diff --git a/platform/linux-netmap/include/odp_packet_netmap.h b/platform/linux-netmap/include/odp_packet_netmap.h
index 22f89f0..161b968 100644
--- a/platform/linux-netmap/include/odp_packet_netmap.h
+++ b/platform/linux-netmap/include/odp_packet_netmap.h
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
 /** Packet socket using netmap mmaped rings for both Rx and Tx */
 typedef struct {
 	odp_buffer_pool_t pool;
-	size_t max_frame_len; /**< max frame len = buf_size - sizeof(pkt_hdr) */
-	size_t frame_offset; /**< frame start offset from start of pkt buf */
-	size_t buf_size; /**< size of buffer payload in 'pool' */
-	struct nm_desc *nm_desc;
+	size_t max_frame_len;		/* buf_size - sizeof(pkt_hdr) */
+	size_t frame_offset;		/* offset from start of pkt buf */
+	size_t buf_size;		/* size of buffer payload in 'pool' */
+	struct nm_desc *desc;		/* netmap meta-data for the device */
 	uint32_t begin;
 	uint32_t end;
 	struct netmap_ring *rxring;
 	struct netmap_ring *txring;
-	odp_queue_t tx_access; /* Used for exclusive access to send packets */
+	odp_queue_t tx_access;		/* exclusive access to send packets */
 	uint32_t if_flags;
 	char ifname[32];
 } pkt_netmap_t;
diff --git a/platform/linux-netmap/odp_packet_netmap.c b/platform/linux-netmap/odp_packet_netmap.c
index 47a15cb..6d5228d 100644
--- a/platform/linux-netmap/odp_packet_netmap.c
+++ b/platform/linux-netmap/odp_packet_netmap.c
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ static int nm_do_ioctl(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, unsigned long cmd,
 	case SIOCGIFFLAGS:
 		pkt_nm->if_flags = (ifr.ifr_flags << 16) |
 			(0xffff & ifr.ifr_flags);
-		ODP_DBG("flags are 0x%x\n", pkt_nm->if_flags);
+		ODP_DBG("[%04d] flags are 0x%x\n",
+			odp_thread_id(),
+			pkt_nm->if_flags);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ done:
 int setup_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, const char *netdev,
 		     odp_buffer_pool_t pool)
 {
-	char ifname[32];
+	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
 	odp_packet_t pkt;
 	uint8_t *pkt_buf;
 	uint8_t *l2_hdr;
@@ -134,27 +136,29 @@ int setup_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, const char *netdev,
 
 	strncpy(pkt_nm->ifname, netdev, sizeof(pkt_nm->ifname));
 	snprintf(ifname, sizeof(ifname), "netmap:%s", netdev);
-	pkt_nm->nm_desc = nm_open(ifname, NULL, 0, 0);
+	pkt_nm->desc = nm_open(ifname, NULL, 0, 0);
 
-	if (pkt_nm->nm_desc == NULL) {
+	if (pkt_nm->desc == NULL) {
 		ODP_ERR("Error opening nm interface: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ODP_DBG("thread %d mmap addr %p\n",
+	ODP_DBG("[%04d] mmap addr %p\n",
 		odp_thread_id(),
-		pkt_nm->nm_desc->mem);
+		pkt_nm->desc->mem);
 
 	pkt_nm->begin  = 0;
-	pkt_nm->end    = pkt_nm->nm_desc->req.nr_rx_rings;
-	pkt_nm->rxring = NETMAP_RXRING(pkt_nm->nm_desc->nifp, 0);
-	pkt_nm->txring = NETMAP_TXRING(pkt_nm->nm_desc->nifp, 0);
+	pkt_nm->end    = pkt_nm->desc->req.nr_rx_rings;
+	pkt_nm->rxring = NETMAP_RXRING(pkt_nm->desc->nifp, 0);
+	pkt_nm->txring = NETMAP_TXRING(pkt_nm->desc->nifp, 0);
 
 	ret = nm_do_ioctl(pkt_nm, SIOCGIFFLAGS, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	if ((pkt_nm->if_flags & IFF_UP) == 0) {
-		ODP_DBG("%s is down, bringing up...\n", pkt_nm->ifname);
+		ODP_DBG("[%04d] %s is down, bringing up...\n",
+			odp_thread_id(),
+			pkt_nm->ifname);
 		pkt_nm->if_flags |= IFF_UP;
 	}
 	if (ETH_PROMISC) {
@@ -163,11 +167,13 @@ int setup_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, const char *netdev,
 	}
 	ret = nm_do_ioctl(pkt_nm, SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_SGSO);
 	if (ret)
-		ODP_DBG("ETHTOOL_SGSO not supported\n");
+		ODP_DBG("[%04d] ETHTOOL_SGSO not supported\n",
+			odp_thread_id());
 
 	ret = nm_do_ioctl(pkt_nm, SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_STSO);
 	if (ret)
-		ODP_DBG("ETHTOOL_STSO not supported\n");
+		ODP_DBG("[%04d] ETHTOOL_STSO not supported\n",
+			odp_thread_id());
 	/* TODO: This seems to cause the app to not receive frames
 	 * first time it is launched after netmap driver is inserted.
 	 * Should be investigated further.
@@ -177,20 +183,23 @@ int setup_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, const char *netdev,
 	 */
 	ret = nm_do_ioctl(pkt_nm, SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_STXCSUM);
 	if (ret)
-		ODP_DBG("ETHTOOL_STXCSUM not supported\n");
+		ODP_DBG("[%04d] ETHTOOL_STXCSUM not supported\n",
+			odp_thread_id());
 
-	ODP_DBG("Wait for link to come up\n");
+	ODP_DBG("[%04d] Wait for link to come up\n",
+		odp_thread_id());
 	sleep(WAITLINK_TMO);
-	ODP_DBG("Done\n");
+	ODP_DBG("[%04d] Done\n",
+		odp_thread_id());
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int close_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm)
 {
-	if (pkt_nm->nm_desc != NULL) {
-		nm_close(pkt_nm->nm_desc);
-		pkt_nm->nm_desc = NULL;
+	if (pkt_nm->desc != NULL) {
+		nm_close(pkt_nm->desc);
+		pkt_nm->desc = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ int recv_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 	int ret;
 #endif
 
-	fd = pkt_nm->nm_desc->fd;
+	fd = pkt_nm->desc->fd;
 #ifdef NETMAP_BLOCKING_IO
 	fds[0].fd = fd;
 	fds[0].events = POLLIN;
@@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ int recv_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 				break;
 			}
 
-			rxring = NETMAP_RXRING(pkt_nm->nm_desc->nifp, ringid);
+			rxring = NETMAP_RXRING(pkt_nm->desc->nifp, ringid);
 		}
 
 		if (ringid == pkt_nm->end)
@@ -246,8 +255,6 @@ int recv_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 		if (nm_ring_space(rxring) < limit)
 			limit = nm_ring_space(rxring);
 
-		ODP_DBG("receiving %d frames out of %u\n", limit, len);
-
 		for (rx = 0; rx < limit; rx++) {
 			struct netmap_slot *rslot;
 			char *p;
@@ -305,9 +312,6 @@ int recv_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 	if (odp_unlikely(pkt != ODP_PACKET_INVALID))
 		odp_buffer_free((odp_buffer_t) pkt);
 
-	if (nb_rx)
-		ODP_DBG("<=== rcvd %03u frames from netmap adapter\n", nb_rx);
-
 	return nb_rx;
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ int send_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 	int ret;
 #endif
 
-	fd = pkt_nm->nm_desc->fd;
+	fd = pkt_nm->desc->fd;
 #ifdef NETMAP_BLOCKING_IO
 	fds[0].fd = fd;
 	fds[0].events = POLLOUT;
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ int send_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 				break;
 			}
 
-			txring = NETMAP_TXRING(pkt_nm->nm_desc->nifp, ringid);
+			txring = NETMAP_TXRING(pkt_nm->desc->nifp, ringid);
 		}
 
 		if (ringid == pkt_nm->end)
@@ -362,9 +366,6 @@ int send_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 		if (nm_ring_space(txring) < limit)
 			limit = nm_ring_space(txring);
 
-		ODP_DBG("Sending %d packets out of %d to netmap %p %u\n",
-			limit, len, txring, txring->cur);
-
 		for (tx = 0; tx < limit; tx++) {
 			struct netmap_slot *tslot;
 			size_t frame_len;
@@ -392,9 +393,6 @@ int send_pkt_netmap(pkt_netmap_t * const pkt_nm, odp_packet_t pkt_table[],
 	ioctl(fd, NIOCTXSYNC, NULL);
 #endif
 
-	if (nb_tx)
-		ODP_DBG("===> sent %03u frames to netmap adapter\n", nb_tx);
-
 	for (tx = 0; tx < len; tx++)
 		odph_packet_free(pkt_table[tx]);
 
