diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ec965a6..965be6c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DEPDIRS-librte_security := librte_eal librte_mempool librte_ring librte_mbuf
 DEPDIRS-librte_security += librte_ether
 DEPDIRS-librte_security += librte_cryptodev
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV) += librte_eventdev
-DEPDIRS-librte_eventdev := librte_eal librte_ring librte_ether librte_hash
+DEPDIRS-librte_eventdev := librte_eal librte_ring librte_ether librte_hash librte_mempool librte_timer
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RAWDEV) += librte_rawdev
 DEPDIRS-librte_rawdev := librte_eal librte_ether
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST) += librte_vhost
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
index 8b16e3f..297df4a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LIBABIVER := 3
 CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
-LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_ring -lrte_ethdev -lrte_hash
+LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_ring -lrte_ethdev -lrte_hash -lrte_mempool -lrte_timer
 
 # library source files
 SRCS-y += rte_eventdev.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
index 75a14ac..6eba6b4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.c
@@ -5,11 +5,20 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
 
 #include <rte_memzone.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_ring.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_timer.h>
+#include <rte_service_component.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
 
 #include "rte_eventdev.h"
 #include "rte_eventdev_pmd.h"
@@ -20,9 +29,13 @@
 #define DATA_MZ_NAME_FORMAT "rte_event_timer_adapter_data_%d"
 
 static int evtim_logtype;
+static int evtim_svc_logtype;
+static int evtim_buffer_logtype;
 
 static struct rte_event_timer_adapter adapters[RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_NUM_MAX];
 
+static const struct rte_event_timer_adapter_ops sw_event_adapter_timer_ops;
+
 #define EVTIM_LOG(level, logtype, ...) \
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, logtype, \
 		RTE_FMT("EVTIMER: %s() line %u: " RTE_FMT_HEAD(__VA_ARGS__,) \
@@ -33,8 +46,14 @@ static struct rte_event_timer_adapter adapters[RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_NUM_MAX];
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV_DEBUG
 #define EVTIM_LOG_DBG(...) \
 	EVTIM_LOG(DEBUG, evtim_logtype, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define EVTIM_BUF_LOG_DBG(...) \
+	EVTIM_LOG(DEBUG, evtim_buffer_logtype, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define EVTIM_SVC_LOG_DBG(...) \
+	EVTIM_LOG(DEBUG, evtim_svc_logtype, __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
 #define EVTIM_LOG_DBG(...) (void)0
+#define EVTIM_BUF_LOG_DBG(...) (void)0
+#define EVTIM_SVC_LOG_DBG(...) (void)0
 #endif
 
 static int
@@ -188,6 +207,12 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_create_ext(
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* If eventdev PMD did not provide ops, use default software
+	 * implementation.
+	 */
+	if (adapter->ops == NULL)
+		adapter->ops = &sw_event_adapter_timer_ops;
+
 	/* Allow driver to do some setup */
 	FUNC_PTR_OR_NULL_RET_WITH_ERRNO(adapter->ops->init, -ENOTSUP);
 	ret = adapter->ops->init(adapter);
@@ -305,6 +330,12 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_lookup(uint16_t adapter_id)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* If eventdev PMD did not provide ops, use default software
+	 * implementation.
+	 */
+	if (adapter->ops == NULL)
+		adapter->ops = &sw_event_adapter_timer_ops;
+
 	/* Set fast-path function pointers */
 	adapter->arm_burst = adapter->ops->arm_burst;
 	adapter->arm_tmo_tick_burst = adapter->ops->arm_tmo_tick_burst;
@@ -377,6 +408,878 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_stats_reset(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
 	return adapter->ops->stats_reset(adapter);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Software event timer adapter buffer helper functions
+ */
+
+#define NSECPERSEC 1E9
+
+/* Optimizations used to index into the buffer require that the buffer size
+ * be a power of 2.
+ */
+#define EVENT_BUFFER_SZ 4096
+#define EVENT_BUFFER_BATCHSZ 32
+#define EVENT_BUFFER_MASK (EVENT_BUFFER_SZ - 1)
+
+struct event_buffer {
+	uint16_t head;
+	uint16_t tail;
+	struct rte_event events[EVENT_BUFFER_SZ];
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+static inline bool
+event_buffer_full(struct event_buffer *bufp)
+{
+	return (bufp->head - bufp->tail) == EVENT_BUFFER_SZ;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+event_buffer_batch_ready(struct event_buffer *bufp)
+{
+	return (bufp->head - bufp->tail) >= EVENT_BUFFER_BATCHSZ;
+}
+
+static void
+event_buffer_init(struct event_buffer *bufp)
+{
+	bufp->head = bufp->tail = 0;
+	memset(&bufp->events, 0, sizeof(struct rte_event) * EVENT_BUFFER_SZ);
+}
+
+static int
+event_buffer_add(struct event_buffer *bufp, struct rte_event *eventp)
+{
+	uint16_t head_idx;
+	struct rte_event *buf_eventp;
+
+	if (event_buffer_full(bufp))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* Instead of modulus, bitwise AND with mask to get head_idx. */
+	head_idx = bufp->head & EVENT_BUFFER_MASK;
+	buf_eventp = &bufp->events[head_idx];
+	rte_memcpy(buf_eventp, eventp, sizeof(struct rte_event));
+
+	/* Wrap automatically when overflow occurs. */
+	bufp->head++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+event_buffer_flush(struct event_buffer *bufp, uint8_t dev_id, uint8_t port_id,
+		   uint16_t *nb_events_flushed,
+		   uint16_t *nb_events_inv)
+{
+	uint16_t head_idx, tail_idx, n = 0;
+	struct rte_event *events = bufp->events;
+
+	/* Instead of modulus, bitwise AND with mask to get index. */
+	head_idx = bufp->head & EVENT_BUFFER_MASK;
+	tail_idx = bufp->tail & EVENT_BUFFER_MASK;
+
+	/* Determine the largest contigous run we can attempt to enqueue to the
+	 * event device.
+	 */
+	if (head_idx > tail_idx)
+		n = head_idx - tail_idx;
+	else if (head_idx < tail_idx)
+		n = EVENT_BUFFER_SZ - tail_idx;
+	else {
+		*nb_events_flushed = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	*nb_events_inv = 0;
+	*nb_events_flushed = rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, port_id,
+						     &events[tail_idx], n);
+	if (*nb_events_flushed != n && rte_errno == -EINVAL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to enqueue invalid event - dropping it");
+		(*nb_events_inv)++;
+	}
+
+	bufp->tail = bufp->tail + *nb_events_flushed + *nb_events_inv;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Software event timer adapter implementation
+ */
+
+struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data {
+	/* List of messages for outstanding timers */
+	TAILQ_HEAD(, msg) msgs_tailq_head;
+	/* Lock to guard tailq and armed count */
+	rte_spinlock_t msgs_tailq_sl;
+	/* Identifier of service executing timer management logic. */
+	uint32_t service_id;
+	/* The cycle count at which the adapter should next tick */
+	uint64_t next_tick_cycles;
+	/* Incremented as the service moves through phases of an iteration */
+	volatile int service_phase;
+	/* The tick resolution used by adapter instance. May have been
+	 * adjusted from what user requested
+	 */
+	uint64_t timer_tick_ns;
+	/* Maximum timeout in nanoseconds allowed by adapter instance. */
+	uint64_t max_tmo_ns;
+	/* Ring containing messages to arm or cancel event timers */
+	struct rte_ring *msg_ring;
+	/* Mempool containing msg objects */
+	struct rte_mempool *msg_pool;
+	/* Buffered timer expiry events to be enqueued to an event device. */
+	struct event_buffer buffer;
+	/* Statistics */
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_stats stats;
+	/* The number of threads currently adding to the message ring */
+	rte_atomic16_t message_producer_count;
+};
+
+enum msg_type {MSG_TYPE_ARM, MSG_TYPE_CANCEL};
+
+struct msg {
+	enum msg_type type;
+	struct rte_event_timer *evtim;
+	struct rte_timer tim;
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(msg) msgs;
+};
+
+static void
+sw_event_timer_cb(struct rte_timer *tim, void *arg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint16_t nb_evs_flushed = 0;
+	uint16_t nb_evs_invalid = 0;
+	uint64_t opaque;
+	struct rte_event_timer *evtim;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+
+	evtim = arg;
+	opaque = evtim->impl_opaque[1];
+	adapter = (struct rte_event_timer_adapter *)(uintptr_t)opaque;
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	ret = event_buffer_add(&sw_data->buffer, &evtim->ev);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		/* If event buffer is full, put timer back in list with
+		 * immediate expiry value, so that we process it again on the
+		 * next iteration.
+		 */
+		rte_timer_reset_sync(tim, SINGLE, 0, rte_lcore_id(),
+				     sw_event_timer_cb, evtim);
+
+		sw_data->stats.evtim_retry_count++;
+		EVTIM_LOG_DBG("event buffer full, resetting rte_timer with "
+			      "immediate expiry value");
+	} else {
+		struct msg *m = container_of(tim, struct msg, tim);
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_head, m, msgs);
+		EVTIM_BUF_LOG_DBG("buffered an event timer expiry event");
+		evtim->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_NOT_ARMED;
+
+		/* Free the msg object containing the rte_timer now that
+		 * we've buffered its event successfully.
+		 */
+		rte_mempool_put(sw_data->msg_pool, m);
+
+		/* Bump the count when we successfully add an expiry event to
+		 * the buffer.
+		 */
+		sw_data->stats.evtim_exp_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (event_buffer_batch_ready(&sw_data->buffer)) {
+		event_buffer_flush(&sw_data->buffer,
+				   adapter->data->event_dev_id,
+				   adapter->data->event_port_id,
+				   &nb_evs_flushed,
+				   &nb_evs_invalid);
+
+		sw_data->stats.ev_enq_count += nb_evs_flushed;
+		sw_data->stats.ev_inv_count += nb_evs_invalid;
+	}
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint64_t
+get_timeout_cycles(struct rte_event_timer *evtim,
+		   struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	uint64_t timeout_ns;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+	timeout_ns = evtim->timeout_ticks * sw_data->timer_tick_ns;
+	return timeout_ns * rte_get_timer_hz() / NSECPERSEC;
+
+}
+
+/* This function returns true if one or more (adapter) ticks have occurred since
+ * the last time it was called.
+ */
+static inline bool
+adapter_did_tick(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	uint64_t cycles_per_adapter_tick, start_cycles;
+	uint64_t *next_tick_cyclesp;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+	next_tick_cyclesp = &sw_data->next_tick_cycles;
+
+	cycles_per_adapter_tick = sw_data->timer_tick_ns *
+			(rte_get_timer_hz() / NSECPERSEC);
+
+	start_cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+
+	/* Note: initially, *next_tick_cyclesp == 0, so the clause below will
+	 * execute, and set things going.
+	 */
+
+	if (start_cycles >= *next_tick_cyclesp) {
+		/* Snap the current cycle count to the preceding adapter tick
+		 * boundary.
+		 */
+		start_cycles -= start_cycles % cycles_per_adapter_tick;
+
+		*next_tick_cyclesp = start_cycles + cycles_per_adapter_tick;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* Check that event timer timeout value is in range */
+static __rte_always_inline int
+check_timeout(struct rte_event_timer *evtim,
+	      const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	uint64_t tmo_nsec;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+	tmo_nsec = evtim->timeout_ticks * sw_data->timer_tick_ns;
+
+	if (tmo_nsec > sw_data->max_tmo_ns)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (tmo_nsec < sw_data->timer_tick_ns)
+		return -2;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Check that event timer event queue sched type matches destination event queue
+ * sched type
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline int
+check_destination_event_queue(struct rte_event_timer *evtim,
+			      const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint32_t sched_type;
+
+	ret = rte_event_queue_attr_get(adapter->data->event_dev_id,
+				       evtim->ev.queue_id,
+				       RTE_EVENT_QUEUE_ATTR_SCHEDULE_TYPE,
+				       &sched_type);
+
+	if ((ret < 0 && ret != -EOVERFLOW) ||
+	    evtim->ev.sched_type != sched_type)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define NB_OBJS 32
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_service_func(void *arg)
+{
+	int ret, i, num_msgs;
+	uint64_t cycles, opaque;
+	uint16_t nb_evs_flushed = 0;
+	uint16_t nb_evs_invalid = 0;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	struct rte_event_timer *evtim = NULL;
+	struct rte_timer *tim = NULL;
+	struct msg *msg, *msgs[NB_OBJS];
+
+	RTE_SET_USED(ret);
+
+	adapter = arg;
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	sw_data->service_phase = 1;
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	while (rte_atomic16_read(&sw_data->message_producer_count) > 0 ||
+	       !rte_ring_empty(sw_data->msg_ring)) {
+
+		num_msgs = rte_ring_dequeue_burst(sw_data->msg_ring,
+						  (void **)msgs, NB_OBJS, NULL);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < num_msgs; i++) {
+			msg = msgs[i];
+			evtim = msg->evtim;
+
+			switch (msg->type) {
+			case MSG_TYPE_ARM:
+				EVTIM_SVC_LOG_DBG("dequeued ARM message from "
+						  "ring");
+				tim = &msg->tim;
+				rte_timer_init(tim);
+				cycles = get_timeout_cycles(evtim,
+							    adapter);
+				ret = rte_timer_reset(tim, cycles, SINGLE,
+						      rte_lcore_id(),
+						      sw_event_timer_cb,
+						      evtim);
+				RTE_ASSERT(ret == 0);
+
+				evtim->impl_opaque[0] = (uintptr_t)tim;
+				evtim->impl_opaque[1] = (uintptr_t)adapter;
+
+				TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_head,
+						  msg,
+						  msgs);
+				break;
+			case MSG_TYPE_CANCEL:
+				EVTIM_SVC_LOG_DBG("dequeued CANCEL message "
+						  "from ring");
+				opaque = evtim->impl_opaque[0];
+				tim = (struct rte_timer *)(uintptr_t)opaque;
+				RTE_ASSERT(tim != NULL);
+
+				ret = rte_timer_stop(tim);
+				RTE_ASSERT(ret == 0);
+
+				/* Free the msg object for the original arm
+				 * request.
+				 */
+				struct msg *m;
+				m = container_of(tim, struct msg, tim);
+				TAILQ_REMOVE(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_head, m,
+					     msgs);
+				rte_mempool_put(sw_data->msg_pool, m);
+
+				/* Free the msg object for the current msg */
+				rte_mempool_put(sw_data->msg_pool, msg);
+
+				evtim->impl_opaque[0] = 0;
+				evtim->impl_opaque[1] = 0;
+
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	sw_data->service_phase = 2;
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	if (adapter_did_tick(adapter)) {
+		rte_timer_manage();
+
+		event_buffer_flush(&sw_data->buffer,
+				   adapter->data->event_dev_id,
+				   adapter->data->event_port_id,
+				   &nb_evs_flushed, &nb_evs_invalid);
+
+		sw_data->stats.ev_enq_count += nb_evs_flushed;
+		sw_data->stats.ev_inv_count += nb_evs_invalid;
+		sw_data->stats.adapter_tick_count++;
+	}
+
+	sw_data->service_phase = 0;
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* The adapter initialization function rounds the mempool size up to the next
+ * power of 2, so we can take the difference between that value and what the
+ * user requested, and use the space for caches.  This avoids a scenario where a
+ * user can't arm the number of timers the adapter was configured with because
+ * mempool objects have been lost to caches.
+ *
+ * nb_actual should always be a power of 2, so we can iterate over the powers
+ * of 2 to see what the largest cache size we can use is.
+ */
+static int
+compute_msg_mempool_cache_size(uint64_t nb_requested, uint64_t nb_actual)
+{
+	int i;
+	int size;
+	int cache_size = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+		size = 1 << i;
+
+		if (RTE_MAX_LCORE * size < (int)(nb_actual - nb_requested) &&
+		    size < RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE &&
+		    size <= nb_actual / 1.5)
+			cache_size = size;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return cache_size;
+}
+
+#define SW_MIN_INTERVAL 1E5
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_init(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	uint64_t nb_timers;
+	unsigned int flags;
+	struct rte_service_spec service;
+	static bool timer_subsystem_inited; // static initialized to false
+
+	/* Allocate storage for SW implementation data */
+	char priv_data_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+	snprintf(priv_data_name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE, "sw_evtim_adap_priv_%"PRIu8,
+		 adapter->data->id);
+	adapter->data->adapter_priv = rte_zmalloc_socket(
+				priv_data_name,
+				sizeof(struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data),
+				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+				adapter->data->socket_id);
+	if (adapter->data->adapter_priv == NULL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to allocate space for private data");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (adapter->data->conf.timer_tick_ns < SW_MIN_INTERVAL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to create adapter with requested tick "
+			      "interval");
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	sw_data->timer_tick_ns = adapter->data->conf.timer_tick_ns;
+	sw_data->max_tmo_ns = adapter->data->conf.max_tmo_ns;
+
+	TAILQ_INIT(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_head);
+	rte_spinlock_init(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_sl);
+	rte_atomic16_init(&sw_data->message_producer_count);
+
+	/* Rings require power of 2, so round up to next such value */
+	nb_timers = rte_align64pow2(adapter->data->conf.nb_timers);
+
+	char msg_ring_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+	snprintf(msg_ring_name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE,
+		 "sw_evtim_adap_msg_ring_%"PRIu8, adapter->data->id);
+	flags = adapter->data->conf.flags & RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_F_SP_PUT ?
+		RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_SC_DEQ :
+		RING_F_SC_DEQ;
+	sw_data->msg_ring = rte_ring_create(msg_ring_name, nb_timers,
+					    adapter->data->socket_id, flags);
+	if (sw_data->msg_ring == NULL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to create message ring");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		goto free_priv_data;
+	}
+
+	char pool_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+	snprintf(pool_name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE, "sw_evtim_adap_msg_pool_%"PRIu8,
+		 adapter->data->id);
+
+	/* Both the arming/canceling thread and the service thread will do puts
+	 * to the mempool, but if the SP_PUT flag is enabled, we can specify
+	 * single-consumer get for the mempool.
+	 */
+	flags = adapter->data->conf.flags & RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ADAPTER_F_SP_PUT ?
+		MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET : 0;
+
+	/* The usable size of a ring is count - 1, so subtract one here to
+	 * make the counts agree.
+	 */
+	int pool_size = nb_timers - 1;
+	int cache_size = compute_msg_mempool_cache_size(
+				adapter->data->conf.nb_timers, nb_timers);
+	sw_data->msg_pool = rte_mempool_create(pool_name, pool_size,
+					       sizeof(struct msg), cache_size,
+					       0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+					       adapter->data->socket_id, flags);
+	if (sw_data->msg_pool == NULL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to create message object mempool");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		goto free_msg_ring;
+	}
+
+	event_buffer_init(&sw_data->buffer);
+
+	/* Register a service component to run adapter logic */
+	memset(&service, 0, sizeof(service));
+	snprintf(service.name, RTE_SERVICE_NAME_MAX,
+		 "sw_evimer_adap_svc_%"PRIu8, adapter->data->id);
+	service.socket_id = adapter->data->socket_id;
+	service.callback = sw_event_timer_adapter_service_func;
+	service.callback_userdata = adapter;
+	service.capabilities &= ~(RTE_SERVICE_CAP_MT_SAFE);
+	ret = rte_service_component_register(&service, &sw_data->service_id);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to register service %s with id %"PRIu32
+			      ": err = %d", service.name, sw_data->service_id,
+			      ret);
+
+		rte_errno = ENOSPC;
+		goto free_msg_pool;
+	}
+
+	EVTIM_LOG_DBG("registered service %s with id %"PRIu32, service.name,
+		      sw_data->service_id);
+
+	adapter->data->service_id = sw_data->service_id;
+	adapter->data->service_inited = 1;
+
+	if (!timer_subsystem_inited) {
+		rte_timer_subsystem_init();
+		timer_subsystem_inited = true;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_msg_pool:
+	rte_mempool_free(sw_data->msg_pool);
+free_msg_ring:
+	rte_ring_free(sw_data->msg_ring);
+free_priv_data:
+	rte_free(sw_data);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_uninit(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct msg *m1, *m2;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data =
+						adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_sl);
+
+	/* Cancel outstanding rte_timers and free msg objects */
+	m1 = TAILQ_FIRST(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_head);
+	while (m1 != NULL) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_DBG("freeing outstanding timer");
+		m2 = TAILQ_NEXT(m1, msgs);
+
+		rte_timer_stop_sync(&m1->tim);
+		rte_mempool_put(sw_data->msg_pool, m1);
+
+		m1 = m2;
+	}
+
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&sw_data->msgs_tailq_sl);
+
+	ret = rte_service_component_unregister(sw_data->service_id);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		EVTIM_LOG_ERR("failed to unregister service component");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rte_ring_free(sw_data->msg_ring);
+	rte_mempool_free(sw_data->msg_pool);
+	rte_free(adapter->data->adapter_priv);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int32_t
+get_mapped_count_for_service(uint32_t service_id)
+{
+	int32_t core_count, i, mapped_count = 0;
+	uint32_t lcore_arr[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+
+	core_count = rte_service_lcore_list(lcore_arr, RTE_MAX_LCORE);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < core_count; i++)
+		if (rte_service_map_lcore_get(service_id, lcore_arr[i]) == 1)
+			mapped_count++;
+
+	return mapped_count;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_start(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	int mapped_count;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	/* Mapping the service to more than one service core can introduce
+	 * delays while one thread is waiting to acquire a lock, so only allow
+	 * one core to be mapped to the service.
+	 */
+	mapped_count = get_mapped_count_for_service(sw_data->service_id);
+
+	if (mapped_count == 1)
+		return rte_service_component_runstate_set(sw_data->service_id,
+							  1);
+
+	return mapped_count < 1 ? -ENOENT : -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_stop(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data =
+						adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	ret = rte_service_component_runstate_set(sw_data->service_id, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Wait for the service to complete its final iteration before
+	 * stopping.
+	 */
+	while (sw_data->service_phase != 0)
+		rte_pause();
+
+	rte_smp_rmb();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+sw_event_timer_adapter_get_info(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+		struct rte_event_timer_adapter_info *adapter_info)
+{
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	adapter_info->min_resolution_ns = sw_data->timer_tick_ns;
+	adapter_info->max_tmo_ns = sw_data->max_tmo_ns;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_stats_get(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+				 struct rte_event_timer_adapter_stats *stats)
+{
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+	*stats = sw_data->stats;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_event_timer_adapter_stats_reset(
+				const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+	memset(&sw_data->stats, 0, sizeof(sw_data->stats));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+__sw_event_timer_arm_burst(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+			  struct rte_event_timer **evtims,
+			  uint16_t nb_evtims)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	struct msg *msgs[nb_evtims];
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV_DEBUG
+	/* Check that the service is running. */
+	if (rte_service_runstate_get(adapter->data->service_id) != 1) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	ret = rte_mempool_get_bulk(sw_data->msg_pool, (void **)msgs, nb_evtims);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		rte_errno = ENOSPC;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Let the service know we're producing messages for it to process */
+	rte_atomic16_inc(&sw_data->message_producer_count);
+
+	/* If the service is managing timers, wait for it to finish */
+	while (sw_data->service_phase == 2)
+		rte_pause();
+
+	rte_smp_rmb();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_evtims; i++) {
+		/* Don't modify the event timer state in these cases */
+		if (evtims[i]->state == RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ARMED) {
+			rte_errno = EALREADY;
+			break;
+		} else if (!(evtims[i]->state == RTE_EVENT_TIMER_NOT_ARMED ||
+		    evtims[i]->state == RTE_EVENT_TIMER_CANCELED)) {
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = check_timeout(evtims[i], adapter);
+		if (ret == -1) {
+			evtims[i]->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ERROR_TOOLATE;
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (ret == -2) {
+			evtims[i]->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ERROR_TOOEARLY;
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (check_destination_event_queue(evtims[i], adapter) < 0) {
+			evtims[i]->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ERROR;
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Checks passed, set up a message to enqueue */
+		msgs[i]->type = MSG_TYPE_ARM;
+		msgs[i]->evtim = evtims[i];
+
+		/* Set the payload pointer if not set. */
+		if (evtims[i]->ev.event_ptr == NULL)
+			evtims[i]->ev.event_ptr = evtims[i];
+
+		/* msg objects that get enqueued successfully will be freed
+		 * either by a future cancel operation or by the timer
+		 * expiration callback.
+		 */
+		if (rte_ring_enqueue(sw_data->msg_ring, msgs[i]) < 0) {
+			rte_errno = ENOSPC;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		EVTIM_LOG_DBG("enqueued ARM message to ring");
+
+		evtims[i]->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ARMED;
+	}
+
+	/* Let the service know we're done producing messages */
+	rte_atomic16_dec(&sw_data->message_producer_count);
+
+	if (i < nb_evtims)
+		rte_mempool_put_bulk(sw_data->msg_pool, (void **)&msgs[i],
+				     nb_evtims - i);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+sw_event_timer_arm_burst(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+			 struct rte_event_timer **evtims,
+			 uint16_t nb_evtims)
+{
+	return __sw_event_timer_arm_burst(adapter, evtims, nb_evtims);
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+sw_event_timer_cancel_burst(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+			    struct rte_event_timer **evtims,
+			    uint16_t nb_evtims)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+	int ret;
+	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_sw_data *sw_data;
+	struct msg *msgs[nb_evtims];
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV_DEBUG
+	/* Check that the service is running. */
+	if (rte_service_runstate_get(adapter->data->service_id) != 1) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	sw_data = adapter->data->adapter_priv;
+
+	ret = rte_mempool_get_bulk(sw_data->msg_pool, (void **)msgs, nb_evtims);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		rte_errno = ENOSPC;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Let the service know we're producing messages for it to process */
+	rte_atomic16_inc(&sw_data->message_producer_count);
+
+	/* If the service could be modifying event timer states, wait */
+	while (sw_data->service_phase == 2)
+		rte_pause();
+
+	rte_smp_rmb();
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_evtims; i++) {
+		/* Don't modify the event timer state in these cases */
+		if (evtims[i]->state == RTE_EVENT_TIMER_CANCELED) {
+			rte_errno = EALREADY;
+			break;
+		} else if (evtims[i]->state != RTE_EVENT_TIMER_ARMED) {
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		msgs[i]->type = MSG_TYPE_CANCEL;
+		msgs[i]->evtim = evtims[i];
+
+		if (rte_ring_enqueue(sw_data->msg_ring, msgs[i]) < 0) {
+			rte_errno = ENOSPC;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		EVTIM_LOG_DBG("enqueued CANCEL message to ring");
+
+		evtims[i]->state = RTE_EVENT_TIMER_CANCELED;
+	}
+
+	/* Let the service know we're done producing messages */
+	rte_atomic16_dec(&sw_data->message_producer_count);
+
+	if (i < nb_evtims)
+		rte_mempool_put_bulk(sw_data->msg_pool, (void **)&msgs[i],
+				     nb_evtims - i);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+sw_event_timer_arm_tmo_tick_burst(const struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+				  struct rte_event_timer **evtims,
+				  uint64_t timeout_ticks,
+				  uint16_t nb_evtims)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_evtims; i++)
+		evtims[i]->timeout_ticks = timeout_ticks;
+
+	return __sw_event_timer_arm_burst(adapter, evtims, nb_evtims);
+}
+
+static const struct rte_event_timer_adapter_ops sw_event_adapter_timer_ops = {
+	.init = sw_event_timer_adapter_init,
+	.uninit = sw_event_timer_adapter_uninit,
+	.start = sw_event_timer_adapter_start,
+	.stop = sw_event_timer_adapter_stop,
+	.get_info = sw_event_timer_adapter_get_info,
+	.stats_get = sw_event_timer_adapter_stats_get,
+	.stats_reset = sw_event_timer_adapter_stats_reset,
+	.arm_burst = sw_event_timer_arm_burst,
+	.arm_tmo_tick_burst = sw_event_timer_arm_tmo_tick_burst,
+	.cancel_burst = sw_event_timer_cancel_burst,
+};
+
 RTE_INIT(event_timer_adapter_init_log);
 static void
 event_timer_adapter_init_log(void)
@@ -384,4 +1287,13 @@ event_timer_adapter_init_log(void)
 	evtim_logtype = rte_log_register("lib.eventdev.adapter.timer");
 	if (evtim_logtype >= 0)
 		rte_log_set_level(evtim_logtype, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	evtim_buffer_logtype = rte_log_register("lib.eventdev.adapter.timer."
+						"buffer");
+	if (evtim_buffer_logtype >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(evtim_buffer_logtype, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	evtim_svc_logtype = rte_log_register("lib.eventdev.adapter.timer.svc");
+	if (evtim_svc_logtype >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(evtim_svc_logtype, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
index 6a76791..38a314d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_timer_adapter.h
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_create_ext(
 struct rte_event_timer_adapter_info {
 	uint64_t min_resolution_ns;
 	/**< Minimum timer adapter resolution in ns */
-	uint64_t resolution_ns;
-	/**< Actual timer adapter resolution in ns */
 	uint64_t max_tmo_ns;
 	/**< Maximum timer timeout(expire) in ns */
 	struct rte_event_timer_adapter_conf conf;
@@ -339,6 +337,8 @@ rte_event_timer_adapter_get_info(
  *   - 0: Success, adapter started.
  *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver start function.
  *   - -EINVAL if adapter identifier invalid
+ *   - -ENOENT if software adapter but no service core mapped
+ *   - -ENOTSUP if software adapter and more than one service core mapped
  */
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_event_timer_adapter_start(
@@ -465,6 +465,59 @@ int __rte_experimental rte_event_timer_adapter_stats_reset(
 		struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter);
 
 /**
+ * Retrieve the service ID of the event timer adapter. If the adapter doesn't
+ * use an rte_service function, this function returns -ESRCH.
+ *
+ * @param adapter
+ *   A pointer to an event timer adapter.
+ *
+ * @param [out] service_id
+ *   A pointer to a uint32_t, to be filled in with the service id.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success
+ *   - <0: Error code on failure, if the event dev doesn't use a rte_service
+ *   function, this function returns -ESRCH.
+ */
+int
+rte_event_timer_adapter_service_id_get(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+				       uint32_t *service_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * Retrieve statistics for an event timer adapter instance.
+ *
+ * @param adapter
+ *   A pointer to an event timer adapter structure.
+ * @param[out] stats
+ *   A pointer to a structure to fill with statistics.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Successfully retrieved.
+ *   - <0: Failure; error code returned.
+ */
+int rte_event_timer_adapter_stats_get(struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter,
+				struct rte_event_timer_adapter_stats *stats);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * Reset statistics for an event timer adapter instance.
+ *
+ * @param adapter
+ *   A pointer to an event timer adapter structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Successfully reset;
+ *   - <0: Failure; error code returned.
+ */
+int rte_event_timer_adapter_stats_reset(
+				struct rte_event_timer_adapter *adapter);
+
+/**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this structure may change without prior notice
  *
