diff --git a/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h b/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
index 5031df7cfe60..b5341ca50e4e 100644
--- a/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
+++ b/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
@@ -56,6 +56,50 @@ enum hdac_ext_stream_type {
 	HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK
 };
 
+/**
+ * hdac_ext_stream: HDAC extended stream for extended HDA caps
+ *
+ * @hstream: hdac_stream
+ * @pphc_addr: processing pipe host stream pointer
+ * @pplc_addr: processing pipe link stream pointer
+ * @decoupled: stream host and link is decoupled
+ * @link_locked: link is locked
+ * @link_prepared: link is prepared
+ * link_substream: link substream
+ */
+struct hdac_ext_stream {
+	struct hdac_stream hstream;
+
+	void __iomem *pphc_addr;
+	void __iomem *pplc_addr;
+
+	bool decoupled:1;
+	bool link_locked:1;
+	bool link_prepared;
+
+	struct snd_pcm_substream *link_substream;
+};
+
+#define hdac_stream(s)		(&(s)->hstream)
+#define stream_to_hdac_ext_stream(s) \
+	container_of(s, struct hdac_ext_stream, hstream)
+
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_init(struct hdac_ext_bus *bus,
+				struct hdac_ext_stream *stream, int idx,
+				int direction, int tag);
+struct hdac_ext_stream *snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign(struct hdac_ext_bus *bus,
+					   struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+					   int type);
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_release(struct hdac_ext_stream *azx_dev, int type);
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(struct hdac_ext_bus *bus,
+				struct hdac_ext_stream *azx_dev, bool decouple);
+void snd_hdac_ext_stop_streams(struct hdac_ext_bus *sbus);
+
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_start(struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream);
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream);
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_reset(struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream);
+int snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_setup(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream, int fmt);
+
 struct hdac_ext_link {
 	struct hdac_bus *bus;
 	int index;
@@ -78,4 +122,8 @@ void snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id(struct hdac_ext_link *link,
 	writel(((readl(addr + reg) & ~(mask)) | (val)), \
 		addr + reg)
 
+#define snd_hdac_updatew(addr, reg, mask, val)		\
+	writew(((readw(addr + reg) & ~(mask)) | (val)), \
+		addr + reg)
+
 #endif /* __SOUND_HDAUDIO_EXT_H */
diff --git a/sound/hda/ext/Makefile b/sound/hda/ext/Makefile
index 934b7bf5d87f..9b6f641c7777 100644
--- a/sound/hda/ext/Makefile
+++ b/sound/hda/ext/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-snd-hda-ext-core-objs := hdac_ext_bus.o hdac_ext_controller.o
+snd-hda-ext-core-objs := hdac_ext_bus.o hdac_ext_controller.o hdac_ext_stream.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_HDA_EXT_CORE) += snd-hda-ext-core.o
diff --git a/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_stream.c b/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_stream.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0677bb65a494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_stream.c
@@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
+/*
+ *  hdac-ext-stream.c - HD-audio extended stream operations.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corp
+ *  Author: Jeeja KP <jeeja.kp@intel.com>
+ *  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that 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.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <sound/pcm.h>
+#include <sound/hda_register.h>
+#include <sound/hdaudio_ext.h>
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stream_init - initialize each stream (aka device)
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream object to initialize
+ * @idx: stream index number
+ * @direction: stream direction (SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK or SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE)
+ * @tag: the tag id to assign
+ *
+ * initialize the stream, if ppcap is enabled then init those and then
+ * invoke hdac stream initialization routine
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_init(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+				struct hdac_ext_stream *stream,
+				int idx, int direction, int tag)
+{
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = &ebus->bus;
+
+	if (ebus->ppcap) {
+		stream->pphc_addr = ebus->ppcap + AZX_PPHC_BASE +
+				AZX_PPHC_INTERVAL * idx;
+
+		stream->pplc_addr = ebus->ppcap + AZX_PPLC_BASE +
+				AZX_PPLC_MULTI * ebus->num_streams +
+				AZX_PPLC_INTERVAL * idx;
+	}
+
+	stream->decoupled = false;
+	snd_hdac_stream_init(bus, &stream->hstream, idx, direction, tag);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stream_init);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple - decouple the hdac stream
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream object to initialize
+ * @decouple: flag to decouple
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+				struct hdac_ext_stream *stream, bool decouple)
+{
+	struct hdac_stream *hstream = &stream->hstream;
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = &ebus->bus;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
+	if (decouple)
+		snd_hdac_updatel(ebus->ppcap, AZX_REG_PP_PPCTL, 0,
+				AZX_PPCTL_PROCEN(hstream->index));
+	else
+		snd_hdac_updatel(ebus->ppcap, AZX_REG_PP_PPCTL,
+					AZX_PPCTL_PROCEN(hstream->index), 0);
+	stream->decoupled = decouple;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_linkstream_start - start a stream
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream to start
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_start(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream)
+{
+	snd_hdac_updatel(stream->pplc_addr, AZX_REG_PPLCCTL, 0, AZX_PPLCCTL_RUN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_start);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear - stop a stream DMA
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream to stop
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream)
+{
+	snd_hdac_updatel(stream->pplc_addr, AZX_REG_PPLCCTL, AZX_PPLCCTL_RUN, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_reset - reset a stream
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream to reset
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_reset(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream)
+{
+	unsigned char val;
+	int timeout;
+
+	snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(stream);
+
+	snd_hdac_updatel(stream->pplc_addr, AZX_REG_PPLCCTL, 0, AZX_PPLCCTL_STRST);
+	udelay(3);
+	timeout = 50;
+	do {
+		val = readl(stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCCTL) &
+				AZX_PPLCCTL_STRST;
+		if (val)
+			break;
+		udelay(3);
+	} while (--timeout);
+	val &= ~AZX_PPLCCTL_STRST;
+	writel(val, stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCCTL);
+	udelay(3);
+
+	timeout = 50;
+	/* waiting for hardware to report that the stream is out of reset */
+	do {
+		val = readl(stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCCTL) & AZX_PPLCCTL_STRST;
+		if (!val)
+			break;
+		udelay(3);
+	} while (--timeout);
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_reset);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_setup -  set up the SD for streaming
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream to set up
+ * @fmt: stream format
+ */
+int snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_setup(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream, int fmt)
+{
+	struct hdac_stream *hstream = &stream->hstream;
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	/* make sure the run bit is zero for SD */
+	snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_clear(stream);
+	/* program the stream_tag */
+	val = readl(stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCCTL);
+	val = (val & ~AZX_PPLCCTL_STRM_MASK) |
+		(hstream->stream_tag << AZX_PPLCCTL_STRM_SHIFT);
+	writel(val, stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCCTL);
+
+	/* program the stream format */
+	writew(fmt, stream->pplc_addr + AZX_REG_PPLCFMT);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_stream_setup);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_link_set_stream_id - maps stream id to link output
+ * @link: HD-audio ext link to set up
+ * @stream: stream id
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_set_stream_id(struct hdac_ext_link *link,
+				 int stream)
+{
+	snd_hdac_updatew(link->ml_addr, AZX_REG_ML_LOSIDV, (1 << stream), 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_set_stream_id);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id - maps stream id to link output
+ * @link: HD-audio ext link to set up
+ * @stream: stream id
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id(struct hdac_ext_link *link,
+				 int stream)
+{
+	snd_hdac_updatew(link->ml_addr, AZX_REG_ML_LOSIDV, 0, (1 << stream));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_link_clear_stream_id);
+
+static struct hdac_ext_stream *
+hdac_ext_link_stream_assign(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+				struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *res = NULL;
+	struct hdac_stream *stream = NULL;
+	struct hdac_bus *hbus = &ebus->bus;
+
+	if (!ebus->ppcap) {
+		dev_err(hbus->dev, "stream type not supported\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(stream, &hbus->stream_list, list) {
+		struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream = container_of(stream,
+						struct hdac_ext_stream,
+						hstream);
+		if (stream->direction != substream->stream)
+			continue;
+
+		/* check if decoupled stream and not in use is available */
+		if (hstream->decoupled && !hstream->link_locked) {
+			res = hstream;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!hstream->link_locked) {
+			snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(ebus, hstream, true);
+			res = hstream;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (res) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&hbus->reg_lock);
+		res->link_locked = 1;
+		res->link_substream = substream;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hbus->reg_lock);
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+static struct hdac_ext_stream *
+hdac_ext_host_stream_assign(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+				struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *res = NULL;
+	struct hdac_stream *stream = NULL;
+	struct hdac_bus *hbus = &ebus->bus;
+	int key;
+
+	if (!ebus->ppcap) {
+		dev_err(hbus->dev, "stream type not supported\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* make a non-zero unique key for the substream */
+	key = (substream->pcm->device << 16) | (substream->number << 2) |
+			(substream->stream + 1);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(stream, &hbus->stream_list, list) {
+		struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream = container_of(stream,
+						struct hdac_ext_stream,
+						hstream);
+		if (stream->direction != substream->stream)
+			continue;
+
+		if (stream->opened) {
+			if (!hstream->decoupled)
+				snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(ebus, hstream, true);
+			res = hstream;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (res) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&hbus->reg_lock);
+		res->hstream.opened = 1;
+		res->hstream.running = 0;
+		res->hstream.assigned_key = key;
+		res->hstream.substream = substream;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&hbus->reg_lock);
+	}
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign - assign a stream for the PCM
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ * @substream: PCM substream to assign
+ * @type: type of stream (coupled, host or link stream)
+ *
+ * This assigns the stream based on the type (coupled/host/link), for the
+ * given PCM substream, assigns it and returns the stream object
+ *
+ * coupled: Looks for an unused stream
+ * host: Looks for an unused decoupled host stream
+ * link: Looks for an unused decoupled link stream
+ *
+ * If no stream is free, returns NULL. The function tries to keep using
+ * the same stream object when it's used beforehand.  when a stream is
+ * decoupled, it becomes a host stream and link stream.
+ */
+struct hdac_ext_stream *snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+					   struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+					   int type)
+{
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream = NULL;
+	struct hdac_stream *stream = NULL;
+	struct hdac_bus *hbus = &ebus->bus;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_COUPLED:
+		stream = snd_hdac_stream_assign(hbus, substream);
+		if (stream)
+			hstream = container_of(stream,
+					struct hdac_ext_stream, hstream);
+		return hstream;
+
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_HOST:
+		return hdac_ext_host_stream_assign(ebus, substream);
+
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK:
+		return hdac_ext_link_stream_assign(ebus, substream);
+
+	default:
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stream_release - release the assigned stream
+ * @stream: HD-audio ext core stream to release
+ * @type: type of stream (coupled, host or link stream)
+ *
+ * Release the stream that has been assigned by snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign().
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_release(struct hdac_ext_stream *stream, int type)
+{
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = stream->hstream.bus;
+	struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus = hbus_to_ebus(bus);
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_COUPLED:
+		snd_hdac_stream_release(&stream->hstream);
+		break;
+
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_HOST:
+		if (stream->decoupled) {
+			snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(ebus, stream, false);
+			snd_hdac_stream_release(&stream->hstream);
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case HDAC_EXT_STREAM_TYPE_LINK:
+		if (stream->decoupled)
+			snd_hdac_ext_stream_decouple(ebus, stream, false);
+		spin_lock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
+		stream->link_locked = 0;
+		stream->link_substream = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&bus->reg_lock);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		dev_dbg(bus->dev, "Invalid type %d\n", type);
+	}
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stream_release);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stream_spbcap_enable - enable SPIB for a stream
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ * @enable: flag to enable/disable SPIB
+ * @index: stream index for which SPIB need to be enabled
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_stream_spbcap_enable(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
+				 bool enable, int index)
+{
+	u32 mask = 0;
+	u32 register_mask = 0;
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = &ebus->bus;
+
+	if (!ebus->spbcap) {
+		dev_err(bus->dev, "Address of SPB capability is NULL");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	mask |= (1 << index);
+
+	register_mask = snd_hdac_chip_readl(bus, SPB_SPBFCCTL);
+
+	mask |= register_mask;
+
+	if (enable)
+		snd_hdac_updatel(ebus->spbcap, AZX_REG_SPB_SPBFCCTL, 0, mask);
+	else
+		snd_hdac_updatel(ebus->spbcap, AZX_REG_SPB_SPBFCCTL, mask, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stream_spbcap_enable);
+
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_ext_stop_streams - stop all stream if running
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ */
+void snd_hdac_ext_stop_streams(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus)
+{
+	struct hdac_bus *bus = ebus_to_hbus(ebus);
+	struct hdac_stream *stream;
+
+	if (bus->chip_init) {
+		list_for_each_entry(stream, &bus->stream_list, list)
+			snd_hdac_stream_stop(stream);
+		snd_hdac_bus_stop_chip(bus);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_stop_streams);
