diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.c b/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.c
index 59e7e02622..61bc97b0f3 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.c
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.c
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
 #include "qat_device.h"
 #include "qat_logs.h"
 
+#define QAT_LEGACY_CAPA "qat_legacy_capa"
+
+static const char *const arguments[] = {
+	QAT_LEGACY_CAPA,
+	NULL
+};
+
+const char *const *qat_cmdline_defines[QAT_MAX_SERVICES + 1] = {
+	[QAT_MAX_SERVICES] = arguments,
+};
+
 const char *
 qat_service_get_str(enum qat_service_type type)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.h b/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.h
index 53799ce174..7425600506 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.h
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_common.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  * from one according to the generation of the device.
  * QAT_GEN* is used as the index to find all devices
  */
+
+extern const char *const *qat_cmdline_defines[];
+
 enum qat_device_gen {
 	QAT_GEN1,
 	QAT_GEN2,
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.c b/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.c
index a9ea4af5df..6c5b81acc2 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.c
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.c
@@ -121,70 +121,6 @@ qat_get_qat_dev_from_pci_dev(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	return qat_pci_get_named_dev(name);
 }
 
-static void
-qat_dev_parse_cmd(const char *str, struct qat_dev_cmd_param
-		*qat_dev_cmd_param)
-{
-	int i = 0;
-	const char *param;
-
-	while (1) {
-		char value_str[4] = { };
-
-		param = qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name;
-		if (param == NULL)
-			return;
-		long value = 0;
-		const char *arg = strstr(str, param);
-		const char *arg2 = NULL;
-
-		if (arg) {
-			arg2 = arg + strlen(param);
-			if (*arg2 != '=') {
-				QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "parsing error '=' sign"
-						" should immediately follow %s",
-						param);
-				arg2 = NULL;
-			} else
-				arg2++;
-		} else {
-			QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "%s not provided", param);
-		}
-		if (arg2) {
-			int iter = 0;
-			while (iter < 2) {
-				if (!isdigit(*(arg2 + iter)))
-					break;
-				iter++;
-			}
-			if (!iter) {
-				QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "parsing error %s"
-					       " no number provided",
-					       param);
-			} else {
-				memcpy(value_str, arg2, iter);
-				value = strtol(value_str, NULL, 10);
-				if (strcmp(param,
-					 SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME) == 0) {
-					if (value < 0 || value > 1) {
-						QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "The value for qat_sym_cipher_crc_enable should be set to 0 or 1, setting to 0");
-						value = 0;
-					}
-				} else if (value > MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE) {
-					QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "Exceeded max size of"
-						" threshold, setting to %d",
-						MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE);
-					value = MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE;
-				}
-				QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "parsing %s = %ld",
-						param, value);
-			}
-		}
-		qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val = value;
-		i++;
-	}
-}
-
 static enum qat_device_gen
 pick_gen(const struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
@@ -210,9 +146,89 @@ pick_gen(const struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	}
 }
 
-struct qat_pci_device *
-qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param)
+/* This function base on the atoi function peculiarity, non integral part
+ * other than the equals sign is ingored. It will not work with other conversion
+ * functions like strt*.
+ */
+char *qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev,
+	const char *key)
+{
+	if (qat_dev->command_line == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	key = strstr(qat_dev->command_line, key);
+	/* At this point, a key should be validated */
+	return key ? strchr(key, '=') + 1 : NULL;
+}
+
+static int cmdline_validate(const char *arg)
+{
+	int i, len;
+	char *eq_sign = strchr(arg, '=');
+	/* Check for the equal sign */
+	if (eq_sign == NULL) {
+		QAT_LOG(ERR, "malformed string, no equals sign, %s", arg);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/* Check if an argument is not empty */
+	len = strlen(eq_sign) - 1;
+	if (len == 0) {
+		QAT_LOG(ERR, "malformed string, empty argument, %s", arg);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	len = eq_sign - arg;
+	for (i = 0; i < QAT_MAX_SERVICES + 1; i++) {
+		int j = 0;
+		const char *def = NULL;
+
+		if (!qat_cmdline_defines[i])
+			continue;
+		while ((def = qat_cmdline_defines[i][j++])) {
+			if (strncmp(def, arg, len))
+				continue;
+			QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "Found %s command line argument",
+				def);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+qat_dev_parse_command_line(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev,
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs)
+{
+	int len = 0;
+	char *token = NULL;
+
+	if (!devargs)
+		return 0;
+
+	len = strlen(devargs->drv_str);
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0;
+	/* Allocate per-device command line */
+	qat_dev->command_line = rte_malloc(NULL, len, 0);
+	if (qat_dev->command_line == NULL) {
+		QAT_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate memory for command line");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	strcpy(qat_dev->command_line, devargs->drv_str);
+	token = strtok(qat_dev->command_line, ",");
+	while (token != NULL) {
+		if (!cmdline_validate(token)) {
+			QAT_LOG(ERR, "Incorrect command line argument: %s",
+				token);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		token = strtok(NULL, ",");
+	}
+	/* Copy once againe the entire string, strtok already altered the contents */
+	strcpy(qat_dev->command_line, devargs->drv_str);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct qat_pci_device *
+qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
 	struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev;
 	enum qat_device_gen qat_dev_gen;
@@ -223,6 +239,7 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
 	struct rte_mem_resource *mem_resource;
 	const struct rte_memzone *qat_dev_mz;
 	int qat_dev_size, extra_size;
+	char *cmdline = NULL;
 
 	rte_pci_device_name(&pci_dev->addr, name, sizeof(name));
 	snprintf(name+strlen(name), QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN-strlen(name), "_qat");
@@ -300,8 +317,14 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
 	} else
 		qat_dev->misc_bar_io_addr = NULL;
 
-	if (devargs && devargs->drv_str)
-		qat_dev_parse_cmd(devargs->drv_str, qat_dev_cmd_param);
+	/* Parse the command line */
+	if (qat_dev_parse_command_line(qat_dev, devargs))
+		goto error;
+
+	/* Parse the arguments */
+	cmdline = qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(qat_dev, QAT_LEGACY_CAPA);
+	if (cmdline)
+		qat_legacy_capa = atoi(cmdline);
 
 	if (qat_read_qp_config(qat_dev)) {
 		QAT_LOG(ERR,
@@ -339,6 +362,7 @@ qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
 
 	return qat_dev;
 error:
+	rte_free(qat_dev->command_line);
 	if (rte_memzone_free(qat_dev_mz)) {
 		QAT_LOG(DEBUG,
 			"QAT internal error! Trying to free already allocated memzone: %s",
@@ -410,27 +434,17 @@ static int qat_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 	int sym_ret = 0, asym_ret = 0, comp_ret = 0;
 	int num_pmds_created = 0;
 	struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev;
-	struct qat_dev_cmd_param qat_dev_cmd_param[] = {
-			{ QAT_LEGACY_CAPA, 0 },
-			{ SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME, 0 },
-			{ ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME, 0 },
-			{ COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME, 0 },
-			{ SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME, 0 },
-			[QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP_POS] = { QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP, 0},
-			{ NULL, 0 },
-	};
 
 	QAT_LOG(DEBUG, "Found QAT device at %02x:%02x.%x",
 			pci_dev->addr.bus,
 			pci_dev->addr.devid,
 			pci_dev->addr.function);
 
-	qat_pci_dev = qat_pci_device_allocate(pci_dev, qat_dev_cmd_param);
+	qat_pci_dev = qat_pci_device_allocate(pci_dev);
 	if (qat_pci_dev == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	qat_dev_cmd_param[QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP_POS].val = qat_pci_dev->slice_map;
-	sym_ret = qat_sym_dev_create(qat_pci_dev, qat_dev_cmd_param);
+	sym_ret = qat_sym_dev_create(qat_pci_dev);
 	if (sym_ret == 0) {
 		num_pmds_created++;
 	}
@@ -439,7 +453,7 @@ static int qat_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 				"Failed to create QAT SYM PMD on device %s",
 				qat_pci_dev->name);
 
-	comp_ret = qat_comp_dev_create(qat_pci_dev, qat_dev_cmd_param);
+	comp_ret = qat_comp_dev_create(qat_pci_dev);
 	if (comp_ret == 0)
 		num_pmds_created++;
 	else
@@ -447,7 +461,7 @@ static int qat_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 				"Failed to create QAT COMP PMD on device %s",
 				qat_pci_dev->name);
 
-	asym_ret = qat_asym_dev_create(qat_pci_dev, qat_dev_cmd_param);
+	asym_ret = qat_asym_dev_create(qat_pci_dev);
 	if (asym_ret == 0)
 		num_pmds_created++;
 	else
@@ -484,15 +498,13 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver rte_qat_pmd = {
 };
 
 __rte_weak int
-qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param __rte_unused)
+qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
 __rte_weak int
-qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused,
-		const struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param __rte_unused)
+qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -510,8 +522,7 @@ qat_asym_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused)
 }
 
 __rte_weak int
-qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param __rte_unused)
+qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.h b/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.h
index aa7988bb74..f0f2f61c04 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.h
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_device.h
@@ -16,15 +16,8 @@
 #define QAT_ATTACHED  (1)
 
 #define QAT_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN	64
-
-#define QAT_LEGACY_CAPA "qat_legacy_capa"
-#define SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_sym_enq_threshold"
-#define ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_asym_enq_threshold"
-#define COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_comp_enq_threshold"
-#define SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME "qat_sym_cipher_crc_enable"
-#define QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP "qat_cmd_slice_disable"
-#define QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP_POS	5
 #define MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE	32
+#define QAT_LEGACY_CAPA "qat_legacy_capa"
 
 /**
  * Function prototypes for GENx specific device operations.
@@ -41,6 +34,9 @@ typedef int (*qat_dev_get_extra_size_t)(void);
 typedef int (*qat_dev_get_slice_map_t)(uint32_t *map,
 		const struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 
+extern int qat_legacy_capa;
+char *qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(struct qat_pci_device *qat_dev, const char *key);
+
 struct qat_dev_hw_spec_funcs {
 	qat_dev_reset_ring_pairs_t	qat_dev_reset_ring_pairs;
 	qat_dev_get_transport_bar_t	qat_dev_get_transport_bar;
@@ -135,6 +131,8 @@ struct qat_pci_device {
 	/**< Per generation specific information */
 	uint32_t slice_map;
 	/**< Map of the crypto and compression slices */
+	char *command_line;
+	/**< Map of the crypto and compression slices */
 };
 
 struct qat_gen_hw_data {
@@ -155,20 +153,14 @@ struct qat_pf2vf_dev {
 extern struct qat_gen_hw_data qat_gen_config[];
 
 struct qat_pci_device *
-qat_pci_device_allocate(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param);
-
-struct qat_pci_device *
 qat_get_qat_dev_from_pci_dev(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 
 /* declaration needed for weak functions */
 int
-qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param);
+qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused);
 
 int
-qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
-		const struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param);
+qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev);
 
 int
 qat_sym_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused);
@@ -177,8 +169,7 @@ int
 qat_asym_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused);
 
 int
-qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param);
+qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused);
 
 int
 qat_comp_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev __rte_unused);
diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.c b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.c
index 815276fc9e..4b24929a70 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.c
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 #define QAT_PMD_COMP_SGL_DEF_SEGMENTS 16
 
+#define COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_comp_enq_threshold"
+
+static const char *const arguments[] = {
+	COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME,
+	NULL
+};
+
 struct qat_comp_gen_dev_ops qat_comp_gen_dev_ops[QAT_N_GENS];
 
 struct stream_create_info {
@@ -663,10 +670,8 @@ static const struct rte_driver compdev_qat_driver = {
 };
 
 int
-qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param)
+qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 {
-	int i = 0;
 	struct qat_device_info *qat_dev_instance =
 			&qat_pci_devs[qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_id];
 	struct rte_compressdev_pmd_init_params init_params = {
@@ -683,6 +688,7 @@ qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 			&qat_comp_gen_dev_ops[qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_gen];
 	uint64_t capa_size;
 	uint16_t sub_id = qat_dev_instance->pci_dev->id.subsystem_device_id;
+	char *cmdline = NULL;
 
 	snprintf(name, RTE_COMPRESSDEV_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s_%s",
 			qat_pci_dev->name, "comp");
@@ -765,13 +771,13 @@ qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 	memcpy(comp_dev->capa_mz->addr, capabilities, capa_size);
 	comp_dev->qat_dev_capabilities = comp_dev->capa_mz->addr;
 
-	while (1) {
-		if (qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name == NULL)
-			break;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME))
-			comp_dev->min_enq_burst_threshold =
-					qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		i++;
+	cmdline = qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(qat_pci_dev,
+			COMP_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME);
+	if (cmdline) {
+		comp_dev->min_enq_burst_threshold =
+			atoi(cmdline) > MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE ?
+			MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE :
+			atoi(cmdline);
 	}
 	qat_pci_dev->comp_dev = comp_dev;
 
@@ -804,3 +810,8 @@ qat_comp_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+RTE_INIT(qat_sym_init)
+{
+	qat_cmdline_defines[QAT_SERVICE_COMPRESSION] = arguments;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.h b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.h
index 3c8682a768..1f5b0facf7 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.h
+++ b/drivers/compress/qat/qat_comp_pmd.h
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ qat_comp_setup_inter_buffers(struct qat_comp_dev_private *comp_dev,
 		uint32_t buff_size);
 
 int
-qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param);
+qat_comp_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev);
 
 int
 qat_comp_dev_destroy(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
index d96eb7ec6d..7d01ad503b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_asym.c
@@ -15,12 +15,19 @@
 #include "qat_pke.h"
 #include "qat_ec.h"
 
+#define ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_asym_enq_threshold"
 #define RSA_MODULUS_2048_BITS 2048
 
 uint8_t qat_asym_driver_id;
 
 struct qat_crypto_gen_dev_ops qat_asym_gen_dev_ops[QAT_N_GENS];
 
+
+static const char *const arguments[] = {
+	ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME,
+	NULL
+};
+
 /* An rte_driver is needed in the registration of both the device and the driver
  * with cryptodev.
  * The actual qat pci's rte_driver can't be used as its name represents
@@ -1499,8 +1506,7 @@ qat_asym_init_op_cookie(void *op_cookie)
 }
 
 int
-qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
-		const struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param)
+qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 {
 	struct qat_cryptodev_private *internals;
 	struct rte_cryptodev *cryptodev;
@@ -1515,9 +1521,8 @@ qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 		&qat_asym_gen_dev_ops[qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_gen];
 	char name[RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 	char capa_memz_name[RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
-	int i = 0;
-	uint16_t slice_map = 0;
 	uint16_t sub_id = qat_dev_instance->pci_dev->id.subsystem_device_id;
+	char *cmdline = NULL;
 
 	snprintf(name, RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s_%s",
 			qat_pci_dev->name, "asym");
@@ -1580,18 +1585,16 @@ qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 	internals->qat_dev = qat_pci_dev;
 	internals->dev_id = cryptodev->data->dev_id;
 
-	while (1) {
-		if (qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name == NULL)
-			break;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME))
-			internals->min_enq_burst_threshold =
-					qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP))
-			slice_map = qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		i++;
+	cmdline = qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(qat_pci_dev,
+			ASYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME);
+	if (cmdline) {
+		internals->min_enq_burst_threshold =
+			atoi(cmdline) > MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE ?
+			MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE :
+			atoi(cmdline);
 	}
 
-	if (slice_map & ICP_ACCEL_MASK_PKE_SLICE) {
+	if (qat_pci_dev->slice_map & ICP_ACCEL_MASK_PKE_SLICE) {
 		QAT_LOG(ERR, "Device %s does not support PKE slice",
 				name);
 		rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy(cryptodev);
@@ -1601,7 +1604,7 @@ qat_asym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 	}
 
 	if (gen_dev_ops->get_capabilities(internals,
-			capa_memz_name, slice_map) < 0) {
+			capa_memz_name, qat_pci_dev->slice_map) < 0) {
 		QAT_LOG(ERR,
 			"Device cannot obtain capabilities, destroying PMD for %s",
 			name);
@@ -1644,3 +1647,8 @@ static struct cryptodev_driver qat_crypto_drv;
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_CRYPTO_DRIVER(qat_crypto_drv,
 		cryptodev_qat_asym_driver,
 		qat_asym_driver_id);
+
+RTE_INIT(qat_asym_init)
+{
+	qat_cmdline_defines[QAT_SERVICE_ASYMMETRIC] = arguments;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
index 6301fdec0e..d23e876368 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_sym.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <rte_byteorder.h>
 #include <rte_security_driver.h>
 
+#include "qat_common.h"
 #include "qat_sym.h"
 #include "qat_crypto.h"
 #include "qat_qp.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@
 uint8_t qat_sym_driver_id;
 int qat_legacy_capa;
 
+#define SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME "qat_sym_enq_threshold"
+#define SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME "qat_sym_cipher_crc_enable"
+
+static const char *const arguments[] = {
+	SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME,
+	SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME,
+	NULL
+};
+
 struct qat_crypto_gen_dev_ops qat_sym_gen_dev_ops[QAT_N_GENS];
 
 /* An rte_driver is needed in the registration of both the device and the driver
@@ -184,11 +194,9 @@ qat_sym_dequeue_burst(void *qp, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 }
 
 int
-qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
-		struct qat_dev_cmd_param *qat_dev_cmd_param)
+qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev)
 {
-	int i = 0, ret = 0;
-	uint16_t slice_map = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	struct qat_device_info *qat_dev_instance =
 			&qat_pci_devs[qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_id];
 	struct rte_cryptodev_pmd_init_params init_params = {
@@ -203,6 +211,7 @@ qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 	const struct qat_crypto_gen_dev_ops *gen_dev_ops =
 		&qat_sym_gen_dev_ops[qat_pci_dev->qat_dev_gen];
 	uint16_t sub_id = qat_dev_instance->pci_dev->id.subsystem_device_id;
+	char *cmdline = NULL;
 
 	snprintf(name, RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_MAX_LEN, "%s_%s",
 			qat_pci_dev->name, "sym");
@@ -283,26 +292,23 @@ qat_sym_dev_create(struct qat_pci_device *qat_pci_dev,
 
 	internals = cryptodev->data->dev_private;
 	internals->qat_dev = qat_pci_dev;
-
 	internals->dev_id = cryptodev->data->dev_id;
 
-	while (qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name != NULL) {
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME))
-			internals->min_enq_burst_threshold =
-					qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name,
-				SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME))
-			internals->cipher_crc_offload_enable =
-					qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, QAT_LEGACY_CAPA))
-			qat_legacy_capa = qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		if (!strcmp(qat_dev_cmd_param[i].name, QAT_CMD_SLICE_MAP))
-			slice_map = qat_dev_cmd_param[i].val;
-		i++;
+	cmdline = qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(qat_pci_dev,
+			SYM_ENQ_THRESHOLD_NAME);
+	if (cmdline) {
+		internals->min_enq_burst_threshold =
+			atoi(cmdline) > MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE ?
+			MAX_QP_THRESHOLD_SIZE :
+			atoi(cmdline);
 	}
+	cmdline = qat_dev_cmdline_get_val(qat_pci_dev,
+			SYM_CIPHER_CRC_ENABLE_NAME);
+	if (cmdline)
+		internals->cipher_crc_offload_enable = atoi(cmdline);
 
 	if (gen_dev_ops->get_capabilities(internals,
-			capa_memz_name, slice_map) < 0) {
+			capa_memz_name, qat_pci_dev->slice_map) < 0) {
 		QAT_LOG(ERR,
 			"Device cannot obtain capabilities, destroying PMD for %s",
 			name);
@@ -401,3 +407,8 @@ static struct cryptodev_driver qat_crypto_drv;
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_CRYPTO_DRIVER(qat_crypto_drv,
 		cryptodev_qat_sym_driver,
 		qat_sym_driver_id);
+
+RTE_INIT(qat_sym_init)
+{
+	qat_cmdline_defines[QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC] = arguments;
+}
