diff --git a/app/test/test_dmadev.c b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
index c44c3ad9db..d287d480b4 100644
--- a/app/test/test_dmadev.c
+++ b/app/test/test_dmadev.c
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ static int
 test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
 {
 #define TEST_RINGSIZE 512
+	/* Setup of the dmadev device. 8< */
 	struct rte_dmadev_stats stats;
 	struct rte_dmadev_info info;
 	const struct rte_dmadev_conf conf = { .nb_vchans = 1};
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ test_dmadev_instance(uint16_t dev_id)
 		PRINT_ERR("Error with queue configuration\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-
+	/* >8 End of setup of the dmadev device. */
 	rte_dmadev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
 	if (info.nb_vchans != 1) {
 		PRINT_ERR("Error, no configured queues reported on device id %u\n", dev_id);
diff --git a/doc/guides/dmadevs/idxd.rst b/doc/guides/dmadevs/idxd.rst
index ce33e2857a..66bc9fe744 100644
--- a/doc/guides/dmadevs/idxd.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/dmadevs/idxd.rst
@@ -120,3 +120,36 @@ use a subset of configured queues.
 Once probed successfully, irrespective of kernel driver, the device will appear as a ``dmadev``,
 that is a "DMA device type" inside DPDK, and can be accessed using APIs from the
 ``rte_dmadev`` library.
+
+Using IDXD DMAdev Devices
+--------------------------
+
+To use the devices from an application, the dmadev API can be used.
+
+Getting Device Information
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Basic information about each dmadev device can be queried using the
+``rte_dmadev_info_get()`` API. This will return basic device information such as
+the ``rte_device`` structure, device capabilities and other device specific values.
+
+Device Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Configuring an IDXD dmadev device is done using the ``rte_dmadev_configure()`` and
+``rte_dmadev_vchan_setup`` APIs. The configurations are passed to these APIs using
+the ``rte_dmadev_conf`` and ``rte_dmadev_vchan_conf`` structures, respectively. For
+example, these can be used to configure the number of ``vchans`` per device, the
+ring size, etc. The ring size must be a power of two, between 64 and 4096.
+
+The following code shows how the device is configured in
+``test_dmadev.c``:
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../app/test/test_dmadev.c
+   :language: c
+   :start-after: Setup of the dmadev device. 8<
+   :end-before: >8 End of setup of the dmadev device.
+   :dedent: 1
+
+Once configured, the device can then be made ready for use by calling the
+``rte_dmadev_start()`` API.
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_bus.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_bus.c
index dc11f829fd..ad4f076bad 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_bus.c
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ idxd_dev_close(struct rte_dmadev *dev)
 static const struct rte_dmadev_ops idxd_vdev_ops = {
 		.dev_close = idxd_dev_close,
 		.dev_dump = idxd_dump,
+		.dev_configure = idxd_configure,
+		.vchan_setup = idxd_vchan_setup,
+		.dev_info_get = idxd_info_get,
 };
 
 static void *
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_common.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_common.c
index 9490439fdc..6704a26357 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_common.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_common.c
@@ -39,6 +39,72 @@ idxd_dump(const struct rte_dmadev *dev, FILE *f)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+idxd_info_get(const struct rte_dmadev *dev, struct rte_dmadev_info *info, uint32_t size)
+{
+	struct idxd_dmadev *idxd = dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (size < sizeof(*info))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*info = (struct rte_dmadev_info) {
+			.device = dev->device,
+			.dev_capa = RTE_DMADEV_CAPA_MEM_TO_MEM |
+				RTE_DMADEV_CAPA_OPS_COPY | RTE_DMADEV_CAPA_OPS_FILL,
+			.max_vchans = 1,
+			.max_desc = 4096,
+			.min_desc = 64,
+			.nb_vchans = (idxd->desc_ring != NULL), /* returns 1 or 0 */
+	};
+	if (idxd->sva_support)
+		info->dev_capa |= RTE_DMADEV_CAPA_SVA;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+idxd_configure(struct rte_dmadev *dev __rte_unused, const struct rte_dmadev_conf *dev_conf)
+{
+	if (dev_conf->nb_vchans != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+idxd_vchan_setup(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan __rte_unused,
+		const struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf *qconf)
+{
+	struct idxd_dmadev *idxd = dev->dev_private;
+	uint16_t max_desc = qconf->nb_desc;
+
+	idxd->qcfg = *qconf;
+
+	if (!rte_is_power_of_2(max_desc))
+		max_desc = rte_align32pow2(max_desc);
+	IDXD_PMD_DEBUG("DMA dev %u using %u descriptors", dev->data->dev_id, max_desc);
+	idxd->desc_ring_mask = max_desc - 1;
+	idxd->qcfg.nb_desc = max_desc;
+
+	/* in case we are reconfiguring a device, free any existing memory */
+	rte_free(idxd->desc_ring);
+
+	/* allocate the descriptor ring at 2x size as batches can't wrap */
+	idxd->desc_ring = rte_zmalloc(NULL, sizeof(*idxd->desc_ring) * max_desc * 2, 0);
+	if (idxd->desc_ring == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	idxd->desc_iova = rte_mem_virt2iova(idxd->desc_ring);
+
+	idxd->batch_idx_read = 0;
+	idxd->batch_idx_write = 0;
+	idxd->batch_start = 0;
+	idxd->batch_size = 0;
+	idxd->ids_returned = 0;
+	idxd->ids_avail = 0;
+
+	memset(idxd->batch_comp_ring, 0, sizeof(*idxd->batch_comp_ring) *
+			(idxd->max_batches + 1));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 idxd_dmadev_create(const char *name, struct rte_device *dev,
 		   const struct idxd_dmadev *base_idxd,
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_internal.h b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_internal.h
index 09285b4e96..18fc65d00c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_internal.h
@@ -80,5 +80,10 @@ struct idxd_dmadev {
 int idxd_dmadev_create(const char *name, struct rte_device *dev,
 		const struct idxd_dmadev *base_idxd, const struct rte_dmadev_ops *ops);
 int idxd_dump(const struct rte_dmadev *dev, FILE *f);
+int idxd_configure(struct rte_dmadev *dev, const struct rte_dmadev_conf *dev_conf);
+int idxd_vchan_setup(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+		const struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf *qconf);
+int idxd_info_get(const struct rte_dmadev *dev, struct rte_dmadev_info *dev_info,
+		uint32_t size);
 
 #endif /* _IDXD_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_pci.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_pci.c
index 96d58c8544..569df8d04c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/idxd_pci.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ idxd_is_wq_enabled(struct idxd_dmadev *idxd)
 
 static const struct rte_dmadev_ops idxd_pci_ops = {
 	.dev_dump = idxd_dump,
+	.dev_configure = idxd_configure,
+	.vchan_setup = idxd_vchan_setup,
+	.dev_info_get = idxd_info_get,
 };
 
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