+void rte_eth_dev_close(uint16_t port_id);
+
+/**
+ * Reset a Ethernet device and keep its port id.
+ *
+ * When a port has to be reset passively, the DPDK application can invoke
+ * this function. For example when a PF is reset, all its VFs should also
+ * be reset. Normally a DPDK application can invoke this function when
+ * RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_RESET event is detected, but can also use it to start
+ * a port reset in other circumstances.
+ *
+ * When this function is called, it first stops the port and then calls the
+ * PMD specific dev_uninit( ) and dev_init( ) to return the port to initial
+ * state, in which no Tx and Rx queues are setup, as if the port has been
+ * reset and not started. The port keeps the port id it had before the
+ * function call.
+ *
+ * After calling rte_eth_dev_reset( ), the application should use
+ * rte_eth_dev_configure( ), rte_eth_rx_queue_setup( ),
+ * rte_eth_tx_queue_setup( ), and rte_eth_dev_start( )
+ * to reconfigure the device as appropriate.
+ *
+ * Note: To avoid unexpected behavior, the application should stop calling
+ * Tx and Rx functions before calling rte_eth_dev_reset( ). For thread
+ * safety, all these controlling functions should be called from the same
+ * thread.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - (0) if successful.
+ * - (-EINVAL) if port identifier is invalid.
+ * - (-ENOTSUP) if hardware doesn't support this function.
+ * - (-EPERM) if not ran from the primary process.
+ * - (-EIO) if re-initialisation failed.
+ * - (-ENOMEM) if the reset failed due to OOM.
+ * - (-EAGAIN) if the reset temporarily failed and should be retried later.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_reset(uint16_t port_id);