diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
index f6e66d22c..35103d224 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/fslmc_bus.c
@@ -230,34 +230,70 @@ rte_fslmc_parse(const char *name, void *addr)
 {
 	uint16_t dev_id;
 	char *t_ptr;
+	char *sep = NULL;
+	uint8_t sep_exists = 0;
 
-	/* 'name' is expected to contain name of device, for example, dpio.1,
-	 * dpni.2, etc.
+	DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Parsing dev=(%s)", name);
+
+	/* There are multiple ways this can be called, with bus:dev, name=dev
+	 * or just dev. In all cases, the 'addr' is actually a string.
+	 */
+	sep = strchr(name, ':');
+	if (!sep) {
+		/* check for '=' */
+		sep = strchr(name, '=');
+		if (!sep)
+			sep_exists = 0;
+		else
+			sep_exists = 1;
+	} else
+		sep_exists = 1;
+
+	/* Check if starting part if either of 'fslmc:' or 'name=', separator
+	 * exists.
 	 */
-	if (strncmp("dpni", name, 4) &&
-	    strncmp("dpseci", name, 6) &&
-	    strncmp("dpcon", name, 5) &&
-	    strncmp("dpbp", name, 4) &&
-	    strncmp("dpio", name, 4) &&
-	    strncmp("dpci", name, 4) &&
-	    strncmp("dpmcp", name, 5) &&
-	    strncmp("dpdmai", name, 6) &&
-	    strncmp("dpdmux", name, 6)) {
-		DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Unknown or unsupported device (%s)", name);
+	if (sep_exists) {
+		/* If either of "fslmc" or "name" are starting part */
+		if (!strncmp(name, RTE_STR(FSLMC_BUS_NAME),
+			     strlen(RTE_STR(FSLMC_BUS_NAME))) ||
+		   (!strncmp(name, "name", strlen("name")))) {
+			goto jump_out;
+		} else {
+			DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Invalid device for matching (%s).",
+					name);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+	} else
+		sep = strdup(name);
+
+jump_out:
+	/* Validate device name */
+	if (strncmp("dpni", sep, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpseci", sep, 6) &&
+	    strncmp("dpcon", sep, 5) &&
+	    strncmp("dpbp", sep, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpio", sep, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpci", sep, 4) &&
+	    strncmp("dpmcp", sep, 5) &&
+	    strncmp("dpdmai", sep, 6) &&
+	    strncmp("dpdmux", sep, 6)) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Unknown or unsupported device (%s)", sep);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
-	t_ptr = strchr(name, '.');
+	t_ptr = strchr(sep, '.');
 	if (!t_ptr || sscanf(t_ptr + 1, "%hu", &dev_id) != 1) {
-		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Missing device id in device name (%s)", name);
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Missing device id in device name (%s)", sep);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (addr)
-		strcpy(addr, name);
+		strcpy(addr, sep);
 
 	return 0;
 err_out:
+	if (sep)
+		free(sep);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
@@ -430,6 +466,13 @@ rte_fslmc_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp,
 	const struct rte_dpaa2_device *dstart;
 	struct rte_dpaa2_device *dev;
 
+	DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Finding a device named %s\n", (const char *)data);
+
+	/* find_device is always called with an opaque object which should be
+	 * passed along to the 'cmp' function iterating over all device obj
+	 * on the bus.
+	 */
+
 	if (start != NULL) {
 		dstart = RTE_DEV_TO_FSLMC_CONST(start);
 		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dstart, next);
@@ -437,8 +480,11 @@ rte_fslmc_find_device(const struct rte_device *start, rte_dev_cmp_t cmp,
 		dev = TAILQ_FIRST(&rte_fslmc_bus.device_list);
 	}
 	while (dev != NULL) {
-		if (cmp(&dev->device, data) == 0)
+		if (cmp(&dev->device, data) == 0) {
+			DPAA2_BUS_DEBUG("Found device (%s)\n",
+					dev->device.name);
 			return &dev->device;
+		}
 		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dev, next);
 	}
 
@@ -527,6 +573,57 @@ rte_dpaa2_get_iommu_class(void)
 	return RTE_IOVA_PA;
 }
 
+static int
+fslmc_bus_plug(struct rte_device *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	/* No operation is performed while plugging the device */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+fslmc_bus_unplug(struct rte_device *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	/* No operation is performed while unplugging the device */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void *
+fslmc_bus_dev_iterate(const void *start, const char *str,
+		      const struct rte_dev_iterator *it __rte_unused)
+{
+	const struct rte_dpaa2_device *dstart;
+	struct rte_dpaa2_device *dev;
+	char *dup, *dev_name = NULL;
+
+	/* Expectation is that device would be name=device_name */
+	if (strncmp(str, "name=", 5) != 0) {
+		DPAA2_BUS_ERR("Invalid device string (%s)\n", str);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Now that name=device_name format is available, split */
+	dup = strdup(str);
+	dev_name = dup + strlen("name=");
+
+	if (start != NULL) {
+		dstart = RTE_DEV_TO_FSLMC_CONST(start);
+		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dstart, next);
+	} else {
+		dev = TAILQ_FIRST(&rte_fslmc_bus.device_list);
+	}
+
+	while (dev != NULL) {
+		if (strcmp(dev->device.name, dev_name) == 0) {
+			free(dup);
+			return &dev->device;
+		}
+		dev = TAILQ_NEXT(dev, next);
+	}
+
+	free(dup);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus = {
 	.bus = {
 		.scan = rte_fslmc_scan,
@@ -534,6 +631,9 @@ struct rte_fslmc_bus rte_fslmc_bus = {
 		.parse = rte_fslmc_parse,
 		.find_device = rte_fslmc_find_device,
 		.get_iommu_class = rte_dpaa2_get_iommu_class,
+		.plug = fslmc_bus_plug,
+		.unplug = fslmc_bus_unplug,
+		.dev_iterate = fslmc_bus_dev_iterate,
 	},
 	.device_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_fslmc_bus.device_list),
 	.driver_list = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rte_fslmc_bus.driver_list),
