diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
index dd8c955..21b91db 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,21 @@ Supports receiving segmented mbufs.
 * **[related]    eth_dev_ops**: ``rx_pkt_burst``.
 
 
+.. _nic_features_buffer_split:
+
+Buffer Split on Rx
+------------
+
+Scatters the packets being received on specified boundaries to segmented mbufs.
+
+* **[uses]       rte_eth_rxconf,rte_eth_rxmode**: ``offloads:RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT``.
+* **[implements] datapath**: ``Buffer Split functionality``.
+* **[implements] rte_eth_dev_data**: ``buffer_split``.
+* **[provides]   rte_eth_dev_info**: ``rx_offload_capa:RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT``.
+* **[provides]   eth_dev_ops**: ``rxq_info_get:buffer_split``.
+* **[related] API**: ``rte_eth_rxseg_queue_setup()``.
+
+
 .. _nic_features_lro:
 
 LRO
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 2cec9dd..d87247a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ New Features
   Added the FEC API which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
   current FEC mode from device. Also, API for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
 
+* **Introduced extended buffer description for receiving.**
+
+  Added the extended Rx queue setup routine providing the individual
+  descriptions for each Rx segment with maximal size, buffer offset and memory
+  pool to allocate data buffers from.
+
 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
 
   Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with new features and improvements, including:
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 59beb8a..3a55567 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ struct rte_eth_xstats_name_off {
 #define RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(_name)	\
 	{ DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_##_name, #_name }
 
+#define RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(_name)	\
+	{ RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_##_name, #_name }
+
 static const struct {
 	uint64_t offload;
 	const char *name;
@@ -128,9 +131,11 @@ struct rte_eth_xstats_name_off {
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(SCTP_CKSUM),
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM),
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(RSS_HASH),
+	RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(BUFFER_SPLIT),
 };
 
 #undef RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR
+#undef RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR
 
 #define RTE_TX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(_name)	\
 	{ DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_##_name, #_name }
@@ -1920,6 +1925,179 @@ struct rte_eth_dev *
 }
 
 int
+rte_eth_rxseg_queue_setup(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+			  uint16_t nb_rx_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
+			  const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf,
+			  const struct rte_eth_rxseg *rx_seg, uint16_t n_seg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint16_t seg_idx;
+	uint32_t mbp_buf_size;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
+	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
+	struct rte_eth_rxconf local_conf;
+	void **rxq;
+
+	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);
+
+	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
+	if (rx_queue_id >= dev->data->nb_rx_queues) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid RX queue_id=%u\n", rx_queue_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (rx_seg == NULL) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid null description pointer\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (n_seg == 0) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid zero description number\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->rxseg_queue_setup, -ENOTSUP);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check the size of the mbuf data buffer.
+	 * This value must be provided in the private data of the memory pool.
+	 * First check that the memory pool has a valid private data.
+	 */
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_info_get(port_id, &dev_info);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	for (seg_idx = 0; seg_idx < n_seg; seg_idx++) {
+		struct rte_mempool *mp = rx_seg[seg_idx].mp;
+
+		if (mp->private_data_size <
+				sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private)) {
+			RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "%s private_data_size %d < %d\n",
+				mp->name, (int)mp->private_data_size,
+				(int)sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private));
+			return -ENOSPC;
+		}
+
+		mbp_buf_size = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp);
+		if (mbp_buf_size < rx_seg[seg_idx].length +
+				   rx_seg[seg_idx].offset +
+				   (seg_idx ? 0 :
+				    (uint32_t)RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM)) {
+			RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
+				"%s mbuf_data_room_size %d < %d"
+				" (segment length=%d + segment offset=%d)\n",
+				mp->name, (int)mbp_buf_size,
+				(int)(rx_seg[seg_idx].length +
+				      rx_seg[seg_idx].offset),
+				(int)rx_seg[seg_idx].length,
+				(int)rx_seg[seg_idx].offset);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Use default specified by driver, if nb_rx_desc is zero */
+	if (nb_rx_desc == 0) {
+		nb_rx_desc = dev_info.default_rxportconf.ring_size;
+		/* If driver default is also zero, fall back on EAL default */
+		if (nb_rx_desc == 0)
+			nb_rx_desc = RTE_ETH_DEV_FALLBACK_RX_RINGSIZE;
+	}
+
+	if (nb_rx_desc > dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_max ||
+			nb_rx_desc < dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_min ||
+			nb_rx_desc % dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_align != 0) {
+
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Invalid value for nb_rx_desc(=%hu), should be: "
+			"<= %hu, >= %hu, and a product of %hu\n",
+			nb_rx_desc, dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_max,
+			dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_min,
+			dev_info.rx_desc_lim.nb_align);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started &&
+		!(dev_info.dev_capa &
+			RTE_ETH_DEV_CAPA_RUNTIME_RX_QUEUE_SETUP))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started &&
+		(dev->data->rx_queue_state[rx_queue_id] !=
+			RTE_ETH_QUEUE_STATE_STOPPED))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	rxq = dev->data->rx_queues;
+	if (rxq[rx_queue_id]) {
+		RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->rx_queue_release,
+					-ENOTSUP);
+		(*dev->dev_ops->rx_queue_release)(rxq[rx_queue_id]);
+		rxq[rx_queue_id] = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (rx_conf == NULL)
+		rx_conf = &dev_info.default_rxconf;
+
+	local_conf = *rx_conf;
+
+	/*
+	 * If an offloading has already been enabled in
+	 * rte_eth_dev_configure(), it has been enabled on all queues,
+	 * so there is no need to enable it in this queue again.
+	 * The local_conf.offloads input to underlying PMD only carries
+	 * those offloadings which are only enabled on this queue and
+	 * not enabled on all queues.
+	 */
+	local_conf.offloads &= ~dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+
+	/*
+	 * New added offloadings for this queue are those not enabled in
+	 * rte_eth_dev_configure() and they must be per-queue type.
+	 * A pure per-port offloading can't be enabled on a queue while
+	 * disabled on another queue. A pure per-port offloading can't
+	 * be enabled for any queue as new added one if it hasn't been
+	 * enabled in rte_eth_dev_configure().
+	 */
+	if ((local_conf.offloads & dev_info.rx_queue_offload_capa) !=
+	     local_conf.offloads) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Ethdev port_id=%d rx_queue_id=%d, new added offloads"
+			" 0x%"PRIx64" must be within per-queue offload"
+			" capabilities 0x%"PRIx64" in %s()\n",
+			port_id, rx_queue_id, local_conf.offloads,
+			dev_info.rx_queue_offload_capa,
+			__func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If LRO is enabled, check that the maximum aggregated packet
+	 * size is supported by the configured device.
+	 */
+	if (local_conf.offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_LRO) {
+		if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_lro_pkt_size == 0)
+			dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_lro_pkt_size =
+				dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len;
+		int ret = check_lro_pkt_size(port_id,
+				dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_lro_pkt_size,
+				dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len,
+				dev_info.max_lro_pkt_size);
+		if (ret != 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->rxseg_queue_setup)(dev, rx_queue_id, nb_rx_desc,
+						 socket_id, &local_conf,
+						 rx_seg, n_seg);
+	if (!ret) {
+		if (!dev->data->min_rx_buf_size ||
+		    dev->data->min_rx_buf_size > mbp_buf_size)
+			dev->data->min_rx_buf_size = mbp_buf_size;
+	}
+
+	return eth_err(port_id, ret);
+}
+
+int
 rte_eth_rx_hairpin_queue_setup(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
 			       uint16_t nb_rx_desc,
 			       const struct rte_eth_hairpin_conf *conf)
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index 3a31f94..bbf25c8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -970,6 +970,16 @@ struct rte_eth_txmode {
 };
 
 /**
+ * A structure used to configure an RX packet segment to split.
+ */
+struct rte_eth_rxseg {
+	struct rte_mempool *mp; /**< Memory pools to allocate segment from */
+	uint16_t length; /**< Segment data length, configures split point. */
+	uint16_t offset; /**< Data offset from beginning of mbuf data buffer */
+	uint32_t reserved; /**< Reserved field */
+};
+
+/**
  * A structure used to configure an RX ring of an Ethernet port.
  */
 struct rte_eth_rxconf {
@@ -1260,6 +1270,7 @@ struct rte_eth_conf {
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM	0x00020000
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM  0x00040000
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH		0x00080000
+#define RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT 0x00100000
 
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM (DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM | \
 				 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM | \
@@ -2037,6 +2048,102 @@ int rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
 		uint16_t nb_rx_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
 		const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf,
 		struct rte_mempool *mb_pool);
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Allocate and set up a receive queue for an Ethernet device
+ * with specifying receiving segments parameters.
+ *
+ * The function allocates a contiguous block of memory for *nb_rx_desc*
+ * receive descriptors from a memory zone associated with *socket_id*.
+ * The descriptors might be divided into groups by PMD to receive the data
+ * into multi-segment packet presented by the chain of mbufs.
+ *
+ * Each descriptor within the group is initialized accordingly with
+ * the network buffers allocated from the specified memory pool and with
+ * specified buffer offset and maximal segment length.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param rx_queue_id
+ *   The index of the receive queue to set up.
+ *   The value must be in the range [0, nb_rx_queue - 1] previously supplied
+ *   to rte_eth_dev_configure().
+ * @param nb_rx_desc
+ *   The number of receive descriptors to allocate for the receive ring.
+ * @param socket_id
+ *   The *socket_id* argument is the socket identifier in case of NUMA.
+ *   The value can be *SOCKET_ID_ANY* if there is no NUMA constraint for
+ *   the DMA memory allocated for the receive descriptors of the ring.
+ * @param rx_conf
+ *   The pointer to the configuration data to be used for the receive queue.
+ *   NULL value is allowed, in which case default RX configuration
+ *   will be used.
+ *   The *rx_conf* structure contains an *rx_thresh* structure with the values
+ *   of the Prefetch, Host, and Write-Back threshold registers of the receive
+ *   ring.
+ *   In addition it contains the hardware offloads features to activate using
+ *   the DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_* flags.
+ *   If an offloading set in rx_conf->offloads
+ *   hasn't been set in the input argument eth_conf->rxmode.offloads
+ *   to rte_eth_dev_configure(), it is a new added offloading, it must be
+ *   per-queue type and it is enabled for the queue.
+ *   No need to repeat any bit in rx_conf->offloads which has already been
+ *   enabled in rte_eth_dev_configure() at port level. An offloading enabled
+ *   at port level can't be disabled at queue level.
+ * @param rx_seg
+ *   The pointer to the array of segment descriptions, each element describes
+ *   the memory pool, maximal segment data length, initial data offset from
+ *   the beginning of data buffer in mbuf. This allow to specify the dedicated
+ *   properties for each segment in the receiving buffer - pool, buffer
+ *   offset, maximal segment size. If RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_SPLIT offload
+ *   flag is configured the PMD will split the received packets into multiple
+ *   segments according to the specification in the description array:
+ *   - the first network buffer will be allocated from the memory pool,
+ *     specified in the first segment description element, the second
+ *     network buffer - from the pool in the second segment description
+ *     element and so on. If there is no enough elements to describe
+ *     the buffer for entire packet of maximal length the pool from the last
+ *     valid element will be used to allocate the buffers from for the rest
+ *     of segments.
+ *   - the offsets from the segment description elements will provide the
+ *     data offset from the buffer beginning except the first mbuf - for this
+ *     one the offset is added to the RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM to get actual
+ *     offset from the buffer beginning. If there is no enough elements
+ *     to describe the buffer for entire packet of maximal length the offsets
+ *     for the rest of segment will be supposed to be zero.
+ *   - the data length being received to each segment is limited by the
+ *     length specified in the segment description element. The data receiving
+ *     starts with filling up the first mbuf data buffer, if the specified
+ *     maximal segment length is reached and there are data remaining
+ *     (packet is longer than buffer in the first mbuf) the following data
+ *     will be pushed to the next segment up to its own length. If the first
+ *     two segments is not enough to store all the packet data the next
+ *     (third) segment will be engaged and so on. If the length in the segment
+ *     description element is zero the actual buffer size will be deduced
+ *     from the appropriate memory pool properties. If there is no enough
+ *     elements to describe the buffer for entire packet of maximal length
+ *     the buffer size will be deduced from the pool of the last valid
+ *     element for the all remaining segments.
+ * @param n_seg
+ *   The number of elements in the segment description array.
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Success, receive queue correctly set up.
+ *   - -EIO: if device is removed.
+ *   - -EINVAL: The segment descriptors array is empty (pointer to is null or
+ *      zero number of elements) or the size of network buffers which can be
+ *      allocated from this memory pool does not fit the various buffer sizes
+ *      allowed by the device controller.
+ *   - -ENOMEM: Unable to allocate the receive ring descriptors or to
+ *      allocate network memory buffers from the memory pool when
+ *      initializing receive descriptors.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_eth_rxseg_queue_setup(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+		uint16_t nb_rx_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
+		const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf,
+		const struct rte_eth_rxseg *rx_seg, uint16_t n_seg);
 
 /**
  * @warning
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
index 35cc4fb..5dee210 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_driver.h
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ typedef int (*eth_rx_queue_setup_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				    struct rte_mempool *mb_pool);
 /**< @internal Set up a receive queue of an Ethernet device. */
 
+typedef int (*eth_rxseg_queue_setup_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				       uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+				       uint16_t nb_rx_desc,
+				       unsigned int socket_id,
+				       const struct rte_eth_rxconf *rx_conf,
+				       const struct rte_eth_rxseg *rx_seg,
+				       uint16_t n_seg);
+/**< @internal extended Set up a receive queue of an Ethernet device. */
+
 typedef int (*eth_tx_queue_setup_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				    uint16_t tx_queue_id,
 				    uint16_t nb_tx_desc,
@@ -711,6 +720,7 @@ struct eth_dev_ops {
 	eth_queue_start_t          tx_queue_start;/**< Start TX for a queue. */
 	eth_queue_stop_t           tx_queue_stop; /**< Stop TX for a queue. */
 	eth_rx_queue_setup_t       rx_queue_setup;/**< Set up device RX queue. */
+	eth_rxseg_queue_setup_t    rxseg_queue_setup;/**< Extended RX setup. */
 	eth_queue_release_t        rx_queue_release; /**< Release RX queue. */
 
 	eth_rx_enable_intr_t       rx_queue_intr_enable;  /**< Enable Rx queue interrupt. */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map
index f8a0945..d4b9849 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_flow_get_aged_flows;
 
 	# Marked as experimental in 20.11
+	rte_eth_rxseg_queue_setup;
 	rte_tm_capabilities_get;
 	rte_tm_get_number_of_leaf_nodes;
 	rte_tm_hierarchy_commit;
