+#define OTX2_TIM_RING_CTL "tim_ring_ctl"
+
+static void
+tim_parse_ring_param(char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+ struct otx2_tim_evdev *dev = opaque;
+ struct otx2_tim_ctl ring_ctl = {0};
+ char *tok = strtok(value, "-");
+ uint16_t *val;
+
+ val = (uint16_t *)&ring_ctl;
+
+ if (!strlen(value))
+ return;
+
+ while (tok != NULL) {
+ *val = atoi(tok);
+ tok = strtok(NULL, "-");
+ val++;
+ }
+
+ if (val != (&ring_ctl.enable_stats + 1)) {
+ otx2_err(
+ "Invalid ring param expected [ring-chunk_sz-disable_npa-enable_stats]");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ dev->ring_ctl_cnt++;
+ dev->ring_ctl_data = rte_realloc(dev->ring_ctl_data,
+ sizeof(struct otx2_tim_ctl), 0);
+ dev->ring_ctl_data[dev->ring_ctl_cnt - 1] = ring_ctl;
+}
+
+static void
+tim_parse_ring_ctl_list(const char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+ char *s = strdup(value);
+ char *start = NULL;
+ char *end = NULL;
+ char *f = s;
+
+ while (*s) {
+ if (*s == '[')
+ start = s;
+ else if (*s == ']')
+ end = s;
+
+ if (start < end && *start) {
+ *end = 0;
+ tim_parse_ring_param(start + 1, opaque);
+ start = end;
+ s = end;
+ }
+ s++;
+ }
+
+ free(f);
+}
+
+static int
+tim_parse_kvargs_dict(const char *key, const char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+ RTE_SET_USED(key);
+
+ /* Dict format [ring-chunk_sz-disable_npa-enable_stats] use '-' as ','
+ * isn't allowed. 0 represents default.
+ */
+ tim_parse_ring_ctl_list(value, opaque);
+
+ return 0;
+}