diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
index c405819991214e21a25b5a670d0097482fd643ab..023e452aff8ccdb88d13735b852c2272ae85f466 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Family Linux Driver
-# Copyright(c) 2013 - 2014 Intel Corporation.
+# Copyright(c) 2013 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ i40e-objs := i40e_main.o \
 	i40e_hmc.o	\
 	i40e_lan_hmc.o	\
 	i40e_nvm.o	\
+	i40e_configfs.o	\
 	i40e_debugfs.o	\
 	i40e_diag.o	\
 	i40e_txrx.o	\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 713e20e6a29ed46d49867bd69fe3a8a68c586b3c..21925876a6330c16b837ee6fd3ffcd7744c60a34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ int i40e_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
 int i40e_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
 			  __always_unused __be16 proto, u16 vid);
 #endif
+int i40e_open(struct net_device *netdev);
 int i40e_vsi_open(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 void i40e_vlan_stripping_disable(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 int i40e_vsi_add_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid);
@@ -698,7 +699,6 @@ bool i40e_is_vsi_in_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 struct i40e_mac_filter *i40e_find_mac(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u8 *macaddr,
 				      bool is_vf, bool is_netdev);
 #ifdef I40E_FCOE
-int i40e_open(struct net_device *netdev);
 int i40e_close(struct net_device *netdev);
 int i40e_setup_tc(struct net_device *netdev, u8 tc);
 void i40e_netpoll(struct net_device *netdev);
@@ -735,7 +735,10 @@ int i40e_ptp_set_ts_config(struct i40e_pf *pf, struct ifreq *ifr);
 int i40e_ptp_get_ts_config(struct i40e_pf *pf, struct ifreq *ifr);
 void i40e_ptp_init(struct i40e_pf *pf);
 void i40e_ptp_stop(struct i40e_pf *pf);
-
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS)
+int i40e_configfs_init(void);
+void i40e_configfs_exit(void);
+#endif /* CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS */
 i40e_status i40e_get_npar_bw_setting(struct i40e_pf *pf);
 i40e_status i40e_set_npar_bw_setting(struct i40e_pf *pf);
 i40e_status i40e_commit_npar_bw_setting(struct i40e_pf *pf);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_configfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_configfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3af4f14559d78f3abea872703ff307a7fdf407ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_configfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Family Linux Driver
+ * Copyright(c) 2013 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
+ * the file called "COPYING".
+ *
+ * Contact Information:
+ * e1000-devel Mailing List <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
+ * Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <linux/configfs.h>
+#include "i40e.h"
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS)
+
+/**
+ * configfs structure for i40e
+ *
+ * This file adds code for configfs support for the i40e driver.  This sets
+ * up a filesystem under /sys/kernel/config in which configuration changes
+ * can be made for the driver's netdevs.
+ *
+ * The initialization in this code creates the "i40e" entry in the configfs
+ * system.  After that, the user needs to use mkdir to create configurations
+ * for specific netdev ports; for example "mkdir eth3".  This code will verify
+ * that such a netdev exists and that it is owned by i40e.
+ *
+ **/
+
+struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi {
+	struct config_item item;
+	struct i40e_vsi *vsi;
+};
+
+static inline struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi *to_i40e_cfgfs_vsi(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return item ? container_of(item, struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi, item) : NULL;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_min_bw = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "min_bw",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_max_bw = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "max_bw",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_commit = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "commit",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_port_count = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "ports",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_part_count = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "partitions",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attrs[] = {
+	&i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_min_bw,
+	&i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_max_bw,
+	&i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_commit,
+	&i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_port_count,
+	&i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_part_count,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+/**
+ * i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_show - Show a VSI's NPAR BW partition info
+ * @item: A pointer back to the configfs item created on driver load
+ * @attr: A pointer to this item's configuration attribute
+ * @page: A pointer to the output buffer
+ **/
+static ssize_t i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+					struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+					char *page)
+{
+	struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi *i40e_cfgfs_vsi = to_i40e_cfgfs_vsi(item);
+	struct i40e_pf *pf = i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi->back;
+	ssize_t count;
+
+	if (i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi != pf->vsi[pf->lan_vsi])
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "min_bw", 6) == 0)
+		count = sprintf(page, "%s %s %d%%\n",
+				i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi->netdev->name,
+				(pf->npar_min_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_RELATIVE_MASK) ?
+				"Relative Min BW" : "Absolute Min BW",
+				pf->npar_min_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK);
+	else if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "max_bw", 6) == 0)
+		count = sprintf(page, "%s %s %d%%\n",
+				i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi->netdev->name,
+				(pf->npar_max_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_RELATIVE_MASK) ?
+				"Relative Max BW" : "Absolute Max BW",
+				pf->npar_max_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK);
+	else if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "ports", 5) == 0)
+		count = sprintf(page, "%d\n",
+				pf->hw.num_ports);
+	else if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "partitions", 10) == 0)
+		count = sprintf(page, "%d\n",
+				pf->hw.num_partitions);
+	else
+		return 0;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_store - Show a VSI's NPAR BW partition info
+ * @item: A pointer back to the configfs item created on driver load
+ * @attr: A pointer to this item's configuration attribute
+ * @page: A pointer to the user input buffer holding the user input values
+ **/
+static ssize_t i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_store(struct config_item *item,
+					 struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+					 const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+	struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi *i40e_cfgfs_vsi = to_i40e_cfgfs_vsi(item);
+	struct i40e_pf *pf = i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi->back;
+	char *p = (char *)page;
+	int rc;
+	unsigned long tmp;
+
+	if (i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi != pf->vsi[pf->lan_vsi])
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!p || (*p && (*p == '\n')))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rc = kstrtoul(p, 10, &tmp);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	if (tmp > 100)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "min_bw", 6) == 0) {
+		if (tmp > (pf->npar_max_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK))
+			return -ERANGE;
+		/* Preserve the valid and relative BW bits - the rest is
+		 * don't care.
+		 */
+		pf->npar_min_bw &= (I40E_ALT_BW_RELATIVE_MASK |
+				    I40E_ALT_BW_VALID_MASK);
+		pf->npar_min_bw |= (tmp & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK);
+		i40e_set_npar_bw_setting(pf);
+	} else if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "max_bw", 6) == 0) {
+		if (tmp < 1 ||
+		    tmp < (pf->npar_min_bw & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK))
+			return -ERANGE;
+		/* Preserve the valid and relative BW bits - the rest is
+		 * don't care.
+		 */
+		pf->npar_max_bw &= (I40E_ALT_BW_RELATIVE_MASK |
+				    I40E_ALT_BW_VALID_MASK);
+		pf->npar_max_bw |= (tmp & I40E_ALT_BW_VALUE_MASK);
+		i40e_set_npar_bw_setting(pf);
+	} else if (strncmp(attr->ca_name, "commit", 6) == 0 && tmp == 1) {
+		if (i40e_commit_npar_bw_setting(pf))
+			return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_cfgfs_vsi_release - Free up the configuration item memory
+ * @item: A pointer back to the configfs item created on driver load
+ **/
+static void i40e_cfgfs_vsi_release(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	kfree(to_i40e_cfgfs_vsi(item));
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations i40e_cfgfs_vsi_item_ops = {
+	.release		= i40e_cfgfs_vsi_release,
+	.show_attribute		= i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_show,
+	.store_attribute	= i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attr_store,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type i40e_cfgfs_vsi_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &i40e_cfgfs_vsi_item_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= i40e_cfgfs_vsi_attrs,
+	.ct_owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+struct i40e_cfgfs_group {
+	struct config_group group;
+};
+
+/**
+ * to_i40e_cfgfs_group - Get the group pointer from the config item
+ * @item: A pointer back to the configfs item created on driver load
+ **/
+static inline struct i40e_cfgfs_group *
+to_i40e_cfgfs_group(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	return item ? container_of(to_config_group(item),
+				   struct i40e_cfgfs_group, group) : NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_cfgfs_group_make_item - Create the configfs item with group container
+ * @group: A pointer to our configfs group
+ * @name: A pointer to the nume of the device we're looking for
+ **/
+static struct config_item *
+i40e_cfgfs_group_make_item(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
+{
+	struct i40e_cfgfs_vsi *i40e_cfgfs_vsi;
+	struct net_device *netdev;
+	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np;
+
+	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
+	netdev = first_net_device(&init_net);
+	while (netdev) {
+		if (strncmp(netdev->name, name, sizeof(netdev->name)) == 0)
+			break;
+		netdev = next_net_device(netdev);
+	}
+	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
+
+	if (!netdev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	/* is this netdev owned by i40e? */
+	if (netdev->netdev_ops->ndo_open != i40e_open)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+
+	i40e_cfgfs_vsi = kzalloc(sizeof(*i40e_cfgfs_vsi), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!i40e_cfgfs_vsi)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	np = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	i40e_cfgfs_vsi->vsi = np->vsi;
+	config_item_init_type_name(&i40e_cfgfs_vsi->item, name,
+				   &i40e_cfgfs_vsi_type);
+
+	return &i40e_cfgfs_vsi->item;
+}
+
+static struct configfs_attribute i40e_cfgfs_group_attr_description = {
+	.ca_owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ca_name = "description",
+	.ca_mode = S_IRUGO,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_attribute *i40e_cfgfs_group_attrs[] = {
+	&i40e_cfgfs_group_attr_description,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static ssize_t i40e_cfgfs_group_attr_show(struct config_item *item,
+					  struct configfs_attribute *attr,
+					  char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page,
+"i40e\n"
+"\n"
+"This subsystem allows the modification of network port configurations.\n"
+"To start, use the name of the network port to be configured in a 'mkdir'\n"
+"command, e.g. 'mkdir eth3'.\n");
+}
+
+static void i40e_cfgfs_group_release(struct config_item *item)
+{
+	kfree(to_i40e_cfgfs_group(item));
+}
+
+static struct configfs_item_operations i40e_cfgfs_group_item_ops = {
+	.release	= i40e_cfgfs_group_release,
+	.show_attribute	= i40e_cfgfs_group_attr_show,
+};
+
+/* Note that, since no extra work is required on ->drop_item(),
+ * no ->drop_item() is provided.
+ */
+static struct configfs_group_operations i40e_cfgfs_group_ops = {
+	.make_item	= i40e_cfgfs_group_make_item,
+};
+
+static struct config_item_type i40e_cfgfs_group_type = {
+	.ct_item_ops	= &i40e_cfgfs_group_item_ops,
+	.ct_group_ops	= &i40e_cfgfs_group_ops,
+	.ct_attrs	= i40e_cfgfs_group_attrs,
+	.ct_owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static struct configfs_subsystem i40e_cfgfs_group_subsys = {
+	.su_group = {
+		.cg_item = {
+			.ci_namebuf = "i40e",
+			.ci_type = &i40e_cfgfs_group_type,
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+/**
+ * i40e_configfs_init - Initialize configfs support for our driver
+ **/
+int i40e_configfs_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
+
+	subsys = &i40e_cfgfs_group_subsys;
+
+	config_group_init(&subsys->su_group);
+	mutex_init(&subsys->su_mutex);
+	ret = configfs_register_subsystem(subsys);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Error %d while registering configfs subsystem %s\n",
+		       ret, subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_namebuf);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_configfs_init - Bail out - unregister configfs subsystem and release
+ **/
+void i40e_configfs_exit(void)
+{
+	configfs_unregister_subsystem(&i40e_cfgfs_group_subsys);
+}
+#endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS) */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index e3e48c3ae24af4ceebe6ed7007a9bfc19b3d549c..eb2655f464b3b127d214a3dfc3fba43a5d1e404e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -4835,11 +4835,7 @@ static int i40e_setup_tc(struct net_device *netdev, u8 tc)
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, negative value on failure
  **/
-#ifdef I40E_FCOE
 int i40e_open(struct net_device *netdev)
-#else
-static int i40e_open(struct net_device *netdev)
-#endif
 {
 	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
@@ -7741,7 +7737,7 @@ static int i40e_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	return err;
 }
 
-static const struct net_device_ops i40e_netdev_ops = {
+const struct net_device_ops i40e_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_open		= i40e_open,
 	.ndo_stop		= i40e_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= i40e_lan_xmit_frame,
@@ -9943,6 +9939,10 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void)
 	pr_info("%s: %s - version %s\n", i40e_driver_name,
 		i40e_driver_string, i40e_driver_version_str);
 	pr_info("%s: %s\n", i40e_driver_name, i40e_copyright);
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS)
+	i40e_configfs_init();
+#endif /* CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS */
 	i40e_dbg_init();
 	return pci_register_driver(&i40e_driver);
 }
@@ -9958,5 +9958,8 @@ static void __exit i40e_exit_module(void)
 {
 	pci_unregister_driver(&i40e_driver);
 	i40e_dbg_exit();
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS)
+	i40e_configfs_exit();
+#endif /* CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS */
 }
 module_exit(i40e_exit_module);