+void rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint8_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the firmware version of a device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the device.
+ * @param fw_version
+ * A pointer to a string array storing the firmware version of a device,
+ * the string includes terminating null. This pointer is allocated by caller.
+ * @param fw_size
+ * The size of the string array pointed by fw_version, which should be
+ * large enough to store firmware version of the device.
+ * @return
+ * - (0) if successful.
+ * - (-ENOTSUP) if operation is not supported.
+ * - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
+ * - (>0) if *fw_size* is not enough to store firmware version, return
+ * the size of the non truncated string.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get(uint8_t port_id,
+ char *fw_version, size_t fw_size);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the supported packet types of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * When a packet type is announced as supported, it *must* be recognized by
+ * the PMD. For instance, if RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER, RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_VLAN
+ * and RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 are announced, the PMD must return the following
+ * packet types for these packets:
+ * - Ether/IPv4 -> RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4
+ * - Ether/Vlan/IPv4 -> RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_VLAN | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4
+ * - Ether/[anything else] -> RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER
+ * - Ether/Vlan/[anything else] -> RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_VLAN
+ *
+ * When a packet is received by a PMD, the most precise type must be
+ * returned among the ones supported. However a PMD is allowed to set
+ * packet type that is not in the supported list, at the condition that it
+ * is more precise. Therefore, a PMD announcing no supported packet types
+ * can still set a matching packet type in a received packet.
+ *
+ * @note
+ * Better to invoke this API after the device is already started or rx burst
+ * function is decided, to obtain correct supported ptypes.
+ * @note
+ * if a given PMD does not report what ptypes it supports, then the supported
+ * ptype count is reported as 0.
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param ptype_mask
+ * A hint of what kind of packet type which the caller is interested in.
+ * @param ptypes
+ * An array pointer to store adequent packet types, allocated by caller.
+ * @param num
+ * Size of the array pointed by param ptypes.
+ * @return
+ * - (>=0) Number of supported ptypes. If the number of types exceeds num,
+ * only num entries will be filled into the ptypes array, but the full
+ * count of supported ptypes will be returned.
+ * - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_get_supported_ptypes(uint8_t port_id, uint32_t ptype_mask,
+ uint32_t *ptypes, int num);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the MTU of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param mtu
+ * A pointer to a uint16_t where the retrieved MTU is to be stored.
+ * @return
+ * - (0) if successful.
+ * - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_get_mtu(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t *mtu);
+
+/**
+ * Change the MTU of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param mtu
+ * A uint16_t for the MTU to be applied.
+ * @return
+ * - (0) if successful.
+ * - (-ENOTSUP) if operation is not supported.
+ * - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
+ * - (-EINVAL) if *mtu* invalid.
+ * - (-EBUSY) if operation is not allowed when the port is running
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_set_mtu(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t mtu);