diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/Makefile b/drivers/common/qat/Makefile
index 28bd5668f..f030f1084 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_QAT_SYM),y)
 	SRCS-y += qat_sym.c
 	SRCS-y += qat_sym_session.c
 	SRCS-y += qat_sym_pmd.c
+	SRCS-y += qat_sym_frame.c
+
+	# export include files
+	SYMLINK-y-include += qat_sym_frame.h
+
 	build_qat = yes
 endif
 endif
@@ -61,9 +66,6 @@ ifdef build_qat
 	LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool
 	LDLIBS += -lrte_pci -lrte_bus_pci
 
-	# export include files
-	SYMLINK-y-include +=
-
 	# versioning export map
 	EXPORT_MAP := ../../compress/qat/rte_pmd_qat_version.map
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
index 8e6dd04eb..06e2d8c8a 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ txq_write_tail(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q) {
 	q->csr_tail = q->tail;
 }
 
-static inline
-void rxq_free_desc(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
+void
+rxq_free_desc(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q)
 {
 	uint32_t old_head, new_head;
 	uint32_t max_head;
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
index 575d69059..8add1b049 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.h
@@ -116,4 +116,7 @@ qat_comp_process_response(void **op __rte_unused, uint8_t *resp __rte_unused,
 			  void *op_cookie __rte_unused,
 			  uint64_t *dequeue_err_count __rte_unused);
 
+void
+rxq_free_desc(struct qat_qp *qp, struct qat_queue *q);
+
 #endif /* _QAT_QP_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/rte_pmd_qat_version.map b/drivers/compress/qat/rte_pmd_qat_version.map
index f9f17e4f6..a9160b157 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/rte_pmd_qat_version.map
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/rte_pmd_qat_version.map
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 DPDK_20.0 {
 	local: *;
 };
+
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	qat_sym_get_qp;
+	qat_sym_enqueue_frame_aead;
+	qat_sym_enqueue_frame_cipher;
+	qat_sym_enqueue_frame_auth;
+	qat_sym_enqueue_frame_chain;
+	qat_sym_dequeue_frame;
+};
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/qat/meson.build
index fc65923a7..8d53debcf 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/meson.build
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ if dep.found()
 	qat_sources += files('qat_sym_pmd.c',
 			     'qat_sym.c',
 			     'qat_sym_session.c',
+			     'qat_sym_frame.c',
 			     'qat_asym_pmd.c',
 			     'qat_asym.c')
 	qat_ext_deps += dep
 	qat_cflags += '-DBUILD_QAT_SYM'
 	qat_cflags += '-DBUILD_QAT_ASYM'
+	headers = files(
+		'qat_sym_frame.h',
+	)
+	use_function_versioning = true
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
index 25b6dd5f4..609180d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ qat_sym_build_request(void *in_op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 			set_cipher_iv(ctx->cipher_iv.length,
 					ctx->cipher_iv.offset,
 					cipher_param, op, qat_req);
-
 		} else if (ctx->qat_hash_alg ==
 				ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_AES_CBC_MAC) {
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..282bfbed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.c
@@ -0,0 +1,701 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2015-2019 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <rte_cryptodev_pmd.h>
+
+#include "adf_transport_access_macros.h"
+#include "icp_qat_fw.h"
+#include "icp_qat_fw_la.h"
+
+#include "qat_sym.h"
+#include "qat_sym_pmd.h"
+#include "qat_sym_session.h"
+#include "qat_sym_frame.h"
+#include "qat_qp.h"
+
+void *
+qat_sym_get_qp(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id)
+{
+	struct rte_cryptodev *dev;
+	struct qat_qp *qp;
+	const char *drv_name;
+
+	/* make sure it is a QAT device */
+	if (!rte_cryptodev_get_qp_status(dev_id, qp_id))
+		return NULL;
+
+	dev = rte_cryptodev_pmd_get_dev(dev_id);
+	drv_name = rte_cryptodev_driver_name_get(dev->driver_id);
+	if ((strncmp(drv_name, RTE_STR(CRYPTODEV_NAME_QAT_SYM_PMD),
+			sizeof(RTE_STR(CRYPTODEV_NAME_QAT_SYM_PMD))) != 0) ||
+			(qp_id > dev->data->nb_queue_pairs))
+		return NULL;
+
+	qp = dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+	if (qp->service_type != QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return (void *)qp;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline int
+qat_sym_frame_fill_sgl(struct qat_qp *qp, struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *req,
+		struct rte_crypto_sgl *sgl, uint32_t max_len)
+{
+	struct qat_queue *tx_queue = &qp->tx_q;
+	struct qat_sym_op_cookie *cookie;
+	struct qat_sgl *list;
+	int64_t len = max_len;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	if (!sgl)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (sgl->num < 2 || sgl->num > QAT_SYM_SGL_MAX_NUMBER || !sgl->vec)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ICP_QAT_FW_COMN_PTR_TYPE_SET(req->comn_hdr.comn_req_flags,
+			QAT_COMN_PTR_TYPE_SGL);
+	cookie = qp->op_cookies[tx_queue->tail >> tx_queue->trailz];
+	list = (struct qat_sgl *)&cookie->qat_sgl_src;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sgl->num && len > 0; i++) {
+		list->buffers[i].len = RTE_MIN(sgl->vec[i].len, len);
+		list->buffers[i].resrvd = 0;
+		list->buffers[i].addr = sgl->vec[i].iova;
+		len -= list->buffers[i].len;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(len > 0))
+		return -1;
+
+	list->num_bufs = i;
+	req->comn_mid.src_data_addr = req->comn_mid.dest_data_addr =
+			cookie->qat_sgl_src_phys_addr;
+	req->comn_mid.src_length = req->comn_mid.dst_length = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+qat_sym_set_cipher_param(struct icp_qat_fw_la_cipher_req_params *cipher_param,
+		uint32_t cipher_ofs, uint32_t cipher_len)
+{
+	cipher_param->cipher_offset = cipher_ofs;
+	cipher_param->cipher_length = cipher_len;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+qat_sym_set_auth_param(struct icp_qat_fw_la_auth_req_params *auth_param,
+		uint32_t auth_ofs, uint32_t auth_len,
+		rte_iova_t digest_iova, rte_iova_t aad_iova)
+{
+	auth_param->auth_off = auth_ofs;
+	auth_param->auth_len = auth_len;
+	auth_param->auth_res_addr = digest_iova;
+	auth_param->u1.aad_adr = aad_iova;
+}
+
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_aead(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame)
+{
+	struct qat_qp *qp = qat_sym_qp;
+	struct qat_queue *tx_queue = &qp->tx_q;
+	struct qat_sym_session *ctx;
+	register struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *req;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_cipher_req_params *cipher_param;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_auth_req_params *auth_param;
+	uint32_t t;
+	/* In case of AES-CCM this may point to user selected
+	 * memory or iv offset in cypto_op
+	 */
+	uint8_t *aad_data;
+	/* This is true AAD length, it not includes 18 bytes of
+	 * preceding data
+	 */
+	uint8_t aad_ccm_real_len;
+	uint8_t aad_len_field_sz;
+	uint32_t msg_len_be;
+	rte_iova_t aad_iova;
+	uint8_t q;
+
+	ctx = (struct qat_sym_session *)get_sym_session_private_data(
+		session, cryptodev_qat_driver_id);
+
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0)) {
+		t = tx_queue->tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+	} else {
+		t = *tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+	}
+
+	cipher_param = (void *)&req->serv_specif_rqpars;
+	auth_param = (void *)((uint8_t *)cipher_param +
+			ICP_QAT_FW_HASH_REQUEST_PARAMETERS_OFFSET);
+
+	req->comn_mid.src_data_addr = req->comn_mid.dest_data_addr =
+			job->data_iova;
+	req->comn_mid.src_length = req->comn_mid.dst_length =
+			job->aead.aead_ofs + job->aead.aead_len;
+
+	switch (ctx->qat_hash_alg) {
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_64:
+		ICP_QAT_FW_LA_GCM_IV_LEN_FLAG_SET(
+			req->comn_hdr.serv_specif_flags,
+				ICP_QAT_FW_LA_GCM_IV_LEN_12_OCTETS);
+		rte_memcpy_generic(cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array,
+				job->iv, ctx->cipher_iv.length);
+		aad_iova = job->aead.aad_iova;
+		break;
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_AES_CBC_MAC:
+		aad_data = job->aead.aad;
+		aad_iova = job->aead.aad_iova;
+		aad_ccm_real_len = 0;
+		aad_len_field_sz = 0;
+		msg_len_be = rte_bswap32(job->aead.aead_len);
+
+		if (ctx->aad_len > ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_DATA_OFFSET) {
+			aad_len_field_sz = ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_LEN_INFO;
+			aad_ccm_real_len = ctx->aad_len -
+					ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN -
+					ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_LEN_INFO;
+		} else {
+			aad_data = job->iv;
+			aad_iova = job->iv_iova;
+		}
+
+		q = ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NQ_CONST - ctx->cipher_iv.length;
+		aad_data[0] = ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_BUILD_B0_FLAGS(aad_len_field_sz,
+				ctx->digest_length, q);
+		if (q > ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_MSG_LEN_MAX_FIELD_SIZE) {
+			memcpy(aad_data	+ ctx->cipher_iv.length +
+			    ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET +
+			    (q - ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_MSG_LEN_MAX_FIELD_SIZE),
+			    (uint8_t *)&msg_len_be,
+			    ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_MSG_LEN_MAX_FIELD_SIZE);
+		} else {
+			memcpy(aad_data	+ ctx->cipher_iv.length +
+			    ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET,
+			    (uint8_t *)&msg_len_be
+			    + (ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_MSG_LEN_MAX_FIELD_SIZE
+			    - q), q);
+		}
+
+		if (aad_len_field_sz > 0) {
+			*(uint16_t *)&aad_data[ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN] =
+					rte_bswap16(aad_ccm_real_len);
+
+			if ((aad_ccm_real_len + aad_len_field_sz)
+					% ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN) {
+				uint8_t pad_len = 0;
+				uint8_t pad_idx = 0;
+
+				pad_len = ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN -
+				((aad_ccm_real_len + aad_len_field_sz) %
+					ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN);
+				pad_idx = ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_AAD_B0_LEN +
+				    aad_ccm_real_len + aad_len_field_sz;
+				memset(&aad_data[pad_idx], 0, pad_len);
+			}
+
+			rte_memcpy(((uint8_t *)cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array)
+					+ ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET,
+					job->iv + ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET,
+					ctx->cipher_iv.length);
+			*(uint8_t *)&cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array[0] =
+				q - ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET;
+
+			if (aad_len_field_sz)
+				rte_memcpy(job->aead.aad +
+					ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET,
+					job->iv + ICP_QAT_HW_CCM_NONCE_OFFSET,
+					ctx->cipher_iv.length);
+
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	qat_sym_set_cipher_param(cipher_param, job->aead.aead_ofs,
+			job->aead.aead_len);
+	qat_sym_set_auth_param(auth_param, job->aead.aead_ofs,
+			job->aead.aead_len, job->aead.tag_iova, aad_iova);
+
+	if (unlikely(job->flags & QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL) != 0) {
+		int ret = qat_sym_frame_fill_sgl(qp, req, job->sgl,
+				job->aead.aead_ofs + job->aead.aead_len);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (ctx->is_single_pass) {
+		cipher_param->spc_aad_addr = aad_iova;
+		cipher_param->spc_auth_res_addr = job->aead.tag_iova;
+	}
+
+	qp->enqueued++;
+	qp->stats.enqueued_count++;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_last != 0)) {
+		tx_queue->tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) &
+				tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+		WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr,
+			tx_queue->hw_bundle_number,
+			tx_queue->hw_queue_number,
+			tx_queue->tail);
+		tx_queue->csr_tail = tx_queue->tail;
+	} else
+		*tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) & tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_cipher(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame)
+{
+	struct qat_qp *qp = qat_sym_qp;
+	struct qat_queue *tx_queue = &qp->tx_q;
+	struct qat_sym_session *ctx;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *req;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_cipher_req_params *cipher_param;
+	uint32_t t;
+
+	ctx = (struct qat_sym_session *)get_sym_session_private_data(
+			session, cryptodev_qat_driver_id);
+	if (unlikely(ctx->bpi_ctx)) {
+		QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "DOCSIS is not supported");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0)) {
+		t = tx_queue->tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+	} else {
+		t = *tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+	}
+
+	cipher_param = (void *)&req->serv_specif_rqpars;
+
+	req->comn_mid.src_data_addr = req->comn_mid.dest_data_addr =
+			job->data_iova;
+	req->comn_mid.src_length = req->comn_mid.dst_length =
+			job->cipher_only.cipher_ofs +
+			job->cipher_only.cipher_len;
+
+	/* cipher IV */
+	rte_memcpy_generic(cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array,
+			job->iv, ctx->cipher_iv.length);
+	qat_sym_set_cipher_param(cipher_param, job->cipher_only.cipher_ofs,
+			job->cipher_only.cipher_len);
+
+	if (unlikely((job->flags & QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL) != 0)) {
+		int ret = qat_sym_frame_fill_sgl(qp, req, job->sgl,
+				job->cipher_only.cipher_ofs +
+				job->cipher_only.cipher_len);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	qp->enqueued++;
+	qp->stats.enqueued_count++;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_last != 0)) {
+		tx_queue->tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) &
+			tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+		WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr,
+			tx_queue->hw_bundle_number,
+			tx_queue->hw_queue_number,
+			tx_queue->tail);
+		tx_queue->csr_tail = tx_queue->tail;
+	} else
+		*tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) & tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_auth(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame)
+{
+	struct qat_qp *qp = qat_sym_qp;
+	struct qat_queue *tx_queue = &qp->tx_q;
+	struct qat_sym_session *ctx;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *req;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_auth_req_params *auth_param;
+	uint32_t t;
+
+	ctx = (struct qat_sym_session *)get_sym_session_private_data(
+			session, cryptodev_qat_driver_id);
+
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0)) {
+		t = tx_queue->tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + tx_queue->tail);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+	} else {
+		t = *tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + *tail);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+	}
+
+	auth_param = (void *)((uint8_t *)&req->serv_specif_rqpars +
+			ICP_QAT_FW_HASH_REQUEST_PARAMETERS_OFFSET);
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0))
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+
+	req->comn_mid.src_data_addr = req->comn_mid.dest_data_addr =
+			job->data_iova;
+	req->comn_mid.src_length = req->comn_mid.dst_length =
+			job->auth_only.auth_ofs + job->auth_only.auth_len;
+
+	/* auth */
+	qat_sym_set_auth_param(auth_param, job->auth_only.auth_ofs,
+		job->auth_only.auth_len, job->auth_only.digest_iova, 0);
+
+	switch (ctx->qat_hash_alg) {
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_SNOW_3G_UIA2:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_KASUMI_F9:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_ZUC_3G_128_EIA3:
+		auth_param->u1.aad_adr = job->iv_iova;
+		break;
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_64:
+		QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "GMAC as chained auth algo is not supported");
+		return -1;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely((job->flags & QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL) != 0)) {
+		int ret = qat_sym_frame_fill_sgl(qp, req, job->sgl,
+				job->auth_only.auth_ofs +
+				job->auth_only.auth_len);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	qp->enqueued++;
+	qp->stats.enqueued_count++;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_last != 0)) {
+		tx_queue->tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) &
+			tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+		WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr,
+			tx_queue->hw_bundle_number,
+			tx_queue->hw_queue_number,
+			tx_queue->tail);
+		tx_queue->csr_tail = tx_queue->tail;
+	} else
+		*tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) & tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_chain(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame)
+{
+	struct qat_qp *qp = qat_sym_qp;
+	struct qat_queue *tx_queue = &qp->tx_q;
+	struct qat_sym_session *ctx;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *req;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_cipher_req_params *cipher_param;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_la_auth_req_params *auth_param;
+	uint32_t min_ofs = RTE_MIN(job->chain.cipher_ofs, job->chain.auth_ofs);
+	uint32_t max_len = RTE_MAX(job->chain.cipher_len, job->chain.auth_len);
+	rte_iova_t auth_iova_end;
+	uint32_t t;
+
+	ctx = (struct qat_sym_session *)get_sym_session_private_data(
+			session, cryptodev_qat_driver_id);
+	if (unlikely(ctx->bpi_ctx)) {
+		QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "DOCSIS is not supported");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0)) {
+		t = tx_queue->tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+	} else {
+		t = *tail;
+		req  = (struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *)(
+			(uint8_t *)tx_queue->base_addr + t);
+		rte_mov128((uint8_t *)req, (const uint8_t *)&(ctx->fw_req));
+	}
+
+	cipher_param = (void *)&req->serv_specif_rqpars;
+	auth_param = (void *)((uint8_t *)cipher_param +
+			ICP_QAT_FW_HASH_REQUEST_PARAMETERS_OFFSET);
+	if (unlikely(is_first != 0))
+		req->comn_mid.opaque_data = (uintptr_t)frame;
+
+	req->comn_mid.src_data_addr =
+		req->comn_mid.dest_data_addr = job->data_iova;
+	req->comn_mid.src_length = req->comn_mid.dst_length = min_ofs + max_len;
+
+	/* cipher IV */
+	rte_memcpy_generic(cipher_param->u.cipher_IV_array,
+			job->iv, ctx->cipher_iv.length);
+	qat_sym_set_cipher_param(cipher_param, job->chain.cipher_ofs,
+			job->chain.cipher_len);
+
+	/* auth */
+	qat_sym_set_auth_param(auth_param, job->chain.auth_ofs,
+			job->chain.auth_len, job->chain.digest_iova, 0);
+
+	switch (ctx->qat_hash_alg) {
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_SNOW_3G_UIA2:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_KASUMI_F9:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_ZUC_3G_128_EIA3:
+		auth_param->u1.aad_adr = job->iv_iova;
+
+		if (unlikely(job->flags & QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL)) {
+			uint32_t len = job->chain.auth_ofs +
+					job->chain.auth_len;
+			struct rte_crypto_vec *vec = job->sgl->vec;
+			int auth_end_get = 0;
+			while (len) {
+				if (len <= vec->len) {
+					auth_iova_end = vec->iova + len;
+					auth_end_get = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+				len -= vec->len;
+				vec++;
+			}
+			if (!auth_end_get) {
+				QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to get auth end");
+				return -1;
+			}
+		} else
+			auth_iova_end = job->data_iova + job->chain.auth_ofs +
+				job->chain.auth_len;
+
+		/* Then check if digest-encrypted conditions are met */
+		if ((auth_param->auth_off + auth_param->auth_len <
+				cipher_param->cipher_offset +
+				cipher_param->cipher_length) &&
+				(job->chain.digest_iova == auth_iova_end)) {
+			/* Handle partial digest encryption */
+			if (cipher_param->cipher_offset +
+					cipher_param->cipher_length <
+					auth_param->auth_off +
+					auth_param->auth_len +
+					ctx->digest_length)
+				req->comn_mid.dst_length =
+					req->comn_mid.src_length =
+					auth_param->auth_off +
+					auth_param->auth_len +
+					ctx->digest_length;
+			struct icp_qat_fw_comn_req_hdr *header =
+				&req->comn_hdr;
+			ICP_QAT_FW_LA_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER_SET(
+				header->serv_specif_flags,
+				ICP_QAT_FW_LA_DIGEST_IN_BUFFER);
+		}
+		break;
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128:
+	case ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_64:
+		QAT_DP_LOG(ERR, "GMAC as chained auth algo is not supported");
+		return -1;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely((job->flags & QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL) != 0)) {
+		int ret = qat_sym_frame_fill_sgl(qp, req, job->sgl,
+				min_ofs + max_len);
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	qp->enqueued++;
+	qp->stats.enqueued_count++;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_last != 0)) {
+		tx_queue->tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) &
+			tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+		WRITE_CSR_RING_TAIL(qp->mmap_bar_addr,
+			tx_queue->hw_bundle_number,
+			tx_queue->hw_queue_number,
+			tx_queue->tail);
+		tx_queue->csr_tail = tx_queue->tail;
+	} else
+		*tail = (t + tx_queue->msg_size) & tx_queue->modulo_mask;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define get_rx_queue_message_at_index(q, h, i) \
+	(void *)((uint8_t *)q->base_addr + ((h + q->msg_size * (i)) & \
+	q->modulo_mask))
+
+static __rte_always_inline int
+qat_is_rx_msg_ok(struct icp_qat_fw_comn_resp *resp_msg)
+{
+	return ICP_QAT_FW_COMN_STATUS_FLAG_OK ==
+			ICP_QAT_FW_COMN_RESP_CRYPTO_STAT_GET(
+					resp_msg->comn_hdr.comn_status);
+}
+
+int
+qat_sym_dequeue_frame(void *qat_sym_qp, void **frame,
+		qat_qp_get_frame_n_element_t get_frame_n_elt,
+		uint32_t first_status_offset, uint32_t element_interval,
+		uint8_t element_status_success, uint8_t element_status_error)
+{
+	struct qat_qp *qp = qat_sym_qp;
+	struct qat_queue *rx_queue = &qp->rx_q;
+	struct icp_qat_fw_comn_resp *resp, *resp1, *resp2, *resp3, *respl;
+	void *f = NULL;
+	uint32_t n_elts, i;
+	uint8_t *status, *status1, *status2, *status3;
+	int n_fail = 0, n_fail1 = 0, n_fail2 = 0, n_fail3 = 0;
+	uint32_t head = rx_queue->head;
+
+	resp = (struct icp_qat_fw_comn_resp *)(
+			(uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + head);
+
+	/* if message is not processed, return 0 */
+	if (*(uint32_t *)resp == ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG) {
+		*frame = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	f = (void *)(uintptr_t)resp->opaque_data;
+	if (unlikely(f == NULL)) {
+		*frame = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*frame = f;
+	status = (uint8_t *)f + first_status_offset;
+
+	n_elts = (*get_frame_n_elt)(f);
+	if (unlikely(n_elts == 0))
+		return -1;
+
+	/* process the first message */
+	if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp))
+		*status = element_status_success;
+	else {
+		*status = element_status_error;
+		n_fail--;
+	}
+
+	/* get the last message */
+	respl = (struct icp_qat_fw_comn_resp *)(
+		(uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + ((head +
+			rx_queue->msg_size * (n_elts - 1)) &
+				rx_queue->modulo_mask));
+	if (*(uint32_t *)respl == ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG) {
+		*frame = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	status += element_interval;
+	head = (head + rx_queue->msg_size) & rx_queue->modulo_mask;
+
+	/* fetch 4 messages in a loop */
+	for (i = 1; i > 4 && i < n_elts - 4; i += 4) {
+		resp = get_rx_queue_message_at_index(rx_queue, head, 0);
+		resp1 = get_rx_queue_message_at_index(rx_queue, head, 1);
+		resp2 = get_rx_queue_message_at_index(rx_queue, head, 2);
+		resp3 = get_rx_queue_message_at_index(rx_queue, head, 3);
+
+		status1 = status + element_interval;
+		status2 = status + element_interval * 2;
+		status3 = status + element_interval * 3;
+
+		if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp))
+			*status = element_status_success;
+		else {
+			*status = element_status_error;
+			n_fail--;
+		}
+
+		if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp1))
+			*status1 = element_status_success;
+		else {
+			*status1 = element_status_error;
+			n_fail1--;
+		}
+
+		if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp2))
+			*status2 = element_status_success;
+		else {
+			*status2 = element_status_error;
+			n_fail2--;
+		}
+
+		if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp3))
+			*status3 = element_status_success;
+		else {
+			*status3 = element_status_error;
+			n_fail3--;
+		}
+
+		i += 4;
+		status = status3 + element_interval;
+		head = (head + rx_queue->msg_size * 4) & rx_queue->modulo_mask;
+	}
+
+	for (; i < n_elts - 1; i++) {
+		resp = get_rx_queue_message_at_index(rx_queue, head, 0);
+		if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(resp))
+			*status = element_status_success;
+		else {
+			*status = element_status_error;
+			n_fail--;
+		}
+		status += element_interval;
+		head = (head + rx_queue->msg_size) & rx_queue->modulo_mask;
+	}
+
+	/* fill the last status field */
+	if (qat_is_rx_msg_ok(respl))
+		*status = element_status_success;
+	else {
+		*status = element_status_error;
+		n_fail--;
+	}
+
+	/* update queue pair head */
+	rx_queue->head = head;
+	rx_queue->nb_processed_responses += i;
+	qp->dequeued += i;
+	qp->stats.dequeued_count += i;
+	if (rx_queue->nb_processed_responses > QAT_CSR_HEAD_WRITE_THRESH)
+		rxq_free_desc(qp, rx_queue);
+
+	return n_fail + n_fail1 + n_fail2 + n_fail3;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5397799e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym_frame.h
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2015-2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _QAT_SYM_FRAME_H_
+#define _QAT_SYM_FRAME_H_
+
+/* Structure to fill QAT tx queue. */
+struct qat_sym_job {
+	union {
+		/**
+		 * When QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL bit is set in flags, sgl
+		 * field is used as input data. Otherwise data_iova is
+		 * used.
+		 **/
+		rte_iova_t data_iova;
+		struct rte_crypto_sgl *sgl;
+	};
+	union {
+		/**
+		 * Different than cryptodev, all ofs and len fields have the
+		 * unit of bytes (including Snow3G/Kasumi/Zuc.
+		 **/
+		struct {
+			uint32_t cipher_ofs;
+			uint32_t cipher_len;
+		} cipher_only;
+		struct {
+			uint32_t auth_ofs;
+			uint32_t auth_len;
+			rte_iova_t digest_iova;
+		} auth_only;
+		struct {
+			uint32_t aead_ofs;
+			uint32_t aead_len;
+			rte_iova_t tag_iova;
+			/* aad is required to be filled only for CCM, for GCM
+			 * only aad_iova is mandatory.
+			 * Also for CCM the first byte of aad data will be
+			 * used to construct B0 data
+			 */
+			uint8_t *aad;
+			rte_iova_t aad_iova;
+		} aead;
+		struct {
+			uint32_t cipher_ofs;
+			uint32_t cipher_len;
+			uint32_t auth_ofs;
+			uint32_t auth_len;
+			rte_iova_t digest_iova;
+		} chain;
+	};
+	uint8_t *iv;
+	rte_iova_t iv_iova;
+
+#define QAT_SYM_DESC_FLAG_IS_SGL	(1 << 0)
+	uint32_t flags;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get the QAT queue pair based on device id and queue pair id.
+ * Checks if passed arguments are valid.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   cryptodev device id.
+ * @param qp_id
+ *   queue pair id
+ * @return
+ *   pointer to queue pair if passed parameters are valid.
+ *   NULL pointer otherwise.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+void *
+qat_sym_get_qp(uint8_t devi_id, uint16_t qp_id);
+
+/**
+ * enqueue one AEAD job into QAT queue
+ *
+ * @param qat_sym_qp
+ *   queue pair data got from qat_sym_get_qp().
+ * @param session
+ *   configured cryptodev symmetric session data.
+ * @param job
+ *   job data to be filled into QAT tx queue message.
+ * @param tail
+ *   The pointer to the queue tail index buffer. The value of the buffer should
+ *   only be updated by this function. The caller application shall only
+ *   provide the buffer.
+ * @param is_first
+ *   1 if it is the first operation in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param is_last
+ *   1 if the data is the last element in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param frame
+ *   if is_first is set the frame pointer will be written in to the message.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if operation is successful, negative value if otherwise.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_aead(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame);
+
+/**
+ * enqueue one chaining operation (cipher and hash) into QAT queue
+ *
+ * @param qat_sym_qp
+ *   queue pair data got from qat_sym_get_qp().
+ * @param session
+ *   configured cryptodev symmetric session data.
+ * @param job
+ *   job data to be filled into QAT tx queue message.
+ * @param tail
+ *   The pointer to the queue tail index buffer. The value of the buffer should
+ *   only be updated by this function. The caller application shall only
+ *   provide the buffer.
+ * @param is_first
+ *   1 if it is the first operation in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param is_last
+ *   1 if the data is the last element in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param frame
+ *   if is_first is set the frame pointer will be written in to the message.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if operation is successful, negative value if otherwise.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_chain(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame);
+
+/**
+ * enqueue one cipher-only operation into QAT queue
+ *
+ * @param qat_sym_qp
+ *   queue pair data got from qat_sym_get_qp().
+ * @param session
+ *   configured cryptodev symmetric session data.
+ * @param job
+ *   job data to be filled into QAT tx queue message.
+ * @param tail
+ *   The pointer to the queue tail index buffer. The value of the buffer should
+ *   only be updated by this function. The caller application shall only
+ *   provide the buffer.
+ * @param is_first
+ *   1 if it is the first operation in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param is_last
+ *   1 if the data is the last element in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param frame
+ *   if is_first is set the frame pointer will be written in to the message.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if operation is successful, negative value if otherwise.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_cipher(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame);
+
+/**
+ * enqueue one auth-only operation into QAT queue
+ *
+ * @param qat_sym_qp
+ *   queue pair data got from qat_sym_get_qp().
+ * @param session
+ *   configured cryptodev symmetric session data.
+ * @param job
+ *   job data to be filled into QAT tx queue message.
+ * @param tail
+ *   The pointer to the queue tail index buffer. The value of the buffer should
+ *   only be updated by this function. The caller application shall only
+ *   provide the buffer.
+ * @param is_first
+ *   1 if it is the first operation in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param is_last
+ *   1 if the data is the last element in the frame.
+ *   0 otherwise.
+ * @param frame
+ *   if is_first is set the frame pointer will be written in to the message.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if operation is successful, negative value if otherwise.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+int
+qat_sym_enqueue_frame_auth(void *qat_sym_qp,
+		struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session,
+		struct qat_sym_job *job, uint32_t *tail,
+		uint8_t is_first, uint8_t is_last, void *frame);
+
+/**
+ * Function prototype to get the number of elements in a frame in dequeue.
+ * This function should be provided by the user.
+ **/
+typedef uint32_t (*qat_qp_get_frame_n_element_t)(void *frame);
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue a frame from QAT queue
+ *
+ * @param qat_sym_qp
+ *   queue pair data got from qat_sym_get_qp().
+ * @param frame
+ *   return the frame dequeued.
+ * @param get_frame_n_elt
+ *   callback function that gets opaque_data from the first processed message.
+ * @param first_status_offset
+ *   the offset to status field of first frame element..
+ * @param element_interval
+ *   the size of frame element in the frame data, used to compute next
+ *   status field.
+ * @param element_status_success
+ *   value to set for successfully processed frame element.
+ * @param element_status_error
+ *   value to set for unsuccessfully processed frame element.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   if a frame is retrieved from the queue pair it will be written
+ *   into "frame" parameter, otherwise "frame" will be written as NULL and
+ *   -1 will be returned. If all elements are successful 0 will be returned.
+ *   Negative number of failed elements will be returned.
+ **/
+__rte_experimental
+int
+qat_sym_dequeue_frame(void *qat_sym_qp, void **frame,
+		qat_qp_get_frame_n_element_t get_frame_n_elt,
+		uint32_t first_status_offset, uint32_t element_interval,
+		uint8_t element_status_success, uint8_t element_status_error);
+
+#endif /* _QAT_SYM_FRAME_H_ */
