diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/ionic.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/ionic.ini
index b3f6c3497..59f0753db 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/ionic.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/ionic.ini
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 Speed capabilities   = Y
 Link status          = Y
 Link status event    = Y
+Queue start/stop     = Y
 MTU update           = Y
+Jumbo frame          = Y
+Scattered Rx         = Y
+LRO                  = Y
+TSO                  = Y
 Promiscuous mode     = Y
 Allmulticast mode    = Y
 Unicast MAC filter   = Y
@@ -16,6 +21,11 @@ RSS key update       = Y
 RSS reta update      = Y
 VLAN filter          = Y
 Flow control         = Y
+CRC offload          = Y
+VLAN offload         = Y
+L3 checksum offload  = Y
+L4 checksum offload  = Y
+Packet type parsing  = Y
 Linux UIO            = Y
 Linux VFIO           = Y
 x86-64               = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/Makefile b/drivers/net/ionic/Makefile
index 7827e2b69..7649d674d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_pci
 #
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_mac_api.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_rx_filter.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_rxtx.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_dev.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_ethdev.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD) += ionic_lif.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
index 02fcfdee8..7bbb944b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_dev.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #define IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC		32768
 #define IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC		16
+#define IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC		4096
 
 #define IONIC_LIFS_MAX			1024
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
index 196113089..d91513bc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "ionic_mac_api.h"
 #include "ionic_lif.h"
 #include "ionic_ethdev.h"
+#include "ionic_rxtx.h"
 
 static int  eth_ionic_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params);
 static int  eth_ionic_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static int  ionic_dev_rss_hash_conf_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 		struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf);
 static int  ionic_dev_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 		struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss_conf);
+static int  ionic_vlan_offload_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, int mask);
 
 int ionic_logtype_init;
 int ionic_logtype_driver;
@@ -52,6 +54,20 @@ static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_ionic_map[] = {
 	{ .vendor_id = 0, /* sentinel */ },
 };
 
+static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim rx_desc_lim = {
+	.nb_max = IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC,
+	.nb_min = IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC,
+	.nb_align = 1,
+};
+
+static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim tx_desc_lim = {
+	.nb_max = IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC,
+	.nb_min = IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC,
+	.nb_align = 1,
+	.nb_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS,
+	.nb_mtu_seg_max = IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS,
+};
+
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ionic_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_infos_get          = ionic_dev_info_get,
 	.dev_configure          = ionic_dev_configure,
@@ -76,6 +92,17 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ionic_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query             = ionic_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get      = ionic_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
 	.rss_hash_update        = ionic_dev_rss_hash_update,
+	.rxq_info_get           = ionic_rxq_info_get,
+	.txq_info_get           = ionic_txq_info_get,
+	.rx_queue_setup         = ionic_dev_rx_queue_setup,
+	.rx_queue_release       = ionic_dev_rx_queue_release,
+	.rx_queue_start	        = ionic_dev_rx_queue_start,
+	.rx_queue_stop          = ionic_dev_rx_queue_stop,
+	.tx_queue_setup         = ionic_dev_tx_queue_setup,
+	.tx_queue_release       = ionic_dev_tx_queue_release,
+	.tx_queue_start	        = ionic_dev_tx_queue_start,
+	.tx_queue_stop          = ionic_dev_tx_queue_stop,
+	.vlan_offload_set       = ionic_vlan_offload_set,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -266,6 +293,50 @@ ionic_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 		ETH_LINK_SPEED_50G |
 		ETH_LINK_SPEED_100G;
 
+	/*
+	 * Per-queue capabilities. Actually most of the offloads are enabled
+	 * by default on the port and can be used on selected queues (by adding
+	 * packet flags at runtime when required)
+	 */
+
+	dev_info->rx_queue_offload_capa =
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM |
+		0;
+
+	dev_info->tx_queue_offload_capa =
+		DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_INSERT |
+		0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Per-port capabilities
+	 * See ionic_set_features to request and check supported features
+	 */
+
+	dev_info->rx_offload_capa = dev_info->rx_queue_offload_capa |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER |
+		0;
+
+	dev_info->tx_offload_capa = dev_info->tx_queue_offload_capa |
+		DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS |
+		DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO |
+		0;
+
+	dev_info->rx_desc_lim = rx_desc_lim;
+	dev_info->tx_desc_lim = tx_desc_lim;
+
+	/* Driver-preferred Rx/Tx parameters */
+	dev_info->default_rxportconf.burst_size = 32;
+	dev_info->default_txportconf.burst_size = 32;
+	dev_info->default_rxportconf.nb_queues = 1;
+	dev_info->default_txportconf.nb_queues = 1;
+	dev_info->default_rxportconf.ring_size = IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC;
+	dev_info->default_txportconf.ring_size = IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -478,6 +549,44 @@ ionic_dev_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ionic_vlan_offload_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, int mask)
+{
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = IONIC_ETH_DEV_TO_LIF(eth_dev);
+	struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode;
+	rxmode = &eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode;
+	int i;
+
+	if (mask & ETH_VLAN_STRIP_MASK) {
+		if (rxmode->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP) {
+			for (i = 0; i < eth_dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+				struct ionic_qcq *rxq =
+						eth_dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+				rxq->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP;
+			}
+			lif->features |= IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_STRIP;
+		} else {
+			for (i = 0; i < eth_dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+				struct ionic_qcq *rxq =
+						eth_dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+				rxq->offloads &= ~DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP;
+			}
+			lif->features &= ~IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_STRIP;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (mask & ETH_VLAN_FILTER_MASK) {
+		if (rxmode->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER)
+			lif->features |= IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_FILTER;
+		else
+			lif->features &= ~IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_FILTER;
+	}
+
+	ionic_lif_set_features(lif);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 ionic_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 {
@@ -609,6 +718,9 @@ eth_ionic_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params)
 	ionic_init_print_call();
 
 	eth_dev->dev_ops = &ionic_eth_dev_ops;
+	eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = &ionic_recv_pkts;
+	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &ionic_xmit_pkts;
+	eth_dev->tx_pkt_prepare = &ionic_prep_pkts;
 
 	/* Multi-process not supported, primary does initialization anyway */
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
@@ -676,6 +788,8 @@ eth_ionic_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	ionic_lif_free(lif);
 
 	eth_dev->dev_ops = NULL;
+	eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = NULL;
+	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 045994787..a8eed76bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "ionic_lif.h"
 #include "ionic_ethdev.h"
 #include "ionic_rx_filter.h"
+#include "ionic_rxtx.h"
 
 static int ionic_lif_addr_add(struct ionic_lif *lif, const uint8_t *addr);
 static int ionic_lif_addr_del(struct ionic_lif *lif, const uint8_t *addr);
@@ -583,6 +584,52 @@ ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	rte_free(qcq);
 }
 
+int
+ionic_rx_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint32_t index, uint16_t nrxq_descs,
+		struct ionic_qcq **qcq)
+{
+	uint32_t flags;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	flags = IONIC_QCQ_F_SG;
+	err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_RXQ, index, "rx", flags,
+			nrxq_descs,
+			sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_desc),
+			sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_comp),
+			sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc),
+			lif->kern_pid, &lif->rxqcqs[index]);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*qcq = lif->rxqcqs[index];
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+ionic_tx_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint32_t index, uint16_t ntxq_descs,
+		struct ionic_qcq **qcq)
+{
+	uint32_t flags;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	flags = IONIC_QCQ_F_SG;
+	err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ, index, "tx", flags,
+			ntxq_descs,
+			sizeof(struct ionic_txq_desc),
+			sizeof(struct ionic_txq_comp),
+			sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc),
+			lif->kern_pid, &lif->txqcqs[index]);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*qcq = lif->txqcqs[index];
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 ionic_admin_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
@@ -660,6 +707,22 @@ ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	lif->txqcqs = rte_zmalloc("ionic", sizeof(*lif->txqcqs) *
+			adapter->max_ntxqs_per_lif, 0);
+
+	if (!lif->txqcqs) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR, "Cannot allocate tx queues array");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	lif->rxqcqs = rte_zmalloc("ionic", sizeof(*lif->rxqcqs) *
+			adapter->max_nrxqs_per_lif, 0);
+
+	if (!lif->rxqcqs) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR, "Cannot allocate rx queues array");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Allocating Notify Queue");
 
 	err = ionic_notify_qcq_alloc(lif);
@@ -710,6 +773,16 @@ ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		lif->adminqcq = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (lif->txqcqs) {
+		rte_free(lif->txqcqs);
+		lif->txqcqs = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
+		rte_free(lif->rxqcqs);
+		lif->rxqcqs = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (lif->info)
 		rte_memzone_free(lif->info_z);
 }
@@ -820,6 +893,18 @@ ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	qcq->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED;
 }
 
+void
+ionic_lif_txq_deinit(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(qcq->lif, qcq);
+}
+
+void
+ionic_lif_rxq_deinit(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(qcq->lif, qcq);
+}
+
 bool
 ionic_adminq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t cq_desc_index,
 		void *cb_arg __rte_unused)
@@ -1085,6 +1170,102 @@ ionic_lif_set_features(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+ionic_lif_txq_init(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &qcq->q;
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = qcq->lif;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &qcq->cq;
+	struct ionic_admin_ctx ctx = {
+		.pending_work = true,
+		.cmd.q_init = {
+			.opcode = IONIC_CMD_Q_INIT,
+			.lif_index = lif->index,
+			.type = q->type,
+			.index = q->index,
+			.flags = IONIC_QINIT_F_SG,
+			.intr_index = cq->bound_intr->index,
+			.pid = q->pid,
+			.ring_size = ilog2(q->num_descs),
+			.ring_base = q->base_pa,
+			.cq_ring_base = cq->base_pa,
+			.sg_ring_base = q->sg_base_pa,
+		},
+	};
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq_init.pid %d", ctx.cmd.q_init.pid);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq_init.index %d", ctx.cmd.q_init.index);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq_init.ring_base 0x%lx",
+			ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_base);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq_init.ring_size %d",
+			ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_size);
+
+	err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(qcq->lif, &ctx);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	q->hw_type = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_type;
+	q->hw_index = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_index;
+	q->db = ionic_db_map(lif, q);
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq->hw_type %d", q->hw_type);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq->hw_index %d", q->hw_index);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "txq->db %p", q->db);
+
+	qcq->flags |= IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+ionic_lif_rxq_init(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &qcq->q;
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = qcq->lif;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &qcq->cq;
+	struct ionic_admin_ctx ctx = {
+		.pending_work = true,
+		.cmd.q_init = {
+			.opcode = IONIC_CMD_Q_INIT,
+			.lif_index = lif->index,
+			.type = q->type,
+			.index = q->index,
+			.flags = IONIC_QINIT_F_SG,
+			.intr_index = cq->bound_intr->index,
+			.pid = q->pid,
+			.ring_size = ilog2(q->num_descs),
+			.ring_base = q->base_pa,
+			.cq_ring_base = cq->base_pa,
+			.sg_ring_base = q->sg_base_pa,
+		},
+	};
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq_init.pid %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.pid);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq_init.index %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.index);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq_init.ring_base 0x%lx\n",
+			ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_base);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq_init.ring_size %d\n",
+			ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_size);
+
+	err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(qcq->lif, &ctx);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	q->hw_type = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_type;
+	q->hw_index = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_index;
+	q->db = ionic_db_map(lif, q);
+
+	qcq->flags |= IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED;
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq->hw_type %d", q->hw_type);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq->hw_index %d", q->hw_index);
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "rxq->db %p", q->db);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 ionic_station_set(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
@@ -1169,7 +1350,17 @@ ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_adminq_deinit;
 
-	lif->features = 0;
+	lif->features =
+                  IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_TX_TAG
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_STRIP
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_VLAN_RX_FILTER
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_RX_HASH
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_TX_SG
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_RX_SG
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_RX_CSUM
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_TSO
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_TSO_IPV6
+		| IONIC_ETH_HW_TSO_ECN;
 
 	err = ionic_lif_set_features(lif);
 
@@ -1250,6 +1441,7 @@ int
 ionic_lif_start(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	uint32_t rx_mode = 0;
+	uint32_t i;
 	int err;
 
 	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Setting RSS configuration on port %u",
@@ -1270,6 +1462,30 @@ ionic_lif_start(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 	ionic_set_rx_mode(lif, rx_mode);
 
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Starting %u RX queues and %u TX queues "
+			"on port %u",
+			lif->nrxqcqs, lif->ntxqcqs, lif->port_id);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lif->nrxqcqs; i++) {
+		struct ionic_qcq *rxq = lif->rxqcqs[i];
+		if (!rxq->deferred_start) {
+			err = ionic_dev_rx_queue_start(lif->eth_dev, i);
+
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lif->ntxqcqs; i++) {
+		struct ionic_qcq *txq = lif->txqcqs[i];
+		if (!txq->deferred_start) {
+			err = ionic_dev_tx_queue_start(lif->eth_dev, i);
+
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
 	ionic_link_status_check(lif);
 
 	/* Carrier ON here */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
index faf2f6294..a72196de8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@
 	IONIC_RSS_TYPE_IPV6_TCP | \
 	IONIC_RSS_TYPE_IPV6_UDP)
 
+#define IONIC_GET_SG_CNTR_IDX(num_sg_elems)	(num_sg_elems)
+
+struct ionic_tx_stats {
+	uint64_t packets;
+	uint64_t bytes;
+	uint64_t drop;
+	uint64_t stop;
+	uint64_t tso;
+	uint64_t frags;
+};
+
+struct ionic_rx_stats {
+	uint64_t packets;
+	uint64_t bytes;
+	uint64_t no_cb_arg;
+	uint64_t bad_cq_status;
+	uint64_t no_room;
+	uint64_t bad_len;
+};
+
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED	BIT(0)
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_SG		BIT(1)
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR	BIT(2)
@@ -32,18 +52,28 @@
 
 /* Queue / Completion Queue */
 struct ionic_qcq {
+	uint64_t offloads;
 	struct ionic_queue q;        /**< Queue */
 	struct ionic_cq cq;          /**< Completion Queue */
 	struct ionic_lif *lif;       /**< LIF */
 	struct rte_mempool *mb_pool; /**< mbuf pool to populate the RX ring */
+	union {
+		struct ionic_tx_stats tx;
+		struct ionic_rx_stats rx;
+	} stats;
 	const struct rte_memzone *base_z;
 	void *base;
 	rte_iova_t base_pa;
 	uint32_t total_size;
 	uint32_t flags;
 	struct ionic_intr_info intr;
+	bool deferred_start;
 };
 
+#define IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)	container_of(q, struct ionic_qcq, q)
+#define IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q)	(&IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)->stats.tx)
+#define IONIC_Q_TO_RX_STATS(q)	(&IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q)->stats.rx)
+
 #define IONIC_LIF_F_INITED		BIT(0)
 #define IONIC_LIF_F_LINK_CHECK_NEEDED	BIT(1)
 
@@ -64,6 +94,8 @@ struct ionic_lif {
 	rte_spinlock_t adminq_service_lock;
 	struct ionic_qcq *adminqcq;
 	struct ionic_qcq *notifyqcq;
+	struct ionic_qcq **txqcqs;
+	struct ionic_qcq **rxqcqs;
 	struct ionic_rx_filters rx_filters;
 	struct ionic_doorbell __iomem *kern_dbpage;
 	uint64_t last_eid;
@@ -122,11 +154,21 @@ int ionic_dev_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 int ionic_dev_allmulticast_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 int ionic_dev_allmulticast_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 
+int ionic_rx_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint32_t index,
+		uint16_t nrxq_descs, struct ionic_qcq **qcq);
+int ionic_tx_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, uint32_t index,
+		uint16_t ntxq_descs, struct ionic_qcq **qcq);
 void ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 
 int ionic_qcq_enable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 int ionic_qcq_disable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 
+int ionic_lif_rxq_init(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
+void ionic_lif_rxq_deinit(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
+
+int ionic_lif_txq_init(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
+void ionic_lif_txq_deinit(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
+
 int ionic_lif_rss_config(struct ionic_lif *lif, const uint16_t types,
 		const uint8_t *key, const uint32_t *indir);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a7313cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.c
@@ -0,0 +1,993 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2018-2019 Pensando Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include <rte_byteorder.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_interrupts.h>
+#include <rte_pci.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#include <rte_ether.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev_driver.h>
+#include <rte_prefetch.h>
+#include <rte_udp.h>
+#include <rte_tcp.h>
+#include <rte_sctp.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_ip.h>
+#include <rte_net.h>
+
+#include "ionic_logs.h"
+#include "ionic_mac_api.h"
+#include "ionic_ethdev.h"
+#include "ionic_lif.h"
+#include "ionic_rxtx.h"
+
+#define IONIC_RX_RING_DOORBELL_STRIDE		(32 - 1)
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  TX functions
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+void
+ionic_txq_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_eth_txq_info *qinfo)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq = dev->data->tx_queues[queue_id];
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &txq->q;
+
+	qinfo->nb_desc = q->num_descs;
+	qinfo->conf.offloads = txq->offloads;
+	qinfo->conf.tx_deferred_start = txq->deferred_start;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_tx_flush(struct ionic_cq *cq)
+{
+	struct ionic_queue *q = cq->bound_q;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *q_desc_info;
+	struct rte_mbuf *txm, *next;
+	struct ionic_txq_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
+	struct ionic_txq_comp *cq_desc;
+	u_int32_t comp_index = (u_int32_t)-1;
+
+	cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
+	while (color_match(cq_desc->color, cq->done_color)) {
+		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+
+		/* Prefetch the next 4 descriptors (not really useful here) */
+		if ((cq->tail_idx & 0x3) == 0)
+			rte_prefetch0(&cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx]); /* cq desc */
+
+		if (cq->tail_idx == 0)
+			cq->done_color = !cq->done_color;
+
+		comp_index = cq_desc->comp_index;
+
+		cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
+	}
+
+	if (comp_index != (u_int32_t)-1) {
+		while (q->tail_idx != comp_index) {
+			q_desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+
+			q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
+
+			/* Prefetch the next 4 descriptors */
+			if ((q->tail_idx & 0x3) == 0)
+				/* q desc info */
+				rte_prefetch0(&q->info[q->tail_idx]);
+
+			/*
+			 * Note: you can just use rte_pktmbuf_free,
+			 * but this loop is faster
+			 */
+			txm = q_desc_info->cb_arg;
+			while (txm != NULL) {
+				next = txm->next;
+				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txm);
+				txm = next;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_tx_queue_release(void *tx_queue)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq = (struct ionic_qcq *)tx_queue;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	ionic_qcq_free(txq);
+}
+
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_tx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	txq = eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id];
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: we should better post NOP Tx desc and wait for its completion
+	 * before disabling Tx queue
+	 */
+
+	ionic_qcq_disable(txq);
+
+	ionic_tx_flush(&txq->cq);
+
+	ionic_lif_txq_deinit(txq);
+
+	eth_dev->data->tx_queue_state[tx_queue_id] =
+			RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id,
+		uint16_t nb_desc, uint32_t socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)
+{
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = IONIC_ETH_DEV_TO_LIF(eth_dev);
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq;
+	uint64_t offloads;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Configuring TX queue %u with %u buffers",
+		tx_queue_id, nb_desc);
+
+	if (tx_queue_id >= lif->ntxqcqs) {
+		ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Queue index %u not available "
+				"(max %u queues)",
+				tx_queue_id, lif->ntxqcqs);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	offloads = tx_conf->offloads | eth_dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads;
+
+	/* Validate number of receive descriptors */
+	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(nb_desc) || nb_desc < IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC)
+		return -EINVAL; /* or use IONIC_DEFAULT_RING_DESC */
+
+	/* Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed... */
+	if (eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id] != NULL) {
+		ionic_dev_tx_queue_release(eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id]);
+		eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_tx_qcq_alloc(lif, tx_queue_id, nb_desc, &txq);
+
+	if (err) {
+		ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Queue allocation failure");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Do not start queue with rte_eth_dev_start() */
+	txq->deferred_start = tx_conf->tx_deferred_start;
+
+	txq->offloads = offloads;
+
+	eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id] = txq;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start Transmit Units for specified queue.
+ */
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_tx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	txq = eth_dev->data->tx_queues[tx_queue_id];
+
+	err = ionic_lif_txq_init(txq);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	ionic_qcq_enable(txq);
+
+	eth_dev->data->tx_queue_state[tx_queue_id] =
+			RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STARTED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+ionic_tx_tso_post(struct ionic_queue *q, struct ionic_txq_desc *desc,
+		struct rte_mbuf *txm,
+		rte_iova_t addr, uint8_t nsge, uint16_t len,
+		uint32_t hdrlen, uint32_t mss,
+		uint16_t vlan_tci, bool has_vlan,
+		bool start, bool done)
+{
+	uint8_t flags = 0;
+	flags |= has_vlan ? IONIC_TXQ_DESC_FLAG_VLAN : 0;
+	flags |= start ? IONIC_TXQ_DESC_FLAG_TSO_SOT : 0;
+	flags |= done ? IONIC_TXQ_DESC_FLAG_TSO_EOT : 0;
+
+	desc->cmd = encode_txq_desc_cmd(IONIC_TXQ_DESC_OPCODE_TSO,
+					flags, nsge, addr);
+	desc->len = len;
+	desc->vlan_tci = vlan_tci;
+	desc->hdr_len = hdrlen;
+	desc->mss = mss;
+
+	ionic_q_post(q, done, NULL, done ? txm : NULL);
+}
+
+static struct ionic_txq_desc *
+ionic_tx_tso_next(struct ionic_queue *q, struct ionic_txq_sg_elem **elem)
+{
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
+
+	*elem = sg_desc->elems;
+	return desc;
+}
+
+static int
+ionic_tx_tso(struct ionic_queue *q, struct rte_mbuf *txm, uint64_t offloads,
+		bool not_xmit_more)
+{
+	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q);
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc;
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_elem *elem;
+	struct rte_mbuf *txm_seg;
+	uint64_t desc_addr;
+	uint16_t desc_len;
+	uint8_t desc_nsge;
+	uint32_t hdrlen;
+	uint32_t mss = txm->tso_segsz;
+	uint32_t frag_left = 0;
+	uint32_t left;
+	uint32_t seglen;
+	uint32_t len;
+	uint32_t offset = 0;
+	bool start, done;
+	bool has_vlan = !!(txm->ol_flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT);
+	uint16_t vlan_tci = txm->vlan_tci;
+
+	hdrlen = txm->l2_len + txm->l3_len;
+
+	seglen = hdrlen + mss;
+	left = txm->data_len;
+
+	desc = ionic_tx_tso_next(q, &elem);
+	start = true;
+
+	/* Chop data up into desc segments */
+
+	while (left > 0) {
+		len = RTE_MIN(seglen, left);
+		frag_left = seglen - len;
+		desc_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova_default(txm));
+		desc_len = len;
+		desc_nsge = 0;
+		left -= len;
+		offset += len;
+		if (txm->nb_segs > 1 && frag_left > 0)
+			continue;
+		done = (txm->nb_segs == 1 && left == 0);
+		ionic_tx_tso_post(q, desc, txm,
+				desc_addr, desc_nsge, desc_len,
+				hdrlen, mss,
+				vlan_tci, has_vlan,
+				start, done && not_xmit_more);
+		desc = ionic_tx_tso_next(q, &elem);
+		start = false;
+		seglen = mss;
+	}
+
+	/* Chop frags into desc segments */
+
+	txm_seg = txm->next;
+	while (txm_seg != NULL) {
+		offset = 0;
+		left = txm_seg->data_len;
+		stats->frags++;
+
+		while (left > 0) {
+			elem->addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova(txm_seg)) + offset;
+			if (frag_left > 0) {
+				len = RTE_MIN(frag_left, left);
+				frag_left -= len;
+				elem->len = len;
+				elem++;
+				desc_nsge++;
+			} else {
+				len = RTE_MIN(mss, left);
+				frag_left = mss - len;
+				desc_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova(txm_seg));
+				desc_len = len;
+				desc_nsge = 0;
+			}
+			left -= len;
+			offset += len;
+			if (txm_seg->next != NULL && frag_left > 0)
+				continue;
+			done = (txm_seg->next == NULL && left == 0);
+			ionic_tx_tso_post(q, desc, txm_seg,
+					desc_addr, desc_nsge, desc_len,
+					hdrlen, mss,
+					vlan_tci, has_vlan,
+					start, done && not_xmit_more);
+			desc = ionic_tx_tso_next(q, &elem);
+			start = false;
+		}
+
+		txm_seg = txm_seg->next;
+	}
+
+	stats->tso++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+ionic_tx(struct ionic_queue *q, struct rte_mbuf *txm, uint64_t offloads,
+		bool not_xmit_more)
+{
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_elem *elem = sg_desc->elems;
+	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q);
+	struct rte_mbuf *txm_seg;
+	bool has_vlan;
+	uint64_t ol_flags = txm->ol_flags;
+	uint64_t addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova_default(txm));
+	uint8_t opcode = IONIC_TXQ_DESC_OPCODE_CSUM_NONE;
+	uint8_t flags = 0;
+
+	has_vlan = (ol_flags & PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT);
+
+	flags |= has_vlan ? IONIC_TXQ_DESC_FLAG_VLAN : 0;
+
+	desc->cmd = encode_txq_desc_cmd(opcode, flags, txm->nb_segs - 1, addr);
+	desc->len = txm->data_len;
+	desc->vlan_tci = txm->vlan_tci;
+
+	txm_seg = txm->next;
+	while (txm_seg != NULL) {
+		elem->len = txm_seg->data_len;
+		elem->addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova(txm_seg));
+		stats->frags++;
+		elem++;
+		txm_seg = txm_seg->next;
+	}
+
+	ionic_q_post(q, not_xmit_more, NULL, txm);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+ionic_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *txq = (struct ionic_qcq *)tx_queue;
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &txq->q;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &txq->cq;
+	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_TX_STATS(q);
+	uint32_t next_q_head_idx;
+	uint32_t bytes_tx = 0;
+	uint16_t nb_tx = 0;
+	int err;
+	bool last;
+
+	/* Cleaning old buffers */
+	ionic_tx_flush(cq);
+
+	if (unlikely(ionic_q_space_avail(q) < nb_pkts)) {
+		stats->stop += nb_pkts;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	while (nb_tx < nb_pkts) {
+		last = (nb_tx == (nb_pkts - 1));
+
+		next_q_head_idx = (q->head_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
+		if ((next_q_head_idx & 0x3) == 0) {
+			struct ionic_txq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
+			rte_prefetch0(&desc_base[next_q_head_idx]); /* q desc */
+			rte_prefetch0(&q->info[next_q_head_idx]);   /* q desc info */
+		}
+
+		if (tx_pkts[nb_tx]->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
+			err = ionic_tx_tso(q, tx_pkts[nb_tx], txq->offloads,
+					last);
+		else
+			err = ionic_tx(q, tx_pkts[nb_tx], txq->offloads, last);
+
+		if (err) {
+			stats->drop += nb_pkts - nb_tx;
+			if (nb_tx > 0)
+				ionic_q_flush(q);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bytes_tx += tx_pkts[nb_tx]->pkt_len;
+		nb_tx++;
+	}
+
+	stats->packets += nb_tx;
+	stats->bytes += bytes_tx;
+
+	return nb_tx;
+}
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  TX prep functions
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+#define IONIC_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (	\
+	PKT_TX_IPV4 |		\
+	PKT_TX_IPV6 |		\
+	PKT_TX_VLAN |		\
+	PKT_TX_TCP_SEG |	\
+	PKT_TX_L4_MASK)
+
+#define IONIC_TX_OFFLOAD_NOTSUP_MASK \
+	(PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK ^ IONIC_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK)
+
+uint16_t
+ionic_prep_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *txm;
+	uint64_t offloads;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
+		txm = tx_pkts[i];
+
+		if (txm->nb_segs > IONIC_TX_MAX_SG_ELEMS) {
+			rte_errno = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		offloads = txm->ol_flags;
+
+		if (offloads & IONIC_TX_OFFLOAD_NOTSUP_MASK) {
+			rte_errno = -ENOTSUP;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  RX functions
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+static void ionic_rx_recycle(struct ionic_queue *q, uint32_t q_desc_index,
+		struct rte_mbuf *mbuf);
+
+void
+ionic_rxq_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_eth_rxq_info *qinfo)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[queue_id];
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &rxq->q;
+
+	qinfo->mp = rxq->mb_pool;
+	qinfo->scattered_rx = dev->data->scattered_rx;
+	qinfo->nb_desc = q->num_descs;
+	qinfo->conf.rx_deferred_start = rxq->deferred_start;
+	qinfo->conf.offloads = rxq->offloads;
+}
+
+static void __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_rx_empty(struct ionic_queue *q)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q);
+	struct ionic_desc_info *cur;
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbuf;
+
+	while (q->tail_idx != q->head_idx) {
+		cur = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+		mbuf = cur->cb_arg;
+		rte_mempool_put(rxq->mb_pool, mbuf);
+
+		q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
+	}
+}
+
+void __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_rx_queue_release(void *rx_queue)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = (struct ionic_qcq *)rx_queue;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	ionic_rx_empty(&rxq->q);
+
+	ionic_qcq_free(rxq);
+}
+
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+			 uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+			 uint16_t nb_desc,
+			 uint32_t socket_id,
+			 const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf,
+			 struct rte_mempool *mp)
+{
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = IONIC_ETH_DEV_TO_LIF(eth_dev);
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq;
+	uint64_t offloads;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Configuring RX queue %u with %u buffers",
+			rx_queue_id, nb_desc);
+
+	if (rx_queue_id >= lif->nrxqcqs) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR,
+				"Queue index %u not available (max %u queues)",
+				rx_queue_id, lif->nrxqcqs);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	offloads = rx_conf->offloads | eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+
+	/* Validate number of receive descriptors */
+	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(nb_desc) ||
+			nb_desc < IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC ||
+			nb_desc > IONIC_MAX_RING_DESC) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR,
+				"Bad number of descriptors (%u) for queue %u (min: %u)",
+				nb_desc, rx_queue_id, IONIC_MIN_RING_DESC);
+		return -EINVAL; /* or use IONIC_DEFAULT_RING_DESC */
+	}
+
+	if (rx_conf->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER)
+		eth_dev->data->scattered_rx = 1;
+
+	/* Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed... */
+	if (eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id] != NULL) {
+		ionic_dev_rx_queue_release(eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id]);
+		eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_rx_qcq_alloc(lif, rx_queue_id, nb_desc, &rxq);
+
+	if (err) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR, "Queue allocation failure");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	rxq->mb_pool = mp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: the interface does not currently support DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC,
+	 * please also consider ETHER_CRC_LEN when the adapter will be able to
+	 * keep the CRC and subtract it to the length for all received packets:
+	 * if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+	 *     DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC)
+	 *   rxq->crc_len = ETHER_CRC_LEN;
+	 */
+
+	/* Do not start queue with rte_eth_dev_start() */
+	rxq->deferred_start = rx_conf->rx_deferred_start;
+
+	rxq->offloads = offloads;
+
+	eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id] = rxq;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+ionic_rx_clean(struct ionic_queue *q,
+		uint32_t q_desc_index, uint32_t cq_desc_index,
+		void *cb_arg, void *service_cb_arg)
+{
+	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc_base = q->bound_cq->base;
+	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq_desc_index];
+	struct rte_mbuf *rxm = cb_arg;
+	struct rte_mbuf *rxm_seg;
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = IONIC_Q_TO_QCQ(q);
+	uint32_t max_frame_size =
+			rxq->lif->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
+	uint64_t pkt_flags;
+	uint32_t pkt_type;
+	struct ionic_rx_stats *stats = IONIC_Q_TO_RX_STATS(q);
+	struct ionic_rx_service *recv_args = (struct ionic_rx_service *)
+			service_cb_arg;
+	uint32_t buf_size = (uint16_t)
+			(rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(rxq->mb_pool) -
+			RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
+	uint32_t left;
+
+	if (!recv_args) {
+		stats->no_cb_arg++;
+		/* Flush */
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(rxm);
+		/*
+		 * Note: rte_mempool_put is faster with no segs
+		 * rte_mempool_put(rxq->mb_pool, rxm);
+		 */
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (cq_desc->status) {
+		stats->bad_cq_status++;
+		ionic_rx_recycle(q, q_desc_index, rxm);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (recv_args->nb_rx >= recv_args->nb_pkts) {
+		stats->no_room++;
+		ionic_rx_recycle(q, q_desc_index, rxm);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (cq_desc->len > max_frame_size ||
+			cq_desc->len == 0) {
+		stats->bad_len++;
+		ionic_rx_recycle(q, q_desc_index, rxm);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rxm->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+	rte_prefetch1((char *)rxm->buf_addr + rxm->data_off);
+	rxm->nb_segs = 1; /* cq_desc->num_sg_elems */
+	rxm->pkt_len = cq_desc->len;
+	rxm->port = rxq->lif->port_id;
+
+	left = cq_desc->len;
+
+	rxm->data_len = RTE_MIN(buf_size, left);
+	left -= rxm->data_len;
+
+	rxm_seg = rxm->next;
+	while (rxm_seg && left) {
+		rxm_seg->data_len = RTE_MIN(buf_size, left);
+		left -= rxm_seg->data_len;
+
+		rxm_seg = rxm_seg->next;
+		rxm->nb_segs++;
+	}
+
+	/* RSS */
+	pkt_flags = PKT_RX_RSS_HASH;
+	rxm->hash.rss = cq_desc->rss_hash;
+
+	/* Vlan Strip */
+	if (cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_VLAN) {
+		pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED;
+		rxm->vlan_tci = cq_desc->vlan_tci;
+	}
+
+	/* Checksum */
+	if (cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_CALC) {
+		if (cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_IP_OK)
+			pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD;
+		else if (cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_IP_BAD)
+			pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD;
+
+		if ((cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_TCP_OK) ||
+			(cq_desc->csum_flags & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_UDP_OK))
+			pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD;
+		else if ((cq_desc->csum_flags &
+				IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_TCP_BAD) ||
+				(cq_desc->csum_flags &
+				IONIC_RXQ_COMP_CSUM_F_UDP_BAD))
+			pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD;
+	}
+
+	rxm->ol_flags = pkt_flags;
+
+	/* Packet Type */
+	switch (cq_desc->pkt_type_color & IONIC_RXQ_COMP_PKT_TYPE_MASK) {
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV4:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4;
+		break;
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV6:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6;
+		break;
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV4_TCP:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 |
+				RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP;
+		break;
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV6_TCP:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6 |
+				RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP;
+		break;
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV4_UDP:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 |
+				RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP;
+		break;
+	case IONIC_PKT_TYPE_IPV6_UDP:
+		pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6 |
+				RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP;
+		break;
+	default:
+		{
+			struct rte_ether_hdr *eth_h = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(rxm,
+					struct rte_ether_hdr *);
+			uint16_t ether_type = eth_h->ether_type;
+			if (ether_type == rte_cpu_to_be_16(RTE_ETHER_TYPE_ARP))
+				pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_ARP;
+			else
+				pkt_type = RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	rxm->packet_type = pkt_type;
+
+	recv_args->rx_pkts[recv_args->nb_rx] = rxm;
+	recv_args->nb_rx++;
+
+	stats->packets++;
+	stats->bytes += rxm->pkt_len;
+}
+
+static void
+ionic_rx_recycle(struct ionic_queue *q, uint32_t q_desc_index,
+		 struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
+{
+	struct ionic_rxq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
+	struct ionic_rxq_desc *old = &desc_base[q_desc_index];
+	struct ionic_rxq_desc *new = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
+
+	new->addr = old->addr;
+	new->len = old->len;
+
+	ionic_q_post(q, true, ionic_rx_clean, mbuf);
+}
+
+static int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_rx_fill(struct ionic_qcq *rxq, uint32_t len)
+{
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &rxq->q;
+	struct ionic_rxq_desc *desc_base = q->base;
+	struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc *sg_desc_base = q->sg_base;
+	struct ionic_rxq_desc *desc;
+	struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc *sg_desc;
+	struct ionic_rxq_sg_elem *elem;
+	rte_iova_t dma_addr;
+	uint32_t i, j, nsegs, buf_size, size;
+	bool ring_doorbell;
+
+	buf_size = (uint16_t)(rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(rxq->mb_pool) -
+			RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
+
+	/* Initialize software ring entries */
+	for (i = ionic_q_space_avail(q); i; i--) {
+		struct rte_mbuf *rxm = rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(rxq->mb_pool);
+		struct rte_mbuf *prev_rxm_seg;
+
+		if (rxm == NULL) {
+			ionic_init_print(ERR, "RX mbuf alloc failed");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		nsegs = (len + buf_size - 1) / buf_size;
+
+		desc = &desc_base[q->head_idx];
+		dma_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova_default(rxm));
+		desc->addr = dma_addr;
+		desc->len = buf_size;
+		size = buf_size;
+		desc->opcode = (nsegs > 1) ? IONIC_RXQ_DESC_OPCODE_SG :
+				IONIC_RXQ_DESC_OPCODE_SIMPLE;
+		rxm->next = NULL;
+
+		prev_rxm_seg = rxm;
+		sg_desc = &sg_desc_base[q->head_idx];
+		elem = sg_desc->elems;
+		for (j = 0; j < nsegs - 1 && j < IONIC_RX_MAX_SG_ELEMS; j++) {
+			struct rte_mbuf *rxm_seg = rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(rxq->mb_pool);
+
+			if (rxm_seg == NULL) {
+				ionic_init_print(ERR, "RX mbuf alloc failed");
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+
+			dma_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(rte_mbuf_data_iova(rxm_seg));
+			elem->addr = dma_addr;
+			elem->len = buf_size;
+			size += buf_size;
+			elem++;
+			rxm_seg->next = NULL;
+			prev_rxm_seg->next = rxm_seg;
+			prev_rxm_seg = rxm_seg;
+		}
+
+		if (size < len)
+			ionic_init_print(ERR, "Rx SG size is not sufficient (%d < %d)",
+					size, len);
+
+		ring_doorbell = ((q->head_idx + 1) &
+				IONIC_RX_RING_DOORBELL_STRIDE) == 0;
+
+		ionic_q_post(q, ring_doorbell, ionic_rx_clean, rxm);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start Receive Units for specified queue.
+ */
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_rx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
+{
+	uint32_t frame_size = eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	ionic_init_print(DEBUG, "Allocating RX queue buffers (size: %u)",
+			frame_size);
+
+	rxq = eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id];
+
+	err = ionic_lif_rxq_init(rxq);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* Allocate buffers for descriptor rings */
+	if (ionic_rx_fill(rxq, frame_size) != 0) {
+		ionic_init_print(ERR, "Could not alloc mbuf for queue:%d",
+				rx_queue_id);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ionic_qcq_enable(rxq);
+
+	eth_dev->data->rx_queue_state[rx_queue_id] =
+			RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STARTED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_rxq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t work_to_do,
+		void *service_cb_arg)
+{
+	struct ionic_queue *q = cq->bound_q;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *q_desc_info;
+	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
+	struct ionic_rxq_comp *cq_desc;
+	bool more;
+	uint32_t curr_q_tail_idx, curr_cq_tail_idx;
+	uint32_t work_done = 0;
+
+	if (work_to_do == 0)
+		return;
+
+	cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
+	while (color_match(cq_desc->pkt_type_color, cq->done_color)) {
+		curr_cq_tail_idx = cq->tail_idx;
+		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+
+		if (cq->tail_idx == 0)
+			cq->done_color = !cq->done_color;
+
+		/* Prefetch the next 4 descriptors */
+		if ((cq->tail_idx & 0x3) == 0)
+			rte_prefetch0(&cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx]); /* cq desc */
+
+		do {
+			more = (q->tail_idx != cq_desc->comp_index);
+
+			q_desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+
+			curr_q_tail_idx = q->tail_idx;
+			q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
+
+			/* Prefetch the next 4 descriptors */
+			if ((q->tail_idx & 0x3) == 0)
+				/* q desc info */
+				rte_prefetch0(&q->info[q->tail_idx]);
+
+			ionic_rx_clean(q, curr_q_tail_idx, curr_cq_tail_idx,
+					q_desc_info->cb_arg, service_cb_arg);
+
+		} while (more);
+
+		if (++work_done == work_to_do)
+			break;
+
+		cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq->tail_idx];
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Stop Receive Units for specified queue.
+ */
+int __attribute__((cold))
+ionic_dev_rx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq;
+
+	ionic_init_print_call();
+
+	rxq = eth_dev->data->rx_queues[rx_queue_id];
+
+	ionic_qcq_disable(rxq);
+
+	/* Flush */
+	ionic_rxq_service(&rxq->cq, -1, NULL);
+
+	ionic_lif_rxq_deinit(rxq);
+
+	eth_dev->data->rx_queue_state[rx_queue_id] =
+			RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+ionic_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq *rxq = (struct ionic_qcq *)rx_queue;
+	uint32_t frame_size =
+			rxq->lif->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
+	struct ionic_cq *cq = &rxq->cq;
+	struct ionic_rx_service service_cb_arg;
+
+	service_cb_arg.rx_pkts = rx_pkts;
+	service_cb_arg.nb_pkts = nb_pkts;
+	service_cb_arg.nb_rx = 0;
+
+	ionic_rxq_service(cq, nb_pkts, &service_cb_arg);
+
+	ionic_rx_fill(rxq, frame_size);
+
+	return service_cb_arg.nb_rx;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f1bbad39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_rxtx.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2018-2019 Pensando Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IONIC_RXTX_H_
+#define _IONIC_RXTX_H_
+
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+
+struct ionic_rx_service {
+	/* cb in */
+	struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts;
+	uint16_t nb_pkts;
+	/* cb out */
+	uint16_t nb_rx;
+};
+
+uint16_t ionic_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t ionic_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t ionic_prep_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts);
+
+int ionic_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+		uint16_t nb_desc, uint32_t socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf, struct rte_mempool *mp);
+void ionic_dev_rx_queue_release(void *rxq);
+int ionic_dev_rx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id);
+int ionic_dev_rx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id);
+
+int ionic_dev_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id,
+		uint16_t nb_desc,  uint32_t socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf);
+void ionic_dev_tx_queue_release(void *tx_queue);
+int ionic_dev_tx_queue_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id);
+int ionic_dev_tx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t tx_queue_id);
+
+void ionic_rxq_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_eth_rxq_info *qinfo);
+void ionic_txq_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_eth_txq_info *qinfo);
+
+#endif /* _IONIC_RXTX_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/meson.build b/drivers/net/ionic/meson.build
index ef202af7f..cc54b56be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version = 1
 sources = files(
 	'ionic_mac_api.c',
 	'ionic_rx_filter.c',
+	'ionic_rxtx.c',
 	'ionic_dev.c',
 	'ionic_ethdev.c',
 	'ionic_lif.c',
