diff --git a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.c b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.c
index 11b31d086d27..64277dc28901 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.c
@@ -98,6 +98,103 @@ static struct nvme_tcp_ofld_ops qedn_ofld_ops = {
 	.send_req = qedn_send_req,
 };
 
+/* Fastpath IRQ handler */
+static irqreturn_t qedn_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	/* Placeholder */
+
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static void qedn_sync_free_irqs(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	u16 vector_idx;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < qedn->num_fw_cqs; i++) {
+		vector_idx = i * qedn->dev_info.common.num_hwfns +
+			     qed_ops->common->get_affin_hwfn_idx(qedn->cdev);
+		synchronize_irq(qedn->int_info.msix[vector_idx].vector);
+		irq_set_affinity_hint(qedn->int_info.msix[vector_idx].vector,
+				      NULL);
+		free_irq(qedn->int_info.msix[vector_idx].vector,
+			 &qedn->fp_q_arr[i]);
+	}
+
+	qedn->int_info.used_cnt = 0;
+	qed_ops->common->set_fp_int(qedn->cdev, 0);
+}
+
+static int qedn_request_msix_irq(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = qedn->pdev;
+	struct qedn_fp_queue *fp_q = NULL;
+	int i, rc, cpu;
+	u16 vector_idx;
+	u32 vector;
+
+	cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
+	for (i = 0; i < qedn->num_fw_cqs; i++) {
+		fp_q = &qedn->fp_q_arr[i];
+		vector_idx = i * qedn->dev_info.common.num_hwfns +
+			     qed_ops->common->get_affin_hwfn_idx(qedn->cdev);
+		vector = qedn->int_info.msix[vector_idx].vector;
+		sprintf(fp_q->irqname, "qedn_queue_%x.%x.%x_%d",
+			pdev->bus->number, PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn),
+			PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn), i);
+		rc = request_irq(vector, qedn_irq_handler, QEDN_IRQ_NO_FLAGS,
+				 fp_q->irqname, fp_q);
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_err("request_irq failed.\n");
+			qedn_sync_free_irqs(qedn);
+
+			return rc;
+		}
+
+		fp_q->cpu = cpu;
+		qedn->int_info.used_cnt++;
+		rc = irq_set_affinity_hint(vector, get_cpu_mask(cpu));
+		cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, cpu_online_mask, -1, false);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int qedn_setup_irq(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+	u8 rval;
+
+	rval = qed_ops->common->set_fp_int(qedn->cdev, qedn->num_fw_cqs);
+	if (rval < qedn->num_fw_cqs) {
+		qedn->num_fw_cqs = rval;
+		if (rval == 0) {
+			pr_err("set_fp_int return 0 IRQs\n");
+
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+	}
+
+	rc = qed_ops->common->get_fp_int(qedn->cdev, &qedn->int_info);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("get_fp_int failed\n");
+		goto exit_setup_int;
+	}
+
+	if (qedn->int_info.msix_cnt) {
+		rc = qedn_request_msix_irq(qedn);
+		goto exit_setup_int;
+	} else {
+		pr_err("msix_cnt = 0\n");
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto exit_setup_int;
+	}
+
+exit_setup_int:
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /* Initialize qedn fields, such as locks, lists, atomics, workqueues , hashes */
 static inline void qedn_init_pf_struct(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
 {
@@ -143,9 +240,151 @@ static void qedn_remove_pf_from_gl_list(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
 	mutex_unlock(&qedn_glb.glb_mutex);
 }
 
+static void qedn_free_function_queues(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	struct qed_sb_info *sb_info = NULL;
+	struct qedn_fp_queue *fp_q;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Free workqueues */
+
+	/* Free the fast path queues*/
+	for (i = 0; i < qedn->num_fw_cqs; i++) {
+		fp_q = &qedn->fp_q_arr[i];
+
+		/* Free SB */
+		sb_info = fp_q->sb_info;
+		if (sb_info->sb_virt) {
+			qed_ops->common->sb_release(qedn->cdev, sb_info,
+						    fp_q->sb_id,
+						    QED_SB_TYPE_STORAGE);
+			dma_free_coherent(&qedn->pdev->dev,
+					  sizeof(*sb_info->sb_virt),
+					  (void *)sb_info->sb_virt,
+					  sb_info->sb_phys);
+			kfree(sb_info);
+			fp_q->sb_info = NULL;
+		}
+
+		qed_ops->common->chain_free(qedn->cdev, &fp_q->cq_chain);
+	}
+
+	if (qedn->fw_cq_array_virt)
+		dma_free_coherent(&qedn->pdev->dev,
+				  qedn->num_fw_cqs * sizeof(u64),
+				  qedn->fw_cq_array_virt,
+				  qedn->fw_cq_array_phy);
+	kfree(qedn->fp_q_arr);
+	qedn->fp_q_arr = NULL;
+}
+
+static int qedn_alloc_and_init_sb(struct qedn_ctx *qedn,
+				  struct qed_sb_info *sb_info, u16 sb_id)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	sb_info->sb_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(&qedn->pdev->dev,
+					      sizeof(struct status_block_e4),
+					      &sb_info->sb_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sb_info->sb_virt) {
+		pr_err("Status block allocation failed\n");
+
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	rc = qed_ops->common->sb_init(qedn->cdev, sb_info, sb_info->sb_virt,
+				      sb_info->sb_phys, sb_id,
+				      QED_SB_TYPE_STORAGE);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("Status block initialization failed\n");
+
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int qedn_alloc_function_queues(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	struct qed_chain_init_params chain_params = {};
+	struct status_block_e4 *sb = NULL;  /* To change to status_block_e4 */
+	struct qedn_fp_queue *fp_q = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Place holder - IO-path workqueues */
+
+	qedn->fp_q_arr = kcalloc(qedn->num_fw_cqs,
+				 sizeof(struct qedn_fp_queue), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!qedn->fp_q_arr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	qedn->fw_cq_array_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(&qedn->pdev->dev,
+						    qedn->num_fw_cqs * sizeof(u64),
+						    &qedn->fw_cq_array_phy,
+						    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!qedn->fw_cq_array_virt) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto mem_alloc_failure;
+	}
+
+	/* placeholder - create task pools */
+
+	for (i = 0; i < qedn->num_fw_cqs; i++) {
+		fp_q = &qedn->fp_q_arr[i];
+		mutex_init(&fp_q->cq_mutex);
+
+		/* FW CQ */
+		chain_params.intended_use = QED_CHAIN_USE_TO_CONSUME,
+		chain_params.mode = QED_CHAIN_MODE_PBL,
+		chain_params.cnt_type = QED_CHAIN_CNT_TYPE_U16,
+		chain_params.num_elems = QEDN_FW_CQ_SIZE;
+		chain_params.elem_size = 64; /*Placeholder - sizeof(struct nvmetcp_fw_cqe)*/
+
+		rc = qed_ops->common->chain_alloc(qedn->cdev,
+						  &fp_q->cq_chain,
+						  &chain_params);
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_err("CQ chain pci_alloc_consistent fail\n");
+			goto mem_alloc_failure;
+		}
+
+		qedn->fw_cq_array_virt[i] = qed_chain_get_pbl_phys(&fp_q->cq_chain);
+
+		/* SB */
+		fp_q->sb_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*fp_q->sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!fp_q->sb_info)
+			goto mem_alloc_failure;
+
+		fp_q->sb_id = i;
+		rc = qedn_alloc_and_init_sb(qedn, fp_q->sb_info, fp_q->sb_id);
+		if (rc) {
+			pr_err("SB allocation and initialization failed.\n");
+			goto mem_alloc_failure;
+		}
+
+		sb = fp_q->sb_info->sb_virt;
+		fp_q->cq_prod = (u16 *)&sb->pi_array[QEDN_PROTO_CQ_PROD_IDX];
+		fp_q->qedn = qedn;
+
+		/* Placeholder - Init IO-path workqueue */
+
+		/* Placeholder - Init IO-path resources */
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+mem_alloc_failure:
+	pr_err("Function allocation failed\n");
+	qedn_free_function_queues(qedn);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int qedn_set_nvmetcp_pf_param(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
 {
 	struct qed_nvmetcp_pf_params *pf_params;
+	int rc;
 
 	pf_params = &qedn->pf_params.nvmetcp_pf_params;
 	memset(pf_params, 0, sizeof(*pf_params));
@@ -154,9 +393,13 @@ static int qedn_set_nvmetcp_pf_param(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
 	pf_params->num_cons = QEDN_MAX_CONNS_PER_PF;
 	pf_params->num_tasks = QEDN_MAX_TASKS_PER_PF;
 
-	/* Placeholder - Initialize function level queues */
+	rc = qedn_alloc_function_queues(qedn);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("Global queue allocation failed.\n");
+		goto err_alloc_mem;
+	}
 
-	/* Placeholder - Initialize TCP params */
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_FP_WORK_THREAD_SET, &qedn->state);
 
 	/* Queues */
 	pf_params->num_sq_pages_in_ring = QEDN_NVMETCP_NUM_FW_SQ_PAGES * 2;
@@ -164,11 +407,14 @@ static int qedn_set_nvmetcp_pf_param(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
 	pf_params->num_uhq_pages_in_ring = QEDN_NVMETCP_NUM_FW_SQ_PAGES;
 	pf_params->num_queues = qedn->num_fw_cqs;
 	pf_params->cq_num_entries = QEDN_FW_CQ_SIZE;
+	pf_params->glbl_q_params_addr = qedn->fw_cq_array_phy;
 
 	/* the CQ SB pi */
 	pf_params->gl_rq_pi = QEDN_PROTO_CQ_PROD_IDX;
 
-	return 0;
+err_alloc_mem:
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static inline int qedn_slowpath_start(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
@@ -218,9 +464,22 @@ static void __qedn_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	else
 		pr_err("Failed to remove from global PF list\n");
 
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_IRQ_SET, &qedn->state))
+		qedn_sync_free_irqs(qedn);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_NVMETCP_OPEN, &qedn->state))
+		qed_ops->stop(qedn->cdev);
+
+	rc = qed_ops->common->update_drv_state(qedn->cdev, false);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("Failed to send drv state to MFW\n");
+
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_OPEN, &qedn->state))
 		qed_ops->common->slowpath_stop(qedn->cdev);
 
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_FP_WORK_THREAD_SET, &qedn->state))
+		qedn_free_function_queues(qedn);
+
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_PROBED, &qedn->state))
 		qed_ops->common->remove(qedn->cdev);
 
@@ -301,6 +560,25 @@ static int __qedn_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_MFW_STATE, &qedn->state);
 
+	rc = qedn_setup_irq(qedn);
+	if (rc)
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_IRQ_SET, &qedn->state);
+
+	/* NVMeTCP start HW PF */
+	rc = qed_ops->start(qedn->cdev,
+			    NULL /* Placeholder for FW IO-path resources */,
+			    qedn,
+			    NULL /* Placeholder for FW Event callback */);
+	if (rc) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		pr_err("Cannot start NVMeTCP Function\n");
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+	}
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_NVMETCP_OPEN, &qedn->state);
+
 	qedn->qedn_ofld_dev.ops = &qedn_ofld_ops;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev.entry);
 	rc = nvme_tcp_ofld_register_dev(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
index 634e1217639a..17cebf741314 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/qed/qed_if.h>
 #include <linux/qed/qed_nvmetcp_if.h>
+#include <linux/qed/qed_chain.h>
 
 /* Driver includes */
 #include "../../host/tcp-offload.h"
@@ -26,18 +27,41 @@
 #define QEDN_PROTO_CQ_PROD_IDX	0
 #define QEDN_NVMETCP_NUM_FW_SQ_PAGES 4
 
+#define QEDN_PAGE_SIZE	4096 /* FW page size - Configurable */
+#define QEDN_MAX_GLOBAL_QUEUES_PAIRS 16
+#define QEDN_IRQ_NAME_LEN 24
+#define QEDN_IRQ_NO_FLAGS 0
+
+/* TCP defines */
+#define QEDN_TCP_RTO_DEFAULT 280
+
 enum qedn_state {
 	QEDN_STATE_CORE_PROBED = 0,
 	QEDN_STATE_CORE_OPEN,
 	QEDN_STATE_GL_PF_LIST_ADDED,
 	QEDN_STATE_MFW_STATE,
+	QEDN_STATE_NVMETCP_OPEN,
+	QEDN_STATE_IRQ_SET,
+	QEDN_STATE_FP_WORK_THREAD_SET,
 	QEDN_STATE_REGISTERED_OFFLOAD_DEV,
 	QEDN_STATE_MODULE_REMOVE_ONGOING,
 };
 
+struct qedn_fp_queue {
+	struct qedn_ctx	*qedn;
+	struct qed_chain cq_chain;
+	struct qed_sb_info *sb_info;
+	u16 sb_id;
+	u16 *cq_prod;
+	unsigned int cpu;
+	char irqname[QEDN_IRQ_NAME_LEN];
+	struct mutex cq_mutex; /* cq handler mutex */
+};
+
 struct qedn_ctx {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	struct qed_dev *cdev;
+	struct qed_int_info int_info;
 	struct qed_dev_nvmetcp_info dev_info;
 	struct nvme_tcp_ofld_dev qedn_ofld_dev;
 	struct qed_pf_params pf_params;
@@ -50,6 +74,9 @@ struct qedn_ctx {
 
 	/* Fast path queues */
 	u8 num_fw_cqs;
+	struct qedn_fp_queue *fp_q_arr;
+	u64 *fw_cq_array_virt;
+	dma_addr_t fw_cq_array_phy;	/* Physical address of fw_cq_array_virt */
 };
 
 struct qedn_global {
