diff --git a/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/Makefile b/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#   BSD LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#   All rights reserved.
+#
+#   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+#   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+#   are met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+#       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+#       distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+#       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+#   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+#   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+#   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+#   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+#   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+#   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+#   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+#   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+ifeq ($(RTE_SDK),)
+$(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
+endif
+
+# Default target, can be overriden by command line or environment
+RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+# binary name
+APP = l2fwd
+
+# all source are stored in SRCS-y
+SRCS-y := main.c
+
+CFLAGS += -O3
+CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extapp.mk
diff --git a/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/main.c b/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..851922f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pktdev-l2fwd/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,530 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include <rte_ether.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_pktdev.h>
+
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L2FWD RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
+
+#define NB_MBUF   8192
+#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
+
+/*
+ * Configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors
+ */
+#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 128
+#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 512
+static uint16_t nb_rxd = RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT;
+static uint16_t nb_txd = RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT;
+
+/* ethernet addresses of ports */
+static struct ether_addr l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+
+/* mask of enabled ports */
+static uint32_t l2fwd_enabled_port_mask = 0;
+
+/* The actual port devices to be used */
+static struct rte_pktdev *devs[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+static uint8_t nb_devs;
+
+static unsigned int l2fwd_rx_queue_per_lcore = 1;
+
+static const struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
+	.txmode = {
+		.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_TX_NONE,
+	},
+};
+
+struct rte_mempool * l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = NULL;
+
+#define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE 16
+
+struct lcore_queue_conf {
+	unsigned n_rx_port;
+	unsigned inputs[MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE];
+	unsigned outputs[MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE];
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+struct lcore_queue_conf lcore_queue_conf[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+
+/* A tsc-based timer responsible for triggering statistics printout */
+#define MAX_TIMER_PERIOD 86400    /* 1 day max */
+static int64_t timer_period = 10; /* default of 10 seconds */
+
+/* Print out statistics on packets dropped */
+static void
+print_stats(void)
+{
+	uint64_t total_packets_dropped, total_packets_tx, total_packets_rx;
+	unsigned portid;
+
+	total_packets_dropped = 0;
+	total_packets_tx = 0;
+	total_packets_rx = 0;
+
+	const char clr[] = { 27, '[', '2', 'J', '\0' };
+	const char topLeft[] = { 27, '[', '1', ';', '1', 'H','\0' };
+
+	/* Clear screen and move to top left */
+	printf("%s%s", clr, topLeft);
+
+	printf("\nPort statistics ====================================");
+
+	for (portid = 0; portid < nb_devs; portid++) {
+		char name[64];
+		struct rte_pktdev *dev = devs[portid];
+		printf("\nStatistics for %s ------------------------------"
+			   "\nPackets sent: %24"PRIu64
+			   "\nPackets received: %20"PRIu64
+			   "\nPackets dropped: %21"PRIu64,
+			   rte_pktdev_get_name(dev, name, sizeof(name)),
+			   rte_pktdev_get_tx_count(dev),
+			   rte_pktdev_get_rx_count(dev),
+			   rte_pktdev_get_tx_drop_count(dev));
+
+		total_packets_dropped += rte_pktdev_get_tx_drop_count(dev);
+		total_packets_tx += rte_pktdev_get_tx_count(dev);
+		total_packets_rx += rte_pktdev_get_rx_count(dev);
+	}
+	printf("\nAggregate statistics ==============================="
+		   "\nTotal packets sent: %18"PRIu64
+		   "\nTotal packets received: %14"PRIu64
+		   "\nTotal packets dropped: %15"PRIu64,
+		   total_packets_tx,
+		   total_packets_rx,
+		   total_packets_dropped);
+	printf("\n====================================================\n");
+}
+
+static void
+l2fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, unsigned dst_port)
+{
+	struct ether_hdr *eth;
+	void *tmp;
+
+	eth = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct ether_hdr *);
+
+	/* 02:00:00:00:00:xx */
+	tmp = &eth->d_addr.addr_bytes[0];
+	*((uint64_t *)tmp) = 0x000000000002 + ((uint64_t)dst_port << 40);
+
+	/* src addr */
+	ether_addr_copy(&l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[dst_port], &eth->s_addr);
+
+	rte_pkt_tx_buffer(devs[dst_port], m);
+}
+
+/* main processing loop */
+static void
+l2fwd_main_loop(void)
+{
+	unsigned i, j;
+	uint64_t cur_tsc, prev_tsc = 0;
+	const unsigned lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	const struct lcore_queue_conf *qconf = &lcore_queue_conf[lcore_id];
+	const int do_print = (lcore_id == rte_get_master_lcore() &&
+			timer_period > 0);
+
+	if (qconf->n_rx_port == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L2FWD, "lcore %u has nothing to do\n", lcore_id);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, L2FWD, "entering main loop on lcore %u\n", lcore_id);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_port; i++) {
+		char buffer[64];
+		rte_pktdev_get_name(devs[qconf->inputs[i]],
+				buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L2FWD, " -- lcoreid=%u %s\n", lcore_id,
+			buffer);
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (do_print) {
+			cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+			if ((cur_tsc - prev_tsc) >= (uint64_t)timer_period) {
+				print_stats();
+				prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+			}
+		}
+		for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_port; i++) {
+			struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+			const unsigned portid = qconf->inputs[i];
+			const uint16_t nb_rx = rte_pkt_rx_burst(devs[portid],
+						 pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+			if (nb_rx == 0) {
+				rte_pkt_tx_buffer_flush(devs[portid]);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			for (j = 0; j < nb_rx; j++) {
+				struct rte_mbuf *m = pkts_burst[j];
+				rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, void *));
+				l2fwd_simple_forward(m, qconf->outputs[i]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int
+l2fwd_launch_one_lcore(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
+{
+	l2fwd_main_loop();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* display usage */
+static void
+l2fwd_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 queue (=ports) per lcore (default is 1)\n"
+		   "  -T PERIOD: statistics will be refreshed each PERIOD seconds (0 to disable, 10 default, 86400 maximum)\n",
+	       prgname);
+}
+
+static int
+l2fwd_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;
+
+	if (pm == 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return pm;
+}
+
+static unsigned int
+l2fwd_parse_nqueue(const char *q_arg)
+{
+	char *end = NULL;
+	unsigned long n;
+
+	/* parse hexadecimal string */
+	n = strtoul(q_arg, &end, 10);
+	if ((q_arg[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
+		return 0;
+	if (n == 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (n >= MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE)
+		return 0;
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+static int
+l2fwd_parse_timer_period(const char *q_arg)
+{
+	char *end = NULL;
+	int n;
+
+	/* parse number string */
+	n = strtol(q_arg, &end, 10);
+	if ((q_arg[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
+		return -1;
+	if (n >= MAX_TIMER_PERIOD)
+		return -1;
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
+static int
+l2fwd_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int opt, ret;
+	char **argvopt;
+	int option_index;
+	char *prgname = argv[0];
+	static struct option lgopts[] = {
+		{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
+	};
+
+	argvopt = argv;
+
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, "p:q:T:",
+				  lgopts, &option_index)) != EOF) {
+
+		switch (opt) {
+		/* portmask */
+		case 'p':
+			l2fwd_enabled_port_mask = l2fwd_parse_portmask(optarg);
+			if (l2fwd_enabled_port_mask == 0) {
+				printf("invalid portmask\n");
+				l2fwd_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		/* nqueue */
+		case 'q':
+			l2fwd_rx_queue_per_lcore = l2fwd_parse_nqueue(optarg);
+			if (l2fwd_rx_queue_per_lcore == 0) {
+				printf("invalid queue number\n");
+				l2fwd_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		/* timer period */
+		case 'T':
+			timer_period = l2fwd_parse_timer_period(optarg);
+			if (timer_period < 0) {
+				printf("invalid timer period\n");
+				l2fwd_usage(prgname);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		/* long options */
+		case 0:
+			l2fwd_usage(prgname);
+			return -1;
+
+		default:
+			l2fwd_usage(prgname);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (optind >= 0)
+		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
+
+	ret = optind-1;
+	optind = 0; /* reset getopt lib */
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Check the link status of all ports in up to 9s, and print them finally */
+static void
+check_all_ports_link_status(uint8_t port_num, uint32_t port_mask)
+{
+#define CHECK_INTERVAL 100 /* 100ms */
+#define MAX_CHECK_TIME 90 /* 9s (90 * 100ms) in total */
+	uint8_t portid, count, all_ports_up, print_flag = 0;
+	struct rte_eth_link link;
+
+	printf("\nChecking link status");
+	fflush(stdout);
+	for (count = 0; count <= MAX_CHECK_TIME; count++) {
+		all_ports_up = 1;
+		for (portid = 0; portid < port_num; portid++) {
+			if ((port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
+				continue;
+			memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
+			rte_eth_link_get_nowait(portid, &link);
+			/* print link status if flag set */
+			if (print_flag == 1) {
+				if (link.link_status)
+					printf("Port %d Link Up - speed %u "
+						"Mbps - %s\n", (uint8_t)portid,
+						(unsigned)link.link_speed,
+				(link.link_duplex == ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX) ?
+					("full-duplex") : ("half-duplex\n"));
+				else
+					printf("Port %d Link Down\n",
+						(uint8_t)portid);
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* clear all_ports_up flag if any link down */
+			if (link.link_status == 0) {
+				all_ports_up = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		/* after finally printing all link status, get out */
+		if (print_flag == 1)
+			break;
+
+		if (all_ports_up == 0) {
+			printf(".");
+			fflush(stdout);
+			rte_delay_ms(CHECK_INTERVAL);
+		}
+
+		/* set the print_flag if all ports up or timeout */
+		if (all_ports_up == 1 || count == (MAX_CHECK_TIME - 1)) {
+			print_flag = 1;
+			printf("done\n");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint8_t nb_ports;
+	uint8_t portid;
+	unsigned lcore_id;
+	unsigned rx_lcore_id = 0;
+	struct lcore_queue_conf *qconf = NULL;
+
+	/* init EAL */
+	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL arguments\n");
+	argc -= ret;
+	argv += ret;
+
+	/* parse application arguments (after the EAL ones) */
+	ret = l2fwd_parse_args(argc, argv);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid L2FWD arguments\n");
+
+	/* create the mbuf pool */
+	l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("mbuf_pool", NB_MBUF, 32,
+		0, RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE, rte_socket_id());
+	if (l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
+
+	nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count();
+	if (nb_ports == 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "No Ethernet ports - bye\n");
+
+	if (nb_ports > RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS)
+		nb_ports = RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS;
+
+	/* Initialise each port */
+	for (portid = 0; portid < nb_ports; portid++) {
+		/* skip ports that are not enabled */
+		if ((l2fwd_enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
+			printf("Skipping disabled port %u\n", (unsigned) portid);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* init port */
+		printf("Initializing port %u... ", (unsigned) portid);
+		fflush(stdout);
+		ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, 1, 1, &port_conf);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot configure device: err=%d, port=%u\n",
+				  ret, (unsigned) portid);
+
+		rte_eth_macaddr_get(portid,&l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid]);
+
+		/* init one RX queue */
+		fflush(stdout);
+		ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_rxd,
+					     rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid),
+					     NULL,
+					     l2fwd_pktmbuf_pool);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_rx_queue_setup:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+				  ret, (unsigned) portid);
+
+		/* init one TX queue on each port */
+		fflush(stdout);
+		ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_txd,
+				rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid),
+				NULL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_tx_queue_setup:err=%d, port=%u\n",
+				ret, (unsigned) 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, (unsigned) portid);
+
+		printf("done: \n");
+
+		rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(portid);
+
+		printf("Port %u, MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n\n",
+				(unsigned) portid,
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[0],
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[1],
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[2],
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[3],
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[4],
+				l2fwd_ports_eth_addr[portid].addr_bytes[5]);
+
+		devs[nb_devs] = rte_pktdev_from_ethport(portid, 0, 0);
+		if (devs[nb_devs] != NULL)
+			nb_devs++;
+	}
+
+	if (!nb_devs) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"All available ports are disabled. Please set portmask.\n");
+	}
+
+	check_all_ports_link_status(nb_ports, l2fwd_enabled_port_mask);
+
+	/* convert seconds to ticks */
+	timer_period *= rte_get_tsc_hz();
+
+	/* Initialize the port/queue configuration of each logical core */
+	for (portid = 0; portid < nb_devs; portid++) {
+		/* get the lcore_id for this port */
+		while (rte_lcore_is_enabled(rx_lcore_id) == 0 ||
+				lcore_queue_conf[rx_lcore_id].n_rx_port ==
+						l2fwd_rx_queue_per_lcore) {
+			rx_lcore_id++;
+			if (rx_lcore_id >= RTE_MAX_LCORE)
+				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not enough cores\n");
+		}
+		qconf = &lcore_queue_conf[rx_lcore_id];
+		qconf->inputs[qconf->n_rx_port] = portid;
+		qconf->outputs[qconf->n_rx_port] = portid ^ 1;
+		qconf->n_rx_port++;
+	}
+	if (nb_devs % 2 == 1) {
+		printf("Notice: odd number of ports in portmask.\n");
+		qconf->outputs[qconf->n_rx_port - 1] = portid;
+	}
+
+	/* launch per-lcore init on every lcore */
+	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(l2fwd_launch_one_lcore, NULL, CALL_MASTER);
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
+		if (rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id) < 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;}
