diff --git a/alpine/build-rootfs.sh b/alpine/build-rootfs.sh
index 8779a65..2978a99 100755
--- a/alpine/build-rootfs.sh
+++ b/alpine/build-rootfs.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ DISK_SIZE="${DISK_SIZE:-8G}"
 
 ROOTFS_IMG="${ROOTFS_IMG:-rootfs.ext4}"
 ROOTFS_IMG_ZST="${ROOTFS_IMG_ZST:-rootfs.ext4.zst}"
-ROOTFS_PART_SIZE_MIB="${ROOTFS_PART_SIZE_MIB:-2048}"
+ROOTFS_PART_SIZE_MIB="${ROOTFS_PART_SIZE_MIB:-2560}"
 
 FAKE_DEV="/tmp/dev"
 MNT_ROOTFS_IMG="/mnt/rootfs-img"
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ truncate -s "$DISK_SIZE" "$IMG"
 
 sgdisk -o "$IMG" \
   -n 1:2048:+64M  -t 1:0700 -c 1:config \
-  -n 2:0:+2G      -t 2:8300 -c 2:rootfsA \
-  -n 3:0:+2G      -t 3:8300 -c 3:rootfsB \
+  -n 2:0:+2560M   -t 2:8300 -c 2:rootfsA \
+  -n 3:0:+2560M   -t 3:8300 -c 3:rootfsB \
   -n 4:0:0        -t 4:8300 -c 4:data
 
 losetup -D
diff --git a/alpine/rootfs-extra/etc/local.d/monok8s.start b/alpine/rootfs-extra/etc/local.d/monok8s.start
index 4f44f2b..f1044c1 100755
--- a/alpine/rootfs-extra/etc/local.d/monok8s.start
+++ b/alpine/rootfs-extra/etc/local.d/monok8s.start
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
+
+mkdir -p /dev/hugepages
+mountpoint -q /dev/hugepages || mount -t hugetlbfs none /dev/hugepages
+echo 256 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
+
 /usr/local/bin/ctl init --env-file /opt/monok8s/config/cluster.env >>/var/log/monok8s/bootstrap.log 2>&1 &
diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
index ecffdcb..13dea85 100644
--- a/build.env
+++ b/build.env
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ TAG=dev
 
 # The Linux kernel, from NXP
 NXP_VERSION=lf-6.18.2-1.0.0
+DPDK_VERSION=lf-6.18.2-1.0.0
+
 CRIO_VERSION=cri-o.arm64.v1.33.3
 KUBE_VERSION=v1.33.3
 
diff --git a/clitools/docker/dpdk.Dockerfile b/clitools/docker/dpdk.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4452ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clitools/docker/dpdk.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+ARG TAG=dev
+ARG DOCKER_IMAGE_ROOT=monok8s
+
+FROM alpine:3.22 AS build
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+  bash \
+  build-base \
+  linux-headers \
+  meson \
+  ninja \
+  pkgconf \
+  python3 \
+  py3-elftools \
+  coreutils \
+  file \
+  git \
+  bsd-compat-headers
+
+RUN mkdir /src
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+ARG DPDK_TAR
+ARG DPDK_VERSION
+
+COPY ${DPDK_TAR} /tmp/
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    mkdir -p /src/dpdk; \
+    tar -xf "/tmp/$(basename "${DPDK_TAR}")" -C /src/dpdk --strip-components=1
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    meson setup /src/dpdk/build /src/dpdk \
+      --buildtype=release \
+      -Dplatform=dpaa \
+      -Dtests=false \
+      -Ddisable_drivers=crypto/*,compress/*,baseband/*,dma/*,event/*,regex/*,ml/*,gpu/*,raw/*,net/pcap,net/tap,net/vhost,net/virtio,net/ixgbe,net/i40e,net/txgbe,net/ring,net/af_packet; \
+    meson configure /src/dpdk/build | tee /tmp/meson-config.txt; \
+    grep -Ei 'dpaa|platform|disable_drivers' /tmp/meson-config.txt || true; \
+    ninja -C /src/dpdk/build; \
+    DESTDIR=/out ninja -C /src/dpdk/build install
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    mkdir -p /artifact/bin; \
+    test -x /src/dpdk/build/app/dpdk-testpmd; \
+    cp /src/dpdk/build/app/dpdk-testpmd /artifact/bin/
+
+FROM scratch AS export
+COPY --from=build /out/ /
+COPY --from=build /artifact/ /
diff --git a/clitools/makefile b/clitools/makefile
index 4d3fdbb..b8529e2 100644
--- a/clitools/makefile
+++ b/clitools/makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include ../build.env
+
 # Should be the same as upstream version in production
 VERSION ?= dev
 UBOOT_VERSION=v2026.01
@@ -12,12 +14,14 @@ BIN_DIR      := bin
 OUT_DIR      := out
 
 UBOOT_TAR     := $(PACKAGES_DIR)/uboot-$(UBOOT_VERSION).tar.gz
+DPDK_TAR      := $(PACKAGES_DIR)/dpdk/$(DPDK_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 BUILDINFO_FILE := pkg/buildinfo/buildinfo_gen.go
 CRD_PATHS := ./pkg/apis/...
 
 $(PACKAGES_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
+	mkdir -p $@ \
+		$@/dpdk
 
 # Never cache this
 .buildinfo:
@@ -33,6 +37,9 @@ $(PACKAGES_DIR):
 		')' \
 	> $(BUILDINFO_FILE)
 
+$(DPDK_TAR): | $(PACKAGES_DIR)
+	curl -L -o $@ "https://github.com/nxp-qoriq/dpdk/archive/refs/tags/$(DPDK_VERSION).tar.gz"
+
 $(UBOOT_TAR): | $(PACKAGES_DIR)
 	git clone --depth 1 --branch v2026.01 --filter=blob:none https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot.git $(OUT_DIR)/u-boot-$(UBOOT_VERSION)
 	tar -C "$(OUT_DIR)/u-boot-$(UBOOT_VERSION)" -zcf "$@" .
@@ -46,6 +53,15 @@ uboot-tools: $(UBOOT_TAR)
 		--build-arg UBOOT_TAR=$(UBOOT_TAR) \
 		--output type=local,dest=./$(OUT_DIR) .
 
+dpdk: $(UBOOT_TAR)
+	@mkdir -p $(OUT_DIR)/dpdk
+	docker buildx build --platform linux/arm64 \
+		-f docker/dpdk.Dockerfile \
+		--build-arg DOCKER_IMAGE_ROOT=$(DOCKER_IMAGE_ROOT) \
+		--build-arg TAG=$(TAG) \
+		--build-arg DPDK_TAR=$(DPDK_TAR) \
+		--output type=local,dest=./$(OUT_DIR)/dpdk .
+
 build: .buildinfo
 	mkdir -p $(BIN_DIR) $(OUT_DIR)/crds
 	controller-gen crd paths=$(CRD_PATHS) output:crd:dir=$(OUT_DIR)/crds
@@ -73,4 +89,4 @@ clean:
 
 all: build build-agent build-local
 
-.PHONY: clean all run .buildinfo build build-local build-agent uboot-tools
+.PHONY: clean all run .buildinfo build build-local build-agent uboot-tools dpdk
diff --git a/docker/alpine.Dockerfile b/docker/alpine.Dockerfile
index 68c4d41..21ef2c9 100644
--- a/docker/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ RUN mkdir -p /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/
 COPY packages/kubernetes/kubelet-${KUBE_VERSION} /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/kubelet
 COPY packages/kubernetes/kubeadm-${KUBE_VERSION} /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/kubeadm
 COPY packages/kubernetes/kubectl-${KUBE_VERSION} /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/kubectl
-RUN chmod +x /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/*
-
+COPY clitools/out/dpdk/bin/dpdk-testpmd /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/dpdk-testpmd
+COPY clitools/out/dpdk/usr/local/lib/*.so* /out/rootfs/usr/local/lib/
+COPY clitools/out/dpdk/usr/local/lib/dpdk/pmds-23.0/*.so* /out/rootfs/usr/local/lib/dpdk/pmds-23.0/
 COPY alpine/rootfs-extra ./rootfs-extra
 COPY out/build-info ./rootfs-extra/etc/profile.d/build-info.sh
 COPY alpine/*.sh /
+RUN chmod +x /out/rootfs/usr/local/bin/*
diff --git a/docs/dpdk.md b/docs/dpdk.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f4206f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/dpdk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Testing
+
+Run
+```
+ls /sys/bus/platform/devices | grep -i dpaa
+ls /sys/devices/platform | grep -i dpaa
+```
+
+You should see entries for:
+    * fman
+    * dpaa ethernet
+    * qman/bman portals
diff --git a/kernel-build/dts/mono-gateway-dk-sdk.dts b/kernel-build/dts/mono-gateway-dk-sdk.dts
index e74bfc5..a0320cd 100644
--- a/kernel-build/dts/mono-gateway-dk-sdk.dts
+++ b/kernel-build/dts/mono-gateway-dk-sdk.dts
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
 		reg = <0x00 0xaa000000 0x00 0x4000000 0x00 0xae000000 0x00 0x6000000>;
 	};
 
+	reserved-memory {
+		#address-cells = <2>;
+		#size-cells = <2>;
+		ranges;
+
+		usdpaa_mem: usdpaa_mem {
+			compatible = "fsl,usdpaa-mem";
+			alloc-ranges = <0 0 0x10000 0>;
+			size = <0 0x10000000>;		// 256MB
+			alignment = <0 0x10000000>;
+		};
+	};
+
 	cpus {
 		fman0-extended-args {
 			cell-index = <0x00>;
@@ -219,25 +232,30 @@
 	ethernet@0 {
 		status = "disabled";  /* MAC1 - not on Mono Gateway DK */
 	};
+
 	ethernet@2 {
 		status = "disabled";  /* MAC3 - not on Mono Gateway DK */
 	};
+
 	ethernet@3 {
 		status = "disabled";  /* MAC4 - not on Mono Gateway DK */
 	};
 
-	/* Enabled from qoriq-dpaa-eth.dtsi:
-	 * ethernet@1 = enet1 = MAC2
-	 * ethernet@4 = enet4 = MAC5
-	 * ethernet@5 = enet5 = MAC6
-	 * ethernet@8 = enet6 = MAC9 (10G)
+	/*
+	 * Keep Linux management/data-plane-visible kernel interfaces:
+	 *   ethernet@1 = MAC2
+	 *   ethernet@4 = MAC5
+	 *   ethernet@5 = MAC6
+	 *
+	 * Remove the two 10G SFP+ ports from Linux DPAA netdev ownership
+	 * so they can be owned by DPDK/VPP instead.
 	 */
+	ethernet@8 {
+		status = "disabled";  /* MAC9 / 10G / SFP+ */
+	};
 
-	/* Add MAC10 - not in qoriq-dpaa-eth.dtsi */
 	ethernet@9 {
-		compatible = "fsl,dpa-ethernet";
-		fsl,fman-mac = <&enet7>;
-		dma-coherent;
+		status = "disabled";  /* MAC10 / 10G / SFP+ */
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 66d00e1..8a94499 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ RELEASE_DEPS := \
 # ---- Directory creation ------------------------------------------------------
 
 $(PACKAGES_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $@
-	mkdir -p $@/kubernetes
+	mkdir -p $@ \
+		$@/kubernetes
 
 $(OUT_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $@
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ $(INITRAMFS): $(INITRAMFS_DEPS) | $(OUT_DIR)
 	test -f $@
 
 $(CLITOOLS_BIN): $(CLITOOLS_SRCS)
-	$(MAKE) -C clitools build-agent
+	$(MAKE) -C clitools build-agent dpdk
 
 $(BOARD_ITB): $(ITB_DEPS) | $(OUT_DIR)
 	docker build \