diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/Makefile b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/Makefile
index da33a1d2a..bc0220964 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/Makefile
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_cryptodev
 
 # library source files
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_NITROX) += nitrox_device.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_NITROX) += nitrox_hal.c
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
index 0afb14b00..f1c96b84d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ deps += ['bus_pci']
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files(
 		'nitrox_device.c',
+		'nitrox_hal.c',
 		)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_csr.h b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_csr.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..879104515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_csr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NITROX_CSR_H_
+#define _NITROX_CSR_H_
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_io.h>
+
+#define CSR_DELAY	30
+
+/* AQM Virtual Function Registers */
+#define AQMQ_QSZX(_i)			(0x20008 + ((_i)*0x40000))
+
+static inline uint64_t
+nitrox_read_csr(uint8_t *bar_addr, uint64_t offset)
+{
+	return rte_read64(bar_addr + offset);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nitrox_write_csr(uint8_t *bar_addr, uint64_t offset, uint64_t value)
+{
+	rte_write64(value, (bar_addr + offset));
+}
+
+#endif /* _NITROX_CSR_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.c b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.c
index d26535dee..5628c6d8b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.c
@@ -1,3 +1,108 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
  */
+
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+
+#include "nitrox_device.h"
+#include "nitrox_hal.h"
+
+TAILQ_HEAD(ndev_list, nitrox_device);
+static struct ndev_list ndev_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(ndev_list);
+
+static struct nitrox_device *
+ndev_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct nitrox_device *ndev;
+
+	ndev = rte_zmalloc_socket("nitrox device", sizeof(*ndev),
+				   RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+				   pdev->device.numa_node);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ndev_list, ndev, next);
+	return ndev;
+}
+
+static void
+ndev_init(struct nitrox_device *ndev, struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
+{
+	enum nitrox_vf_mode vf_mode;
+
+	ndev->pdev = pdev;
+	ndev->bar_addr = pdev->mem_resource[0].addr;
+	vf_mode = vf_get_vf_config_mode(ndev->bar_addr);
+	ndev->nr_queues = vf_config_mode_to_nr_queues(vf_mode);
+}
+
+static struct nitrox_device *
+find_ndev(struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct nitrox_device *ndev;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(ndev, &ndev_list, next)
+		if (ndev->pdev == pdev)
+			return ndev;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+ndev_release(struct nitrox_device *ndev)
+{
+	if (!ndev)
+		return;
+
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&ndev_list, ndev, next);
+	rte_free(ndev);
+}
+
+static int
+nitrox_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
+		struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct nitrox_device *ndev;
+
+	/* Nitrox CSR space */
+	if (!pdev->mem_resource[0].addr)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ndev = ndev_allocate(pdev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ndev_init(ndev, pdev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+nitrox_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct nitrox_device *ndev;
+
+	ndev = find_ndev(pdev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ndev_release(ndev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_pci_id pci_id_nitrox_map[] = {
+	{
+		/* Nitrox 5 VF */
+		RTE_PCI_DEVICE(0x177d, 0x13)
+	},
+	{.device_id = 0},
+};
+
+static struct rte_pci_driver nitrox_pmd = {
+	.id_table       = pci_id_nitrox_map,
+	.drv_flags      = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING,
+	.probe          = nitrox_pci_probe,
+	.remove         = nitrox_pci_remove,
+};
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(nitrox, nitrox_pmd);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(nitrox, pci_id_nitrox_map);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.h b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d0167de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_device.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NITROX_DEVICE_H_
+#define _NITROX_DEVICE_H_
+
+#include <rte_bus_pci.h>
+#include <rte_cryptodev.h>
+
+struct nitrox_device {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(nitrox_device) next;
+	struct rte_pci_device *pdev;
+	uint8_t *bar_addr;
+	uint16_t nr_queues;
+};
+
+#endif /* _NITROX_DEVICE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dee59215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_byteorder.h>
+
+#include "nitrox_hal.h"
+#include "nitrox_csr.h"
+
+#define MAX_VF_QUEUES	8
+#define MAX_PF_QUEUES	64
+
+int
+vf_get_vf_config_mode(uint8_t *bar_addr)
+{
+	union aqmq_qsz aqmq_qsz;
+	uint64_t reg_addr;
+	int q, vf_mode;
+
+	aqmq_qsz.u64 = 0;
+	aqmq_qsz.s.host_queue_size = 0xDEADBEEF;
+
+	reg_addr = AQMQ_QSZX(0);
+	nitrox_write_csr(bar_addr, reg_addr, aqmq_qsz.u64);
+	rte_delay_us_block(CSR_DELAY);
+
+	aqmq_qsz.u64 = 0;
+	for (q = 1; q < MAX_VF_QUEUES; q++) {
+		reg_addr = AQMQ_QSZX(q);
+		aqmq_qsz.u64 = nitrox_read_csr(bar_addr, reg_addr);
+		if (aqmq_qsz.s.host_queue_size == 0xDEADBEEF)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	switch (q) {
+	case 1:
+		vf_mode = NITROX_MODE_VF128;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		vf_mode = NITROX_MODE_VF64;
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		vf_mode = NITROX_MODE_VF32;
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		vf_mode = NITROX_MODE_VF16;
+		break;
+	default:
+		vf_mode = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return vf_mode;
+}
+
+int
+vf_config_mode_to_nr_queues(enum nitrox_vf_mode vf_mode)
+{
+	int nr_queues;
+
+	switch (vf_mode) {
+	case NITROX_MODE_PF:
+		nr_queues = MAX_PF_QUEUES;
+		break;
+	case NITROX_MODE_VF16:
+		nr_queues = 8;
+		break;
+	case NITROX_MODE_VF32:
+		nr_queues = 4;
+		break;
+	case NITROX_MODE_VF64:
+		nr_queues = 2;
+		break;
+	case NITROX_MODE_VF128:
+		nr_queues = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		nr_queues = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return nr_queues;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.h b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6184211a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/nitrox_hal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NITROX_HAL_H_
+#define _NITROX_HAL_H_
+
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_byteorder.h>
+
+#include "nitrox_csr.h"
+
+union aqmq_qsz {
+	uint64_t u64;
+	struct {
+#if RTE_BYTE_ORDER == RTE_BIG_ENDIAN
+		uint64_t raz : 32;
+		uint64_t host_queue_size : 32;
+#else
+		uint64_t host_queue_size : 32;
+		uint64_t raz : 32;
+#endif
+	} s;
+};
+
+enum nitrox_vf_mode {
+	NITROX_MODE_PF = 0x0,
+	NITROX_MODE_VF16 = 0x1,
+	NITROX_MODE_VF32 = 0x2,
+	NITROX_MODE_VF64 = 0x3,
+	NITROX_MODE_VF128 = 0x4,
+};
+
+int vf_get_vf_config_mode(uint8_t *bar_addr);
+int vf_config_mode_to_nr_queues(enum nitrox_vf_mode vf_mode);
+
+#endif /* _NITROX_HAL_H_ */
