+/**
+ * Update hardware defined ptype to software defined packet type
+ * mapping table.
+ *
+ * @param port
+ * pointer to port identifier of the device.
+ * @param mapping_items
+ * the base address of the mapping items array.
+ * @param count
+ * number of mapping items.
+ * @param exclusive
+ * the flag indicate different ptype mapping update method.
+ * -(0) only overwrite referred PTYPE mapping,
+ * keep other PTYPEs mapping unchanged.
+ * -(!0) overwrite referred PTYPE mapping,
+ * set other PTYPEs maps to PTYPE_UNKNOWN.
+ */
+int rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping_update(
+ uint8_t port,
+ struct rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping *mapping_items,
+ uint16_t count,
+ uint8_t exclusive);
+
+/**
+ * Reset hardware defined ptype to software defined ptype
+ * mapping table to default.
+ *
+ * @param port
+ * pointer to port identifier of the device
+ */
+int rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping_reset(uint8_t port);
+
+/**
+ * Get hardware defined ptype to software defined ptype
+ * mapping items.
+ *
+ * @param port
+ * pointer to port identifier of the device.
+ * @param mapping_items
+ * the base address of the array to store returned items.
+ * @param size
+ * the size of the input array.
+ * @param count
+ * the place to store the number of returned items.
+ * @param valid_only
+ * -(0) return full mapping table.
+ * -(!0) only return mapping items which packet_type != RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN.
+ */
+int rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping_get(
+ uint8_t port,
+ struct rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping *mapping_items,
+ uint16_t size,
+ uint16_t *count,
+ uint8_t valid_only);
+
+/**
+ * Replace a specific or a group of software defined ptypes
+ * with a new one
+ *
+ * @param port
+ * pointer to port identifier of the device
+ * @param target
+ * the packet type to be replaced
+ * @param mask
+ * -(0) target represent a specific software defined ptype.
+ * -(!0) target is a mask to represent a group of software defined ptypes.
+ * @param pkt_type
+ * the new packet type to overwrite
+ */
+int rte_pmd_i40e_ptype_mapping_replace(uint8_t port,
+ uint32_t target,
+ uint8_t mask,
+ uint32_t pkt_type);
+