-				uint16_t eth_dev_id,
-				rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_fn cb_fn,
-				void *cb_arg);
+int rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register(uint8_t id,
+					uint16_t eth_dev_id,
+					rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_fn cb_fn,
+					void *cb_arg);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
index eaf341c..718fbbf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@ static uint16_t rxa_gcd_u16(uint16_t a, uint16_t b)
 	uint32_t rss;
 	int do_rss;
 	uint64_t ts;
-	struct rte_mbuf *cb_mbufs[BATCH_SIZE];
 	uint16_t nb_cb;
+	uint16_t dropped;
 
 	/* 0xffff ffff if PKT_RX_RSS_HASH is set, otherwise 0 */
 	rss_mask = ~(((m->ol_flags & PKT_RX_RSS_HASH) != 0) - 1);
@@ -785,19 +785,6 @@ static uint16_t rxa_gcd_u16(uint16_t a, uint16_t b)
 		}
 	}
 
-
-	nb_cb = dev_info->cb_fn ? dev_info->cb_fn(eth_dev_id, rx_queue_id,
-						ETH_EVENT_BUFFER_SIZE,
-						buf->count, mbufs,
-						num,
-						dev_info->cb_arg,
-						cb_mbufs) :
-						num;
-	if (nb_cb < num) {
-		mbufs = cb_mbufs;
-		num = nb_cb;
-	}
-
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		m = mbufs[i];
 
@@ -819,6 +806,26 @@ static uint16_t rxa_gcd_u16(uint16_t a, uint16_t b)
 		ev++;
 	}
 
+	if (dev_info->cb_fn) {
+
+		dropped = 0;
+		nb_cb = dev_info->cb_fn(eth_dev_id,
+					rx_queue_id,
+					ETH_EVENT_BUFFER_SIZE,
+					buf->count,
+					ev,
+					num,
+					dev_info->cb_arg,
+					&dropped);
+		if (unlikely(nb_cb > num))
+			RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Rx CB returned %d (> %d) events",
+				nb_cb, num);
+		else
+			num = nb_cb;
+		if (dropped)
+			rx_adapter->stats.rx_dropped += dropped;
+	}
+
 	buf->count += num;
 }
 
@@ -2285,7 +2292,7 @@ static int rxa_sw_add(struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter *rx_adapter,
 	return rxa_ctrl(id, 0);
 }
 
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats_get(uint8_t id,
 			       struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats *stats)
 {
@@ -2372,7 +2379,7 @@ static int rxa_sw_add(struct rte_event_eth_rx_adapter *rx_adapter,
 	return rx_adapter->service_inited ? 0 : -ESRCH;
 }
 
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register(uint8_t id,
 					uint16_t eth_dev_id,
 					rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_fn cb_fn,
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d0bf259..d899d28 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ F: lib/librte_eventdev/
 F: drivers/event/skeleton/
 F: app/test/test_eventdev.c
 
-Eventdev Ethdev Rx Adapter API - EXPERIMENTAL
+Eventdev Ethdev Rx Adapter API
 M: Nikhil Rao <nikhil.rao@intel.com>
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-eventdev
 F: lib/librte_eventdev/*eth_rx_adapter*
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
index c199270..bb773cd 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ ABI Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* eventdev: Event based Rx adapter callback
+
+  The mbuf pointer array in the event eth Rx adapter callbacl
+  has been replaced with an event array. Using
+  an event array allows the application to change attributes
+  of the events enqueued by the SW adapter.
+
+  The callback can drop packets and populate
+  a callback argument with the number of dropped packets.
+  Add a Rx adapter stats field to keep track of the total
+  number of dropped packets.
 
 Shared Library Versions
 -----------------------
@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_eal.so.10
      librte_efd.so.1
      librte_ethdev.so.12
-     librte_eventdev.so.6
+   + librte_eventdev.so.7
      librte_flow_classify.so.1
      librte_gro.so.1
      librte_gso.so.1
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
index 53079f4..cd3ff80 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 LIB = librte_eventdev.a
 
 # library version
-LIBABIVER := 6
+LIBABIVER := 7
 
 # build flags
 CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_version.map b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_version.map
index 95fd089..76b3021 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_eventdev_version.map
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ DPDK_19.05 {
 	rte_event_timer_cancel_burst;
 } DPDK_18.05;
 
-EXPERIMENTAL {
+DPDK_19.08 {
 	global:
 
 	rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_cb_register;
 	rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_stats_get;
-};
+} DPDK_19.05;
