@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mlx5_core-y :=	main.o cmd.o debugfs.o fw.o eq.o uar.o pagealloc.o \
 		transobj.o vport.o sriov.o fs_cmd.o fs_core.o \
 		fs_counters.o rl.o lag.o dev.o events.o wq.o lib/gid.o \
 		lib/devcom.o diag/fs_tracepoint.o diag/fw_tracer.o
-mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_SUBDEV) += subdev.o
+mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_SUBDEV) += subdev.o subdev_driver.o
 
 #
 # Netdev basic

@@ -1548,7 +1548,11 @@ static int __init init(void)
 	mlx5e_init();
 #endif
 
-	return 0;
+	err = subdev_register_driver(&mlx5_subdev_driver);
+	if (err)
+		pci_unregister_driver(&mlx5_core_driver);
+
+	return err;
 
 err_debug:
 	mlx5_unregister_debugfs();

@@ -1557,6 +1561,8 @@ static int __init init(void)
 
 static void __exit cleanup(void)
 {
+	subdev_unregister_driver(&mlx5_subdev_driver);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN
 	mlx5e_cleanup();
 #endif

@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@
 #include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/cq.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/fs.h>
+#include <linux/subdev_bus.h>
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME "mlx5_core"
 #define DRIVER_VERSION "5.0-0"
 
 extern uint mlx5_core_debug_mask;
 
+extern struct subdev_driver mlx5_subdev_driver;
+
 #define mlx5_core_dbg(__dev, format, ...)				\
 	dev_dbg(&(__dev)->pdev->dev, "%s:%d:(pid %d): " format,		\
 		 __func__, __LINE__, current->pid,			\

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (c) 2018-19 Mellanox Technologies
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/subdev_bus.h>
+#include <linux/subdev_ids.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+
+struct mlx5_subdev_ndev {
+	struct net_device ndev;
+};
+
+static void mlx5_dma_test(struct device *dev)
+{
+	dma_addr_t pa;
+	void *va;
+
+	va = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, 4096, &pa, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (va)
+		dma_free_coherent(dev, 4096, va, pa);
+}
+
+static struct net_device *ndev;
+
+static int mlx5e_subdev_open(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int mlx5e_subdev_close(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static netdev_tx_t
+mlx5e_subdev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+}
+
+const struct net_device_ops mlx5e_subdev_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open                = mlx5e_subdev_open,
+	.ndo_stop                = mlx5e_subdev_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit          = mlx5e_subdev_xmit,
+};
+
+static int mlx5_subdev_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	mlx5_dma_test(dev);
+	/* Only one device supported in rfc */
+	if (ndev)
+		return 0;
+
+	ndev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct mlx5_subdev_ndev), 1, 1);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, dev);
+	ndev->netdev_ops = &mlx5e_subdev_netdev_ops;
+	err = register_netdev(ndev);
+	if (err) {
+		free_netdev(ndev);
+		ndev = NULL;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int mlx5_subdev_remove(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (ndev) {
+		unregister_netdev(ndev);
+		free_netdev(ndev);
+		ndev = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct subdev_id mlx5_subdev_id_table[] = {
+	{ .vendor_id = SUBDEV_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX,
+	  .device_id = SUBDEV_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_SF },
+	{ 0, }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(subdev, mlx5_subdev_id_table);
+
+struct subdev_driver mlx5_subdev_driver = {
+	.id_table = mlx5_subdev_id_table,
+	.driver.name = "mlx5_subdev_driver",
+	.driver.probe = mlx5_subdev_probe,
+	.driver.remove = mlx5_subdev_remove,
+};