diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
index f23f8f59e..a6a1d9e7a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Sample Applications User Guides
     ip_reassembly
     kernel_nic_interface
     keep_alive
+    ioat
     l2_forward_crypto
     l2_forward_job_stats
     l2_forward_real_virtual
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
index 90704194a..74462312f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/intro.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ examples are highlighted below.
   forwarding, or ``l3fwd`` application does forwarding based on Internet
   Protocol, IPv4 or IPv6 like a simple router.
 
+* :doc:`Hardware packet copying<ioat>`: The Hardware packet copying,
+  or ``ioatfwd`` application demonstrates how to use IOAT rawdev driver for
+  copying packets between two threads.
+
 * :doc:`Packet Distributor<dist_app>`: The Packet Distributor
   demonstrates how to distribute packets arriving on an Rx port to different
   cores for processing and transmission.
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..378d70b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ioat.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,691 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation.
+
+Sample Application of packet copying using Intel\|reg| QuickData Technology
+============================================================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+This sample is intended as a demonstration of the basic components of a DPDK
+forwarding application and example of how to use IOAT driver API to make
+packets copies.
+
+Also while forwarding, the MAC addresses are affected as follows:
+
+*   The source MAC address is replaced by the TX port MAC address
+
+*   The destination MAC address is replaced by  02:00:00:00:00:TX_PORT_ID
+
+This application can be used to compare performance of using software packet
+copy with copy done using a DMA device for different sizes of packets.
+The example will print out statistics each second. The stats shows
+received/send packets and packets dropped or failed to copy.
+
+Compiling the Application
+-------------------------
+
+To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`.
+
+The application is located in the ``ioat`` sub-directory.
+
+
+Running the Application
+-----------------------
+
+In order to run the hardware copy application, the copying device
+needs to be bound to user-space IO driver.
+
+Refer to the *IOAT Rawdev Driver for Intel\ |reg| QuickData Technology*
+guide for information on using the driver.
+
+The application requires a number of command line options:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./build/ioatfwd [EAL options] -- -p MASK [-C CT] [--[no-]mac-updating]
+
+where,
+
+*   p MASK: A hexadecimal bitmask of the ports to configure
+
+*   c CT: Performed packet copy type: software (sw) or hardware using
+    DMA (rawdev)
+
+*   s RS: size of IOAT rawdev ring for hardware copy mode or rte_ring for
+    software copy mode
+
+*   --[no-]mac-updating: Whether MAC address of packets should be changed
+    or not
+
+The application can be launched in 2 different configurations:
+
+*   Performing software packet copying
+
+*   Performing hardware packet copying
+
+Each port needs 2 lcores: one of them receives incoming traffic and makes
+a copy of each packet. The second lcore then updates MAC address and sends
+the copy. For each configuration an additional lcore is needed since
+master lcore in use which is responsible for configuration, statistics
+printing and safe deinitialization of all ports and devices.
+
+The application can use a maximum of 8 ports.
+
+To run the application in a Linux environment with 3 lcores (one of them
+is master lcore), 1 port (port 0), software copying and MAC updating issue
+the command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ./build/ioatfwd -l 0-2 -n 2 -- -p 0x1 --mac-updating -c sw
+
+To run the application in a Linux environment with 5 lcores (one of them
+is master lcore), 2 ports (ports 0 and 1), hardware copying and no MAC
+updating issue the command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ./build/ioatfwd -l 0-4 -n 1 -- -p 0x3 --no-mac-updating -c rawdev
+
+Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on
+running applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
+
+Explanation
+-----------
+
+The following sections provide an explanation of the main components of the
+code.
+
+All DPDK library functions used in the sample code are prefixed with
+``rte_`` and are explained in detail in the *DPDK API Documentation*.
+
+
+The Main Function
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``main()`` function performs the initialization and calls the execution
+threads for each lcore.
+
+The first task is to initialize the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL).
+The ``argc`` and ``argv`` arguments are provided to the ``rte_eal_init()``
+function. The value returned is the number of parsed arguments:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* init EAL */
+    ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL arguments\n");
+
+
+The ``main()`` also allocates a mempool to hold the mbufs (Message Buffers)
+used by the application:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    nb_mbufs = RTE_MAX(rte_eth_dev_count_avail() * (nb_rxd + nb_txd
+        + MAX_PKT_BURST + rte_lcore_count() * MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE),
+        MIN_POOL_SIZE);
+
+    /* Create the mbuf pool */
+    ioat_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", nb_mbufs,
+        MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
+        rte_socket_id());
+    if (ioat_pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
+        rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
+
+Mbufs are the packet buffer structure used by DPDK. They are explained in
+detail in the "Mbuf Library" section of the *DPDK Programmer's Guide*.
+
+The ``main()`` function also initializes the ports:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* Initialise each port */
+    RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
+        port_init(portid, ioat_pktmbuf_pool);
+    }
+
+Each port is configured using ``port_init()``:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static inline void
+    port_init(uint16_t portid, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
+    {
+        struct rte_eth_rxconf rxq_conf;
+        struct rte_eth_txconf txq_conf;
+        struct rte_eth_conf local_port_conf = port_conf;
+        struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
+        int ret;
+
+        /* Skip ports that are not enabled */
+        if ((ioat_enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
+            printf("Skipping disabled port %u\n", portid);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /* Init port */
+        printf("Initializing port %u... ", portid);
+        fflush(stdout);
+        rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
+        if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
+            local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
+                DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
+        ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, 1, 1, &local_port_conf);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot configure device: err=%d, port=%u\n",
+                    ret, portid);
+
+        ret = rte_eth_dev_adjust_nb_rx_tx_desc(portid, &nb_rxd,
+                            &nb_txd);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                    "Cannot adjust number of descriptors: err=%d, port=%u\n",
+                    ret, portid);
+
+        rte_eth_macaddr_get(portid, &ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid]);
+
+        /* Init one RX queue */
+        fflush(stdout);
+        rxq_conf = dev_info.default_rxconf;
+        rxq_conf.offloads = local_port_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+        ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_rxd,
+                        rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid),
+                        &rxq_conf,
+                        mbuf_pool);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_rx_queue_setup:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+                    ret, portid);
+
+        /* Init one TX queue on each port */
+        fflush(stdout);
+        txq_conf = dev_info.default_txconf;
+        txq_conf.offloads = local_port_conf.txmode.offloads;
+        ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_txd,
+                rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid),
+                &txq_conf);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_tx_queue_setup:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+                ret, portid);
+
+        /* Initialize TX buffers */
+        tx_buffer[portid] = rte_zmalloc_socket("tx_buffer",
+                RTE_ETH_TX_BUFFER_SIZE(MAX_PKT_BURST), 0,
+                rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid));
+        if (tx_buffer[portid] == NULL)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot allocate buffer for tx "
+                    "on port %u\n", portid);
+
+        rte_eth_tx_buffer_init(tx_buffer[portid], MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+        ret = rte_eth_tx_buffer_set_err_callback(tx_buffer[portid],
+                rte_eth_tx_buffer_count_callback,
+                &port_statistics[portid].tx_dropped);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+            "Cannot set error callback for tx buffer on port %u\n",
+                    portid);
+
+        /* Start device */
+        ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_dev_start:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+                    ret, portid);
+
+        rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(portid);
+
+        printf("Port %u, MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n\n",
+                portid,
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[0],
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[1],
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[2],
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[3],
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[4],
+                ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[5]);
+    }
+
+The Ethernet ports are configured with local settings using the
+``rte_eth_dev_configure()`` function and the ``port_conf`` struct:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
+        .rxmode = {
+            .max_rx_pkt_len = RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN,
+        },
+    };
+
+For this example the ports are set up with 1 RX and 1 TX queue using the
+``rte_eth_rx_queue_setup()`` and ``rte_eth_tx_queue_setup()`` functions.
+
+The Ethernet port is then started:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_dev_start:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+            ret, portid);
+
+
+Finally the RX port is set in promiscuous mode:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(portid);
+
+
+After that each port application assigns resources needed.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    check_link_status(ioat_enabled_port_mask);
+
+    if (!cfg.nb_ports) {
+        rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+            "All available ports are disabled. Please set portmask.\n");
+    }
+
+    /* Check if there is enough lcores for all ports. */
+    cfg.nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count() - 1;
+    if (cfg.nb_lcores < 1)
+        rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+            "There should be at least one slave lcore.\n");
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+    if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+        assign_rawdevs();
+    } else /* copy_mode == COPY_MODE_SW_NUM */ {
+        assign_rings();
+    }
+
+A link status is checked of each port enabled by port mask
+using ``check_link_status()`` function.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* Check the link status of all ports in up to 9s, and print them finally */
+    static void
+    check_link_status(uint32_t port_mask)
+    {
+
+        uint16_t portid;
+        struct rte_eth_link link;
+
+        cfg.nb_ports = 0;
+
+        printf("\nChecking link status\n");
+        fflush(stdout);
+        RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
+            if (force_quit)
+                return;
+            if ((port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
+                continue;
+
+            store_port_nb(portid);
+
+            memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
+            rte_eth_link_get(portid, &link);
+
+            /* Print link status */
+            if (link.link_status) {
+                printf(
+                    "Port %d Link Up. Speed %u Mbps - %s\n",
+                    portid, link.link_speed,
+                    (link.link_duplex == ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX) ?
+                    ("full-duplex") : ("half-duplex\n"));
+            }
+            else
+                printf("Port %d Link Down\n", portid);
+        }
+    }
+
+Depending on mode set (whether copy should be done by software or by hardware)
+special structures are assigned to each port. If software copy was chosen,
+application have to assign ring structures for packet exchanging between lcores
+assigned to ports.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static void
+    assign_rings(void)
+    {
+        uint32_t i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+            char ring_name[20];
+
+            snprintf(ring_name, 20, "rx_to_tx_ring_%u", i);
+            /* Create ring for inter core communication */
+            cfg.ports[i].rx_to_tx_ring = rte_ring_create(
+                    ring_name, ring_size,
+                    rte_socket_id(), RING_F_SP_ENQ);
+
+            if (cfg.ports[i].rx_to_tx_ring == NULL)
+                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s\n",
+                        rte_strerror(rte_errno));
+        }
+    }
+
+
+When using hardware copy each port is assigned an IOAT device
+(``assign_rawdevs()``) using IOAT Rawdev Driver API functions:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static void
+    assign_rawdevs(void)
+    {
+        uint16_t nb_rawdev = 0;
+        uint32_t i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+            struct rte_rawdev_info rdev_info = {0};
+            rte_rawdev_info_get(0, &rdev_info);
+
+            if (strcmp(rdev_info.driver_name, "rawdev_ioat") == 0) {
+                configure_rawdev_queue(i);
+                cfg.ports[i].dev_id = i;
+                ++nb_rawdev;
+            }
+        }
+
+        RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Number of used rawdevs: %u.\n", nb_rawdev);
+
+        if (nb_rawdev < cfg.nb_ports)
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not enough IOAT rawdevs (%u) for ports (%u).\n",
+                    nb_rawdev, cfg.nb_ports);
+    }
+
+
+The initialization of hardware device is done by ``rte_rawdev_configure()``
+function and ``rte_rawdev_info`` struct. After configuration the device is
+started using ``rte_rawdev_start()`` function. Each of the above operations
+is done in ``configure_rawdev_queue()``.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static void
+    configure_rawdev_queue(uint32_t dev_id)
+    {
+        struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &dev_config };
+
+        /* Configure hardware copy device */
+        dev_config.ring_size = ring_size;
+
+        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                "Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
+        }
+        rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+        if (dev_config.ring_size != ring_size) {
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                "Error, ring size is not %d (%d)\n",
+                ring_size, (int)dev_config.ring_size);
+        }
+        if (rte_rawdev_start(dev_id) != 0) {
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+                "Error with rte_rawdev_start()\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+If initialization is successful memory for hardware device
+statistics is allocated.
+
+Finally ``main()`` functions starts all processing lcores and starts
+printing stats in a loop on master lcore. The application can be
+interrupted and closed using ``Ctrl-C``. The master lcore waits for
+all slave processes to finish, deallocates resources and exits.
+
+The processing lcores launching function are described below.
+
+The Lcores Launching Functions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As described above ``main()`` function invokes ``run_transmission()``
+function in order to start processing for each lcore:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static void run_transmission(void)
+    {
+        uint32_t lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+
+        RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Entering %s on lcore %u\n",
+                __func__, rte_lcore_id());
+
+        if (cfg.nb_lcores == 1) {
+            lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+            rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)rxtx_main_loop, NULL, lcore_id);
+        } else if (cfg.nb_lcores > 1) {
+            lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+            rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)rx_main_loop, NULL, lcore_id);
+
+            lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+            rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)tx_main_loop, NULL, lcore_id);
+        }
+    }
+
+The function launches rx/tx processing functions on configured lcores
+for each port using ``rte_eal_remote_launch()``. The configured ports,
+their number and number of assigned lcores are stored in user-defined
+``rxtx_transmission_config`` struct that is initialized before launching
+tasks:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    struct rxtx_transmission_config {
+        struct rxtx_port_config ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+        uint16_t nb_ports;
+        uint16_t nb_lcores;
+    };
+
+The Lcores Processing Functions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For receiving packets on each port an ``ioat_rx_port()`` function is used.
+Depending on mode the user chose, it will enqueue packets to IOAT rawdev
+and then invoke copy process (hardware copy), or perform software copy
+of each packet using ``pktmbuf_sw_copy()`` function and enqueue them to
+rte_ring:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* Receive packets on one port and enqueue to IOAT rawdev or rte_ring. */
+    static void
+    ioat_rx_port(struct rxtx_port_config *rx_config)
+    {
+        uint32_t nb_rx, nb_enq, i;
+        struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+        nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(rx_config->rx_portId, 0,
+            pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+        if (nb_rx == 0)
+            return;
+
+        port_statistics[rx_config->rx_portId].rx += nb_rx;
+
+        if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+            /* Perform packet hardware copy */
+            nb_enq = ioat_enqueue_packets(rx_config,
+                pkts_burst, nb_rx);
+
+            if (nb_enq > 0)
+                rte_ioat_do_copies(rx_config->dev_id);
+        } else {
+            /* Perform packet software copy, free source packets */
+            int ret;
+            struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst_copy[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+            ret = rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+                    pkts_burst_copy, nb_rx);
+
+            if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+                rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to allocate memory.\n");
+
+            for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+                pktmbuf_sw_copy(pkts_burst[i], pkts_burst_copy[i]);
+                rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts_burst[i]);
+            }
+
+            nb_enq = rte_ring_enqueue_burst(rx_config->rx_to_tx_ring,
+                (void *)pkts_burst_copy, nb_rx, NULL);
+
+            /* Free any not enqueued packets. */
+            for (i = nb_enq; i < nb_rx; i++)
+                rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts_burst_copy[i]);
+        }
+
+        port_statistics[rx_config->rx_portId].copy_dropped
+            += (nb_rx - nb_enq);
+    }
+
+The packets are received in burst mode using ``rte_eth_rx_burst()``
+function. When using hardware copy mode the packets are enqueued in
+copying device's buffer using ``ioat_enqueue_packets()`` which calls
+``rte_ioat_enqueue_copy()``. When all received packets are in the
+buffer the copies are invoked by calling ``rte_ioat_do_copies()``.
+Function ``rte_ioat_enqueue_copy()`` operates on physical address of
+the packet. Structure ``rte_mbuf`` contains only physical address to
+start of the data buffer (``buf_iova``). Thus the address is shifted
+by ``addr_offset`` value in order to get pointer to ``rearm_data``
+member of ``rte_mbuf``. That way the packet is copied all at once
+(with data and metadata).
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static uint32_t
+    ioat_enqueue_packets(struct rxtx_port_config *rx_config,
+        struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t nb_rx)
+    {
+        int ret;
+        uint32_t i;
+        struct rte_mbuf *pkts_copy[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+        const uint64_t addr_offset = RTE_PTR_DIFF(pkts[0]->buf_addr,
+            &pkts[0]->rearm_data);
+
+        ret = rte_pktmbuf_alloc_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool, pkts_copy, nb_rx);
+
+        if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+            rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to allocate memory.\n");
+
+        for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+            /* Perform data copy */
+            ret = rte_ioat_enqueue_copy(rx_config->dev_id,
+                pkts[i]->buf_iova
+                    - addr_offset,
+                pkts_copy[i]->buf_iova
+                    - addr_offset,
+                rte_pktmbuf_data_len(pkts[i])
+                    + addr_offset,
+                (uintptr_t)pkts[i],
+                (uintptr_t)pkts_copy[i],
+                0 /* nofence */);
+
+            if (ret != 1)
+                break;
+        }
+
+        ret = i;
+        /* Free any not enqueued packets. */
+        for (; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+            rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts[i]);
+            rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts_copy[i]);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+
+All done copies are processed by ``ioat_tx_port()`` function. When using
+hardware copy mode the function invokes ``rte_ioat_completed_copies()``
+to gather copied packets. If software copy mode is used the function
+dequeues copied packets from rte_ring. Then each packet MAC address
+is changed if it was enabled. After that copies are sent in burst mode
+using `` rte_eth_tx_burst()``.
+
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /* Transmit packets from IOAT rawdev/rte_ring for one port. */
+    static void
+    ioat_tx_port(struct rxtx_port_config *tx_config)
+    {
+        uint32_t i, nb_dq;
+        struct rte_mbuf *mbufs_src[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+        struct rte_mbuf *mbufs_dst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+        if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+            /* Deque the mbufs from IOAT device. */
+            nb_dq = rte_ioat_completed_copies(tx_config->dev_id,
+                MAX_PKT_BURST, (void *)mbufs_src, (void *)mbufs_dst);
+        } else {
+            /* Deque the mbufs from rx_to_tx_ring. */
+            nb_dq = rte_ring_dequeue_burst(tx_config->rx_to_tx_ring,
+                (void *)mbufs_dst, MAX_PKT_BURST, NULL);
+        }
+
+        if (nb_dq == 0)
+            return;
+
+        /* Free source packets */
+        if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+            for (i = 0; i < nb_dq; i++)
+                rte_pktmbuf_free(mbufs_src[i]);
+        }
+
+        /* Update macs if enabled */
+        if (mac_updating) {
+            for (i = 0; i < nb_dq; i++)
+                update_mac_addrs(mbufs_dst[i],
+                    tx_config->tx_portId);
+        }
+
+        const uint16_t nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(tx_config->tx_portId,
+            0, (void *)mbufs_dst, nb_dq);
+
+        port_statistics[tx_config->tx_portId].tx += nb_tx;
+
+        /* Free any unsent packets. */
+        if (unlikely(nb_tx < nb_dq)) {
+            for (i = nb_tx; i < nb_dq; i++)
+                rte_pktmbuf_free(mbufs_dst[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+The Packet Copying Functions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In order to perform packet copy there is a user-defined function
+``pktmbuf_sw_copy()`` used. It copies a whole packet by copying
+metadata from source packet to new mbuf, and then copying a data
+chunk of source packet. Both memory copies are done using
+``rte_memcpy()``:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    static inline void
+    pktmbuf_sw_copy(struct rte_mbuf *src, struct rte_mbuf *dst)
+    {
+        /* Copy packet metadata */
+        rte_memcpy(&dst->rearm_data,
+            &src->rearm_data,
+            offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, cacheline1)
+                - offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data));
+
+        /* Copy packet data */
+        rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(dst, char *),
+            rte_pktmbuf_mtod(src, char *), src->data_len);
+    }
+
+The metadata in this example is copied from ``rearm_data`` member of
+``rte_mbuf`` struct up to ``cacheline1``.
+
+In order to understand why software packet copying is done as shown
+above please refer to the "Mbuf Library" section of the
+*DPDK Programmer's Guide*.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index de11dd487..3cb313d7d 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV) += fips_validation
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FLOW_CLASSIFY) += flow_classify
 DIRS-y += flow_filtering
 DIRS-y += helloworld
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_IOAT_RAWDEV),y)
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_IOAT_RAWDEV) += ioat
+endif
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PIPELINE) += ip_pipeline
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LPM),y)
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_IP_FRAG) += ip_reassembly
diff --git a/examples/ioat/Makefile b/examples/ioat/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a4d1da2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ioat/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+
+# binary name
+APP = ioatfwd
+
+# all source are stored in SRCS-y
+SRCS-y := ioatfwd.c
+
+# Build using pkg-config variables if possible
+ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --exists libdpdk && echo 0),0)
+
+all: shared
+.PHONY: shared static
+shared: build/$(APP)-shared
+	ln -sf $(APP)-shared build/$(APP)
+static: build/$(APP)-static
+	ln -sf $(APP)-static build/$(APP)
+
+PC_FILE := $(shell pkg-config --path libdpdk)
+CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)
+LDFLAGS_SHARED = $(shell pkg-config --libs libdpdk)
+LDFLAGS_STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic $(shell pkg-config --static --libs libdpdk)
+
+build/$(APP)-shared: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)
+
+build/$(APP)-static: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_STATIC)
+
+build:
+	@mkdir -p $@
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f build/$(APP) build/$(APP)-static build/$(APP)-shared
+	test -d build && rmdir -p build || true
+
+else # Build using legacy build system
+ifeq ($(RTE_SDK),)
+$(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
+endif
+
+# Default target, detect a build directory, by looking for a path with a .config
+RTE_TARGET ?= $(notdir $(abspath $(dir $(firstword $(wildcard $(RTE_SDK)/*/.config)))))
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+
+CFLAGS += -O3
+CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extapp.mk
+endif
diff --git a/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8463d82f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ioat/ioatfwd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1010 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_rawdev.h>
+#include <rte_ioat_rawdev.h>
+
+/* size of ring used for software copying between rx and tx. */
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_IOAT RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
+#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
+#define MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE 512
+#define MIN_POOL_SIZE 65536U
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_MAC_UPDATING "mac-updating"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_NO_MAC_UPDATING "no-mac-updating"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_PORTMASK "portmask"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_NB_QUEUE "nb-queue"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_COPY_TYPE "copy-type"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_RING_SIZE "ring-size"
+
+/* configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors */
+#define RX_DEFAULT_RINGSIZE 1024
+#define TX_DEFAULT_RINGSIZE 1024
+
+/* max number of RX queues per port */
+#define MAX_RX_QUEUES_COUNT 8
+
+struct rxtx_port_config {
+	/* common config */
+	uint16_t rxtx_port;
+	uint16_t nb_queues;
+	/* for software copy mode */
+	struct rte_ring *rx_to_tx_ring;
+	/* for IOAT rawdev copy mode */
+	uint16_t ioat_ids[MAX_RX_QUEUES_COUNT];
+};
+
+struct rxtx_transmission_config {
+	struct rxtx_port_config ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+	uint16_t nb_ports;
+	uint16_t nb_lcores;
+};
+
+/* per-port statistics struct */
+struct ioat_port_statistics {
+	uint64_t rx[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+	uint64_t tx[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+	uint64_t tx_dropped[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+	uint64_t copy_dropped[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+};
+struct ioat_port_statistics port_statistics;
+
+struct total_statistics {
+	uint64_t total_packets_dropped;
+	uint64_t total_packets_tx;
+	uint64_t total_packets_rx;
+	uint64_t total_successful_enqueues;
+	uint64_t total_failed_enqueues;
+};
+
+typedef enum copy_mode_t {
+#define COPY_MODE_SW "sw"
+	COPY_MODE_SW_NUM,
+#define COPY_MODE_IOAT "rawdev"
+	COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM,
+	COPY_MODE_INVALID_NUM,
+	COPY_MODE_SIZE_NUM = COPY_MODE_INVALID_NUM
+} copy_mode_t;
+
+/* mask of enabled ports */
+static uint32_t ioat_enabled_port_mask;
+
+/* number of RX queues per port */
+static uint16_t nb_queues = 1;
+
+/* MAC updating enabled by default. */
+static int mac_updating = 1;
+
+/* hardare copy mode enabled by default. */
+static copy_mode_t copy_mode = COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM;
+
+/* size of IOAT rawdev ring for hardware copy mode or
+ * rte_ring for software copy mode
+ */
+static unsigned short ring_size = 2048;
+
+/* global transmission config */
+struct rxtx_transmission_config cfg;
+
+/* configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors */
+static uint16_t nb_rxd = RX_DEFAULT_RINGSIZE;
+static uint16_t nb_txd = TX_DEFAULT_RINGSIZE;
+
+static volatile bool force_quit;
+
+/* ethernet addresses of ports */
+static struct rte_ether_addr ioat_ports_eth_addr[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+
+static struct rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer *tx_buffer[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+struct rte_mempool *ioat_pktmbuf_pool;
+
+/* Print out statistics for one port. */
+static void
+print_port_stats(uint16_t port_id)
+{
+	printf("\nStatistics for port %u ------------------------------"
+		"\nPackets sent: %34"PRIu64
+		"\nPackets received: %30"PRIu64
+		"\nPackets dropped on tx: %25"PRIu64
+		"\nPackets dropped on copy: %23"PRIu64,
+		port_id,
+		port_statistics.tx[port_id],
+		port_statistics.rx[port_id],
+		port_statistics.tx_dropped[port_id],
+		port_statistics.copy_dropped[port_id]);
+}
+
+/* Print out statistics for one IOAT rawdev device. */
+static void
+print_rawdev_stats(uint32_t dev_id, uint64_t *xstats,
+	uint16_t nb_xstats, struct rte_rawdev_xstats_name *names_xstats)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	printf("\nIOAT channel %u", dev_id);
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_xstats; i++)
+		if (strstr(names_xstats[i].name, "enqueues"))
+			printf("\n\t %s: %*"PRIu64,
+				names_xstats[i].name,
+				(int)(37 - strlen(names_xstats[i].name)),
+				xstats[i]);
+}
+
+static void
+print_total_stats(struct total_statistics *ts)
+{
+	printf("\nAggregate statistics ==============================="
+		"\nTotal packets sent: %28"PRIu64
+		"\nTotal packets received: %24"PRIu64
+		"\nTotal packets dropped: %25"PRIu64,
+		ts->total_packets_tx,
+		ts->total_packets_rx,
+		ts->total_packets_dropped);
+
+	if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+		printf("\nTotal IOAT successful enqueues: %16"PRIu64
+			"\nTotal IOAT failed enqueues: %20"PRIu64,
+			ts->total_successful_enqueues,
+			ts->total_failed_enqueues);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n====================================================\n");
+}
+
+/* Print out statistics on packets dropped. */
+static void
+print_stats(char *prgname)
+{
+	struct total_statistics ts;
+	uint32_t i, port_id, dev_id;
+	struct rte_rawdev_xstats_name *names_xstats;
+	uint64_t *xstats;
+	unsigned int *ids_xstats;
+	unsigned int nb_xstats, id_fail_enq, id_succ_enq;
+	char status_string[120]; /* to print at the top of the output */
+	int status_strlen;
+
+
+	const char clr[] = { 27, '[', '2', 'J', '\0' };
+	const char topLeft[] = { 27, '[', '1', ';', '1', 'H', '\0' };
+
+	status_strlen = snprintf(status_string, sizeof(status_string),
+		"%s, ", prgname);
+	status_strlen += snprintf(status_string + status_strlen,
+		sizeof(status_string) - status_strlen,
+		"Worker Threads = %d, ",
+		rte_lcore_count() > 2 ? 2 : 1);
+	status_strlen += snprintf(status_string + status_strlen,
+		sizeof(status_string) - status_strlen,
+		"Copy Mode = %s,\n", copy_mode == COPY_MODE_SW_NUM ?
+		COPY_MODE_SW : COPY_MODE_IOAT);
+	status_strlen += snprintf(status_string + status_strlen,
+		sizeof(status_string) - status_strlen,
+		"Updating MAC = %s, ", mac_updating ?
+		"enabled" : "disabled");
+	status_strlen += snprintf(status_string + status_strlen,
+		sizeof(status_string) - status_strlen,
+		"Rx Queues = %d, ", nb_queues);
+	status_strlen += snprintf(status_string + status_strlen,
+		sizeof(status_string) - status_strlen,
+		"Ring Size = %d\n", ring_size);
+
+	/* Allocate memory for xstats names and values */
+	nb_xstats = rte_rawdev_xstats_names_get(
+			cfg.ports[0].ioat_ids[0], NULL, 0);
+
+	names_xstats = malloc(sizeof(*names_xstats) * nb_xstats);
+	if (names_xstats == NULL) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error allocating xstat names memory\n");
+	}
+	rte_rawdev_xstats_names_get(cfg.ports[0].ioat_ids[0],
+			names_xstats, nb_xstats);
+
+	ids_xstats = malloc(sizeof(*ids_xstats) * nb_xstats);
+	if (ids_xstats == NULL) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error allocating xstat ids_xstats memory\n");
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_xstats; i++)
+		ids_xstats[i] = i;
+
+	xstats = malloc(sizeof(*xstats) * nb_xstats);
+	if (xstats == NULL) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error allocating xstat memory\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Get failed/successful enqueues stats index */
+	id_fail_enq = id_succ_enq = nb_xstats;
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_xstats; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(names_xstats[i].name, "failed_enqueues"))
+			id_fail_enq = i;
+		else if (!strcmp(names_xstats[i].name, "successful_enqueues"))
+			id_succ_enq = i;
+		if (id_fail_enq < nb_xstats && id_succ_enq < nb_xstats)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (id_fail_enq == nb_xstats || id_succ_enq == nb_xstats) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error getting failed/successful enqueues stats index\n");
+	}
+
+	while (!force_quit) {
+		/* Sleep for 1 second each round - init sleep allows reading
+		 * messages from app startup.
+		 */
+		sleep(1);
+
+		/* Clear screen and move to top left */
+		printf("%s%s", clr, topLeft);
+
+		memset(&ts, 0, sizeof(struct total_statistics));
+
+		printf("%s", status_string);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+			port_id = cfg.ports[i].rxtx_port;
+			print_port_stats(port_id);
+
+			ts.total_packets_dropped +=
+				port_statistics.tx_dropped[port_id]
+				+ port_statistics.copy_dropped[port_id];
+			ts.total_packets_tx += port_statistics.tx[port_id];
+			ts.total_packets_rx += port_statistics.rx[port_id];
+
+			if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+				uint32_t j;
+
+				for (j = 0; j < cfg.ports[i].nb_queues; j++) {
+					dev_id = cfg.ports[i].ioat_ids[j];
+					rte_rawdev_xstats_get(dev_id,
+						ids_xstats, xstats, nb_xstats);
+
+					print_rawdev_stats(dev_id, xstats,
+						nb_xstats, names_xstats);
+
+					ts.total_successful_enqueues +=
+						xstats[id_succ_enq];
+					ts.total_failed_enqueues +=
+						xstats[id_fail_enq];
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		printf("\n");
+
+		print_total_stats(&ts);
+	}
+
+	free(names_xstats);
+	free(xstats);
+	free(ids_xstats);
+}
+
+static void
+update_mac_addrs(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t dest_portid)
+{
+	struct rte_ether_hdr *eth;
+	void *tmp;
+
+	eth = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
+
+	/* 02:00:00:00:00:xx - overwriting 2 bytes of source address but
+	 * it's acceptable cause it gets overwritten by rte_ether_addr_copy
+	 */
+	tmp = &eth->d_addr.addr_bytes[0];
+	*((uint64_t *)tmp) = 0x000000000002 + ((uint64_t)dest_portid << 40);
+
+	/* src addr */
+	rte_ether_addr_copy(&ioat_ports_eth_addr[dest_portid], &eth->s_addr);
+}
+
+static inline void
+pktmbuf_sw_copy(struct rte_mbuf *src, struct rte_mbuf *dst)
+{
+	/* Copy packet metadata */
+	rte_memcpy(&dst->rearm_data,
+		&src->rearm_data,
+		offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, cacheline1)
+			- offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data));
+
+	/* Copy packet data */
+	rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(dst, char *),
+		rte_pktmbuf_mtod(src, char *), src->data_len);
+}
+
+static uint32_t
+ioat_enqueue_packets(struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
+	uint32_t nb_rx, uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint32_t i;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_copy[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+	const uint64_t addr_offset = RTE_PTR_DIFF(pkts[0]->buf_addr,
+		&pkts[0]->rearm_data);
+
+	ret = rte_mempool_get_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+			(void *)pkts_copy, nb_rx);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to allocate memory.\n");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+		/* Perform data copy */
+		ret = rte_ioat_enqueue_copy(dev_id,
+			pkts[i]->buf_iova
+				- addr_offset,
+			pkts_copy[i]->buf_iova
+				- addr_offset,
+			rte_pktmbuf_data_len(pkts[i])
+				+ addr_offset,
+			(uintptr_t)pkts[i],
+			(uintptr_t)pkts_copy[i],
+			0 /* nofence */);
+
+		if (ret != 1)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	ret = i;
+	/* Free any not enqueued packets. */
+	rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool, (void *)&pkts[i], nb_rx - i);
+	rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool, (void *)&pkts_copy[i],
+		nb_rx - i);
+
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Receive packets on one port and enqueue to IOAT rawdev or rte_ring. */
+static void
+ioat_rx_port(struct rxtx_port_config *rx_config)
+{
+	uint32_t nb_rx, nb_enq, i, j;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rx_config->nb_queues; i++) {
+
+		nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(rx_config->rxtx_port, i,
+			pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+		if (nb_rx == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		port_statistics.rx[rx_config->rxtx_port] += nb_rx;
+
+		if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+			/* Perform packet hardware copy */
+			nb_enq = ioat_enqueue_packets(pkts_burst,
+				nb_rx, rx_config->ioat_ids[i]);
+			if (nb_enq > 0)
+				rte_ioat_do_copies(rx_config->ioat_ids[i]);
+		} else {
+			/* Perform packet software copy, free source packets */
+			int ret;
+			struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst_copy[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+			ret = rte_mempool_get_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+				(void *)pkts_burst_copy, nb_rx);
+
+			if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+					"Unable to allocate memory.\n");
+
+			for (j = 0; j < nb_rx; j++)
+				pktmbuf_sw_copy(pkts_burst[j],
+					pkts_burst_copy[j]);
+
+			rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+				(void *)pkts_burst, nb_rx);
+
+			nb_enq = rte_ring_enqueue_burst(
+				rx_config->rx_to_tx_ring,
+				(void *)pkts_burst_copy, nb_rx, NULL);
+
+			/* Free any not enqueued packets. */
+			rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+				(void *)&pkts_burst_copy[nb_enq],
+				nb_rx - nb_enq);
+		}
+
+		port_statistics.copy_dropped[rx_config->rxtx_port] +=
+			(nb_rx - nb_enq);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Transmit packets from IOAT rawdev/rte_ring for one port. */
+static void
+ioat_tx_port(struct rxtx_port_config *tx_config)
+{
+	uint32_t i, j, nb_dq = 0;
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs_src[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs_dst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+	if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+		/* Deque the mbufs from IOAT device. */
+		for (i = 0; i < tx_config->nb_queues; i++) {
+			nb_dq = rte_ioat_completed_copies(
+				tx_config->ioat_ids[i], MAX_PKT_BURST,
+				(void *)mbufs_src, (void *)mbufs_dst);
+
+			if (nb_dq == 0)
+				break;
+
+			rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+				(void *)mbufs_src, nb_dq);
+
+			/* Update macs if enabled */
+			if (mac_updating) {
+				for (j = 0; j < nb_dq; j++)
+					update_mac_addrs(mbufs_dst[j],
+						tx_config->rxtx_port);
+			}
+
+			const uint16_t nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(
+				tx_config->rxtx_port, 0,
+				(void *)mbufs_dst, nb_dq);
+
+			port_statistics.tx[tx_config->rxtx_port] += nb_tx;
+
+			/* Free any unsent packets. */
+			if (unlikely(nb_tx < nb_dq))
+				rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+					(void *)&mbufs_dst[nb_tx],
+					nb_dq - nb_tx);
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* Deque the mbufs from rx_to_tx_ring. */
+		nb_dq = rte_ring_dequeue_burst(tx_config->rx_to_tx_ring,
+			(void *)mbufs_dst, MAX_PKT_BURST, NULL);
+
+		if (nb_dq == 0)
+			return;
+
+		/* Update macs if enabled */
+		if (mac_updating) {
+			for (i = 0; i < nb_dq; i++)
+				update_mac_addrs(mbufs_dst[i],
+					tx_config->rxtx_port);
+		}
+
+		const uint16_t nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(tx_config->rxtx_port,
+			0, (void *)mbufs_dst, nb_dq);
+
+		port_statistics.tx[tx_config->rxtx_port] += nb_tx;
+
+		/* Free any unsent packets. */
+		if (unlikely(nb_tx < nb_dq))
+			rte_mempool_put_bulk(ioat_pktmbuf_pool,
+				(void *)&mbufs_dst[nb_tx],
+				nb_dq - nb_tx);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Main rx processing loop for IOAT rawdev. */
+static void
+rx_main_loop(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+	uint16_t nb_ports = cfg.nb_ports;
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Entering main rx loop for copy on lcore %u\n",
+		rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!force_quit)
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_ports; i++)
+			ioat_rx_port(&cfg.ports[i]);
+}
+
+/* Main tx processing loop for hardware copy. */
+static void
+tx_main_loop(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+	uint16_t nb_ports = cfg.nb_ports;
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Entering main tx loop for copy on lcore %u\n",
+		rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!force_quit)
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_ports; i++)
+			ioat_tx_port(&cfg.ports[i]);
+}
+
+/* Main rx and tx loop if only one slave lcore available */
+static void
+rxtx_main_loop(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+	uint16_t nb_ports = cfg.nb_ports;
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Entering main rx and tx loop for copy on"
+		" lcore %u\n", rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!force_quit)
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_ports; i++) {
+			ioat_rx_port(&cfg.ports[i]);
+			ioat_tx_port(&cfg.ports[i]);
+		}
+}
+
+static void start_forwarding_cores(void)
+{
+	uint32_t lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Entering %s on lcore %u\n",
+			__func__, rte_lcore_id());
+
+	if (cfg.nb_lcores == 1) {
+		lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+		rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)rxtx_main_loop,
+			NULL, lcore_id);
+	} else if (cfg.nb_lcores > 1) {
+		lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+		rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)rx_main_loop,
+			NULL, lcore_id);
+
+		lcore_id = rte_get_next_lcore(lcore_id, true, true);
+		rte_eal_remote_launch((lcore_function_t *)tx_main_loop, NULL,
+			lcore_id);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Display usage */
+static void
+ioat_usage(const char *prgname)
+{
+	printf("%s [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK [-q NQ]\n"
+		"  -p --portmask: hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure\n"
+		"  -q NQ: number of RX queues per port (default is 1)\n"
+		"  --[no-]mac-updating: Enable or disable MAC addresses updating (enabled by default)\n"
+		"      When enabled:\n"
+		"       - The source MAC address is replaced by the TX port MAC address\n"
+		"       - The destination MAC address is replaced by 02:00:00:00:00:TX_PORT_ID\n"
+		"  -c --copy-type CT: type of copy: sw|rawdev\n"
+		"  -s --ring-size RS: size of IOAT rawdev ring for hardware copy mode or rte_ring for software copy mode\n",
+	       prgname);
+}
+
+static int
+ioat_parse_portmask(const char *portmask)
+{
+	char *end = NULL;
+	unsigned long pm;
+
+	/* Parse hexadecimal string */
+	pm = strtoul(portmask, &end, 16);
+	if ((portmask[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
+		return -1;
+
+	return pm;
+}
+
+static copy_mode_t
+ioat_parse_copy_mode(const char *copy_mode)
+{
+	if (strcmp(copy_mode, COPY_MODE_SW) == 0)
+		return COPY_MODE_SW_NUM;
+	else if (strcmp(copy_mode, COPY_MODE_IOAT) == 0)
+		return COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM;
+
+	return COPY_MODE_INVALID_NUM;
+}
+
+/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
+static int
+ioat_parse_args(int argc, char **argv, unsigned int nb_ports)
+{
+	static const char short_options[] =
+		"p:"  /* portmask */
+		"q:"  /* number of RX queues per port */
+		"c:"  /* copy type (sw|rawdev) */
+		"s:"  /* ring size */
+		;
+
+	static const struct option lgopts[] = {
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_MAC_UPDATING, no_argument, &mac_updating, 1},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_NO_MAC_UPDATING, no_argument, &mac_updating, 0},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_PORTMASK, required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_NB_QUEUE, required_argument, NULL, 'q'},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_COPY_TYPE, required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_RING_SIZE, required_argument, NULL, 's'},
+		{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
+	};
+
+	const unsigned int default_port_mask = (1 << nb_ports) - 1;
+	int opt, ret;
+	char **argvopt;
+	int option_index;
+	char *prgname = argv[0];
+
+	ioat_enabled_port_mask = default_port_mask;
+	argvopt = argv;
+
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, short_options,
+				  lgopts, &option_index)) != EOF) {
+
+		switch (opt) {
+		/* portmask */
+		case 'p':
+			ioat_enabled_port_mask = ioat_parse_portmask(optarg);
+			if (ioat_enabled_port_mask & ~default_port_mask ||
+					ioat_enabled_port_mask <= 0) {
+				printf("Invalid portmask, %s, suggest 0x%x\n",
+						optarg, default_port_mask);
+				ioat_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case 'q':
+			nb_queues = atoi(optarg);
+			if (nb_queues == 0 || nb_queues > MAX_RX_QUEUES_COUNT) {
+				printf("Invalid RX queues number %s. Max %u\n",
+					optarg, MAX_RX_QUEUES_COUNT);
+				ioat_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case 'c':
+			copy_mode = ioat_parse_copy_mode(optarg);
+			if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_INVALID_NUM) {
+				printf("Invalid copy type. Use: sw, rawdev\n");
+				ioat_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case 's':
+			ring_size = atoi(optarg);
+			if (ring_size == 0) {
+				printf("Invalid ring size, %s.\n", optarg);
+				ioat_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		/* long options */
+		case 0:
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			ioat_usage(prgname);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf("MAC updating %s\n", mac_updating ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+	if (optind >= 0)
+		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
+
+	ret = optind-1;
+	optind = 1; /* reset getopt lib */
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* check link status, return true if at least one port is up */
+static int
+check_link_status(uint32_t port_mask)
+{
+	uint16_t portid;
+	struct rte_eth_link link;
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	printf("\nChecking link status\n");
+	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
+		if ((port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
+		rte_eth_link_get(portid, &link);
+
+		/* Print link status */
+		if (link.link_status) {
+			printf(
+				"Port %d Link Up. Speed %u Mbps - %s\n",
+				portid, link.link_speed,
+				(link.link_duplex == ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX) ?
+				("full-duplex") : ("half-duplex\n"));
+			retval = 1;
+		} else
+			printf("Port %d Link Down\n", portid);
+	}
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static void
+configure_rawdev_queue(uint32_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config dev_config = { .ring_size = ring_size };
+	struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &dev_config };
+
+	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
+	}
+	if (rte_rawdev_start(dev_id) != 0) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Error with rte_rawdev_start()\n");
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+assign_rawdevs(void)
+{
+	uint16_t nb_rawdev = 0, rdev_id = 0;
+	uint32_t i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < cfg.ports[i].nb_queues; j++) {
+			struct rte_rawdev_info rdev_info = { 0 };
+
+			do {
+				if (rdev_id == rte_rawdev_count())
+					goto end;
+				rte_rawdev_info_get(rdev_id++, &rdev_info);
+			} while (strcmp(rdev_info.driver_name,
+				IOAT_PMD_RAWDEV_NAME_STR) != 0);
+
+			cfg.ports[i].ioat_ids[j] = rdev_id - 1;
+			configure_rawdev_queue(cfg.ports[i].ioat_ids[j]);
+			++nb_rawdev;
+		}
+	}
+end:
+	if (nb_rawdev < cfg.nb_ports * cfg.ports[0].nb_queues)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Not enough IOAT rawdevs (%u) for all queues (%u).\n",
+			nb_rawdev, cfg.nb_ports * cfg.ports[0].nb_queues);
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, IOAT, "Number of used rawdevs: %u.\n", nb_rawdev);
+}
+
+static void
+assign_rings(void)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+		char ring_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+
+		snprintf(ring_name, sizeof(ring_name), "rx_to_tx_ring_%u", i);
+		/* Create ring for inter core communication */
+		cfg.ports[i].rx_to_tx_ring = rte_ring_create(
+				ring_name, ring_size,
+				rte_socket_id(), RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_SC_DEQ);
+
+		if (cfg.ports[i].rx_to_tx_ring == NULL)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Ring create failed: %s\n",
+					rte_strerror(rte_errno));
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initializes a given port using global settings and with the RX buffers
+ * coming from the mbuf_pool passed as a parameter.
+ */
+static inline void
+port_init(uint16_t portid, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, uint16_t nb_queues)
+{
+	/* configuring port to use RSS for multiple RX queues */
+	static const struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
+		.rxmode = {
+			.mq_mode        = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS,
+			.max_rx_pkt_len = RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN
+		},
+		.rx_adv_conf = {
+			.rss_conf = {
+				.rss_key = NULL,
+				.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_PROTO_MASK,
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
+	struct rte_eth_rxconf rxq_conf;
+	struct rte_eth_txconf txq_conf;
+	struct rte_eth_conf local_port_conf = port_conf;
+	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
+	int ret, i;
+
+	/* Skip ports that are not enabled */
+	if ((ioat_enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
+		printf("Skipping disabled port %u\n", portid);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Init port */
+	printf("Initializing port %u... ", portid);
+	fflush(stdout);
+	rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
+	local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf &=
+		dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads;
+	if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
+		local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
+			DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, nb_queues, 1, &local_port_conf);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot configure device:"
+			" err=%d, port=%u\n", ret, portid);
+
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_adjust_nb_rx_tx_desc(portid, &nb_rxd,
+						&nb_txd);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Cannot adjust number of descriptors: err=%d, port=%u\n",
+			ret, portid);
+
+	rte_eth_macaddr_get(portid, &ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid]);
+
+	/* Init RX queues */
+	rxq_conf = dev_info.default_rxconf;
+	rxq_conf.offloads = local_port_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_queues; i++) {
+		ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(portid, i, nb_rxd,
+			rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid), &rxq_conf,
+			mbuf_pool);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"rte_eth_rx_queue_setup:err=%d,port=%u, queue_id=%u\n",
+				ret, portid, i);
+	}
+
+	/* Init one TX queue on each port */
+	txq_conf = dev_info.default_txconf;
+	txq_conf.offloads = local_port_conf.txmode.offloads;
+	ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_txd,
+			rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid),
+			&txq_conf);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"rte_eth_tx_queue_setup:err=%d,port=%u\n",
+			ret, portid);
+
+	/* Initialize TX buffers */
+	tx_buffer[portid] = rte_zmalloc_socket("tx_buffer",
+			RTE_ETH_TX_BUFFER_SIZE(MAX_PKT_BURST), 0,
+			rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid));
+	if (tx_buffer[portid] == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Cannot allocate buffer for tx on port %u\n",
+			portid);
+
+	rte_eth_tx_buffer_init(tx_buffer[portid], MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+	ret = rte_eth_tx_buffer_set_err_callback(tx_buffer[portid],
+			rte_eth_tx_buffer_count_callback,
+			&port_statistics.tx_dropped[portid]);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Cannot set error callback for tx buffer on port %u\n",
+			portid);
+
+	/* Start device */
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"rte_eth_dev_start:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+			ret, portid);
+
+	rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(portid);
+
+	printf("Port %u, MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n\n",
+			portid,
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[0],
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[1],
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[2],
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[3],
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[4],
+			ioat_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[5]);
+
+	cfg.ports[cfg.nb_ports].rxtx_port = portid;
+	cfg.ports[cfg.nb_ports++].nb_queues = nb_queues;
+}
+
+static void
+signal_handler(int signum)
+{
+	if (signum == SIGINT || signum == SIGTERM) {
+		printf("\n\nSignal %d received, preparing to exit...\n",
+			signum);
+		force_quit = true;
+	}
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint16_t nb_ports, portid;
+	uint32_t i;
+	unsigned int nb_mbufs;
+
+	/* Init EAL */
+	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL arguments\n");
+	argc -= ret;
+	argv += ret;
+
+	force_quit = false;
+	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
+	signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
+
+	nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail();
+	if (nb_ports == 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No Ethernet ports - bye\n");
+
+	/* Parse application arguments (after the EAL ones) */
+	ret = ioat_parse_args(argc, argv, nb_ports);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid IOAT arguments\n");
+
+	nb_mbufs = RTE_MAX(nb_ports * (nb_queues * (nb_rxd + nb_txd +
+		4 * MAX_PKT_BURST) + rte_lcore_count() * MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE),
+		MIN_POOL_SIZE);
+
+	/* Create the mbuf pool */
+	ioat_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", nb_mbufs,
+		MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
+		rte_socket_id());
+	if (ioat_pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
+
+	/* Initialise each port */
+	cfg.nb_ports = 0;
+	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid)
+		port_init(portid, ioat_pktmbuf_pool, nb_queues);
+
+	/* Initialize port xstats */
+	memset(&port_statistics, 0, sizeof(port_statistics));
+
+	while (!check_link_status(ioat_enabled_port_mask) && !force_quit)
+		sleep(1);
+
+	/* Check if there is enough lcores for all ports. */
+	cfg.nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count() - 1;
+	if (cfg.nb_lcores < 1)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"There should be at least one slave lcore.\n");
+
+	if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM)
+		assign_rawdevs();
+	else /* copy_mode == COPY_MODE_SW_NUM */
+		assign_rings();
+
+	start_forwarding_cores();
+	/* master core prints stats while other cores forward */
+	print_stats(argv[0]);
+
+	/* force_quit is true when we get here */
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	uint32_t j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cfg.nb_ports; i++) {
+		printf("Closing port %d\n", cfg.ports[i].rxtx_port);
+		rte_eth_dev_stop(cfg.ports[i].rxtx_port);
+		rte_eth_dev_close(cfg.ports[i].rxtx_port);
+		if (copy_mode == COPY_MODE_IOAT_NUM) {
+			for (j = 0; j < cfg.ports[i].nb_queues; j++) {
+				printf("Stopping rawdev %d\n",
+					cfg.ports[i].ioat_ids[j]);
+				rte_rawdev_stop(cfg.ports[i].ioat_ids[j]);
+			}
+		} else /* copy_mode == COPY_MODE_SW_NUM */
+			rte_ring_free(cfg.ports[i].rx_to_tx_ring);
+	}
+
+	printf("Bye...\n");
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/examples/ioat/meson.build b/examples/ioat/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff56dc99c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ioat/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+
+# meson file, for building this example as part of a main DPDK build.
+#
+# To build this example as a standalone application with an already-installed
+# DPDK instance, use 'make'
+
+deps += ['pmd_ioat']
+
+sources = files(
+	'ioatfwd.c'
+)
diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index a046b74ad..c2e18b59b 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ all_examples = [
 	'eventdev_pipeline', 'exception_path',
 	'fips_validation', 'flow_classify',
 	'flow_filtering', 'helloworld',
+	'ioat',
 	'ip_fragmentation', 'ip_pipeline',
 	'ip_reassembly', 'ipsec-secgw',
 	'ipv4_multicast', 'kni',
