+ * This function searches for the statistics using string compares, and
+ * as such should not be used on the fast-path. For fast-path retrieval of
+ * specific statistics, store the ID as provided in *id* from this function,
+ * and pass the ID to rte_eth_xstats_get()
+ *
+ * @param port_id The port to look up statistics from
+ * @param xstat_name The name of the statistic to return
+ * @param[out] id A pointer to an app-supplied uint64_t which should be
+ * set to the ID of the stat if the stat exists.
+ * @return
+ * 0 on success
+ * -ENODEV for invalid port_id,
+ * -EINVAL if the xstat_name doesn't exist in port_id
+ */
+int rte_eth_xstats_get_id_by_name(uint8_t port_id, const char *xstat_name,
+ uint64_t *id);
+
+/**
+ * Reset extended statistics of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ */
+void rte_eth_xstats_reset(uint8_t port_id);
+
+/**
+ * Set a mapping for the specified transmit queue to the specified per-queue
+ * statistics counter.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param tx_queue_id
+ * The index of the transmit queue for which a queue stats mapping is required.
+ * The value must be in the range [0, nb_tx_queue - 1] previously supplied
+ * to rte_eth_dev_configure().
+ * @param stat_idx
+ * The per-queue packet statistics functionality number that the transmit
+ * queue is to be assigned.
+ * The value must be in the range [0, RTE_MAX_ETHPORT_QUEUE_STATS_MAPS - 1].
+ * @return
+ * Zero if successful. Non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_set_tx_queue_stats_mapping(uint8_t port_id,
+ uint16_t tx_queue_id, uint8_t stat_idx);
+
+/**
+ * Set a mapping for the specified receive queue to the specified per-queue
+ * statistics counter.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param rx_queue_id
+ * The index of the receive queue for which a queue stats mapping is required.
+ * The value must be in the range [0, nb_rx_queue - 1] previously supplied
+ * to rte_eth_dev_configure().
+ * @param stat_idx
+ * The per-queue packet statistics functionality number that the receive
+ * queue is to be assigned.
+ * The value must be in the range [0, RTE_MAX_ETHPORT_QUEUE_STATS_MAPS - 1].
+ * @return
+ * Zero if successful. Non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_set_rx_queue_stats_mapping(uint8_t port_id,
+ uint16_t rx_queue_id,
+ uint8_t stat_idx);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the Ethernet address of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param mac_addr
+ * A pointer to a structure of type *ether_addr* to be filled with
+ * the Ethernet address of the Ethernet device.
+ */
+void rte_eth_macaddr_get(uint8_t port_id, struct ether_addr *mac_addr);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the contextual information of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param dev_info
+ * A pointer to a structure of type *rte_eth_dev_info* to be filled with
+ * the contextual information of the Ethernet device.
+ */
+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 adequate 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.