diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 6298626..a6dcc2b 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -100,4 +100,6 @@ $(info vm_power_manager requires libvirt >= 0.9.3)
 endif
 endif
 
+DIRS-y += eventdev_pipeline
+
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extsubdir.mk
diff --git a/examples/eventdev_pipeline/Makefile b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e5350a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#   BSD LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#
+#   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+#   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+#   are met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+#       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+#       distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+#       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+#   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+#   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+#   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+#   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+#   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+#   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+#   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+#   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+ifeq ($(RTE_SDK),)
+$(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
+endif
+
+# Default target, can be overridden by command line or environment
+RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+# binary name
+APP = eventdev_pipeline
+
+# 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/eventdev_pipeline/main.c b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f4f283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/eventdev_pipeline/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,975 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation. 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 <getopt.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_random.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_eventdev.h>
+
+#define MAX_NUM_STAGES 8
+#define BATCH_SIZE 16
+#define MAX_NUM_CORE 64
+
+static unsigned int active_cores;
+static unsigned int num_workers;
+static unsigned long num_packets = (1L << 25); /* do ~32M packets */
+static unsigned int num_fids = 512;
+static unsigned int num_priorities = 1;
+static unsigned int num_stages = 1;
+static unsigned int worker_cq_depth = 16;
+static int queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY;
+static int16_t next_qid[MAX_NUM_STAGES+1] = {-1};
+static int16_t qid[MAX_NUM_STAGES] = {-1};
+static int worker_cycles;
+static int enable_queue_priorities;
+
+struct prod_data {
+	uint8_t dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id;
+	int32_t qid;
+	unsigned int num_nic_ports;
+};
+
+struct cons_data {
+	uint8_t dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id;
+};
+
+static struct prod_data prod_data;
+static struct cons_data cons_data;
+
+struct worker_data {
+	uint8_t dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id;
+};
+
+static unsigned int *enqueue_cnt;
+static unsigned int *dequeue_cnt;
+
+static volatile int done;
+static volatile int prod_stop;
+static int quiet;
+static int dump_dev;
+static int dump_dev_signal;
+
+static uint32_t rx_lock;
+static uint32_t tx_lock;
+static uint32_t sched_lock;
+static bool rx_single;
+static bool tx_single;
+static bool sched_single;
+
+static unsigned int rx_core[MAX_NUM_CORE];
+static unsigned int tx_core[MAX_NUM_CORE];
+static unsigned int sched_core[MAX_NUM_CORE];
+static unsigned int worker_core[MAX_NUM_CORE];
+
+static bool
+core_in_use(unsigned int lcore_id) {
+	return (rx_core[lcore_id] || sched_core[lcore_id] ||
+		tx_core[lcore_id] || worker_core[lcore_id]);
+}
+
+static struct rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer *tx_buf[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+
+static void
+rte_eth_tx_buffer_retry(struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t unsent,
+			void *userdata)
+{
+	int port_id = (uintptr_t) userdata;
+	unsigned int _sent = 0;
+
+	do {
+		/* Note: hard-coded TX queue */
+		_sent += rte_eth_tx_burst(port_id, 0, &pkts[_sent],
+					  unsent - _sent);
+	} while (_sent != unsent);
+}
+
+static int
+consumer(void)
+{
+	const uint64_t freq_khz = rte_get_timer_hz() / 1000;
+	struct rte_event packets[BATCH_SIZE];
+
+	static uint64_t npackets;
+	static uint64_t received;
+	static uint64_t received_printed;
+	static uint64_t time_printed;
+	static uint64_t start_time;
+	unsigned int i, j;
+	uint8_t dev_id = cons_data.dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id = cons_data.port_id;
+
+	if (!npackets)
+		npackets = num_packets;
+
+	do {
+		uint16_t n = rte_event_dequeue_burst(dev_id, port_id,
+				packets, RTE_DIM(packets), 0);
+
+		if (n == 0) {
+			for (j = 0; j < rte_eth_dev_count(); j++)
+				rte_eth_tx_buffer_flush(j, 0, tx_buf[j]);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (start_time == 0)
+			time_printed = start_time = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+
+		received += n;
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			uint8_t outport = packets[i].mbuf->port;
+			rte_eth_tx_buffer(outport, 0, tx_buf[outport],
+					packets[i].mbuf);
+		}
+
+		if (!quiet && received >= received_printed + (1<<22)) {
+			const uint64_t now = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+			const uint64_t delta_cycles = now - start_time;
+			const uint64_t elapsed_ms = delta_cycles / freq_khz;
+			const uint64_t interval_ms =
+					(now - time_printed) / freq_khz;
+
+			uint64_t rx_noprint = received - received_printed;
+			printf("# consumer RX=%"PRIu64", time %"PRIu64
+				"ms, avg %.3f mpps [current %.3f mpps]\n",
+					received, elapsed_ms,
+					(received) / (elapsed_ms * 1000.0),
+					rx_noprint / (interval_ms * 1000.0));
+			received_printed = received;
+			time_printed = now;
+		}
+
+		dequeue_cnt[0] += n;
+
+		if (num_packets > 0 && npackets > 0) {
+			npackets -= n;
+			if (npackets == 0 || npackets > num_packets)
+				done = 1;
+		}
+	} while (0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+producer(void)
+{
+	static uint8_t eth_port;
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[BATCH_SIZE];
+	struct rte_event ev[BATCH_SIZE];
+	uint32_t i, num_ports = prod_data.num_nic_ports;
+	int32_t qid = prod_data.qid;
+	uint8_t dev_id = prod_data.dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id = prod_data.port_id;
+	uint32_t prio_idx = 0;
+
+	const uint16_t nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(eth_port, 0, mbufs, BATCH_SIZE);
+	if (++eth_port == num_ports)
+		eth_port = 0;
+	if (nb_rx == 0) {
+		rte_pause();
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+		ev[i].flow_id = mbufs[i]->hash.rss;
+		ev[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW;
+		ev[i].sched_type = queue_type;
+		ev[i].queue_id = qid;
+		ev[i].event_type = RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CPU;
+		ev[i].sub_event_type = 0;
+		ev[i].priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
+		ev[i].mbuf = mbufs[i];
+		RTE_SET_USED(prio_idx);
+	}
+
+	const int nb_tx = rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port_id, ev, nb_rx);
+	if (nb_tx != nb_rx) {
+		for (i = nb_tx; i < nb_rx; i++)
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(mbufs[i]);
+	}
+	enqueue_cnt[0] += nb_tx;
+
+	if (unlikely(prod_stop))
+		done = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+schedule_devices(uint8_t dev_id, unsigned int lcore_id)
+{
+	if (rx_core[lcore_id] && (rx_single ||
+	    rte_atomic32_cmpset(&rx_lock, 0, 1))) {
+		producer();
+		rte_atomic32_clear((rte_atomic32_t *)&rx_lock);
+	}
+
+	if (sched_core[lcore_id] && (sched_single ||
+	    rte_atomic32_cmpset(&sched_lock, 0, 1))) {
+		rte_event_schedule(dev_id);
+		if (dump_dev_signal) {
+			rte_event_dev_dump(0, stdout);
+			dump_dev_signal = 0;
+		}
+		rte_atomic32_clear((rte_atomic32_t *)&sched_lock);
+	}
+
+	if (tx_core[lcore_id] && (tx_single ||
+	    rte_atomic32_cmpset(&tx_lock, 0, 1))) {
+		consumer();
+		rte_atomic32_clear((rte_atomic32_t *)&tx_lock);
+	}
+}
+
+static int
+worker(void *arg)
+{
+	struct rte_event events[BATCH_SIZE];
+
+	struct worker_data *data = (struct worker_data *)arg;
+	uint8_t dev_id = data->dev_id;
+	uint8_t port_id = data->port_id;
+	size_t sent = 0, received = 0;
+	unsigned int lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+
+	while (!done) {
+		uint16_t i;
+
+		schedule_devices(dev_id, lcore_id);
+
+		if (!worker_core[lcore_id]) {
+			rte_pause();
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		uint16_t nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(dev_id, port_id,
+				events, RTE_DIM(events), 0);
+
+		if (nb_rx == 0) {
+			rte_pause();
+			continue;
+		}
+		received += nb_rx;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+			struct ether_hdr *eth;
+			struct ether_addr addr;
+			struct rte_mbuf *m = events[i].mbuf;
+
+			/* The first worker stage does classification */
+			if (events[i].queue_id == qid[0])
+				events[i].flow_id = m->hash.rss % num_fids;
+
+			events[i].queue_id = next_qid[events[i].queue_id];
+			events[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD;
+
+			/* change mac addresses on packet (to use mbuf data) */
+			eth = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct ether_hdr *);
+			ether_addr_copy(&eth->d_addr, &addr);
+			ether_addr_copy(&eth->s_addr, &eth->d_addr);
+			ether_addr_copy(&addr, &eth->s_addr);
+
+			/* do a number of cycles of work per packet */
+			volatile uint64_t start_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+			while (rte_rdtsc() < start_tsc + worker_cycles)
+				rte_pause();
+		}
+		uint16_t nb_tx = rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port_id,
+				events, nb_rx);
+		while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !done)
+			nb_tx += rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port_id,
+							events + nb_tx,
+							nb_rx - nb_tx);
+		sent += nb_tx;
+	}
+
+	if (!quiet)
+		printf("  worker %u thread done. RX=%zu TX=%zu\n",
+				rte_lcore_id(), received, sent);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse the coremask given as argument (hexadecimal string) and fill
+ * the global configuration (core role and core count) with the parsed
+ * value.
+ */
+static int xdigit2val(unsigned char c)
+{
+	int val;
+
+	if (isdigit(c))
+		val = c - '0';
+	else if (isupper(c))
+		val = c - 'A' + 10;
+	else
+		val = c - 'a' + 10;
+	return val;
+}
+
+static uint64_t
+parse_coremask(const char *coremask)
+{
+	int i, j, idx = 0;
+	unsigned int count = 0;
+	char c;
+	int val;
+	uint64_t mask = 0;
+	const int32_t BITS_HEX = 4;
+
+	if (coremask == NULL)
+		return -1;
+	/* Remove all blank characters ahead and after .
+	 * Remove 0x/0X if exists.
+	 */
+	while (isblank(*coremask))
+		coremask++;
+	if (coremask[0] == '0' && ((coremask[1] == 'x')
+		|| (coremask[1] == 'X')))
+		coremask += 2;
+	i = strlen(coremask);
+	while ((i > 0) && isblank(coremask[i - 1]))
+		i--;
+	if (i == 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = i - 1; i >= 0 && idx < MAX_NUM_CORE; i--) {
+		c = coremask[i];
+		if (isxdigit(c) == 0) {
+			/* invalid characters */
+			return -1;
+		}
+		val = xdigit2val(c);
+		for (j = 0; j < BITS_HEX && idx < MAX_NUM_CORE; j++, idx++) {
+			if ((1 << j) & val) {
+				mask |= (1UL << idx);
+				count++;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for (; i >= 0; i--)
+		if (coremask[i] != '0')
+			return -1;
+	if (count == 0)
+		return -1;
+	return mask;
+}
+
+static struct option long_options[] = {
+	{"workers", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+	{"packets", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+	{"atomic-flows", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+	{"num_stages", required_argument, 0, 's'},
+	{"rx-mask", required_argument, 0, 'r'},
+	{"tx-mask", required_argument, 0, 't'},
+	{"sched-mask", required_argument, 0, 'e'},
+	{"cq-depth", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
+	{"work-cycles", required_argument, 0, 'W'},
+	{"queue-priority", no_argument, 0, 'P'},
+	{"parallel", no_argument, 0, 'p'},
+	{"ordered", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
+	{"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+	{"dump", no_argument, 0, 'D'},
+	{0, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+	const char *usage_str =
+		"  Usage: eventdev_demo [options]\n"
+		"  Options:\n"
+		"  -n, --packets=N              Send N packets (default ~32M), 0 implies no limit\n"
+		"  -f, --atomic-flows=N         Use N random flows from 1 to N (default 16)\n"
+		"  -s, --num_stages=N           Use N atomic stages (default 1)\n"
+		"  -r, --rx-mask=core mask      Run NIC rx on CPUs in core mask\n"
+		"  -w, --worker-mask=core mask  Run worker on CPUs in core mask\n"
+		"  -t, --tx-mask=core mask      Run NIC tx on CPUs in core mask\n"
+		"  -e  --sched-mask=core mask   Run scheduler on CPUs in core mask\n"
+		"  -c  --cq-depth=N             Worker CQ depth (default 16)\n"
+		"  -W  --work-cycles=N          Worker cycles (default 0)\n"
+		"  -P  --queue-priority         Enable scheduler queue prioritization\n"
+		"  -o, --ordered                Use ordered scheduling\n"
+		"  -p, --parallel               Use parallel scheduling\n"
+		"  -q, --quiet                  Minimize printed output\n"
+		"  -D, --dump                   Print detailed statistics before exit"
+		"\n";
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_str);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+static void
+parse_app_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	/* Parse cli options*/
+	int option_index;
+	int c;
+	opterr = 0;
+	uint64_t rx_lcore_mask = 0;
+	uint64_t tx_lcore_mask = 0;
+	uint64_t sched_lcore_mask = 0;
+	uint64_t worker_lcore_mask = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "r:t:e:c:w:n:f:s:poPqDW:",
+				long_options, &option_index);
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		int popcnt = 0;
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'n':
+			num_packets = (unsigned long)atol(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'f':
+			num_fids = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			num_stages = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			worker_cq_depth = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'W':
+			worker_cycles = (unsigned int)atoi(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'P':
+			enable_queue_priorities = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'o':
+			queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY;
+			break;
+		case 'p':
+			queue_type = RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY;
+			break;
+		case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'D':
+			dump_dev = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'w':
+			worker_lcore_mask = parse_coremask(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'r':
+			rx_lcore_mask = parse_coremask(optarg);
+			popcnt = __builtin_popcountll(rx_lcore_mask);
+			rx_single = (popcnt == 1);
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			tx_lcore_mask = parse_coremask(optarg);
+			popcnt = __builtin_popcountll(tx_lcore_mask);
+			tx_single = (popcnt == 1);
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			sched_lcore_mask = parse_coremask(optarg);
+			popcnt = __builtin_popcountll(sched_lcore_mask);
+			sched_single = (popcnt == 1);
+			break;
+		default:
+			usage();
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (worker_lcore_mask == 0 || rx_lcore_mask == 0 ||
+	    sched_lcore_mask == 0 || tx_lcore_mask == 0) {
+		printf("Core part of pipeline was not assigned any cores. "
+			"This will stall the pipeline, please check core masks "
+			"(use -h for details on setting core masks):\n"
+			"\trx: %"PRIu64"\n\ttx: %"PRIu64"\n\tsched: %"PRIu64
+			"\n\tworkers: %"PRIu64"\n",
+			rx_lcore_mask, tx_lcore_mask, sched_lcore_mask,
+			worker_lcore_mask);
+		rte_exit(-1, "Fix core masks\n");
+	}
+	if (num_stages == 0 || num_stages > MAX_NUM_STAGES)
+		usage();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_NUM_CORE; i++) {
+		rx_core[i] = !!(rx_lcore_mask & (1UL << i));
+		tx_core[i] = !!(tx_lcore_mask & (1UL << i));
+		sched_core[i] = !!(sched_lcore_mask & (1UL << i));
+		worker_core[i] = !!(worker_lcore_mask & (1UL << i));
+
+		if (worker_core[i])
+			num_workers++;
+		if (core_in_use(i))
+			active_cores++;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Initializes a given port using global settings and with the RX buffers
+ * coming from the mbuf_pool passed as a parameter.
+ */
+static inline int
+port_init(uint8_t port, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
+{
+	static const struct rte_eth_conf port_conf_default = {
+		.rxmode = {
+			.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS,
+			.max_rx_pkt_len = ETHER_MAX_LEN
+		},
+		.rx_adv_conf = {
+			.rss_conf = {
+				.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP |
+					  ETH_RSS_TCP |
+					  ETH_RSS_UDP,
+			}
+		}
+	};
+	const uint16_t rx_rings = 1, tx_rings = 1;
+	const uint16_t rx_ring_size = 512, tx_ring_size = 512;
+	struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = port_conf_default;
+	int retval;
+	uint16_t q;
+
+	if (port >= rte_eth_dev_count())
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Configure the Ethernet device. */
+	retval = rte_eth_dev_configure(port, rx_rings, tx_rings, &port_conf);
+	if (retval != 0)
+		return retval;
+
+	/* Allocate and set up 1 RX queue per Ethernet port. */
+	for (q = 0; q < rx_rings; q++) {
+		retval = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(port, q, rx_ring_size,
+				rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL, mbuf_pool);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate and set up 1 TX queue per Ethernet port. */
+	for (q = 0; q < tx_rings; q++) {
+		retval = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(port, q, tx_ring_size,
+				rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL);
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+	}
+
+	/* Start the Ethernet port. */
+	retval = rte_eth_dev_start(port);
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
+
+	/* Display the port MAC address. */
+	struct ether_addr addr;
+	rte_eth_macaddr_get(port, &addr);
+	printf("Port %u MAC: %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8
+			   " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 "\n",
+			(unsigned int)port,
+			addr.addr_bytes[0], addr.addr_bytes[1],
+			addr.addr_bytes[2], addr.addr_bytes[3],
+			addr.addr_bytes[4], addr.addr_bytes[5]);
+
+	/* Enable RX in promiscuous mode for the Ethernet device. */
+	rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+init_ports(unsigned int num_ports)
+{
+	uint8_t portid;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	struct rte_mempool *mp = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("packet_pool",
+			/* mbufs */ 16384 * num_ports,
+			/* cache_size */ 512,
+			/* priv_size*/ 0,
+			/* data_room_size */ RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
+			rte_socket_id());
+
+	for (portid = 0; portid < num_ports; portid++)
+		if (port_init(portid, mp) != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init port %"PRIu8 "\n",
+					portid);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_ports; i++) {
+		void *userdata = (void *)(uintptr_t) i;
+		tx_buf[i] = rte_malloc(NULL, RTE_ETH_TX_BUFFER_SIZE(32), 0);
+		if (tx_buf[i] == NULL)
+			rte_panic("Out of memory\n");
+		rte_eth_tx_buffer_init(tx_buf[i], 32);
+		rte_eth_tx_buffer_set_err_callback(tx_buf[i],
+						   rte_eth_tx_buffer_retry,
+						   userdata);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct port_link {
+	uint8_t queue_id;
+	uint8_t priority;
+};
+
+static int
+setup_eventdev(struct prod_data *prod_data,
+		struct cons_data *cons_data,
+		struct worker_data *worker_data)
+{
+	const uint8_t dev_id = 0;
+	/* +1 stages is for a SINGLE_LINK TX stage */
+	const uint8_t nb_queues = num_stages + 1;
+	/* + 2 is one port for producer and one for consumer */
+	const uint8_t nb_ports = num_workers + 2;
+	const struct rte_event_dev_config config = {
+			.nb_event_queues = nb_queues,
+			.nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
+			.nb_events_limit  = 4096,
+			.nb_event_queue_flows = 1024,
+			.nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
+			.nb_event_port_enqueue_depth = 128,
+	};
+	const struct rte_event_port_conf wkr_p_conf = {
+			.dequeue_depth = worker_cq_depth,
+			.enqueue_depth = 64,
+			.new_event_threshold = 4096,
+	};
+	struct rte_event_queue_conf wkr_q_conf = {
+			.event_queue_cfg = queue_type,
+			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
+			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
+	};
+	const struct rte_event_port_conf tx_p_conf = {
+			.dequeue_depth = 128,
+			.enqueue_depth = 128,
+			.new_event_threshold = 4096,
+	};
+	const struct rte_event_queue_conf tx_q_conf = {
+			.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
+			.event_queue_cfg =
+					RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY |
+					RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_SINGLE_LINK,
+			.nb_atomic_flows = 1024,
+			.nb_atomic_order_sequences = 1024,
+	};
+
+	struct port_link worker_queues[MAX_NUM_STAGES];
+	struct port_link tx_queue;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	int ret, ndev = rte_event_dev_count();
+	if (ndev < 1) {
+		printf("%d: No Eventdev Devices Found\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	struct rte_event_dev_info dev_info;
+	ret = rte_event_dev_info_get(dev_id, &dev_info);
+	printf("\tEventdev %d: %s\n", dev_id, dev_info.driver_name);
+
+	ret = rte_event_dev_configure(dev_id, &config);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		printf("%d: Error configuring device\n", __LINE__);
+
+	/* Q creation - one load balanced per pipeline stage*/
+	printf("  Stages:\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < num_stages; i++) {
+		if (rte_event_queue_setup(dev_id, i, &wkr_q_conf) < 0) {
+			printf("%d: error creating qid %d\n", __LINE__, i);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		qid[i] = i;
+		next_qid[i] = i+1;
+		worker_queues[i].queue_id = i;
+		if (enable_queue_priorities) {
+			/* calculate priority stepping for each stage, leaving
+			 * headroom of 1 for the SINGLE_LINK TX below
+			 */
+			const uint32_t prio_delta =
+				(RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_LOWEST-1) /  nb_queues;
+
+			/* higher priority for queues closer to tx */
+			wkr_q_conf.priority =
+				RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_LOWEST - prio_delta * i;
+		}
+
+		const char *type_str = "Atomic";
+		switch (wkr_q_conf.event_queue_cfg) {
+		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY:
+			type_str = "Ordered";
+			break;
+		case RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_PARALLEL_ONLY:
+			type_str = "Parallel";
+			break;
+		}
+		printf("\tStage %d, Type %s\tPriority = %d\n", i, type_str,
+				wkr_q_conf.priority);
+	}
+	printf("\n");
+
+	/* final queue for sending to TX core */
+	if (rte_event_queue_setup(dev_id, i, &tx_q_conf) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: error creating qid %d\n", __LINE__, i);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	tx_queue.queue_id = i;
+	tx_queue.priority = RTE_EVENT_DEV_PRIORITY_HIGHEST;
+
+	/* set up one port per worker, linking to all stage queues */
+	for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++) {
+		struct worker_data *w = &worker_data[i];
+		w->dev_id = dev_id;
+		if (rte_event_port_setup(dev_id, i, &wkr_p_conf) < 0) {
+			printf("Error setting up port %d\n", i);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		uint32_t s;
+		for (s = 0; s < num_stages; s++) {
+			if (rte_event_port_link(dev_id, i,
+						&worker_queues[s].queue_id,
+						&worker_queues[s].priority,
+						1) != 1) {
+				printf("%d: error creating link for port %d\n",
+						__LINE__, i);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		w->port_id = i;
+	}
+	/* port for consumer, linked to TX queue */
+	if (rte_event_port_setup(dev_id, i, &tx_p_conf) < 0) {
+		printf("Error setting up port %d\n", i);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (rte_event_port_link(dev_id, i, &tx_queue.queue_id,
+				&tx_queue.priority, 1) != 1) {
+		printf("%d: error creating link for port %d\n",
+				__LINE__, i);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* port for producer, no links */
+	const struct rte_event_port_conf rx_p_conf = {
+			.dequeue_depth = 8,
+			.enqueue_depth = 8,
+			.new_event_threshold = 1200,
+	};
+	if (rte_event_port_setup(dev_id, i + 1, &rx_p_conf) < 0) {
+		printf("Error setting up port %d\n", i);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*prod_data = (struct prod_data){.dev_id = dev_id,
+					.port_id = i + 1,
+					.qid = qid[0] };
+	*cons_data = (struct cons_data){.dev_id = dev_id,
+					.port_id = i };
+
+	enqueue_cnt = rte_calloc(0,
+			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE/(sizeof(enqueue_cnt[0])),
+			sizeof(enqueue_cnt[0]), 0);
+	dequeue_cnt = rte_calloc(0,
+			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE/(sizeof(dequeue_cnt[0])),
+			sizeof(dequeue_cnt[0]), 0);
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_start(dev_id) < 0) {
+		printf("Error starting eventdev\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return dev_id;
+}
+
+static void
+signal_handler(int signum)
+{
+	if (done || prod_stop)
+		rte_exit(1, "Exiting on signal %d\n", signum);
+	if (signum == SIGINT || signum == SIGTERM) {
+		printf("\n\nSignal %d received, preparing to exit...\n",
+				signum);
+		done = 1;
+	}
+	if (signum == SIGTSTP)
+		rte_event_dev_dump(0, stdout);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct worker_data *worker_data;
+	unsigned int num_ports;
+	int lcore_id;
+	int err;
+
+	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
+	signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
+	signal(SIGTSTP, signal_handler);
+
+	err = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+	if (err < 0)
+		rte_panic("Invalid EAL arguments\n");
+
+	argc -= err;
+	argv += err;
+
+	/* Parse cli options*/
+	parse_app_args(argc, argv);
+
+	num_ports = rte_eth_dev_count();
+	if (num_ports == 0)
+		rte_panic("No ethernet ports found\n");
+
+	const unsigned int cores_needed = active_cores;
+
+	if (!quiet) {
+		printf("  Config:\n");
+		printf("\tports: %u\n", num_ports);
+		printf("\tworkers: %u\n", num_workers);
+		printf("\tpackets: %lu\n", num_packets);
+		printf("\tpriorities: %u\n", num_priorities);
+		printf("\tQueue-prio: %u\n", enable_queue_priorities);
+		if (queue_type == RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ORDERED_ONLY)
+			printf("\tqid0 type: ordered\n");
+		if (queue_type == RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_CFG_ATOMIC_ONLY)
+			printf("\tqid0 type: atomic\n");
+		printf("\tCores available: %u\n", rte_lcore_count());
+		printf("\tCores used: %u\n", cores_needed);
+	}
+
+	if (rte_lcore_count() < cores_needed)
+		rte_panic("Too few cores (%d < %d)\n", rte_lcore_count(),
+				cores_needed);
+
+	const unsigned int ndevs = rte_event_dev_count();
+	if (ndevs == 0)
+		rte_panic("No dev_id devs found. Pasl in a --vdev eventdev.\n");
+	if (ndevs > 1)
+		fprintf(stderr, "Warning: More than one eventdev, using idx 0");
+
+	worker_data = rte_calloc(0, num_workers, sizeof(worker_data[0]), 0);
+	if (worker_data == NULL)
+		rte_panic("rte_calloc failed\n");
+
+	int dev_id = setup_eventdev(&prod_data, &cons_data, worker_data);
+	if (dev_id < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Error setting up eventdev\n");
+
+	prod_data.num_nic_ports = num_ports;
+	init_ports(num_ports);
+
+	int worker_idx = 0;
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
+		if (lcore_id >= MAX_NUM_CORE)
+			break;
+
+		if (!rx_core[lcore_id] && !worker_core[lcore_id] &&
+		    !tx_core[lcore_id] && !sched_core[lcore_id])
+			continue;
+
+		if (rx_core[lcore_id])
+			printf(
+				"[%s()] lcore %d executing NIC Rx, and using eventdev port %u\n",
+				__func__, lcore_id, prod_data.port_id);
+
+		if (tx_core[lcore_id])
+			printf(
+				"[%s()] lcore %d executing NIC Tx, and using eventdev port %u\n",
+				__func__, lcore_id, cons_data.port_id);
+
+		if (sched_core[lcore_id])
+			printf("[%s()] lcore %d executing scheduler\n",
+					__func__, lcore_id);
+
+		if (worker_core[lcore_id])
+			printf(
+				"[%s()] lcore %d executing worker, using eventdev port %u\n",
+				__func__, lcore_id,
+				worker_data[worker_idx].port_id);
+
+		err = rte_eal_remote_launch(worker, &worker_data[worker_idx],
+					    lcore_id);
+		if (err) {
+			rte_panic("Failed to launch worker on core %d\n",
+					lcore_id);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (worker_core[lcore_id])
+			worker_idx++;
+	}
+
+	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+
+	if (core_in_use(lcore_id))
+		worker(&worker_data[worker_idx++]);
+
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	if (dump_dev)
+		rte_event_dev_dump(dev_id, stdout);
+
+	if (!quiet) {
+		printf("\nPort Workload distribution:\n");
+		uint32_t i;
+		uint64_t tot_pkts = 0;
+		uint64_t pkts_per_wkr[RTE_MAX_LCORE] = {0};
+		for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++) {
+			char statname[64];
+			snprintf(statname, sizeof(statname), "port_%u_rx",
+					worker_data[i].port_id);
+			pkts_per_wkr[i] = rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(
+					dev_id, statname, NULL);
+			tot_pkts += pkts_per_wkr[i];
+		}
+		for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++) {
+			float pc = pkts_per_wkr[i]  * 100 /
+				((float)tot_pkts);
+			printf("worker %i :\t%.1f %% (%"PRIu64" pkts)\n",
+					i, pc, pkts_per_wkr[i]);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
