[v11,3/8] baseband/la12xx: add devargs for max queues

diff --git a/doc/guides/bbdevs/la12xx.rst b/doc/guides/bbdevs/la12xx.rst
index 9ac6f0a0cd..3725078567 100644
--- a/doc/guides/bbdevs/la12xx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/bbdevs/la12xx.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@  Currently supported by DPDK:
 
 - Follow the DPDK :ref:`Getting Started Guide for Linux <linux_gsg>` to setup the basic DPDK environment.
 
+* Use dev arg option ``max_nb_queues=x`` to specify the maximum number of queues
+  to be used for communication with offload device i.e. modem. default is 16.
+  e.g. ``--vdev=baseband_la12xx,max_nb_queues=4``
+
 Enabling logs
 -------------
 
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/la12xx/bbdev_la12xx.c b/drivers/baseband/la12xx/bbdev_la12xx.c
index d3d7a4df37..f5c835eeb8 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/la12xx/bbdev_la12xx.c
+++ b/drivers/baseband/la12xx/bbdev_la12xx.c
@@ -17,13 +17,73 @@ 
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME baseband_la12xx
 
+/*  Initialisation params structure that can be used by LA12xx BBDEV driver */
+struct bbdev_la12xx_params {
+	uint8_t queues_num; /*< LA12xx BBDEV queues number */
+};
+
+#define LA12XX_MAX_NB_QUEUES_ARG	"max_nb_queues"
+
+static const char * const bbdev_la12xx_valid_params[] = {
+	LA12XX_MAX_NB_QUEUES_ARG,
+};
+
 /* private data structure */
 struct bbdev_la12xx_private {
 	unsigned int max_nb_queues;  /**< Max number of queues */
 };
+static inline int
+parse_u16_arg(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
+{
+	uint16_t *u16 = extra_args;
+
+	uint64_t result;
+	if ((value == NULL) || (extra_args == NULL))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	errno = 0;
+	result = strtoul(value, NULL, 0);
+	if ((result >= (1 << 16)) || (errno != 0)) {
+		rte_bbdev_log(ERR, "Invalid value %" PRIu64 " for %s",
+			      result, key);
+		return -ERANGE;
+	}
+	*u16 = (uint16_t)result;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Parse parameters used to create device */
+static int
+parse_bbdev_la12xx_params(struct bbdev_la12xx_params *params,
+		const char *input_args)
+{
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (params == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (input_args) {
+		kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(input_args,
+				bbdev_la12xx_valid_params);
+		if (kvlist == NULL)
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, bbdev_la12xx_valid_params[0],
+					&parse_u16_arg, &params->queues_num);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto exit;
+
+	}
+
+exit:
+	if (kvlist)
+		rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Create device */
 static int
-la12xx_bbdev_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
+la12xx_bbdev_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
+		struct bbdev_la12xx_params *init_params __rte_unused)
 {
 	struct rte_bbdev *bbdev;
 	const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev);
@@ -60,7 +120,11 @@  la12xx_bbdev_create(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 static int
 la12xx_bbdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 {
+	struct bbdev_la12xx_params init_params = {
+		8
+	};
 	const char *name;
+	const char *input_args;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -71,7 +135,10 @@  la12xx_bbdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return la12xx_bbdev_create(vdev);
+	input_args = rte_vdev_device_args(vdev);
+	parse_bbdev_la12xx_params(&init_params, input_args);
+
+	return la12xx_bbdev_create(vdev, &init_params);
 }
 
 /* Uninitialise device */
@@ -105,4 +172,6 @@  static struct rte_vdev_driver bbdev_la12xx_pmd_drv = {
 };
 
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(DRIVER_NAME, bbdev_la12xx_pmd_drv);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(DRIVER_NAME,
+	LA12XX_MAX_NB_QUEUES_ARG"=<int>");
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(bbdev_la12xx_logtype, NOTICE);