diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
index f5a910c458ba..f699ed19eb4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic.h
@@ -42,13 +42,11 @@ struct ionic {
 	struct ionic_dev_bar bars[IONIC_BARS_MAX];
 	unsigned int num_bars;
 	struct ionic_identity ident;
-	struct list_head lifs;
-	struct ionic_lif *master_lif;
+	struct ionic_lif *lif;
 	unsigned int nnqs_per_lif;
 	unsigned int neqs_per_lif;
 	unsigned int ntxqs_per_lif;
 	unsigned int nrxqs_per_lif;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(lifbits, IONIC_LIFS_MAX);
 	unsigned int nintrs;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(intrs, IONIC_INTR_CTRL_REGS_MAX);
 	struct work_struct nb_work;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
index 85c686c16741..d1d6fb6669e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_bus_pci.c
@@ -294,21 +294,21 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_out_port_reset;
 	}
 
-	err = ionic_lifs_size(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_size(ionic);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot size LIFs: %d, aborting\n", err);
+		dev_err(dev, "Cannot size LIF: %d, aborting\n", err);
 		goto err_out_port_reset;
 	}
 
-	err = ionic_lifs_alloc(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_alloc(ionic);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot allocate LIFs: %d, aborting\n", err);
+		dev_err(dev, "Cannot allocate LIF: %d, aborting\n", err);
 		goto err_out_free_irqs;
 	}
 
-	err = ionic_lifs_init(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_init(ionic->lif);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot init LIFs: %d, aborting\n", err);
+		dev_err(dev, "Cannot init LIF: %d, aborting\n", err);
 		goto err_out_free_lifs;
 	}
 
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 			dev_err(dev, "Cannot enable existing VFs: %d\n", err);
 	}
 
-	err = ionic_lifs_register(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_register(ionic->lif);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Cannot register LIFs: %d, aborting\n", err);
+		dev_err(dev, "Cannot register LIF: %d, aborting\n", err);
 		goto err_out_deinit_lifs;
 	}
 
@@ -336,12 +336,13 @@ static int ionic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_deregister_lifs:
-	ionic_lifs_unregister(ionic);
+	ionic_lif_unregister(ionic->lif);
 err_out_deinit_lifs:
 	ionic_vf_dealloc(ionic);
-	ionic_lifs_deinit(ionic);
+	ionic_lif_deinit(ionic->lif);
 err_out_free_lifs:
-	ionic_lifs_free(ionic);
+	ionic_lif_free(ionic->lif);
+	ionic->lif = NULL;
 err_out_free_irqs:
 	ionic_bus_free_irq_vectors(ionic);
 err_out_port_reset:
@@ -377,11 +378,12 @@ static void ionic_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (!ionic)
 		return;
 
-	if (ionic->master_lif) {
+	if (ionic->lif) {
 		ionic_devlink_unregister(ionic);
-		ionic_lifs_unregister(ionic);
-		ionic_lifs_deinit(ionic);
-		ionic_lifs_free(ionic);
+		ionic_lif_unregister(ionic->lif);
+		ionic_lif_deinit(ionic->lif);
+		ionic_lif_free(ionic->lif);
+		ionic->lif = NULL;
 		ionic_bus_free_irq_vectors(ionic);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
index 11621ccc1faf..683bbbf75115 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_debugfs.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int q_tail_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct ionic_queue *q = seq->private;
 
-	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", q->tail->index);
+	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", q->tail_idx);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int q_head_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct ionic_queue *q = seq->private;
 
-	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", q->head->index);
+	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", q->head_idx);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int cq_tail_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct ionic_cq *cq = seq->private;
 
-	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", cq->tail->index);
+	seq_printf(seq, "%d\n", cq->tail_idx);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ static const struct debugfs_reg32 intr_ctrl_regs[] = {
 
 void ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 {
-	struct dentry *q_dentry, *cq_dentry, *intr_dentry, *stats_dentry;
+	struct dentry *qcq_dentry, *q_dentry, *cq_dentry;
+	struct dentry *intr_dentry, *stats_dentry;
 	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->ionic->idev;
 	struct debugfs_regset32 *intr_ctrl_regset;
 	struct ionic_intr_info *intr = &qcq->intr;
@@ -121,21 +122,21 @@ void ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	struct ionic_queue *q = &qcq->q;
 	struct ionic_cq *cq = &qcq->cq;
 
-	qcq->dentry = debugfs_create_dir(q->name, lif->dentry);
+	qcq_dentry = debugfs_create_dir(q->name, lif->dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(qcq_dentry))
+		return;
+	qcq->dentry = qcq_dentry;
 
-	debugfs_create_x32("total_size", 0400, qcq->dentry, &qcq->total_size);
-	debugfs_create_x64("base_pa", 0400, qcq->dentry, &qcq->base_pa);
+	debugfs_create_x64("q_base_pa", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->q_base_pa);
+	debugfs_create_x32("q_size", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->q_size);
+	debugfs_create_x64("cq_base_pa", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->cq_base_pa);
+	debugfs_create_x32("cq_size", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->cq_size);
+	debugfs_create_x64("sg_base_pa", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->sg_base_pa);
+	debugfs_create_x32("sg_size", 0400, qcq_dentry, &qcq->sg_size);
 
 	q_dentry = debugfs_create_dir("q", qcq->dentry);
 
 	debugfs_create_u32("index", 0400, q_dentry, &q->index);
-	debugfs_create_x64("base_pa", 0400, q_dentry, &q->base_pa);
-	if (qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_SG) {
-		debugfs_create_x64("sg_base_pa", 0400, q_dentry,
-				   &q->sg_base_pa);
-		debugfs_create_u32("sg_desc_size", 0400, q_dentry,
-				   &q->sg_desc_size);
-	}
 	debugfs_create_u32("num_descs", 0400, q_dentry, &q->num_descs);
 	debugfs_create_u32("desc_size", 0400, q_dentry, &q->desc_size);
 	debugfs_create_u32("pid", 0400, q_dentry, &q->pid);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
index d83eff0ae0ac..3645673b4b18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ static void ionic_watchdog_cb(struct timer_list *t)
 
 	hb = ionic_heartbeat_check(ionic);
 
-	if (hb >= 0 && ionic->master_lif)
-		ionic_link_status_check_request(ionic->master_lif);
+	if (hb >= 0 && ionic->lif)
+		ionic_link_status_check_request(ionic->lif);
 }
 
 void ionic_init_devinfo(struct ionic *ionic)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int ionic_heartbeat_check(struct ionic *ionic)
 	/* is this a transition? */
 	if (fw_status != idev->last_fw_status &&
 	    idev->last_fw_status != 0xff) {
-		struct ionic_lif *lif = ionic->master_lif;
+		struct ionic_lif *lif = ionic->lif;
 		bool trigger = false;
 
 		if (!fw_status || fw_status == 0xff) {
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ int ionic_cq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_cq *cq,
 	cq->bound_intr = intr;
 	cq->num_descs = num_descs;
 	cq->desc_size = desc_size;
-	cq->tail = cq->info;
+	cq->tail_idx = 0;
 	cq->done_color = 1;
 
 	cur = cq->info;
@@ -522,15 +522,18 @@ unsigned int ionic_cq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, unsigned int work_to_do,
 			      ionic_cq_cb cb, ionic_cq_done_cb done_cb,
 			      void *done_arg)
 {
+	struct ionic_cq_info *cq_info;
 	unsigned int work_done = 0;
 
 	if (work_to_do == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	while (cb(cq, cq->tail)) {
-		if (cq->tail->last)
+	cq_info = &cq->info[cq->tail_idx];
+	while (cb(cq, cq_info)) {
+		if (cq->tail_idx == cq->num_descs - 1)
 			cq->done_color = !cq->done_color;
-		cq->tail = cq->tail->next;
+		cq->tail_idx = (cq->tail_idx + 1) & (cq->num_descs - 1);
+		cq_info = &cq->info[cq->tail_idx];
 		DEBUG_STATS_CQE_CNT(cq);
 
 		if (++work_done >= work_to_do)
@@ -565,8 +568,8 @@ int ionic_q_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_dev *idev,
 	q->num_descs = num_descs;
 	q->desc_size = desc_size;
 	q->sg_desc_size = sg_desc_size;
-	q->tail = q->info;
-	q->head = q->tail;
+	q->tail_idx = 0;
+	q->head_idx = 0;
 	q->pid = pid;
 
 	snprintf(q->name, sizeof(q->name), "L%d-%s%u", lif->index, name, index);
@@ -614,19 +617,22 @@ void ionic_q_post(struct ionic_queue *q, bool ring_doorbell, ionic_desc_cb cb,
 		  void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct device *dev = q->lif->ionic->dev;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *desc_info;
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = q->lif;
 
-	q->head->cb = cb;
-	q->head->cb_arg = cb_arg;
-	q->head = q->head->next;
+	desc_info = &q->info[q->head_idx];
+	desc_info->cb = cb;
+	desc_info->cb_arg = cb_arg;
+
+	q->head_idx = (q->head_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "lif=%d qname=%s qid=%d qtype=%d p_index=%d ringdb=%d\n",
 		q->lif->index, q->name, q->hw_type, q->hw_index,
-		q->head->index, ring_doorbell);
+		q->head_idx, ring_doorbell);
 
 	if (ring_doorbell)
 		ionic_dbell_ring(lif->kern_dbpage, q->hw_type,
-				 q->dbval | q->head->index);
+				 q->dbval | q->head_idx);
 }
 
 static bool ionic_q_is_posted(struct ionic_queue *q, unsigned int pos)
@@ -634,8 +640,8 @@ static bool ionic_q_is_posted(struct ionic_queue *q, unsigned int pos)
 	unsigned int mask, tail, head;
 
 	mask = q->num_descs - 1;
-	tail = q->tail->index;
-	head = q->head->index;
+	tail = q->tail_idx;
+	head = q->head_idx;
 
 	return ((pos - tail) & mask) < ((head - tail) & mask);
 }
@@ -648,18 +654,18 @@ void ionic_q_service(struct ionic_queue *q, struct ionic_cq_info *cq_info,
 	void *cb_arg;
 
 	/* check for empty queue */
-	if (q->tail->index == q->head->index)
+	if (q->tail_idx == q->head_idx)
 		return;
 
 	/* stop index must be for a descriptor that is not yet completed */
 	if (unlikely(!ionic_q_is_posted(q, stop_index)))
 		dev_err(q->lif->ionic->dev,
 			"ionic stop is not posted %s stop %u tail %u head %u\n",
-			q->name, stop_index, q->tail->index, q->head->index);
+			q->name, stop_index, q->tail_idx, q->head_idx);
 
 	do {
-		desc_info = q->tail;
-		q->tail = desc_info->next;
+		desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+		q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 
 		cb = desc_info->cb;
 		cb_arg = desc_info->cb_arg;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
index d5cba502abca..9e2ac2b8a082 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.h
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ struct ionic_dev {
 };
 
 struct ionic_cq_info {
-	void *cq_desc;
+	union {
+		void *cq_desc;
+		struct ionic_txq_comp *txcq;
+		struct ionic_rxq_comp *rxcq;
+		struct ionic_admin_comp *admincq;
+		struct ionic_notifyq_event *notifyq;
+	};
 	struct ionic_cq_info *next;
 	unsigned int index;
 	bool last;
@@ -169,8 +175,17 @@ struct ionic_page_info {
 };
 
 struct ionic_desc_info {
-	void *desc;
-	void *sg_desc;
+	union {
+		void *desc;
+		struct ionic_txq_desc *txq_desc;
+		struct ionic_rxq_desc *rxq_desc;
+		struct ionic_admin_cmd *adminq_desc;
+	};
+	union {
+		void *sg_desc;
+		struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *txq_sg_desc;
+		struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc *rxq_sgl_desc;
+	};
 	struct ionic_desc_info *next;
 	unsigned int index;
 	unsigned int left;
@@ -183,22 +198,32 @@ struct ionic_desc_info {
 #define IONIC_QUEUE_NAME_MAX_SZ		32
 
 struct ionic_queue {
+	struct device *dev;
 	u64 dbell_count;
 	u64 drop;
 	u64 stop;
 	u64 wake;
 	struct ionic_lif *lif;
 	struct ionic_desc_info *info;
-	struct ionic_desc_info *tail;
-	struct ionic_desc_info *head;
 	struct ionic_dev *idev;
+	u16 head_idx;
+	u16 tail_idx;
 	unsigned int index;
 	unsigned int type;
 	unsigned int hw_index;
 	unsigned int hw_type;
 	u64 dbval;
-	void *base;
-	void *sg_base;
+	union {
+		void *base;
+		struct ionic_txq_desc *txq;
+		struct ionic_rxq_desc *rxq;
+		struct ionic_admin_cmd *adminq;
+	};
+	union {
+		void *sg_base;
+		struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *txq_sgl;
+		struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc *rxq_sgl;
+	};
 	dma_addr_t base_pa;
 	dma_addr_t sg_base_pa;
 	unsigned int num_descs;
@@ -225,9 +250,9 @@ struct ionic_cq {
 	dma_addr_t base_pa;
 	struct ionic_lif *lif;
 	struct ionic_cq_info *info;
-	struct ionic_cq_info *tail;
 	struct ionic_queue *bound_q;
 	struct ionic_intr_info *bound_intr;
+	u16 tail_idx;
 	bool done_color;
 	unsigned int num_descs;
 	u64 compl_count;
@@ -246,12 +271,12 @@ static inline void ionic_intr_init(struct ionic_dev *idev,
 
 static inline unsigned int ionic_q_space_avail(struct ionic_queue *q)
 {
-	unsigned int avail = q->tail->index;
+	unsigned int avail = q->tail_idx;
 
-	if (q->head->index >= avail)
-		avail += q->head->left - 1;
+	if (q->head_idx >= avail)
+		avail += q->num_descs - q->head_idx - 1;
 	else
-		avail -= q->head->index + 1;
+		avail -= q->head_idx + 1;
 
 	return avail;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c
index c4f4fd469fe3..8d9fb2e19cca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_devlink.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int ionic_devlink_register(struct ionic *ionic)
 		dev_err(ionic->dev, "devlink_port_register failed: %d\n", err);
 	else
 		devlink_port_type_eth_set(&ionic->dl_port,
-					  ionic->master_lif->netdev);
+					  ionic->lif->netdev);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_ethtool.c
index 3c57c331729f..00aad7168915 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_ethtool.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int ionic_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_UP, lif->state)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-				qcq = lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq;
+				qcq = lif->rxqcqs[i];
 				ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
 						     qcq->intr.index,
 						     lif->rx_coalesce_hw);
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static int ionic_set_coalesce(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_UP, lif->state)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-				qcq = lif->txqcqs[i].qcq;
+				qcq = lif->txqcqs[i];
 				ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
 						     qcq->intr.index,
 						     lif->tx_coalesce_hw);
@@ -493,18 +493,14 @@ static void ionic_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	ring->rx_pending = lif->nrxq_descs;
 }
 
-static void ionic_set_ringsize(struct ionic_lif *lif, void *arg)
-{
-	struct ethtool_ringparam *ring = arg;
-
-	lif->ntxq_descs = ring->tx_pending;
-	lif->nrxq_descs = ring->rx_pending;
-}
-
 static int ionic_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 			       struct ethtool_ringparam *ring)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct ionic_queue_params qparam;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_queue_params(lif, &qparam);
 
 	if (ring->rx_mini_pending || ring->rx_jumbo_pending) {
 		netdev_info(netdev, "Changing jumbo or mini descriptors not supported\n");
@@ -522,7 +518,28 @@ static int ionic_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	    ring->rx_pending == lif->nrxq_descs)
 		return 0;
 
-	return ionic_reset_queues(lif, ionic_set_ringsize, ring);
+	if (ring->tx_pending != lif->ntxq_descs)
+		netdev_info(netdev, "Changing Tx ring size from %d to %d\n",
+			    lif->ntxq_descs, ring->tx_pending);
+
+	if (ring->rx_pending != lif->nrxq_descs)
+		netdev_info(netdev, "Changing Rx ring size from %d to %d\n",
+			    lif->nrxq_descs, ring->rx_pending);
+
+	/* if we're not running, just set the values and return */
+	if (!netif_running(lif->netdev)) {
+		lif->ntxq_descs = ring->tx_pending;
+		lif->nrxq_descs = ring->rx_pending;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	qparam.ntxq_descs = ring->tx_pending;
+	qparam.nrxq_descs = ring->rx_pending;
+	err = ionic_reconfigure_queues(lif, &qparam);
+	if (err)
+		netdev_info(netdev, "Ring reconfiguration failed, changes canceled: %d\n", err);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void ionic_get_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
@@ -544,32 +561,15 @@ static void ionic_get_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 	}
 }
 
-static void ionic_set_queuecount(struct ionic_lif *lif, void *arg)
-{
-	struct ethtool_channels *ch = arg;
-
-	if (ch->combined_count) {
-		lif->nxqs = ch->combined_count;
-		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state)) {
-			clear_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
-			lif->tx_coalesce_usecs = lif->rx_coalesce_usecs;
-			lif->tx_coalesce_hw = lif->rx_coalesce_hw;
-			netdev_info(lif->netdev, "Sharing queue interrupts\n");
-		}
-	} else {
-		lif->nxqs = ch->rx_count;
-		if (!test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state)) {
-			set_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
-			netdev_info(lif->netdev, "Splitting queue interrupts\n");
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static int ionic_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 			      struct ethtool_channels *ch)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int new_cnt;
+	struct ionic_queue_params qparam;
+	int max_cnt;
+	int err;
+
+	ionic_init_queue_params(lif, &qparam);
 
 	if (ch->rx_count != ch->tx_count) {
 		netdev_info(netdev, "The rx and tx count must be equal\n");
@@ -577,20 +577,63 @@ static int ionic_set_channels(struct net_device *netdev,
 	}
 
 	if (ch->combined_count && ch->rx_count) {
-		netdev_info(netdev, "Use either combined_count or rx/tx_count, not both\n");
+		netdev_info(netdev, "Use either combined or rx and tx, not both\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (ch->combined_count)
-		new_cnt = ch->combined_count;
-	else
-		new_cnt = ch->rx_count;
+	max_cnt = lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif;
+	if (ch->combined_count) {
+		if (ch->combined_count > max_cnt)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (lif->nxqs != new_cnt)
-		netdev_info(netdev, "Changing queue count from %d to %d\n",
-			    lif->nxqs, new_cnt);
+		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state))
+			netdev_info(lif->netdev, "Sharing queue interrupts\n");
+		else if (ch->combined_count == lif->nxqs)
+			return 0;
 
-	return ionic_reset_queues(lif, ionic_set_queuecount, ch);
+		if (lif->nxqs != ch->combined_count)
+			netdev_info(netdev, "Changing queue count from %d to %d\n",
+				    lif->nxqs, ch->combined_count);
+
+		qparam.nxqs = ch->combined_count;
+		qparam.intr_split = 0;
+	} else {
+		max_cnt /= 2;
+		if (ch->rx_count > max_cnt)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (!test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state))
+			netdev_info(lif->netdev, "Splitting queue interrupts\n");
+		else if (ch->rx_count == lif->nxqs)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (lif->nxqs != ch->rx_count)
+			netdev_info(netdev, "Changing queue count from %d to %d\n",
+				    lif->nxqs, ch->rx_count);
+
+		qparam.nxqs = ch->rx_count;
+		qparam.intr_split = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* if we're not running, just set the values and return */
+	if (!netif_running(lif->netdev)) {
+		lif->nxqs = qparam.nxqs;
+
+		if (qparam.intr_split) {
+			set_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
+		} else {
+			clear_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
+			lif->tx_coalesce_usecs = lif->rx_coalesce_usecs;
+			lif->tx_coalesce_hw = lif->rx_coalesce_hw;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_reconfigure_queues(lif, &qparam);
+	if (err)
+		netdev_info(netdev, "Queue reconfiguration failed, changes canceled: %d\n", err);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static u32 ionic_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 26988ad7ec97..eeaa73650986 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_down(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_up(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 static void ionic_lif_set_netdev_info(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 
+static void ionic_txrx_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif);
+static int ionic_txrx_init(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 static int ionic_start_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 static void ionic_stop_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 static void ionic_lif_queue_identify(struct ionic_lif *lif);
@@ -297,6 +299,18 @@ static void ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	qcq->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED;
 }
 
+static void ionic_qcq_intr_free(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	if (!(qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR) || qcq->intr.vector == 0)
+		return;
+
+	irq_set_affinity_hint(qcq->intr.vector, NULL);
+	devm_free_irq(lif->ionic->dev, qcq->intr.vector, &qcq->napi);
+	qcq->intr.vector = 0;
+	ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, qcq->intr.index);
+	qcq->intr.index = IONIC_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
+}
+
 static void ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
@@ -306,51 +320,62 @@ static void ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 
 	ionic_debugfs_del_qcq(qcq);
 
-	dma_free_coherent(dev, qcq->total_size, qcq->base, qcq->base_pa);
-	qcq->base = NULL;
-	qcq->base_pa = 0;
-
-	if (qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR) {
-		irq_set_affinity_hint(qcq->intr.vector, NULL);
-		devm_free_irq(dev, qcq->intr.vector, &qcq->napi);
-		qcq->intr.vector = 0;
-		ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, qcq->intr.index);
+	if (qcq->q_base) {
+		dma_free_coherent(dev, qcq->q_size, qcq->q_base, qcq->q_base_pa);
+		qcq->q_base = NULL;
+		qcq->q_base_pa = 0;
 	}
 
-	devm_kfree(dev, qcq->cq.info);
-	qcq->cq.info = NULL;
-	devm_kfree(dev, qcq->q.info);
-	qcq->q.info = NULL;
-	devm_kfree(dev, qcq);
+	if (qcq->cq_base) {
+		dma_free_coherent(dev, qcq->cq_size, qcq->cq_base, qcq->cq_base_pa);
+		qcq->cq_base = NULL;
+		qcq->cq_base_pa = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (qcq->sg_base) {
+		dma_free_coherent(dev, qcq->sg_size, qcq->sg_base, qcq->sg_base_pa);
+		qcq->sg_base = NULL;
+		qcq->sg_base_pa = 0;
+	}
+
+	ionic_qcq_intr_free(lif, qcq);
+
+	if (qcq->cq.info) {
+		devm_kfree(dev, qcq->cq.info);
+		qcq->cq.info = NULL;
+	}
+	if (qcq->q.info) {
+		devm_kfree(dev, qcq->q.info);
+		qcq->q.info = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static void ionic_qcqs_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
-	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (lif->notifyqcq) {
 		ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->notifyqcq);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->notifyqcq);
 		lif->notifyqcq = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (lif->adminqcq) {
 		ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->adminqcq);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->adminqcq);
 		lif->adminqcq = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-			if (lif->rxqcqs[i].stats)
-				devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs[i].stats);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqstats);
+		lif->rxqstats = NULL;
 		devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs);
 		lif->rxqcqs = NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (lif->txqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-			if (lif->txqcqs[i].stats)
-				devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs[i].stats);
+		devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqstats);
+		lif->txqstats = NULL;
 		devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs);
 		lif->txqcqs = NULL;
 	}
@@ -368,6 +393,53 @@ static void ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(struct ionic_qcq *src_qcq,
 	n_qcq->intr.index = src_qcq->intr.index;
 }
 
+static int ionic_alloc_qcq_interrupt(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!(qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)) {
+		qcq->intr.index = IONIC_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_intr_alloc(lif, &qcq->intr);
+	if (err) {
+		netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "no intr for %s: %d\n",
+			    qcq->q.name, err);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_bus_get_irq(lif->ionic, qcq->intr.index);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "no vector for %s: %d\n",
+			    qcq->q.name, err);
+		goto err_out_free_intr;
+	}
+	qcq->intr.vector = err;
+	ionic_intr_mask_assert(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
+			       IONIC_INTR_MASK_SET);
+
+	err = ionic_request_irq(lif, qcq);
+	if (err) {
+		netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "irq request failed %d\n", err);
+		goto err_out_free_intr;
+	}
+
+	/* try to get the irq on the local numa node first */
+	qcq->intr.cpu = cpumask_local_spread(qcq->intr.index,
+					     dev_to_node(lif->ionic->dev));
+	if (qcq->intr.cpu != -1)
+		cpumask_set_cpu(qcq->intr.cpu, &qcq->intr.affinity_mask);
+
+	netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "%s: Interrupt index %d\n", qcq->q.name, qcq->intr.index);
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_free_intr:
+	ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, qcq->intr.index);
+err_out:
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 			   unsigned int index,
 			   const char *name, unsigned int flags,
@@ -377,7 +449,6 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 			   unsigned int pid, struct ionic_qcq **qcq)
 {
 	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->ionic->idev;
-	u32 q_size, cq_size, sg_size, total_size;
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
 	void *q_base, *cq_base, *sg_base;
 	dma_addr_t cq_base_pa = 0;
@@ -388,21 +459,6 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 
 	*qcq = NULL;
 
-	q_size  = num_descs * desc_size;
-	cq_size = num_descs * cq_desc_size;
-	sg_size = num_descs * sg_desc_size;
-
-	total_size = ALIGN(q_size, PAGE_SIZE) + ALIGN(cq_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-	/* Note: aligning q_size/cq_size is not enough due to cq_base
-	 * address aligning as q_base could be not aligned to the page.
-	 * Adding PAGE_SIZE.
-	 */
-	total_size += PAGE_SIZE;
-	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_SG) {
-		total_size += ALIGN(sg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-		total_size += PAGE_SIZE;
-	}
-
 	new = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new) {
 		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate queue structure\n");
@@ -417,7 +473,7 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 	if (!new->q.info) {
 		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate queue info\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out;
+		goto err_out_free_qcq;
 	}
 
 	new->q.type = type;
@@ -426,41 +482,12 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 			   desc_size, sg_desc_size, pid);
 	if (err) {
 		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot initialize queue\n");
+		goto err_out_free_q_info;
+	}
+
+	err = ionic_alloc_qcq_interrupt(lif, new);
+	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
-	}
-
-	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR) {
-		err = ionic_intr_alloc(lif, &new->intr);
-		if (err) {
-			netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "no intr for %s: %d\n",
-				    name, err);
-			goto err_out;
-		}
-
-		err = ionic_bus_get_irq(lif->ionic, new->intr.index);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "no vector for %s: %d\n",
-				    name, err);
-			goto err_out_free_intr;
-		}
-		new->intr.vector = err;
-		ionic_intr_mask_assert(idev->intr_ctrl, new->intr.index,
-				       IONIC_INTR_MASK_SET);
-
-		err = ionic_request_irq(lif, new);
-		if (err) {
-			netdev_warn(lif->netdev, "irq request failed %d\n", err);
-			goto err_out_free_intr;
-		}
-
-		new->intr.cpu = cpumask_local_spread(new->intr.index,
-						     dev_to_node(dev));
-		if (new->intr.cpu != -1)
-			cpumask_set_cpu(new->intr.cpu,
-					&new->intr.affinity_mask);
-	} else {
-		new->intr.index = IONIC_INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED;
-	}
 
 	new->cq.info = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_descs, sizeof(*new->cq.info),
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -473,46 +500,67 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 	err = ionic_cq_init(lif, &new->cq, &new->intr, num_descs, cq_desc_size);
 	if (err) {
 		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot initialize completion queue\n");
-		goto err_out_free_irq;
+		goto err_out_free_cq_info;
 	}
 
-	new->base = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, total_size, &new->base_pa,
-				       GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new->base) {
+	new->q_size = PAGE_SIZE + (num_descs * desc_size);
+	new->q_base = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, new->q_size, &new->q_base_pa,
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new->q_base) {
 		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate queue DMA memory\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out_free_irq;
+		goto err_out_free_cq_info;
 	}
-
-	new->total_size = total_size;
-
-	q_base = new->base;
-	q_base_pa = new->base_pa;
-
-	cq_base = (void *)ALIGN((uintptr_t)q_base + q_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-	cq_base_pa = ALIGN(q_base_pa + q_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_SG) {
-		sg_base = (void *)ALIGN((uintptr_t)cq_base + cq_size,
-					PAGE_SIZE);
-		sg_base_pa = ALIGN(cq_base_pa + cq_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-		ionic_q_sg_map(&new->q, sg_base, sg_base_pa);
-	}
-
+	q_base = PTR_ALIGN(new->q_base, PAGE_SIZE);
+	q_base_pa = ALIGN(new->q_base_pa, PAGE_SIZE);
 	ionic_q_map(&new->q, q_base, q_base_pa);
+
+	new->cq_size = PAGE_SIZE + (num_descs * cq_desc_size);
+	new->cq_base = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, new->cq_size, &new->cq_base_pa,
+					  GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new->cq_base) {
+		netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate cq DMA memory\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out_free_q;
+	}
+	cq_base = PTR_ALIGN(new->cq_base, PAGE_SIZE);
+	cq_base_pa = ALIGN(new->cq_base_pa, PAGE_SIZE);
 	ionic_cq_map(&new->cq, cq_base, cq_base_pa);
 	ionic_cq_bind(&new->cq, &new->q);
 
+	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_SG) {
+		new->sg_size = PAGE_SIZE + (num_descs * sg_desc_size);
+		new->sg_base = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, new->sg_size, &new->sg_base_pa,
+						  GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new->sg_base) {
+			netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Cannot allocate sg DMA memory\n");
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_out_free_cq;
+		}
+		sg_base = PTR_ALIGN(new->sg_base, PAGE_SIZE);
+		sg_base_pa = ALIGN(new->sg_base_pa, PAGE_SIZE);
+		ionic_q_sg_map(&new->q, sg_base, sg_base_pa);
+	}
+
 	*qcq = new;
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_out_free_cq:
+	dma_free_coherent(dev, new->cq_size, new->cq_base, new->cq_base_pa);
+err_out_free_q:
+	dma_free_coherent(dev, new->q_size, new->q_base, new->q_base_pa);
+err_out_free_cq_info:
+	devm_kfree(dev, new->cq.info);
 err_out_free_irq:
-	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
+	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR) {
 		devm_free_irq(dev, new->intr.vector, &new->napi);
-err_out_free_intr:
-	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
 		ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, new->intr.index);
+	}
+err_out_free_q_info:
+	devm_kfree(dev, new->q.info);
+err_out_free_qcq:
+	devm_kfree(dev, new);
 err_out:
 	dev_err(dev, "qcq alloc of %s%d failed %d\n", name, index, err);
 	return err;
@@ -521,10 +569,8 @@ static int ionic_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, unsigned int type,
 static int ionic_qcqs_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
-	unsigned int q_list_size;
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int err;
-	int i;
 
 	flags = IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
 	err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_ADMINQ, 0, "admin", flags,
@@ -544,63 +590,50 @@ static int ionic_qcqs_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 				      sizeof(union ionic_notifyq_comp),
 				      0, lif->kern_pid, &lif->notifyqcq);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_out_free_adminqcq;
+			goto err_out;
 		ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(lif, lif->notifyqcq);
 
 		/* Let the notifyq ride on the adminq interrupt */
 		ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(lif->adminqcq, lif->notifyqcq);
 	}
 
-	q_list_size = sizeof(*lif->txqcqs) * lif->nxqs;
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	lif->txqcqs = devm_kzalloc(dev, q_list_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	lif->txqcqs = devm_kcalloc(dev, lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif,
+				   sizeof(struct ionic_qcq *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lif->txqcqs)
-		goto err_out_free_notifyqcq;
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-		lif->txqcqs[i].stats = devm_kzalloc(dev,
-						    sizeof(struct ionic_q_stats),
-						    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!lif->txqcqs[i].stats)
-			goto err_out_free_tx_stats;
-	}
-
-	lif->rxqcqs = devm_kzalloc(dev, q_list_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		goto err_out;
+	lif->rxqcqs = devm_kcalloc(dev, lif->ionic->nrxqs_per_lif,
+				   sizeof(struct ionic_qcq *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lif->rxqcqs)
-		goto err_out_free_tx_stats;
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-		lif->rxqcqs[i].stats = devm_kzalloc(dev,
-						    sizeof(struct ionic_q_stats),
-						    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!lif->rxqcqs[i].stats)
-			goto err_out_free_rx_stats;
-	}
+		goto err_out;
+
+	lif->txqstats = devm_kcalloc(dev, lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif,
+				     sizeof(struct ionic_tx_stats), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!lif->txqstats)
+		goto err_out;
+	lif->rxqstats = devm_kcalloc(dev, lif->ionic->nrxqs_per_lif,
+				     sizeof(struct ionic_rx_stats), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!lif->rxqstats)
+		goto err_out;
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_out_free_rx_stats:
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-		if (lif->rxqcqs[i].stats)
-			devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs[i].stats);
-	devm_kfree(dev, lif->rxqcqs);
-	lif->rxqcqs = NULL;
-err_out_free_tx_stats:
-	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++)
-		if (lif->txqcqs[i].stats)
-			devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs[i].stats);
-	devm_kfree(dev, lif->txqcqs);
-	lif->txqcqs = NULL;
-err_out_free_notifyqcq:
-	if (lif->notifyqcq) {
-		ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->notifyqcq);
-		lif->notifyqcq = NULL;
-	}
-err_out_free_adminqcq:
-	ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->adminqcq);
-	lif->adminqcq = NULL;
-
+err_out:
+	ionic_qcqs_free(lif);
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void ionic_qcq_sanitize(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
+{
+	qcq->q.tail_idx = 0;
+	qcq->q.head_idx = 0;
+	qcq->cq.tail_idx = 0;
+	qcq->cq.done_color = 1;
+	memset(qcq->q_base, 0, qcq->q_size);
+	memset(qcq->cq_base, 0, qcq->cq_size);
+	memset(qcq->sg_base, 0, qcq->sg_size);
+}
+
 static int ionic_lif_txq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
@@ -626,10 +659,10 @@ static int ionic_lif_txq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	unsigned int intr_index;
 	int err;
 
-	if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state))
+	if (qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
 		intr_index = qcq->intr.index;
 	else
-		intr_index = lif->rxqcqs[q->index].qcq->intr.index;
+		intr_index = lif->rxqcqs[q->index]->intr.index;
 	ctx.cmd.q_init.intr_index = cpu_to_le16(intr_index);
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "txq_init.pid %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.pid);
@@ -640,9 +673,7 @@ static int ionic_lif_txq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "txq_init.ver %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.ver);
 	dev_dbg(dev, "txq_init.intr_index %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.intr_index);
 
-	q->tail = q->info;
-	q->head = q->tail;
-	cq->tail = cq->info;
+	ionic_qcq_sanitize(qcq);
 
 	err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, &ctx);
 	if (err)
@@ -697,9 +728,7 @@ static int ionic_lif_rxq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 	dev_dbg(dev, "rxq_init.ver %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.ver);
 	dev_dbg(dev, "rxq_init.intr_index %d\n", ctx.cmd.q_init.intr_index);
 
-	q->tail = q->info;
-	q->head = q->tail;
-	cq->tail = cq->info;
+	ionic_qcq_sanitize(qcq);
 
 	err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, &ctx);
 	if (err)
@@ -1315,6 +1344,35 @@ static int ionic_set_mac_address(struct net_device *netdev, void *sa)
 	return ionic_addr_add(netdev, mac);
 }
 
+static void ionic_stop_queues_reconfig(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+{
+	/* Stop and clean the queues before reconfiguration */
+	mutex_lock(&lif->queue_lock);
+	netif_device_detach(lif->netdev);
+	ionic_stop_queues(lif);
+	ionic_txrx_deinit(lif);
+}
+
+static int ionic_start_queues_reconfig(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	/* Re-init the queues after reconfiguration */
+
+	/* The only way txrx_init can fail here is if communication
+	 * with FW is suddenly broken.  There's not much we can do
+	 * at this point - error messages have already been printed,
+	 * so we can continue on and the user can eventually do a
+	 * DOWN and UP to try to reset and clear the issue.
+	 */
+	err = ionic_txrx_init(lif);
+	mutex_unlock(&lif->queue_lock);
+	ionic_link_status_check_request(lif);
+	netif_device_attach(lif->netdev);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int ionic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -1334,9 +1392,12 @@ static int ionic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 		return err;
 
 	netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
-	err = ionic_reset_queues(lif, NULL, NULL);
+	/* if we're not running, nothing more to do */
+	if (!netif_running(netdev))
+		return 0;
 
-	return err;
+	ionic_stop_queues_reconfig(lif);
+	return ionic_start_queues_reconfig(lif);
 }
 
 static void ionic_tx_timeout_work(struct work_struct *ws)
@@ -1345,9 +1406,14 @@ static void ionic_tx_timeout_work(struct work_struct *ws)
 
 	netdev_info(lif->netdev, "Tx Timeout recovery\n");
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-	ionic_reset_queues(lif, NULL, NULL);
-	rtnl_unlock();
+	/* if we were stopped before this scheduled job was launched,
+	 * don't bother the queues as they are already stopped.
+	 */
+	if (!netif_running(lif->netdev))
+		return;
+
+	ionic_stop_queues_reconfig(lif);
+	ionic_start_queues_reconfig(lif);
 }
 
 static void ionic_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int txqueue)
@@ -1482,7 +1548,7 @@ static void ionic_txrx_disable(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 	if (lif->txqcqs) {
 		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+			err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->txqcqs[i]);
 			if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1490,7 +1556,7 @@ static void ionic_txrx_disable(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
 		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+			err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 			if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1502,18 +1568,18 @@ static void ionic_txrx_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (lif->txqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
-			ionic_tx_flush(&lif->txqcqs[i].qcq->cq);
-			ionic_tx_empty(&lif->txqcqs[i].qcq->q);
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs && lif->txqcqs[i]; i++) {
+			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+			ionic_tx_flush(&lif->txqcqs[i]->cq);
+			ionic_tx_empty(&lif->txqcqs[i]->q);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
-			ionic_rx_flush(&lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq->cq);
-			ionic_rx_empty(&lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq->q);
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs && lif->rxqcqs[i]; i++) {
+			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+			ionic_rx_flush(&lif->rxqcqs[i]->cq);
+			ionic_rx_empty(&lif->rxqcqs[i]->q);
 		}
 	}
 	lif->rx_mode = 0;
@@ -1524,16 +1590,18 @@ static void ionic_txrx_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (lif->txqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
-			lif->txqcqs[i].qcq = NULL;
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif && lif->txqcqs[i]; i++) {
+			ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+			devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+			lif->txqcqs[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (lif->rxqcqs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-			ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
-			lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq = NULL;
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->ionic->nrxqs_per_lif && lif->rxqcqs[i]; i++) {
+			ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+			devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+			lif->rxqcqs[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1561,17 +1629,16 @@ static int ionic_txrx_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 				      sizeof(struct ionic_txq_desc),
 				      sizeof(struct ionic_txq_comp),
 				      sg_desc_sz,
-				      lif->kern_pid, &lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+				      lif->kern_pid, &lif->txqcqs[i]);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
 
 		if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
 			ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
-					     lif->txqcqs[i].qcq->intr.index,
+					     lif->txqcqs[i]->intr.index,
 					     lif->tx_coalesce_hw);
 
-		lif->txqcqs[i].qcq->stats = lif->txqcqs[i].stats;
-		ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+		ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
 	}
 
 	flags = IONIC_QCQ_F_RX_STATS | IONIC_QCQ_F_SG | IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
@@ -1581,20 +1648,19 @@ static int ionic_txrx_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 				      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_desc),
 				      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_comp),
 				      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc),
-				      lif->kern_pid, &lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+				      lif->kern_pid, &lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
 
 		ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
-				     lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq->intr.index,
+				     lif->rxqcqs[i]->intr.index,
 				     lif->rx_coalesce_hw);
 
 		if (!test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state))
-			ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq,
-						  lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+			ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(lif->rxqcqs[i],
+						  lif->txqcqs[i]);
 
-		lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq->stats = lif->rxqcqs[i].stats;
-		ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+		ionic_debugfs_add_qcq(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1611,13 +1677,13 @@ static int ionic_txrx_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	int err;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-		err = ionic_lif_txq_init(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+		err = ionic_lif_txq_init(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
 
-		err = ionic_lif_rxq_init(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+		err = ionic_lif_rxq_init(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 		if (err) {
-			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+			ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1631,8 +1697,8 @@ static int ionic_txrx_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 err_out:
 	while (i--) {
-		ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
-		ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+		ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+		ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -1643,15 +1709,15 @@ static int ionic_txrx_enable(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	int i, err;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < lif->nxqs; i++) {
-		ionic_rx_fill(&lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq->q);
-		err = ionic_qcq_enable(lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+		ionic_rx_fill(&lif->rxqcqs[i]->q);
+		err = ionic_qcq_enable(lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
 
-		err = ionic_qcq_enable(lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+		err = ionic_qcq_enable(lif->txqcqs[i]);
 		if (err) {
 			if (err != -ETIMEDOUT)
-				ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+				ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1660,10 +1726,10 @@ static int ionic_txrx_enable(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 err_out:
 	while (i--) {
-		err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->txqcqs[i].qcq);
+		err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->txqcqs[i]);
 		if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
 			break;
-		err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i].qcq);
+		err = ionic_qcq_disable(lif->rxqcqs[i]);
 		if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -1688,7 +1754,7 @@ static int ionic_start_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ionic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
+static int ionic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	int err;
@@ -1734,7 +1800,7 @@ static void ionic_stop_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	ionic_txrx_disable(lif);
 }
 
-int ionic_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
+static int ionic_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ionic_lif *lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
@@ -2016,35 +2082,210 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ionic_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_get_vf_stats       = ionic_get_vf_stats,
 };
 
-int ionic_reset_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif, ionic_reset_cb cb, void *arg)
+static void ionic_swap_queues(struct ionic_qcq *a, struct ionic_qcq *b)
 {
-	bool running;
-	int err = 0;
+	/* only swapping the queues, not the napi, flags, or other stuff */
+	swap(a->q.num_descs,  b->q.num_descs);
+	swap(a->q.base,       b->q.base);
+	swap(a->q.base_pa,    b->q.base_pa);
+	swap(a->q.info,       b->q.info);
+	swap(a->q_base,       b->q_base);
+	swap(a->q_base_pa,    b->q_base_pa);
+	swap(a->q_size,       b->q_size);
 
-	mutex_lock(&lif->queue_lock);
-	running = netif_running(lif->netdev);
-	if (running) {
-		netif_device_detach(lif->netdev);
-		err = ionic_stop(lif->netdev);
+	swap(a->q.sg_base,    b->q.sg_base);
+	swap(a->q.sg_base_pa, b->q.sg_base_pa);
+	swap(a->sg_base,      b->sg_base);
+	swap(a->sg_base_pa,   b->sg_base_pa);
+	swap(a->sg_size,      b->sg_size);
+
+	swap(a->cq.num_descs, b->cq.num_descs);
+	swap(a->cq.base,      b->cq.base);
+	swap(a->cq.base_pa,   b->cq.base_pa);
+	swap(a->cq.info,      b->cq.info);
+	swap(a->cq_base,      b->cq_base);
+	swap(a->cq_base_pa,   b->cq_base_pa);
+	swap(a->cq_size,      b->cq_size);
+}
+
+int ionic_reconfigure_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif,
+			     struct ionic_queue_params *qparam)
+{
+	struct ionic_qcq **tx_qcqs = NULL;
+	struct ionic_qcq **rx_qcqs = NULL;
+	unsigned int sg_desc_sz;
+	unsigned int flags;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	/* allocate temporary qcq arrays to hold new queue structs */
+	if (qparam->nxqs != lif->nxqs || qparam->ntxq_descs != lif->ntxq_descs) {
+		tx_qcqs = devm_kcalloc(lif->ionic->dev, lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif,
+				       sizeof(struct ionic_qcq *), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tx_qcqs)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
+	if (qparam->nxqs != lif->nxqs || qparam->nrxq_descs != lif->nrxq_descs) {
+		rx_qcqs = devm_kcalloc(lif->ionic->dev, lif->ionic->nrxqs_per_lif,
+				       sizeof(struct ionic_qcq *), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!rx_qcqs)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* allocate new desc_info and rings, but leave the interrupt setup
+	 * until later so as to not mess with the still-running queues
+	 */
+	if (lif->qtype_info[IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ].version >= 1 &&
+	    lif->qtype_info[IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ].sg_desc_sz ==
+					  sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1))
+		sg_desc_sz = sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc_v1);
+	else
+		sg_desc_sz = sizeof(struct ionic_txq_sg_desc);
+
+	if (tx_qcqs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++) {
+			flags = lif->txqcqs[i]->flags & ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+			err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_TXQ, i, "tx", flags,
+					      qparam->ntxq_descs,
+					      sizeof(struct ionic_txq_desc),
+					      sizeof(struct ionic_txq_comp),
+					      sg_desc_sz,
+					      lif->kern_pid, &tx_qcqs[i]);
+			if (err)
+				goto err_out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (rx_qcqs) {
+		for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++) {
+			flags = lif->rxqcqs[i]->flags & ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+			err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_RXQ, i, "rx", flags,
+					      qparam->nrxq_descs,
+					      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_desc),
+					      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_comp),
+					      sizeof(struct ionic_rxq_sg_desc),
+					      lif->kern_pid, &rx_qcqs[i]);
+			if (err)
+				goto err_out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* stop and clean the queues */
+	ionic_stop_queues_reconfig(lif);
+
+	if (qparam->nxqs != lif->nxqs) {
+		err = netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(lif->netdev, qparam->nxqs);
 		if (err)
-			goto reset_out;
+			goto err_out_reinit_unlock;
+		err = netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(lif->netdev, qparam->nxqs);
+		if (err) {
+			netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(lif->netdev, lif->nxqs);
+			goto err_out_reinit_unlock;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (cb)
-		cb(lif, arg);
-
-	if (running) {
-		err = ionic_open(lif->netdev);
-		netif_device_attach(lif->netdev);
+	/* swap new desc_info and rings, keeping existing interrupt config */
+	if (tx_qcqs) {
+		lif->ntxq_descs = qparam->ntxq_descs;
+		for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++)
+			ionic_swap_queues(lif->txqcqs[i], tx_qcqs[i]);
 	}
 
-reset_out:
-	mutex_unlock(&lif->queue_lock);
+	if (rx_qcqs) {
+		lif->nrxq_descs = qparam->nrxq_descs;
+		for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++)
+			ionic_swap_queues(lif->rxqcqs[i], rx_qcqs[i]);
+	}
+
+	/* if we need to change the interrupt layout, this is the time */
+	if (qparam->intr_split != test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state) ||
+	    qparam->nxqs != lif->nxqs) {
+		if (qparam->intr_split) {
+			set_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
+		} else {
+			clear_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
+			lif->tx_coalesce_usecs = lif->rx_coalesce_usecs;
+			lif->tx_coalesce_hw = lif->rx_coalesce_hw;
+		}
+
+		/* clear existing interrupt assignments */
+		for (i = 0; i < lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif; i++) {
+			ionic_qcq_intr_free(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+			ionic_qcq_intr_free(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+		}
+
+		/* re-assign the interrupts */
+		for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++) {
+			lif->rxqcqs[i]->flags |= IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+			err = ionic_alloc_qcq_interrupt(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+			ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
+					     lif->rxqcqs[i]->intr.index,
+					     lif->rx_coalesce_hw);
+
+			if (qparam->intr_split) {
+				lif->txqcqs[i]->flags |= IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+				err = ionic_alloc_qcq_interrupt(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+				ionic_intr_coal_init(lif->ionic->idev.intr_ctrl,
+						     lif->txqcqs[i]->intr.index,
+						     lif->tx_coalesce_hw);
+			} else {
+				lif->txqcqs[i]->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+				ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(lif->rxqcqs[i], lif->txqcqs[i]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	swap(lif->nxqs, qparam->nxqs);
+
+err_out_reinit_unlock:
+	/* re-init the queues, but don't loose an error code */
+	if (err)
+		ionic_start_queues_reconfig(lif);
+	else
+		err = ionic_start_queues_reconfig(lif);
+
+err_out:
+	/* free old allocs without cleaning intr */
+	for (i = 0; i < qparam->nxqs; i++) {
+		if (tx_qcqs && tx_qcqs[i]) {
+			tx_qcqs[i]->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+			ionic_qcq_free(lif, tx_qcqs[i]);
+			devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, tx_qcqs[i]);
+			tx_qcqs[i] = NULL;
+		}
+		if (rx_qcqs && rx_qcqs[i]) {
+			rx_qcqs[i]->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+			ionic_qcq_free(lif, rx_qcqs[i]);
+			devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, rx_qcqs[i]);
+			rx_qcqs[i] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* free q array */
+	if (rx_qcqs) {
+		devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, rx_qcqs);
+		rx_qcqs = NULL;
+	}
+	if (tx_qcqs) {
+		devm_kfree(lif->ionic->dev, tx_qcqs);
+		tx_qcqs = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* clean the unused dma and info allocations when new set is smaller
+	 * than the full array, but leave the qcq shells in place
+	 */
+	for (i = lif->nxqs; i < lif->ionic->ntxqs_per_lif; i++) {
+		lif->txqcqs[i]->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+		ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->txqcqs[i]);
+
+		lif->rxqcqs[i]->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+		ionic_qcq_free(lif, lif->rxqcqs[i]);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
 
-static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index)
+int ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic)
 {
 	struct device *dev = ionic->dev;
 	union ionic_lif_identity *lid;
@@ -2055,7 +2296,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 
 	lid = kzalloc(sizeof(*lid), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lid)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*lif),
 				    ionic->ntxqs_per_lif, ionic->ntxqs_per_lif);
@@ -2069,7 +2310,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 
 	lif = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	lif->netdev = netdev;
-	ionic->master_lif = lif;
+	ionic->lif = lif;
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &ionic_netdev_ops;
 	ionic_ethtool_set_ops(netdev);
 
@@ -2079,7 +2320,8 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 	lif->identity = lid;
 	lif->lif_type = IONIC_LIF_TYPE_CLASSIC;
 	ionic_lif_identify(ionic, lif->lif_type, lif->identity);
-	lif->netdev->min_mtu = le32_to_cpu(lif->identity->eth.min_frame_size);
+	lif->netdev->min_mtu = max_t(unsigned int, ETH_MIN_MTU,
+				     le32_to_cpu(lif->identity->eth.min_frame_size));
 	lif->netdev->max_mtu =
 		le32_to_cpu(lif->identity->eth.max_frame_size) - ETH_HLEN - VLAN_HLEN;
 
@@ -2087,7 +2329,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 	lif->nxqs = ionic->ntxqs_per_lif;
 
 	lif->ionic = ionic;
-	lif->index = index;
+	lif->index = 0;
 	lif->ntxq_descs = IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC;
 	lif->nrxq_descs = IONIC_DEF_TXRX_DESC;
 	lif->tx_budget = IONIC_TX_BUDGET_DEFAULT;
@@ -2099,7 +2341,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 	lif->tx_coalesce_usecs = lif->rx_coalesce_usecs;
 	lif->tx_coalesce_hw = lif->rx_coalesce_hw;
 
-	snprintf(lif->name, sizeof(lif->name), "lif%u", index);
+	snprintf(lif->name, sizeof(lif->name), "lif%u", lif->index);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&lif->adminq_lock);
 
@@ -2119,7 +2361,8 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 
 	ionic_debugfs_add_lif(lif);
 
-	/* allocate queues */
+	/* allocate control queues and txrx queue arrays */
+	ionic_lif_queue_identify(lif);
 	err = ionic_qcqs_alloc(lif);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_free_lif_info;
@@ -2138,9 +2381,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 	}
 	netdev_rss_key_fill(lif->rss_hash_key, IONIC_RSS_HASH_KEY_SIZE);
 
-	list_add_tail(&lif->list, &ionic->lifs);
-
-	return lif;
+	return 0;
 
 err_out_free_qcqs:
 	ionic_qcqs_free(lif);
@@ -2154,27 +2395,7 @@ static struct ionic_lif *ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic, unsigned int index
 err_out_free_lid:
 	kfree(lid);
 
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
-}
-
-int ionic_lifs_alloc(struct ionic *ionic)
-{
-	struct ionic_lif *lif;
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ionic->lifs);
-
-	/* only build the first lif, others are for later features */
-	set_bit(0, ionic->lifbits);
-
-	lif = ionic_lif_alloc(ionic, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(lif)) {
-		clear_bit(0, ionic->lifbits);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	ionic_lif_queue_identify(lif);
-
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void ionic_lif_reset(struct ionic_lif *lif)
@@ -2209,7 +2430,7 @@ static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_down(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		ionic_txrx_deinit(lif);
 		ionic_txrx_free(lif);
 	}
-	ionic_lifs_deinit(ionic);
+	ionic_lif_deinit(lif);
 	ionic_reset(ionic);
 	ionic_qcqs_free(lif);
 
@@ -2232,7 +2453,7 @@ static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_up(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	err = ionic_lifs_init(ionic);
+	err = ionic_lif_init(lif);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_qcqs_free;
 
@@ -2261,14 +2482,14 @@ static void ionic_lif_handle_fw_up(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 err_txrx_free:
 	ionic_txrx_free(lif);
 err_lifs_deinit:
-	ionic_lifs_deinit(ionic);
+	ionic_lif_deinit(lif);
 err_qcqs_free:
 	ionic_qcqs_free(lif);
 err_out:
 	dev_err(ionic->dev, "FW Up: LIFs restart failed - err %d\n", err);
 }
 
-static void ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+void ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
 
@@ -2297,23 +2518,10 @@ static void ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 
 	/* free netdev & lif */
 	ionic_debugfs_del_lif(lif);
-	list_del(&lif->list);
 	free_netdev(lif->netdev);
 }
 
-void ionic_lifs_free(struct ionic *ionic)
-{
-	struct list_head *cur, *tmp;
-	struct ionic_lif *lif;
-
-	list_for_each_safe(cur, tmp, &ionic->lifs) {
-		lif = list_entry(cur, struct ionic_lif, list);
-
-		ionic_lif_free(lif);
-	}
-}
-
-static void ionic_lif_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+void ionic_lif_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_INITED, lif->state))
 		return;
@@ -2334,17 +2542,6 @@ static void ionic_lif_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	ionic_lif_reset(lif);
 }
 
-void ionic_lifs_deinit(struct ionic *ionic)
-{
-	struct list_head *cur, *tmp;
-	struct ionic_lif *lif;
-
-	list_for_each_safe(cur, tmp, &ionic->lifs) {
-		lif = list_entry(cur, struct ionic_lif, list);
-		ionic_lif_deinit(lif);
-	}
-}
-
 static int ionic_lif_adminq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
@@ -2490,7 +2687,7 @@ static int ionic_station_set(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+int ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->ionic->idev;
 	struct device *dev = lif->ionic->dev;
@@ -2580,22 +2777,6 @@ static int ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ionic_lifs_init(struct ionic *ionic)
-{
-	struct list_head *cur, *tmp;
-	struct ionic_lif *lif;
-	int err;
-
-	list_for_each_safe(cur, tmp, &ionic->lifs) {
-		lif = list_entry(cur, struct ionic_lif, list);
-		err = ionic_lif_init(lif);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void ionic_lif_notify_work(struct work_struct *ws)
 {
 }
@@ -2644,45 +2825,41 @@ static int ionic_lif_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-int ionic_lifs_register(struct ionic *ionic)
+int ionic_lif_register(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&ionic->nb_work, ionic_lif_notify_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&lif->ionic->nb_work, ionic_lif_notify_work);
 
-	ionic->nb.notifier_call = ionic_lif_notify;
+	lif->ionic->nb.notifier_call = ionic_lif_notify;
 
-	err = register_netdevice_notifier(&ionic->nb);
+	err = register_netdevice_notifier(&lif->ionic->nb);
 	if (err)
-		ionic->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+		lif->ionic->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
 
 	/* only register LIF0 for now */
-	err = register_netdev(ionic->master_lif->netdev);
+	err = register_netdev(lif->netdev);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(ionic->dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting\n");
+		dev_err(lif->ionic->dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting\n");
 		return err;
 	}
-	ionic->master_lif->registered = true;
-	ionic_lif_set_netdev_info(ionic->master_lif);
+	lif->registered = true;
+	ionic_lif_set_netdev_info(lif);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void ionic_lifs_unregister(struct ionic *ionic)
+void ionic_lif_unregister(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
-	if (ionic->nb.notifier_call) {
-		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ionic->nb);
-		cancel_work_sync(&ionic->nb_work);
-		ionic->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+	if (lif->ionic->nb.notifier_call) {
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&lif->ionic->nb);
+		cancel_work_sync(&lif->ionic->nb_work);
+		lif->ionic->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* There is only one lif ever registered in the
-	 * current model, so don't bother searching the
-	 * ionic->lif for candidates to unregister
-	 */
-	if (ionic->master_lif &&
-	    ionic->master_lif->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
-		unregister_netdev(ionic->master_lif->netdev);
+	if (lif->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		unregister_netdev(lif->netdev);
+	lif->registered = false;
 }
 
 static void ionic_lif_queue_identify(struct ionic_lif *lif)
@@ -2801,7 +2978,7 @@ int ionic_lif_identify(struct ionic *ionic, u8 lif_type,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ionic_lifs_size(struct ionic *ionic)
+int ionic_lif_size(struct ionic *ionic)
 {
 	struct ionic_identity *ident = &ionic->ident;
 	unsigned int nintrs, dev_nintrs;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.h
index 1ee3b14c8d50..e1e6ff1a0918 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.h
@@ -56,35 +56,28 @@ struct ionic_napi_stats {
 	u64 work_done_cntr[IONIC_MAX_NUM_NAPI_CNTR];
 };
 
-struct ionic_q_stats {
-	union {
-		struct ionic_tx_stats tx;
-		struct ionic_rx_stats rx;
-	};
-};
-
 struct ionic_qcq {
-	void *base;
-	dma_addr_t base_pa;
-	unsigned int total_size;
+	void *q_base;
+	dma_addr_t q_base_pa;
+	u32 q_size;
+	void *cq_base;
+	dma_addr_t cq_base_pa;
+	u32 cq_size;
+	void *sg_base;
+	dma_addr_t sg_base_pa;
+	u32 sg_size;
 	struct ionic_queue q;
 	struct ionic_cq cq;
 	struct ionic_intr_info intr;
 	struct napi_struct napi;
 	struct ionic_napi_stats napi_stats;
-	struct ionic_q_stats *stats;
 	unsigned int flags;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 
-struct ionic_qcqst {
-	struct ionic_qcq *qcq;
-	struct ionic_q_stats *stats;
-};
-
 #define q_to_qcq(q)		container_of(q, struct ionic_qcq, q)
-#define q_to_tx_stats(q)	(&q_to_qcq(q)->stats->tx)
-#define q_to_rx_stats(q)	(&q_to_qcq(q)->stats->rx)
+#define q_to_tx_stats(q)	(&(q)->lif->txqstats[(q)->index])
+#define q_to_rx_stats(q)	(&(q)->lif->rxqstats[(q)->index])
 #define napi_to_qcq(napi)	container_of(napi, struct ionic_qcq, napi)
 #define napi_to_cq(napi)	(&napi_to_qcq(napi)->cq)
 
@@ -170,8 +163,10 @@ struct ionic_lif {
 	spinlock_t adminq_lock;		/* lock for AdminQ operations */
 	struct ionic_qcq *adminqcq;
 	struct ionic_qcq *notifyqcq;
-	struct ionic_qcqst *txqcqs;
-	struct ionic_qcqst *rxqcqs;
+	struct ionic_qcq **txqcqs;
+	struct ionic_tx_stats *txqstats;
+	struct ionic_qcq **rxqcqs;
+	struct ionic_rx_stats *rxqstats;
 	u64 last_eid;
 	unsigned int neqs;
 	unsigned int nxqs;
@@ -212,12 +207,21 @@ struct ionic_lif {
 	struct work_struct tx_timeout_work;
 };
 
-#define lif_to_txqcq(lif, i)	((lif)->txqcqs[i].qcq)
-#define lif_to_rxqcq(lif, i)	((lif)->rxqcqs[i].qcq)
-#define lif_to_txstats(lif, i)	((lif)->txqcqs[i].stats->tx)
-#define lif_to_rxstats(lif, i)	((lif)->rxqcqs[i].stats->rx)
-#define lif_to_txq(lif, i)	(&lif_to_txqcq((lif), i)->q)
-#define lif_to_rxq(lif, i)	(&lif_to_txqcq((lif), i)->q)
+struct ionic_queue_params {
+	unsigned int nxqs;
+	unsigned int ntxq_descs;
+	unsigned int nrxq_descs;
+	unsigned int intr_split;
+};
+
+static inline void ionic_init_queue_params(struct ionic_lif *lif,
+					   struct ionic_queue_params *qparam)
+{
+	qparam->nxqs = lif->nxqs;
+	qparam->ntxq_descs = lif->ntxq_descs;
+	qparam->nrxq_descs = lif->nrxq_descs;
+	qparam->intr_split = test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SPLIT_INTR, lif->state);
+}
 
 static inline u32 ionic_coal_usec_to_hw(struct ionic *ionic, u32 usecs)
 {
@@ -242,34 +246,33 @@ void ionic_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
 		       struct rtnl_link_stats64 *ns);
 void ionic_lif_deferred_enqueue(struct ionic_deferred *def,
 				struct ionic_deferred_work *work);
-int ionic_lifs_alloc(struct ionic *ionic);
-void ionic_lifs_free(struct ionic *ionic);
-void ionic_lifs_deinit(struct ionic *ionic);
-int ionic_lifs_init(struct ionic *ionic);
-int ionic_lifs_register(struct ionic *ionic);
-void ionic_lifs_unregister(struct ionic *ionic);
+int ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic *ionic);
+int ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif);
+void ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif);
+void ionic_lif_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif);
+int ionic_lif_register(struct ionic_lif *lif);
+void ionic_lif_unregister(struct ionic_lif *lif);
 int ionic_lif_identify(struct ionic *ionic, u8 lif_type,
 		       union ionic_lif_identity *lif_ident);
-int ionic_lifs_size(struct ionic *ionic);
+int ionic_lif_size(struct ionic *ionic);
 int ionic_lif_rss_config(struct ionic_lif *lif, u16 types,
 			 const u8 *key, const u32 *indir);
+int ionic_reconfigure_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif,
+			     struct ionic_queue_params *qparam);
 
-int ionic_open(struct net_device *netdev);
-int ionic_stop(struct net_device *netdev);
-int ionic_reset_queues(struct ionic_lif *lif, ionic_reset_cb cb, void *arg);
-
-static inline void debug_stats_txq_post(struct ionic_qcq *qcq,
-					struct ionic_txq_desc *desc, bool dbell)
+static inline void debug_stats_txq_post(struct ionic_queue *q, bool dbell)
 {
-	u8 num_sg_elems = ((le64_to_cpu(desc->cmd) >> IONIC_TXQ_DESC_NSGE_SHIFT)
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = &q->txq[q->head_idx];
+	u8 num_sg_elems;
+
+	q->dbell_count += dbell;
+
+	num_sg_elems = ((le64_to_cpu(desc->cmd) >> IONIC_TXQ_DESC_NSGE_SHIFT)
 						& IONIC_TXQ_DESC_NSGE_MASK);
-
-	qcq->q.dbell_count += dbell;
-
 	if (num_sg_elems > (IONIC_MAX_NUM_SG_CNTR - 1))
 		num_sg_elems = IONIC_MAX_NUM_SG_CNTR - 1;
 
-	qcq->stats->tx.sg_cntr[num_sg_elems]++;
+	q->lif->txqstats[q->index].sg_cntr[num_sg_elems]++;
 }
 
 static inline void debug_stats_napi_poll(struct ionic_qcq *qcq,
@@ -284,10 +287,9 @@ static inline void debug_stats_napi_poll(struct ionic_qcq *qcq,
 }
 
 #define DEBUG_STATS_CQE_CNT(cq)		((cq)->compl_count++)
-#define DEBUG_STATS_RX_BUFF_CNT(qcq)	((qcq)->stats->rx.buffers_posted++)
+#define DEBUG_STATS_RX_BUFF_CNT(q)	((q)->lif->rxqstats[q->index].buffers_posted++)
 #define DEBUG_STATS_INTR_REARM(intr)	((intr)->rearm_count++)
-#define DEBUG_STATS_TXQ_POST(qcq, txdesc, dbell) \
-	debug_stats_txq_post(qcq, txdesc, dbell)
+#define DEBUG_STATS_TXQ_POST(q, dbell)  debug_stats_txq_post(q, dbell)
 #define DEBUG_STATS_NAPI_POLL(qcq, work_done) \
 	debug_stats_napi_poll(qcq, work_done)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index df5b9bcc3aba..2b72a51be1d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -181,15 +181,17 @@ static const char *ionic_opcode_to_str(enum ionic_cmd_opcode opcode)
 
 static void ionic_adminq_flush(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
-	struct ionic_queue *adminq = &lif->adminqcq->q;
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &lif->adminqcq->q;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *desc_info;
 
 	spin_lock(&lif->adminq_lock);
 
-	while (adminq->tail != adminq->head) {
-		memset(adminq->tail->desc, 0, sizeof(union ionic_adminq_cmd));
-		adminq->tail->cb = NULL;
-		adminq->tail->cb_arg = NULL;
-		adminq->tail = adminq->tail->next;
+	while (q->tail_idx != q->head_idx) {
+		desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+		memset(desc_info->desc, 0, sizeof(union ionic_adminq_cmd));
+		desc_info->cb = NULL;
+		desc_info->cb_arg = NULL;
+		q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&lif->adminq_lock);
 }
@@ -245,7 +247,8 @@ static void ionic_adminq_cb(struct ionic_queue *q,
 
 static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	struct ionic_queue *adminq;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *desc_info;
+	struct ionic_queue *q;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON(in_interrupt());
@@ -253,10 +256,10 @@ static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!lif->adminqcq)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	adminq = &lif->adminqcq->q;
+	q = &lif->adminqcq->q;
 
 	spin_lock(&lif->adminq_lock);
-	if (!ionic_q_has_space(adminq, 1)) {
+	if (!ionic_q_has_space(q, 1)) {
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -265,13 +268,14 @@ static int ionic_adminq_post(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_admin_ctx *ctx)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	memcpy(adminq->head->desc, &ctx->cmd, sizeof(ctx->cmd));
+	desc_info = &q->info[q->head_idx];
+	memcpy(desc_info->desc, &ctx->cmd, sizeof(ctx->cmd));
 
 	dev_dbg(&lif->netdev->dev, "post admin queue command:\n");
 	dynamic_hex_dump("cmd ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
 			 &ctx->cmd, sizeof(ctx->cmd), true);
 
-	ionic_q_post(adminq, true, ionic_adminq_cb, ctx);
+	ionic_q_post(q, true, ionic_adminq_cb, ctx);
 
 err_out:
 	spin_unlock(&lif->adminq_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_stats.c
index 2a1885da58a6..ff20a2ac4c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_stats.c
@@ -179,36 +179,28 @@ static const struct ionic_stat_desc ionic_dbg_napi_stats_desc[] = {
 static void ionic_get_lif_stats(struct ionic_lif *lif,
 				struct ionic_lif_sw_stats *stats)
 {
-	struct ionic_tx_stats *tstats;
-	struct ionic_rx_stats *rstats;
+	struct ionic_tx_stats *txstats;
+	struct ionic_rx_stats *rxstats;
 	struct rtnl_link_stats64 ns;
-	struct ionic_qcq *txqcq;
-	struct ionic_qcq *rxqcq;
 	int q_num;
 
 	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
 
 	for (q_num = 0; q_num < MAX_Q(lif); q_num++) {
-		txqcq = lif_to_txqcq(lif, q_num);
-		if (txqcq && txqcq->stats) {
-			tstats = &txqcq->stats->tx;
-			stats->tx_packets += tstats->pkts;
-			stats->tx_bytes += tstats->bytes;
-			stats->tx_tso += tstats->tso;
-			stats->tx_tso_bytes += tstats->tso_bytes;
-			stats->tx_csum_none += tstats->csum_none;
-			stats->tx_csum += tstats->csum;
-		}
+		txstats = &lif->txqstats[q_num];
+		stats->tx_packets += txstats->pkts;
+		stats->tx_bytes += txstats->bytes;
+		stats->tx_tso += txstats->tso;
+		stats->tx_tso_bytes += txstats->tso_bytes;
+		stats->tx_csum_none += txstats->csum_none;
+		stats->tx_csum += txstats->csum;
 
-		rxqcq = lif_to_rxqcq(lif, q_num);
-		if (rxqcq && rxqcq->stats) {
-			rstats = &rxqcq->stats->rx;
-			stats->rx_packets += rstats->pkts;
-			stats->rx_bytes += rstats->bytes;
-			stats->rx_csum_none += rstats->csum_none;
-			stats->rx_csum_complete += rstats->csum_complete;
-			stats->rx_csum_error += rstats->csum_error;
-		}
+		rxstats = &lif->rxqstats[q_num];
+		stats->rx_packets += rxstats->pkts;
+		stats->rx_bytes += rxstats->bytes;
+		stats->rx_csum_none += rxstats->csum_none;
+		stats->rx_csum_complete += rxstats->csum_complete;
+		stats->rx_csum_error += rxstats->csum_error;
 	}
 
 	ionic_get_stats64(lif->netdev, &ns);
@@ -371,7 +363,7 @@ static void ionic_sw_stats_get_values(struct ionic_lif *lif, u64 **buf)
 	}
 
 	for (q_num = 0; q_num < MAX_Q(lif); q_num++) {
-		txstats = &lif_to_txstats(lif, q_num);
+		txstats = &lif->txqstats[q_num];
 
 		for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_TX_STATS; i++) {
 			**buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(txstats,
@@ -381,7 +373,7 @@ static void ionic_sw_stats_get_values(struct ionic_lif *lif, u64 **buf)
 
 		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_UP, lif->state) &&
 		    test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
-			txqcq = lif_to_txqcq(lif, q_num);
+			txqcq = lif->txqcqs[q_num];
 			for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_TX_Q_STATS; i++) {
 				**buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&txqcq->q,
 						      &ionic_txq_stats_desc[i]);
@@ -405,7 +397,7 @@ static void ionic_sw_stats_get_values(struct ionic_lif *lif, u64 **buf)
 	}
 
 	for (q_num = 0; q_num < MAX_Q(lif); q_num++) {
-		rxstats = &lif_to_rxstats(lif, q_num);
+		rxstats = &lif->rxqstats[q_num];
 
 		for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_RX_STATS; i++) {
 			**buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(rxstats,
@@ -415,7 +407,7 @@ static void ionic_sw_stats_get_values(struct ionic_lif *lif, u64 **buf)
 
 		if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_UP, lif->state) &&
 		    test_bit(IONIC_LIF_F_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
-			rxqcq = lif_to_rxqcq(lif, q_num);
+			rxqcq = lif->rxqcqs[q_num];
 			for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_DBG_CQ_STATS; i++) {
 				**buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&rxqcq->cq,
 						   &ionic_dbg_cq_stats_desc[i]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
index 8107d32c2767..c3291decd4c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_txrx.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static bool ionic_tx_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, struct ionic_cq_info *cq_info)
 static inline void ionic_txq_post(struct ionic_queue *q, bool ring_dbell,
 				  ionic_desc_cb cb_func, void *cb_arg)
 {
-	DEBUG_STATS_TXQ_POST(q_to_qcq(q), q->head->desc, ring_dbell);
+	DEBUG_STATS_TXQ_POST(q, ring_dbell);
 
 	ionic_q_post(q, ring_dbell, cb_func, cb_arg);
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static inline void ionic_rxq_post(struct ionic_queue *q, bool ring_dbell,
 {
 	ionic_q_post(q, ring_dbell, cb_func, cb_arg);
 
-	DEBUG_STATS_RX_BUFF_CNT(q_to_qcq(q));
+	DEBUG_STATS_RX_BUFF_CNT(q);
 }
 
 static inline struct netdev_queue *q_to_ndq(struct ionic_queue *q)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ionic_rx_skb_alloc(struct ionic_queue *q,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	netdev = lif->netdev;
-	stats = q_to_rx_stats(q);
+	stats = &q->lif->rxqstats[q->index];
 
 	if (frags)
 		skb = napi_get_frags(&q_to_qcq(q)->napi);
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ static bool ionic_rx_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, struct ionic_cq_info *cq_info)
 		return false;
 
 	/* check for empty queue */
-	if (q->tail->index == q->head->index)
+	if (q->tail_idx == q->head_idx)
 		return false;
 
-	desc_info = q->tail;
+	desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
 	if (desc_info->index != le16_to_cpu(comp->comp_index))
 		return false;
 
-	q->tail = desc_info->next;
+	q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 
 	/* clean the related q entry, only one per qc completion */
 	ionic_rx_clean(q, desc_info, cq_info, desc_info->cb_arg);
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ void ionic_rx_fill(struct ionic_queue *q)
 
 	for (i = ionic_q_space_avail(q); i; i--) {
 		remain_len = len;
-		desc_info = q->head;
+		desc_info = &q->info[q->head_idx];
 		desc = desc_info->desc;
 		sg_desc = desc_info->sg_desc;
 		page_info = &desc_info->pages[0];
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void ionic_rx_fill(struct ionic_queue *q)
 	}
 
 	ionic_dbell_ring(q->lif->kern_dbpage, q->hw_type,
-			 q->dbval | q->head->index);
+			 q->dbval | q->head_idx);
 }
 
 static void ionic_rx_fill_cb(void *arg)
@@ -397,25 +397,29 @@ static void ionic_rx_fill_cb(void *arg)
 
 void ionic_rx_empty(struct ionic_queue *q)
 {
-	struct ionic_desc_info *cur;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *desc_info;
 	struct ionic_rxq_desc *desc;
 	unsigned int i;
+	u16 idx;
 
-	for (cur = q->tail; cur != q->head; cur = cur->next) {
-		desc = cur->desc;
+	idx = q->tail_idx;
+	while (idx != q->head_idx) {
+		desc_info = &q->info[idx];
+		desc = desc_info->desc;
 		desc->addr = 0;
 		desc->len = 0;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < cur->npages; i++) {
-			if (likely(cur->pages[i].page)) {
-				ionic_rx_page_free(q, cur->pages[i].page,
-						   cur->pages[i].dma_addr);
-				cur->pages[i].page = NULL;
-				cur->pages[i].dma_addr = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < desc_info->npages; i++) {
+			if (likely(desc_info->pages[i].page)) {
+				ionic_rx_page_free(q, desc_info->pages[i].page,
+						   desc_info->pages[i].dma_addr);
+				desc_info->pages[i].page = NULL;
+				desc_info->pages[i].dma_addr = 0;
 			}
 		}
 
-		cur->cb_arg = NULL;
+		desc_info->cb_arg = NULL;
+		idx = (idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -502,7 +506,7 @@ int ionic_txrx_napi(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	lif = rxcq->bound_q->lif;
 	idev = &lif->ionic->idev;
-	txcq = &lif->txqcqs[qi].qcq->cq;
+	txcq = &lif->txqcqs[qi]->cq;
 
 	tx_work_done = ionic_cq_service(txcq, lif->tx_budget,
 					ionic_tx_service, NULL, NULL);
@@ -630,9 +634,9 @@ static bool ionic_tx_service(struct ionic_cq *cq, struct ionic_cq_info *cq_info)
 	 * several q entries completed for each cq completion
 	 */
 	do {
-		desc_info = q->tail;
-		q->tail = desc_info->next;
-		ionic_tx_clean(q, desc_info, cq->tail, desc_info->cb_arg);
+		desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+		q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
+		ionic_tx_clean(q, desc_info, cq_info, desc_info->cb_arg);
 		desc_info->cb = NULL;
 		desc_info->cb_arg = NULL;
 	} while (desc_info->index != le16_to_cpu(comp->comp_index));
@@ -658,9 +662,9 @@ void ionic_tx_empty(struct ionic_queue *q)
 	int done = 0;
 
 	/* walk the not completed tx entries, if any */
-	while (q->head != q->tail) {
-		desc_info = q->tail;
-		q->tail = desc_info->next;
+	while (q->head_idx != q->tail_idx) {
+		desc_info = &q->info[q->tail_idx];
+		q->tail_idx = (q->tail_idx + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 		ionic_tx_clean(q, desc_info, NULL, desc_info->cb_arg);
 		desc_info->cb = NULL;
 		desc_info->cb_arg = NULL;
@@ -748,8 +752,8 @@ static void ionic_tx_tso_post(struct ionic_queue *q, struct ionic_txq_desc *desc
 static struct ionic_txq_desc *ionic_tx_tso_next(struct ionic_queue *q,
 						struct ionic_txq_sg_elem **elem)
 {
-	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = q->head->sg_desc;
-	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->head->desc;
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = q->info[q->head_idx].txq_sg_desc;
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->info[q->head_idx].txq_desc;
 
 	*elem = sg_desc->elems;
 	return desc;
@@ -758,13 +762,13 @@ static struct ionic_txq_desc *ionic_tx_tso_next(struct ionic_queue *q,
 static int ionic_tx_tso(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
-	struct ionic_desc_info *abort = q->head;
+	struct ionic_desc_info *rewind_desc_info;
 	struct device *dev = q->lif->ionic->dev;
-	struct ionic_desc_info *rewind = abort;
 	struct ionic_txq_sg_elem *elem;
 	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc;
 	unsigned int frag_left = 0;
 	unsigned int offset = 0;
+	u16 abort = q->head_idx;
 	unsigned int len_left;
 	dma_addr_t desc_addr;
 	unsigned int hdrlen;
@@ -772,6 +776,7 @@ static int ionic_tx_tso(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	unsigned int seglen;
 	u64 total_bytes = 0;
 	u64 total_pkts = 0;
+	u16 rewind = abort;
 	unsigned int left;
 	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned int mss;
@@ -916,19 +921,20 @@ static int ionic_tx_tso(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 
 err_out_abort:
-	while (rewind->desc != q->head->desc) {
-		ionic_tx_clean(q, rewind, NULL, NULL);
-		rewind = rewind->next;
+	while (rewind != q->head_idx) {
+		rewind_desc_info = &q->info[rewind];
+		ionic_tx_clean(q, rewind_desc_info, NULL, NULL);
+		rewind = (rewind + 1) & (q->num_descs - 1);
 	}
-	q->head = abort;
+	q->head_idx = abort;
 
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int ionic_tx_calc_csum(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->info[q->head_idx].txq_desc;
 	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
-	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->head->desc;
 	struct device *dev = q->lif->ionic->dev;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 	bool has_vlan;
@@ -967,8 +973,8 @@ static int ionic_tx_calc_csum(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int ionic_tx_calc_no_csum(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->info[q->head_idx].txq_desc;
 	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
-	struct ionic_txq_desc *desc = q->head->desc;
 	struct device *dev = q->lif->ionic->dev;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 	bool has_vlan;
@@ -1002,7 +1008,7 @@ static int ionic_tx_calc_no_csum(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int ionic_tx_skb_frags(struct ionic_queue *q, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = q->head->sg_desc;
+	struct ionic_txq_sg_desc *sg_desc = q->info[q->head_idx].txq_sg_desc;
 	unsigned int len_left = skb->len - skb_headlen(skb);
 	struct ionic_txq_sg_elem *elem = sg_desc->elems;
 	struct ionic_tx_stats *stats = q_to_tx_stats(q);
@@ -1111,9 +1117,9 @@ netdev_tx_t ionic_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(!lif_to_txqcq(lif, queue_index)))
+	if (unlikely(queue_index >= lif->nxqs))
 		queue_index = 0;
-	q = lif_to_txq(lif, queue_index);
+	q = &lif->txqcqs[queue_index]->q;
 
 	ndescs = ionic_tx_descs_needed(q, skb);
 	if (ndescs < 0)