diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
index 8ead295..b6215f6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@
 
 #include "rte_ring.h"
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_ring_list, rte_tailq_entry);
-
 struct rte_tailq_elem rte_ring_tailq = {
 	.name = RTE_TAILQ_RING_NAME,
 };
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
index e359aff..4e74efd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
@@ -91,132 +91,13 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <rte_common.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
-#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
-#include <rte_memzone.h>
-
-#define RTE_TAILQ_RING_NAME "RTE_RING"
-
-enum rte_ring_queue_behavior {
-	RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED = 0, /* Enq/Deq a fixed number of items from a ring */
-	RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE   /* Enq/Deq as many items as possible from ring */
-};
-
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_RING_DEBUG
-/**
- * A structure that stores the ring statistics (per-lcore).
- */
-struct rte_ring_debug_stats {
-	uint64_t enq_success_bulk; /**< Successful enqueues number. */
-	uint64_t enq_success_objs; /**< Objects successfully enqueued. */
-	uint64_t enq_quota_bulk;   /**< Successful enqueues above watermark. */
-	uint64_t enq_quota_objs;   /**< Objects enqueued above watermark. */
-	uint64_t enq_fail_bulk;    /**< Failed enqueues number. */
-	uint64_t enq_fail_objs;    /**< Objects that failed to be enqueued. */
-	uint64_t deq_success_bulk; /**< Successful dequeues number. */
-	uint64_t deq_success_objs; /**< Objects successfully dequeued. */
-	uint64_t deq_fail_bulk;    /**< Failed dequeues number. */
-	uint64_t deq_fail_objs;    /**< Objects that failed to be dequeued. */
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-#endif
-
-#define RTE_RING_MZ_PREFIX "RG_"
-/**< The maximum length of a ring name. */
-#define RTE_RING_NAMESIZE (RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE - \
-			   sizeof(RTE_RING_MZ_PREFIX) + 1)
-
-#ifndef RTE_RING_PAUSE_REP_COUNT
-#define RTE_RING_PAUSE_REP_COUNT 0 /**< Yield after pause num of times, no yield
-                                    *   if RTE_RING_PAUSE_REP not defined. */
-#endif
-
-struct rte_memzone; /* forward declaration, so as not to require memzone.h */
-
-/**
- * An RTE ring structure.
- *
- * The producer and the consumer have a head and a tail index. The particularity
- * of these index is that they are not between 0 and size(ring). These indexes
- * are between 0 and 2^32, and we mask their value when we access the ring[]
- * field. Thanks to this assumption, we can do subtractions between 2 index
- * values in a modulo-32bit base: that's why the overflow of the indexes is not
- * a problem.
- */
-struct rte_ring {
-	/*
-	 * Note: this field kept the RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE size due to ABI
-	 * compatibility requirements, it could be changed to RTE_RING_NAMESIZE
-	 * next time the ABI changes
-	 */
-	char name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];    /**< Name of the ring. */
-	int flags;                       /**< Flags supplied at creation. */
-	const struct rte_memzone *memzone;
-			/**< Memzone, if any, containing the rte_ring */
-
-	/** Ring producer status. */
-	struct prod {
-		uint32_t watermark;      /**< Maximum items before EDQUOT. */
-		uint32_t sp_enqueue;     /**< True, if single producer. */
-		uint32_t size;           /**< Size of ring. */
-		uint32_t mask;           /**< Mask (size-1) of ring. */
-		volatile uint32_t head;  /**< Producer head. */
-		volatile uint32_t tail;  /**< Producer tail. */
-	} prod __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-	/** Ring consumer status. */
-	struct cons {
-		uint32_t sc_dequeue;     /**< True, if single consumer. */
-		uint32_t size;           /**< Size of the ring. */
-		uint32_t mask;           /**< Mask (size-1) of ring. */
-		volatile uint32_t head;  /**< Consumer head. */
-		volatile uint32_t tail;  /**< Consumer tail. */
-#ifdef RTE_RING_SPLIT_PROD_CONS
-	} cons __rte_cache_aligned;
-#else
-	} cons;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_RING_DEBUG
-	struct rte_ring_debug_stats stats[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
-#endif
+#define RING_TYPE void *
+#define RING_TYPE_NAME rte_void
+#include "rte_typed_ring.h"
+#undef RING_TYPE
+#undef RING_TYPE_NAME
 
-	void *ring[] __rte_cache_aligned;   /**< Memory space of ring starts here.
-	                                     * not volatile so need to be careful
-	                                     * about compiler re-ordering */
-};
-
-#define RING_F_SP_ENQ 0x0001 /**< The default enqueue is "single-producer". */
-#define RING_F_SC_DEQ 0x0002 /**< The default dequeue is "single-consumer". */
-#define RTE_RING_QUOT_EXCEED (1 << 31)  /**< Quota exceed for burst ops */
-#define RTE_RING_SZ_MASK  (unsigned)(0x0fffffff) /**< Ring size mask */
-
-/**
- * @internal When debug is enabled, store ring statistics.
- * @param r
- *   A pointer to the ring.
- * @param name
- *   The name of the statistics field to increment in the ring.
- * @param n
- *   The number to add to the object-oriented statistics.
- */
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_RING_DEBUG
-#define __RING_STAT_ADD(r, name, n) do {                        \
-		unsigned __lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();           \
-		if (__lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE) {               \
-			r->stats[__lcore_id].name##_objs += n;  \
-			r->stats[__lcore_id].name##_bulk += 1;  \
-		}                                               \
-	} while(0)
-#else
-#define __RING_STAT_ADD(r, name, n) do {} while(0)
-#endif
+#define rte_ring rte_void_ring
 
 /**
  * Calculate the memory size needed for a ring
@@ -350,58 +231,6 @@ int rte_ring_set_water_mark(struct rte_ring *r, unsigned count);
  */
 void rte_ring_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_ring *r);
 
-/* the actual enqueue of pointers on the ring.
- * Placed here since identical code needed in both
- * single and multi producer enqueue functions */
-#define ENQUEUE_PTRS() do { \
-	const uint32_t size = r->prod.size; \
-	uint32_t idx = prod_head & mask; \
-	if (likely(idx + n < size)) { \
-		for (i = 0; i < (n & ((~(unsigned)0x3))); i+=4, idx+=4) { \
-			r->ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-			r->ring[idx+1] = obj_table[i+1]; \
-			r->ring[idx+2] = obj_table[i+2]; \
-			r->ring[idx+3] = obj_table[i+3]; \
-		} \
-		switch (n & 0x3) { \
-			case 3: r->ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; \
-			case 2: r->ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; \
-			case 1: r->ring[idx++] = obj_table[i++]; \
-		} \
-	} else { \
-		for (i = 0; idx < size; i++, idx++)\
-			r->ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-		for (idx = 0; i < n; i++, idx++) \
-			r->ring[idx] = obj_table[i]; \
-	} \
-} while(0)
-
-/* the actual copy of pointers on the ring to obj_table.
- * Placed here since identical code needed in both
- * single and multi consumer dequeue functions */
-#define DEQUEUE_PTRS() do { \
-	uint32_t idx = cons_head & mask; \
-	const uint32_t size = r->cons.size; \
-	if (likely(idx + n < size)) { \
-		for (i = 0; i < (n & (~(unsigned)0x3)); i+=4, idx+=4) {\
-			obj_table[i] = r->ring[idx]; \
-			obj_table[i+1] = r->ring[idx+1]; \
-			obj_table[i+2] = r->ring[idx+2]; \
-			obj_table[i+3] = r->ring[idx+3]; \
-		} \
-		switch (n & 0x3) { \
-			case 3: obj_table[i++] = r->ring[idx++]; \
-			case 2: obj_table[i++] = r->ring[idx++]; \
-			case 1: obj_table[i++] = r->ring[idx++]; \
-		} \
-	} else { \
-		for (i = 0; idx < size; i++, idx++) \
-			obj_table[i] = r->ring[idx]; \
-		for (idx = 0; i < n; i++, idx++) \
-			obj_table[i] = r->ring[idx]; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
 /**
  * @internal Enqueue several objects on the ring (multi-producers safe).
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_typed_ring.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_typed_ring.h
index 79edc65..89f6983 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_typed_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_typed_ring.h
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
  *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef _RTE_RING_H_
-#define _RTE_RING_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_TYPED_RING_H_
+#define _RTE_TYPED_RING_H_
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ TAILQ_HEAD(rte_ring_list, rte_tailq_entry);
 
 extern struct rte_tailq_elem rte_ring_tailq;
 
-#endif /* _RTE_RING_H_ */
+#endif /* _RTE_TYPED_RING_H_ */
 
 #ifndef RING_TYPE_NAME
 #error "Need RING_TYPE_NAME defined before including"
