__in                            efx_nic_t *enp,
        __out                           efx_mae_limits_t *emlp);
 
+typedef enum efx_mae_rule_type_e {
+       EFX_MAE_RULE_ACTION = 0,
+
+       EFX_MAE_RULE_NTYPES
+} efx_mae_rule_type_t;
+
+typedef struct efx_mae_match_spec_s    efx_mae_match_spec_t;
+
+LIBEFX_API
+extern __checkReturn                   efx_rc_t
+efx_mae_match_spec_init(
+       __in                            efx_nic_t *enp,
+       __in                            efx_mae_rule_type_t type,
+       __in                            uint32_t prio,
+       __out                           efx_mae_match_spec_t **specp);
+
+LIBEFX_API
+extern                                 void
+efx_mae_match_spec_fini(
+       __in                            efx_nic_t *enp,
+       __in                            efx_mae_match_spec_t *spec);
+
 #endif /* EFSYS_OPT_MAE */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 
 #endif /* EFSYS_OPT_PCI */
 
+#if EFSYS_OPT_MAE
+
+struct efx_mae_match_spec_s {
+       efx_mae_rule_type_t             emms_type;
+       uint32_t                        emms_prio;
+};
+
+#endif /* EFSYS_OPT_MAE */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
        return (rc);
 }
 
+       __checkReturn                   efx_rc_t
+efx_mae_match_spec_init(
+       __in                            efx_nic_t *enp,
+       __in                            efx_mae_rule_type_t type,
+       __in                            uint32_t prio,
+       __out                           efx_mae_match_spec_t **specp)
+{
+       efx_mae_match_spec_t *spec;
+       efx_rc_t rc;
+
+       switch (type) {
+       case EFX_MAE_RULE_ACTION:
+               break;
+       default:
+               rc = ENOTSUP;
+               goto fail1;
+       }
+
+       EFSYS_KMEM_ALLOC(enp->en_esip, sizeof (*spec), spec);
+       if (spec == NULL) {
+               rc = ENOMEM;
+               goto fail2;
+       }
+
+       spec->emms_type = type;
+       spec->emms_prio = prio;
+
+       *specp = spec;
+
+       return (0);
+
+fail2:
+       EFSYS_PROBE(fail2);
+fail1:
+       EFSYS_PROBE1(fail1, efx_rc_t, rc);
+       return (rc);
+}
+
+                                       void
+efx_mae_match_spec_fini(
+       __in                            efx_nic_t *enp,
+       __in                            efx_mae_match_spec_t *spec)
+{
+       EFSYS_KMEM_FREE(enp->en_esip, sizeof (*spec), spec);
+}
+
 #endif /* EFSYS_OPT_MAE */
 
        efx_mae_fini;
        efx_mae_get_limits;
        efx_mae_init;
+       efx_mae_match_spec_fini;
+       efx_mae_match_spec_init;
 
        efx_mcdi_fini;
        efx_mcdi_get_proxy_handle;