diff --git a/drivers/nvme/hw/Kconfig b/drivers/nvme/hw/Kconfig
index 374f1f9dbd3d..91b1bd6f07d8 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/hw/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nvme/hw/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config NVME_QEDN
 	tristate "Marvell NVM Express over Fabrics TCP offload"
 	depends on NVME_TCP_OFFLOAD
+	select QED_NVMETCP
 	help
 	  This enables the Marvell NVMe TCP offload support (qedn).
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
index bcd0748a10fd..931efc3afbaa 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn.h
@@ -6,14 +6,40 @@
 #ifndef _QEDN_H_
 #define _QEDN_H_
 
+#include <linux/qed/qed_if.h>
+#include <linux/qed/qed_nvmetcp_if.h>
+
 /* Driver includes */
 #include "../../host/tcp-offload.h"
 
 #define QEDN_MODULE_NAME "qedn"
 
+#define QEDN_MAX_TASKS_PER_PF (16 * 1024)
+#define QEDN_MAX_CONNS_PER_PF (4 * 1024)
+#define QEDN_FW_CQ_SIZE (4 * 1024)
+#define QEDN_PROTO_CQ_PROD_IDX	0
+#define QEDN_NVMETCP_NUM_FW_CONN_QUEUE_PAGES 2
+
+enum qedn_state {
+	QEDN_STATE_CORE_PROBED = 0,
+	QEDN_STATE_CORE_OPEN,
+	QEDN_STATE_MFW_STATE,
+	QEDN_STATE_REGISTERED_OFFLOAD_DEV,
+	QEDN_STATE_MODULE_REMOVE_ONGOING,
+};
+
 struct qedn_ctx {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
+	struct qed_dev *cdev;
+	struct qed_dev_nvmetcp_info dev_info;
 	struct nvme_tcp_ofld_dev qedn_ofld_dev;
+	struct qed_pf_params pf_params;
+
+	/* Accessed with atomic bit ops, used with enum qedn_state */
+	unsigned long state;
+
+	/* Fast path queues */
+	u8 num_fw_cqs;
 };
 
 #endif /* _QEDN_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_main.c b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_main.c
index 19b0eab7e9e2..339778f9ff20 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_main.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/hw/qedn/qedn_main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 #define CHIP_NUM_AHP_NVMETCP 0x8194
 
+const struct qed_nvmetcp_ops *qed_ops;
+
+/* Global context instance */
 static struct pci_device_id qedn_pci_tbl[] = {
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(QLOGIC, CHIP_NUM_AHP_NVMETCP), 0 },
 	{0, 0},
@@ -98,12 +101,109 @@ static struct nvme_tcp_ofld_ops qedn_ofld_ops = {
 	.send_req = qedn_send_req,
 };
 
+static inline void qedn_init_pf_struct(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	/* Placeholder - Initialize qedn fields */
+}
+
+static inline void
+qedn_init_core_probe_params(struct qed_probe_params *probe_params)
+{
+	memset(probe_params, 0, sizeof(*probe_params));
+	probe_params->protocol = QED_PROTOCOL_NVMETCP;
+	probe_params->is_vf = false;
+	probe_params->recov_in_prog = 0;
+}
+
+static inline int qedn_core_probe(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	struct qed_probe_params probe_params;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	qedn_init_core_probe_params(&probe_params);
+	pr_info("Starting QED probe\n");
+	qedn->cdev = qed_ops->common->probe(qedn->pdev, &probe_params);
+	if (!qedn->cdev) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		pr_err("QED probe failed\n");
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int qedn_set_nvmetcp_pf_param(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	u32 fw_conn_queue_pages = QEDN_NVMETCP_NUM_FW_CONN_QUEUE_PAGES;
+	struct qed_nvmetcp_pf_params *pf_params;
+
+	pf_params = &qedn->pf_params.nvmetcp_pf_params;
+	memset(pf_params, 0, sizeof(*pf_params));
+	qedn->num_fw_cqs = min_t(u8, qedn->dev_info.num_cqs, num_online_cpus());
+
+	pf_params->num_cons = QEDN_MAX_CONNS_PER_PF;
+	pf_params->num_tasks = QEDN_MAX_TASKS_PER_PF;
+
+	/* Placeholder - Initialize function level queues */
+
+	/* Placeholder - Initialize TCP params */
+
+	/* Queues */
+	pf_params->num_sq_pages_in_ring = fw_conn_queue_pages;
+	pf_params->num_r2tq_pages_in_ring = fw_conn_queue_pages;
+	pf_params->num_uhq_pages_in_ring = fw_conn_queue_pages;
+	pf_params->num_queues = qedn->num_fw_cqs;
+	pf_params->cq_num_entries = QEDN_FW_CQ_SIZE;
+
+	/* the CQ SB pi */
+	pf_params->gl_rq_pi = QEDN_PROTO_CQ_PROD_IDX;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int qedn_slowpath_start(struct qedn_ctx *qedn)
+{
+	struct qed_slowpath_params sp_params = {};
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	/* Start the Slowpath-process */
+	sp_params.int_mode = QED_INT_MODE_MSIX;
+	strscpy(sp_params.name, "qedn NVMeTCP", QED_DRV_VER_STR_SIZE);
+	rc = qed_ops->common->slowpath_start(qedn->cdev, &sp_params);
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("Cannot start slowpath\n");
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static void __qedn_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct qedn_ctx *qedn = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	int rc;
+
+	pr_notice("Starting qedn_remove: abs PF id=%u\n",
+		  qedn->dev_info.common.abs_pf_id);
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(QEDN_STATE_MODULE_REMOVE_ONGOING, &qedn->state)) {
+		pr_err("Remove already ongoing\n");
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_REGISTERED_OFFLOAD_DEV, &qedn->state))
+		nvme_tcp_ofld_unregister_dev(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_MFW_STATE, &qedn->state)) {
+		rc = qed_ops->common->update_drv_state(qedn->cdev, false);
+		if (rc)
+			pr_err("Failed to send drv state to MFW\n");
+	}
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_OPEN, &qedn->state))
+		qed_ops->common->slowpath_stop(qedn->cdev);
+
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_PROBED, &qedn->state))
+		qed_ops->common->remove(qedn->cdev);
 
-	pr_notice("Starting qedn_remove\n");
-	nvme_tcp_ofld_unregister_dev(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev);
 	kfree(qedn);
 	pr_notice("Ending qedn_remove successfully\n");
 }
@@ -143,15 +243,52 @@ static int __qedn_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (!qedn)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	qedn_init_pf_struct(qedn);
+
+	/* QED probe */
+	rc = qedn_core_probe(qedn);
+	if (rc)
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_PROBED, &qedn->state);
+
+	rc = qed_ops->fill_dev_info(qedn->cdev, &qedn->dev_info);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("fill_dev_info failed\n");
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+	}
+
+	rc = qedn_set_nvmetcp_pf_param(qedn);
+	if (rc)
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+
+	qed_ops->common->update_pf_params(qedn->cdev, &qedn->pf_params);
+	rc = qedn_slowpath_start(qedn);
+	if (rc)
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_CORE_OPEN, &qedn->state);
+
+	rc = qed_ops->common->update_drv_state(qedn->cdev, true);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("Failed to send drv state to MFW\n");
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+	}
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_MFW_STATE, &qedn->state);
+
 	qedn->qedn_ofld_dev.ops = &qedn_ofld_ops;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev.entry);
 	rc = nvme_tcp_ofld_register_dev(&qedn->qedn_ofld_dev);
 	if (rc)
-		goto release_qedn;
+		goto exit_probe_and_release_mem;
+
+	set_bit(QEDN_STATE_REGISTERED_OFFLOAD_DEV, &qedn->state);
 
 	return 0;
-release_qedn:
-	kfree(qedn);
+exit_probe_and_release_mem:
+	__qedn_remove(pdev);
+	pr_err("probe ended with error\n");
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -173,6 +310,13 @@ static int __init qedn_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+	qed_ops = qed_get_nvmetcp_ops();
+	if (!qed_ops) {
+		pr_err("Failed to get QED NVMeTCP ops\n");
+
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	rc = pci_register_driver(&qedn_pci_driver);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("Failed to register pci driver\n");
@@ -188,6 +332,7 @@ static int __init qedn_init(void)
 static void __exit qedn_cleanup(void)
 {
 	pci_unregister_driver(&qedn_pci_driver);
+	qed_put_nvmetcp_ops();
 	pr_notice("Unloading qedn ended\n");
 }
 
