diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build b/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
index 697a1479c8..93c708959c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sources = files(
         'flower/nfp_flower_ctrl.c',
         'flower/nfp_flower_representor.c',
         'nfd3/nfp_nfd3_dp.c',
+        'nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c',
         'nfpcore/nfp_cpp_pcie_ops.c',
         'nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c',
         'nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43e4d75432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Corigine, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NFP_NFDK_H_
+#define _NFP_NFDK_H_
+
+#define NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT     2
+#define NFDK_TX_DESC_GATHER_MAX         17
+
+#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD       0x00001000
+#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC       0x00004000
+#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_BLOCK      0x00010000
+
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD       0x0FFF        /* [0,11] */
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN            0x3FFF        /* [0,13] */
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_HEAD          0xF000        /* [12,15] */
+
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_GATHER        1
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_TSO           2
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_SIMPLE        8
+
+/* TX descriptor format */
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_EOP                RTE_BIT32(14)
+
+/* Flags in the host TX descriptor */
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_CHAIN_META         RTE_BIT32(3)
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_ENCAP              RTE_BIT32(2)
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM            RTE_BIT32(1)
+#define NFDK_DESC_TX_L3_CSUM            RTE_BIT32(0)
+
+#define NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_SZ           256
+#define NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT          (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_SZ /         \
+					sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc))
+#define NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT           (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT *        \
+					NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT)
+#define D_BLOCK_CPL(idx)               (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT -        \
+					(idx) % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)
+/* Convenience macro for wrapping descriptor index on ring size */
+#define D_IDX(ring, idx)               ((idx) & ((ring)->tx_count - 1))
+
+struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc {
+	union {
+		struct {
+			__le16 dma_addr_hi;  /* High bits of host buf address */
+			__le16 dma_len_type; /* Length to DMA for this desc */
+			__le32 dma_addr_lo;  /* Low 32bit of host buf addr */
+		};
+
+		struct {
+			__le16 mss;	/* MSS to be used for LSO */
+			uint8_t lso_hdrlen;  /* LSO, TCP payload offset */
+			uint8_t lso_totsegs; /* LSO, total segments */
+			uint8_t l3_offset;   /* L3 header offset */
+			uint8_t l4_offset;   /* L4 header offset */
+			__le16 lso_meta_res; /* Rsvd bits in TSO metadata */
+		};
+
+		struct {
+			uint8_t flags;	/* TX Flags, see @NFDK_DESC_TX_* */
+			uint8_t reserved[7];	/* meta byte placeholder */
+		};
+
+		__le32 vals[2];
+		__le64 raw;
+	};
+};
+
+static inline uint32_t
+nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(struct nfp_net_txq *txq)
+{
+	uint32_t free_desc;
+
+	if (txq->wr_p >= txq->rd_p)
+		free_desc = txq->tx_count - (txq->wr_p - txq->rd_p);
+	else
+		free_desc = txq->rd_p - txq->wr_p;
+
+	return (free_desc > NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT) ?
+		(free_desc - NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT) : 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full() - Check if the TX queue free descriptors
+ * is below tx_free_threshold for firmware of nfdk
+ *
+ * @txq: TX queue to check
+ *
+ * This function uses the host copy* of read/write pointers.
+ */
+static inline uint32_t
+nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full(struct nfp_net_txq *txq)
+{
+	return (nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq) < txq->tx_free_thresh);
+}
+
+/* nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum() - Set TX CSUM offload flags in TX descriptor of nfdk */
+static inline uint64_t
+nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *mb,
+		uint64_t flags)
+{
+	uint64_t ol_flags;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw = txq->hw;
+
+	if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXCSUM) == 0)
+		return flags;
+
+	ol_flags = mb->ol_flags;
+
+	/* Set TCP csum offload if TSO enabled. */
+	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)
+		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM;
+
+	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TUNNEL_MASK)
+		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_ENCAP;
+
+	/* IPv6 does not need checksum */
+	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_IP_CKSUM)
+		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L3_CSUM;
+
+	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_L4_MASK)
+		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM;
+
+	return flags;
+}
+
+/* nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso() - Set TX descriptor for TSO of nfdk */
+static inline uint64_t
+nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *mb)
+{
+	uint64_t ol_flags;
+	struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc txd;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw = txq->hw;
+
+	if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) == 0)
+		goto clean_txd;
+
+	ol_flags = mb->ol_flags;
+
+	if ((ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG) == 0)
+		goto clean_txd;
+
+	txd.l3_offset = mb->l2_len;
+	txd.l4_offset = mb->l2_len + mb->l3_len;
+	txd.lso_meta_res = 0;
+	txd.mss = rte_cpu_to_le_16(mb->tso_segsz);
+	txd.lso_hdrlen = mb->l2_len + mb->l3_len + mb->l4_len;
+	txd.lso_totsegs = (mb->pkt_len + mb->tso_segsz) / mb->tso_segsz;
+
+	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TUNNEL_MASK) {
+		txd.l3_offset += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
+		txd.l4_offset += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
+		txd.lso_hdrlen += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
+	}
+
+	return txd.raw;
+
+clean_txd:
+	txd.l3_offset = 0;
+	txd.l4_offset = 0;
+	txd.lso_hdrlen = 0;
+	txd.mss = 0;
+	txd.lso_totsegs = 0;
+	txd.lso_meta_res = 0;
+
+	return txd.raw;
+}
+
+uint16_t nfp_net_nfdk_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue,
+		struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts);
+int nfp_net_nfdk_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		uint16_t queue_idx,
+		uint16_t nb_desc,
+		unsigned int socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf);
+
+#endif /* _NFP_NFDK_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec937c1f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,421 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Corigine, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <ethdev_driver.h>
+#include <bus_pci_driver.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+
+#include "../nfp_logs.h"
+#include "../nfp_common.h"
+#include "../nfp_rxtx.h"
+#include "../nfpcore/nfp_mip.h"
+#include "../nfpcore/nfp_rtsym.h"
+#include "nfp_nfdk.h"
+
+static inline int
+nfp_net_nfdk_headlen_to_segs(unsigned int headlen)
+{
+	return DIV_ROUND_UP(headlen +
+			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC -
+			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD,
+			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC);
+}
+
+static int
+nfp_net_nfdk_tx_maybe_close_block(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
+{
+	unsigned int n_descs, wr_p, i, nop_slots;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt_temp;
+
+	pkt_temp = pkt;
+	n_descs = nfp_net_nfdk_headlen_to_segs(pkt_temp->data_len);
+	while (pkt_temp->next) {
+		pkt_temp = pkt_temp->next;
+		n_descs += DIV_ROUND_UP(pkt_temp->data_len, NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(n_descs > NFDK_TX_DESC_GATHER_MAX))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Under count by 1 (don't count meta) for the round down to work out */
+	n_descs += !!(pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG);
+
+	if (round_down(txq->wr_p, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT) !=
+			round_down(txq->wr_p + n_descs, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT))
+		goto close_block;
+
+	if ((uint32_t)txq->data_pending + pkt->pkt_len > NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_BLOCK)
+		goto close_block;
+
+	return 0;
+
+close_block:
+	wr_p = txq->wr_p;
+	nop_slots = D_BLOCK_CPL(wr_p);
+
+	memset(&txq->ktxds[wr_p], 0, nop_slots * sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc));
+	for (i = wr_p; i < nop_slots + wr_p; i++) {
+		if (txq->txbufs[i].mbuf) {
+			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txq->txbufs[i].mbuf);
+			txq->txbufs[i].mbuf = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	txq->data_pending = 0;
+	txq->wr_p = D_IDX(txq, txq->wr_p + nop_slots);
+
+	return nop_slots;
+}
+
+static void
+nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+		struct nfp_net_txq *txq,
+		uint64_t *metadata)
+{
+	char *meta;
+	uint8_t layer = 0;
+	uint32_t meta_type;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	uint32_t header_offset;
+	uint8_t vlan_layer = 0;
+	struct nfp_net_meta_raw meta_data;
+
+	memset(&meta_data, 0, sizeof(meta_data));
+	hw = txq->hw;
+
+	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_VLAN) != 0 &&
+			(hw->ctrl & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN_V2) != 0) {
+		if (meta_data.length == 0)
+			meta_data.length = NFP_NET_META_HEADER_SIZE;
+		meta_data.length += NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+		meta_data.header |= NFP_NET_META_VLAN;
+	}
+
+	if (meta_data.length == 0)
+		return;
+
+	meta_type = meta_data.header;
+	header_offset = meta_type << NFP_NET_META_NFDK_LENGTH;
+	meta_data.header = header_offset | meta_data.length;
+	meta_data.header = rte_cpu_to_be_32(meta_data.header);
+	meta = rte_pktmbuf_prepend(pkt, meta_data.length);
+	memcpy(meta, &meta_data.header, sizeof(meta_data.header));
+	meta += NFP_NET_META_HEADER_SIZE;
+
+	for (; meta_type != 0; meta_type >>= NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE, layer++,
+			meta += NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE) {
+		switch (meta_type & NFP_NET_META_FIELD_MASK) {
+		case NFP_NET_META_VLAN:
+			if (vlan_layer > 0) {
+				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "At most 1 layers of vlan is supported");
+				return;
+			}
+			nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(&meta_data, pkt, layer);
+			vlan_layer++;
+			break;
+		default:
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "The metadata type not supported");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(meta, &meta_data.data[layer], sizeof(meta_data.data[layer]));
+	}
+
+	*metadata = NFDK_DESC_TX_CHAIN_META;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+nfp_net_nfdk_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	uint32_t buf_idx;
+	uint64_t dma_addr;
+	uint16_t free_descs;
+	uint32_t npkts = 0;
+	uint64_t metadata = 0;
+	uint16_t issued_descs = 0;
+	struct nfp_net_txq *txq;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc *ktxds;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt, *temp_pkt;
+	struct rte_mbuf **lmbuf;
+
+	txq = tx_queue;
+	hw = txq->hw;
+
+	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "working for queue %u at pos %d and %u packets",
+		txq->qidx, txq->wr_p, nb_pkts);
+
+	if ((nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq) < NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT *
+			nb_pkts) || (nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full(txq)))
+		nfp_net_tx_free_bufs(txq);
+
+	free_descs = (uint16_t)nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq);
+	if (unlikely(free_descs == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "queue: %u. Sending %u packets", txq->qidx, nb_pkts);
+	/* Sending packets */
+	while ((npkts < nb_pkts) && free_descs) {
+		uint32_t type, dma_len, dlen_type, tmp_dlen;
+		int nop_descs, used_descs;
+
+		pkt = *(tx_pkts + npkts);
+		nop_descs = nfp_net_nfdk_tx_maybe_close_block(txq, pkt);
+		if (nop_descs < 0)
+			goto xmit_end;
+
+		issued_descs += nop_descs;
+		ktxds = &txq->ktxds[txq->wr_p];
+		/* Grabbing the mbuf linked to the current descriptor */
+		buf_idx = txq->wr_p;
+		lmbuf = &txq->txbufs[buf_idx++].mbuf;
+		/* Warming the cache for releasing the mbuf later on */
+		RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(*lmbuf);
+
+		temp_pkt = pkt;
+		nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(pkt, txq, &metadata);
+
+		if (unlikely(pkt->nb_segs > 1 &&
+				!(hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_GATHER))) {
+			PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Multisegment packet not supported");
+			goto xmit_end;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Checksum and VLAN flags just in the first descriptor for a
+		 * multisegment packet, but TSO info needs to be in all of them.
+		 */
+
+		dma_len = pkt->data_len;
+		if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) &&
+				(pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
+			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_TSO;
+		} else if (pkt->next == NULL && dma_len <= NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD) {
+			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_SIMPLE;
+		} else {
+			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_GATHER;
+		}
+
+		/* Implicitly truncates to chunk in below logic */
+		dma_len -= 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * We will do our best to pass as much data as we can in descriptor
+		 * and we need to make sure the first descriptor includes whole
+		 * head since there is limitation in firmware side. Sometimes the
+		 * value of 'dma_len & NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD' will be less
+		 * than packet head len.
+		 */
+		dlen_type = (dma_len > NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD ?
+				NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD : dma_len) |
+			(NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_HEAD & (type << 12));
+		ktxds->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type);
+		dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(pkt);
+		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Working with mbuf at dma address:"
+				"%" PRIx64 "", dma_addr);
+		ktxds->dma_addr_hi = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dma_addr >> 32);
+		ktxds->dma_addr_lo = rte_cpu_to_le_32(dma_addr & 0xffffffff);
+		ktxds++;
+
+		/*
+		 * Preserve the original dlen_type, this way below the EOP logic
+		 * can use dlen_type.
+		 */
+		tmp_dlen = dlen_type & NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD;
+		dma_len -= tmp_dlen;
+		dma_addr += tmp_dlen + 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * The rest of the data (if any) will be in larger DMA descriptors
+		 * and is handled with the dma_len loop.
+		 */
+		while (pkt) {
+			if (*lmbuf)
+				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(*lmbuf);
+			*lmbuf = pkt;
+			while (dma_len > 0) {
+				dma_len -= 1;
+				dlen_type = NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN & dma_len;
+
+				ktxds->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type);
+				ktxds->dma_addr_hi = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dma_addr >> 32);
+				ktxds->dma_addr_lo = rte_cpu_to_le_32(dma_addr & 0xffffffff);
+				ktxds++;
+
+				dma_len -= dlen_type;
+				dma_addr += dlen_type + 1;
+			}
+
+			if (pkt->next == NULL)
+				break;
+
+			pkt = pkt->next;
+			dma_len = pkt->data_len;
+			dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(pkt);
+			PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Working with mbuf at dma address:"
+				"%" PRIx64 "", dma_addr);
+
+			lmbuf = &txq->txbufs[buf_idx++].mbuf;
+		}
+
+		(ktxds - 1)->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type | NFDK_DESC_TX_EOP);
+
+		ktxds->raw = rte_cpu_to_le_64(nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum(txq, temp_pkt, metadata));
+		ktxds++;
+
+		if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) &&
+				(temp_pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
+			ktxds->raw = rte_cpu_to_le_64(nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso(txq, temp_pkt));
+			ktxds++;
+		}
+
+		used_descs = ktxds - txq->ktxds - txq->wr_p;
+		if (round_down(txq->wr_p, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT) !=
+			round_down(txq->wr_p + used_descs - 1, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)) {
+			PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Used descs cross block boundary");
+			goto xmit_end;
+		}
+
+		txq->wr_p = D_IDX(txq, txq->wr_p + used_descs);
+		if (txq->wr_p % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)
+			txq->data_pending += temp_pkt->pkt_len;
+		else
+			txq->data_pending = 0;
+
+		issued_descs += used_descs;
+		npkts++;
+		free_descs = (uint16_t)nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq);
+	}
+
+xmit_end:
+	/* Increment write pointers. Force memory write before we let HW know */
+	rte_wmb();
+	nfp_qcp_ptr_add(txq->qcp_q, NFP_QCP_WRITE_PTR, issued_descs);
+
+	return npkts;
+}
+
+int
+nfp_net_nfdk_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		uint16_t queue_idx,
+		uint16_t nb_desc,
+		unsigned int socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint16_t min_tx_desc;
+	uint16_t max_tx_desc;
+	const struct rte_memzone *tz;
+	struct nfp_net_txq *txq;
+	uint16_t tx_free_thresh;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	uint32_t tx_desc_sz;
+
+	hw = NFP_NET_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
+
+	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
+
+	ret = nfp_net_tx_desc_limits(hw, &min_tx_desc, &max_tx_desc);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Validating number of descriptors */
+	tx_desc_sz = nb_desc * sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc);
+	if ((NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT * tx_desc_sz) % NFP_ALIGN_RING_DESC != 0 ||
+	    (NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT * nb_desc) % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT != 0 ||
+	     nb_desc > max_tx_desc || nb_desc < min_tx_desc) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Wrong nb_desc value");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	tx_free_thresh = (uint16_t)((tx_conf->tx_free_thresh) ?
+				tx_conf->tx_free_thresh :
+				DEFAULT_TX_FREE_THRESH);
+
+	if (tx_free_thresh > (nb_desc)) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
+			"tx_free_thresh must be less than the number of TX "
+			"descriptors. (tx_free_thresh=%u port=%d "
+			"queue=%d)", (unsigned int)tx_free_thresh,
+			dev->data->port_id, (int)queue_idx);
+		return -(EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed. This is the case after
+	 * calling nfp_net_stop
+	 */
+	if (dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx]) {
+		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Freeing memory prior to re-allocation %d",
+				queue_idx);
+		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
+		dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocating tx queue data structure */
+	txq = rte_zmalloc_socket("ethdev TX queue", sizeof(struct nfp_net_txq),
+			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (txq == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Error allocating tx dma");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate TX ring hardware descriptors. A memzone large enough to
+	 * handle the maximum ring size is allocated in order to allow for
+	 * resizing in later calls to the queue setup function.
+	 */
+	tz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "tx_ring", queue_idx,
+				sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc) *
+				NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT *
+				max_tx_desc, NFP_MEMZONE_ALIGN,
+				socket_id);
+	if (tz == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Error allocating tx dma");
+		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	txq->tx_count = nb_desc * NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT;
+	txq->tx_free_thresh = tx_free_thresh;
+	txq->tx_pthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.pthresh;
+	txq->tx_hthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.hthresh;
+	txq->tx_wthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.wthresh;
+
+	/* queue mapping based on firmware configuration */
+	txq->qidx = queue_idx;
+	txq->tx_qcidx = queue_idx * hw->stride_tx;
+	txq->qcp_q = hw->tx_bar + NFP_QCP_QUEUE_OFF(txq->tx_qcidx);
+
+	txq->port_id = dev->data->port_id;
+
+	/* Saving physical and virtual addresses for the TX ring */
+	txq->dma = (uint64_t)tz->iova;
+	txq->ktxds = (struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc *)tz->addr;
+
+	/* mbuf pointers array for referencing mbufs linked to TX descriptors */
+	txq->txbufs = rte_zmalloc_socket("txq->txbufs",
+				sizeof(*txq->txbufs) * txq->tx_count,
+				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
+
+	if (txq->txbufs == NULL) {
+		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "txbufs=%p hw_ring=%p dma_addr=0x%" PRIx64,
+		txq->txbufs, txq->ktxds, (unsigned long)txq->dma);
+
+	nfp_net_reset_tx_queue(txq);
+
+	dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx] = txq;
+	txq->hw = hw;
+	/*
+	 * Telling the HW about the physical address of the TX ring and number
+	 * of descriptors in log2 format
+	 */
+	nn_cfg_writeq(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_TXR_ADDR(queue_idx), txq->dma);
+	nn_cfg_writeb(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_TXR_SZ(queue_idx), rte_log2_u32(txq->tx_count));
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.c
index ca334d56ab..f17632a364 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "nfp_cpp_bridge.h"
 
 #include "nfd3/nfp_nfd3.h"
+#include "nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c
index f212a4a10e..c2684ec268 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "nfp_cpp_bridge.h"
 
 #include "nfd3/nfp_nfd3.h"
+#include "nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h"
 #include "flower/nfp_flower.h"
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
index 80a8983deb..5fd2dc11a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "nfp_rxtx.h"
 #include "nfp_logs.h"
 #include "nfd3/nfp_nfd3.h"
+#include "nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h"
 
 static void
 nfp_netvf_read_mac(struct nfp_net_hw *hw)
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
index 76021b64ee..9eaa0b89c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "nfp_rxtx.h"
 #include "nfp_logs.h"
 #include "nfd3/nfp_nfd3.h"
+#include "nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h"
 #include "nfpcore/nfp_mip.h"
 #include "nfpcore/nfp_rtsym.h"
 
@@ -764,187 +765,6 @@ nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 	meta_data->data[layer] = rte_cpu_to_be_32(tpid << 16 | vlan_tci);
 }
 
-static void
-nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
-		struct nfp_net_txq *txq,
-		uint64_t *metadata)
-{
-	char *meta;
-	uint8_t layer = 0;
-	uint32_t meta_type;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
-	uint32_t header_offset;
-	uint8_t vlan_layer = 0;
-	struct nfp_net_meta_raw meta_data;
-
-	memset(&meta_data, 0, sizeof(meta_data));
-	hw = txq->hw;
-
-	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_VLAN) != 0 &&
-			(hw->ctrl & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN_V2) != 0) {
-		if (meta_data.length == 0)
-			meta_data.length = NFP_NET_META_HEADER_SIZE;
-		meta_data.length += NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
-		meta_data.header |= NFP_NET_META_VLAN;
-	}
-
-	if (meta_data.length == 0)
-		return;
-
-	meta_type = meta_data.header;
-	header_offset = meta_type << NFP_NET_META_NFDK_LENGTH;
-	meta_data.header = header_offset | meta_data.length;
-	meta_data.header = rte_cpu_to_be_32(meta_data.header);
-	meta = rte_pktmbuf_prepend(pkt, meta_data.length);
-	memcpy(meta, &meta_data.header, sizeof(meta_data.header));
-	meta += NFP_NET_META_HEADER_SIZE;
-
-	for (; meta_type != 0; meta_type >>= NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE, layer++,
-			meta += NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE) {
-		switch (meta_type & NFP_NET_META_FIELD_MASK) {
-		case NFP_NET_META_VLAN:
-			if (vlan_layer > 0) {
-				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "At most 1 layers of vlan is supported");
-				return;
-			}
-			nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(&meta_data, pkt, layer);
-			vlan_layer++;
-			break;
-		default:
-			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "The metadata type not supported");
-			return;
-		}
-
-		memcpy(meta, &meta_data.data[layer], sizeof(meta_data.data[layer]));
-	}
-
-	*metadata = NFDK_DESC_TX_CHAIN_META;
-}
-
-static int
-nfp_net_nfdk_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		uint16_t queue_idx,
-		uint16_t nb_desc,
-		unsigned int socket_id,
-		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf)
-{
-	int ret;
-	uint16_t min_tx_desc;
-	uint16_t max_tx_desc;
-	const struct rte_memzone *tz;
-	struct nfp_net_txq *txq;
-	uint16_t tx_free_thresh;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
-	uint32_t tx_desc_sz;
-
-	hw = NFP_NET_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
-
-	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
-
-	ret = nfp_net_tx_desc_limits(hw, &min_tx_desc, &max_tx_desc);
-	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Validating number of descriptors */
-	tx_desc_sz = nb_desc * sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc);
-	if ((NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT * tx_desc_sz) % NFP_ALIGN_RING_DESC != 0 ||
-	    (NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT * nb_desc) % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT != 0 ||
-	     nb_desc > max_tx_desc || nb_desc < min_tx_desc) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Wrong nb_desc value");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	tx_free_thresh = (uint16_t)((tx_conf->tx_free_thresh) ?
-				tx_conf->tx_free_thresh :
-				DEFAULT_TX_FREE_THRESH);
-
-	if (tx_free_thresh > (nb_desc)) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
-			"tx_free_thresh must be less than the number of TX "
-			"descriptors. (tx_free_thresh=%u port=%d "
-			"queue=%d)", (unsigned int)tx_free_thresh,
-			dev->data->port_id, (int)queue_idx);
-		return -(EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed. This is the case after
-	 * calling nfp_net_stop
-	 */
-	if (dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx]) {
-		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Freeing memory prior to re-allocation %d",
-				queue_idx);
-		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
-		dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx] = NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* Allocating tx queue data structure */
-	txq = rte_zmalloc_socket("ethdev TX queue", sizeof(struct nfp_net_txq),
-			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
-	if (txq == NULL) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Error allocating tx dma");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Allocate TX ring hardware descriptors. A memzone large enough to
-	 * handle the maximum ring size is allocated in order to allow for
-	 * resizing in later calls to the queue setup function.
-	 */
-	tz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "tx_ring", queue_idx,
-				sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc) *
-				NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT *
-				max_tx_desc, NFP_MEMZONE_ALIGN,
-				socket_id);
-	if (tz == NULL) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Error allocating tx dma");
-		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	txq->tx_count = nb_desc * NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT;
-	txq->tx_free_thresh = tx_free_thresh;
-	txq->tx_pthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.pthresh;
-	txq->tx_hthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.hthresh;
-	txq->tx_wthresh = tx_conf->tx_thresh.wthresh;
-
-	/* queue mapping based on firmware configuration */
-	txq->qidx = queue_idx;
-	txq->tx_qcidx = queue_idx * hw->stride_tx;
-	txq->qcp_q = hw->tx_bar + NFP_QCP_QUEUE_OFF(txq->tx_qcidx);
-
-	txq->port_id = dev->data->port_id;
-
-	/* Saving physical and virtual addresses for the TX ring */
-	txq->dma = (uint64_t)tz->iova;
-	txq->ktxds = (struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc *)tz->addr;
-
-	/* mbuf pointers array for referencing mbufs linked to TX descriptors */
-	txq->txbufs = rte_zmalloc_socket("txq->txbufs",
-				sizeof(*txq->txbufs) * txq->tx_count,
-				RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
-
-	if (txq->txbufs == NULL) {
-		nfp_net_tx_queue_release(dev, queue_idx);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "txbufs=%p hw_ring=%p dma_addr=0x%" PRIx64,
-		txq->txbufs, txq->ktxds, (unsigned long)txq->dma);
-
-	nfp_net_reset_tx_queue(txq);
-
-	dev->data->tx_queues[queue_idx] = txq;
-	txq->hw = hw;
-	/*
-	 * Telling the HW about the physical address of the TX ring and number
-	 * of descriptors in log2 format
-	 */
-	nn_cfg_writeq(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_TXR_ADDR(queue_idx), txq->dma);
-	nn_cfg_writeb(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_TXR_SZ(queue_idx), rte_log2_u32(txq->tx_count));
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int
 nfp_net_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		uint16_t queue_idx,
@@ -973,328 +793,3 @@ nfp_net_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 }
-
-static inline uint32_t
-nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(struct nfp_net_txq *txq)
-{
-	uint32_t free_desc;
-
-	if (txq->wr_p >= txq->rd_p)
-		free_desc = txq->tx_count - (txq->wr_p - txq->rd_p);
-	else
-		free_desc = txq->rd_p - txq->wr_p;
-
-	return (free_desc > NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT) ?
-		(free_desc - NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT) : 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full() - Check if the TX queue free descriptors
- * is below tx_free_threshold for firmware of nfdk
- *
- * @txq: TX queue to check
- *
- * This function uses the host copy* of read/write pointers.
- */
-static inline uint32_t
-nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full(struct nfp_net_txq *txq)
-{
-	return (nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq) < txq->tx_free_thresh);
-}
-
-static inline int
-nfp_net_nfdk_headlen_to_segs(unsigned int headlen)
-{
-	return DIV_ROUND_UP(headlen +
-			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC -
-			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD,
-			NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC);
-}
-
-static int
-nfp_net_nfdk_tx_maybe_close_block(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
-{
-	unsigned int n_descs, wr_p, i, nop_slots;
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkt_temp;
-
-	pkt_temp = pkt;
-	n_descs = nfp_net_nfdk_headlen_to_segs(pkt_temp->data_len);
-	while (pkt_temp->next) {
-		pkt_temp = pkt_temp->next;
-		n_descs += DIV_ROUND_UP(pkt_temp->data_len, NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC);
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(n_descs > NFDK_TX_DESC_GATHER_MAX))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* Under count by 1 (don't count meta) for the round down to work out */
-	n_descs += !!(pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG);
-
-	if (round_down(txq->wr_p, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT) !=
-			round_down(txq->wr_p + n_descs, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT))
-		goto close_block;
-
-	if ((uint32_t)txq->data_pending + pkt->pkt_len > NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_BLOCK)
-		goto close_block;
-
-	return 0;
-
-close_block:
-	wr_p = txq->wr_p;
-	nop_slots = D_BLOCK_CPL(wr_p);
-
-	memset(&txq->ktxds[wr_p], 0, nop_slots * sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc));
-	for (i = wr_p; i < nop_slots + wr_p; i++) {
-		if (txq->txbufs[i].mbuf) {
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(txq->txbufs[i].mbuf);
-			txq->txbufs[i].mbuf = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	txq->data_pending = 0;
-	txq->wr_p = D_IDX(txq, txq->wr_p + nop_slots);
-
-	return nop_slots;
-}
-
-/* nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum() - Set TX CSUM offload flags in TX descriptor of nfdk */
-static inline uint64_t
-nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *mb,
-		uint64_t flags)
-{
-	uint64_t ol_flags;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw = txq->hw;
-
-	if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXCSUM) == 0)
-		return flags;
-
-	ol_flags = mb->ol_flags;
-
-	/* Set TCP csum offload if TSO enabled. */
-	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)
-		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM;
-
-	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TUNNEL_MASK)
-		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_ENCAP;
-
-	/* IPv6 does not need checksum */
-	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_IP_CKSUM)
-		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L3_CSUM;
-
-	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_L4_MASK)
-		flags |= NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM;
-
-	return flags;
-}
-
-/* nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso() - Set TX descriptor for TSO of nfdk */
-static inline uint64_t
-nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso(struct nfp_net_txq *txq, struct rte_mbuf *mb)
-{
-	uint64_t ol_flags;
-	struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc txd;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw = txq->hw;
-
-	if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) == 0)
-		goto clean_txd;
-
-	ol_flags = mb->ol_flags;
-
-	if ((ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG) == 0)
-		goto clean_txd;
-
-	txd.l3_offset = mb->l2_len;
-	txd.l4_offset = mb->l2_len + mb->l3_len;
-	txd.lso_meta_res = 0;
-	txd.mss = rte_cpu_to_le_16(mb->tso_segsz);
-	txd.lso_hdrlen = mb->l2_len + mb->l3_len + mb->l4_len;
-	txd.lso_totsegs = (mb->pkt_len + mb->tso_segsz) / mb->tso_segsz;
-
-	if (ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TUNNEL_MASK) {
-		txd.l3_offset += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
-		txd.l4_offset += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
-		txd.lso_hdrlen += mb->outer_l2_len + mb->outer_l3_len;
-	}
-
-	return txd.raw;
-
-clean_txd:
-	txd.l3_offset = 0;
-	txd.l4_offset = 0;
-	txd.lso_hdrlen = 0;
-	txd.mss = 0;
-	txd.lso_totsegs = 0;
-	txd.lso_meta_res = 0;
-
-	return txd.raw;
-}
-
-uint16_t
-nfp_net_nfdk_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
-{
-	uint32_t buf_idx;
-	uint64_t dma_addr;
-	uint16_t free_descs;
-	uint32_t npkts = 0;
-	uint64_t metadata = 0;
-	uint16_t issued_descs = 0;
-	struct nfp_net_txq *txq;
-	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
-	struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc *ktxds;
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkt, *temp_pkt;
-	struct rte_mbuf **lmbuf;
-
-	txq = tx_queue;
-	hw = txq->hw;
-
-	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "working for queue %u at pos %d and %u packets",
-		txq->qidx, txq->wr_p, nb_pkts);
-
-	if ((nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq) < NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT *
-			nb_pkts) || (nfp_net_nfdk_txq_full(txq)))
-		nfp_net_tx_free_bufs(txq);
-
-	free_descs = (uint16_t)nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq);
-	if (unlikely(free_descs == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-	PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "queue: %u. Sending %u packets", txq->qidx, nb_pkts);
-	/* Sending packets */
-	while ((npkts < nb_pkts) && free_descs) {
-		uint32_t type, dma_len, dlen_type, tmp_dlen;
-		int nop_descs, used_descs;
-
-		pkt = *(tx_pkts + npkts);
-		nop_descs = nfp_net_nfdk_tx_maybe_close_block(txq, pkt);
-		if (nop_descs < 0)
-			goto xmit_end;
-
-		issued_descs += nop_descs;
-		ktxds = &txq->ktxds[txq->wr_p];
-		/* Grabbing the mbuf linked to the current descriptor */
-		buf_idx = txq->wr_p;
-		lmbuf = &txq->txbufs[buf_idx++].mbuf;
-		/* Warming the cache for releasing the mbuf later on */
-		RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(*lmbuf);
-
-		temp_pkt = pkt;
-		nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(pkt, txq, &metadata);
-
-		if (unlikely(pkt->nb_segs > 1 &&
-				!(hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_GATHER))) {
-			PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Multisegment packet not supported");
-			goto xmit_end;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Checksum and VLAN flags just in the first descriptor for a
-		 * multisegment packet, but TSO info needs to be in all of them.
-		 */
-
-		dma_len = pkt->data_len;
-		if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) &&
-				(pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
-			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_TSO;
-		} else if (pkt->next == NULL && dma_len <= NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD) {
-			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_SIMPLE;
-		} else {
-			type = NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_GATHER;
-		}
-
-		/* Implicitly truncates to chunk in below logic */
-		dma_len -= 1;
-
-		/*
-		 * We will do our best to pass as much data as we can in descriptor
-		 * and we need to make sure the first descriptor includes whole
-		 * head since there is limitation in firmware side. Sometimes the
-		 * value of 'dma_len & NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD' will be less
-		 * than packet head len.
-		 */
-		dlen_type = (dma_len > NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD ?
-				NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD : dma_len) |
-			(NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_HEAD & (type << 12));
-		ktxds->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type);
-		dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(pkt);
-		PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Working with mbuf at dma address:"
-				"%" PRIx64 "", dma_addr);
-		ktxds->dma_addr_hi = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dma_addr >> 32);
-		ktxds->dma_addr_lo = rte_cpu_to_le_32(dma_addr & 0xffffffff);
-		ktxds++;
-
-		/*
-		 * Preserve the original dlen_type, this way below the EOP logic
-		 * can use dlen_type.
-		 */
-		tmp_dlen = dlen_type & NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD;
-		dma_len -= tmp_dlen;
-		dma_addr += tmp_dlen + 1;
-
-		/*
-		 * The rest of the data (if any) will be in larger DMA descriptors
-		 * and is handled with the dma_len loop.
-		 */
-		while (pkt) {
-			if (*lmbuf)
-				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(*lmbuf);
-			*lmbuf = pkt;
-			while (dma_len > 0) {
-				dma_len -= 1;
-				dlen_type = NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN & dma_len;
-
-				ktxds->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type);
-				ktxds->dma_addr_hi = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dma_addr >> 32);
-				ktxds->dma_addr_lo = rte_cpu_to_le_32(dma_addr & 0xffffffff);
-				ktxds++;
-
-				dma_len -= dlen_type;
-				dma_addr += dlen_type + 1;
-			}
-
-			if (pkt->next == NULL)
-				break;
-
-			pkt = pkt->next;
-			dma_len = pkt->data_len;
-			dma_addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(pkt);
-			PMD_TX_LOG(DEBUG, "Working with mbuf at dma address:"
-				"%" PRIx64 "", dma_addr);
-
-			lmbuf = &txq->txbufs[buf_idx++].mbuf;
-		}
-
-		(ktxds - 1)->dma_len_type = rte_cpu_to_le_16(dlen_type | NFDK_DESC_TX_EOP);
-
-		ktxds->raw = rte_cpu_to_le_64(nfp_net_nfdk_tx_cksum(txq, temp_pkt, metadata));
-		ktxds++;
-
-		if ((hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO_ANY) &&
-				(temp_pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
-			ktxds->raw = rte_cpu_to_le_64(nfp_net_nfdk_tx_tso(txq, temp_pkt));
-			ktxds++;
-		}
-
-		used_descs = ktxds - txq->ktxds - txq->wr_p;
-		if (round_down(txq->wr_p, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT) !=
-			round_down(txq->wr_p + used_descs - 1, NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)) {
-			PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Used descs cross block boundary");
-			goto xmit_end;
-		}
-
-		txq->wr_p = D_IDX(txq, txq->wr_p + used_descs);
-		if (txq->wr_p % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)
-			txq->data_pending += temp_pkt->pkt_len;
-		else
-			txq->data_pending = 0;
-
-		issued_descs += used_descs;
-		npkts++;
-		free_descs = (uint16_t)nfp_net_nfdk_free_tx_desc(txq);
-	}
-
-xmit_end:
-	/* Increment write pointers. Force memory write before we let HW know */
-	rte_wmb();
-	nfp_qcp_ptr_add(txq->qcp_q, NFP_QCP_WRITE_PTR, issued_descs);
-
-	return npkts;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
index 6c81a98ae0..4d0c88529b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
@@ -96,59 +96,7 @@ struct nfp_meta_parsed {
 /* Descriptor alignment */
 #define NFP_ALIGN_RING_DESC 128
 
-#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_HEAD       0x00001000
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN_HEAD       0x0fff
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_HEAD          0xf000
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_DMA_LEN            0x3fff
-#define NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT     2
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_TSO           2
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_SIMPLE        8
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_TYPE_GATHER        1
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_EOP                RTE_BIT32(14)
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_CHAIN_META         RTE_BIT32(3)
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_ENCAP              RTE_BIT32(2)
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_L4_CSUM            RTE_BIT32(1)
-#define NFDK_DESC_TX_L3_CSUM            RTE_BIT32(0)
-
-#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_DESC      0x00004000
-#define NFDK_TX_DESC_GATHER_MAX        17
 #define DIV_ROUND_UP(n, d)             (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
-#define NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_SZ          256
-#define NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT         (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_SZ /         \
-					sizeof(struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc))
-#define NFDK_TX_DESC_STOP_CNT          (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT *        \
-					NFDK_TX_DESC_PER_SIMPLE_PKT)
-#define NFDK_TX_MAX_DATA_PER_BLOCK     0x00010000
-#define D_BLOCK_CPL(idx)               (NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT -        \
-					(idx) % NFDK_TX_DESC_BLOCK_CNT)
-#define D_IDX(ring, idx)               ((idx) & ((ring)->tx_count - 1))
-
-struct nfp_net_nfdk_tx_desc {
-	union {
-		struct {
-			__le16 dma_addr_hi;  /* High bits of host buf address */
-			__le16 dma_len_type; /* Length to DMA for this desc */
-			__le32 dma_addr_lo;  /* Low 32bit of host buf addr */
-		};
-
-		struct {
-			__le16 mss;	/* MSS to be used for LSO */
-			uint8_t lso_hdrlen;  /* LSO, TCP payload offset */
-			uint8_t lso_totsegs; /* LSO, total segments */
-			uint8_t l3_offset;   /* L3 header offset */
-			uint8_t l4_offset;   /* L4 header offset */
-			__le16 lso_meta_res; /* Rsvd bits in TSO metadata */
-		};
-
-		struct {
-			uint8_t flags;	/* TX Flags, see @NFDK_DESC_TX_* */
-			uint8_t reserved[7];	/* meta byte placeholder */
-		};
-
-		__le32 vals[2];
-		__le64 raw;
-	};
-};
 
 struct nfp_net_txq {
 	struct nfp_net_hw *hw; /* Backpointer to nfp_net structure */
@@ -396,9 +344,6 @@ int nfp_net_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		uint16_t nb_desc,
 		unsigned int socket_id,
 		const struct rte_eth_txconf *tx_conf);
-uint16_t nfp_net_nfdk_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue,
-		struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
-		uint16_t nb_pkts);
 int nfp_net_tx_free_bufs(struct nfp_net_txq *txq);
 void nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 		struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
