diff --git a/drivers/Kconfig b/drivers/Kconfig
index d2ac339de85f..8298eab84a6f 100644
--- a/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ source "drivers/android/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/dax/Kconfig"
+
 source "drivers/nvmem/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index 8f5d076baeb0..0b6f3d60193d 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT)		+= parport/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVM)		+= lightnvm/
 obj-y				+= base/ block/ misc/ mfd/ nfc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_LIBNVDIMM)		+= nvdimm/
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX)		+= dax/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER) += dma-buf/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUBUS)		+= nubus/
 obj-y				+= macintosh/
diff --git a/drivers/dax/Kconfig b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86ffbaa891ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+menuconfig DEV_DAX
+	tristate "DAX: direct access to differentiated memory"
+	default m if NVDIMM_DAX
+	help
+	  Support raw access to differentiated (persistence, bandwidth,
+	  latency...) memory via an mmap(2) capable character
+	  device.  Platform firmware or a device driver may identify a
+	  platform memory resource that is differentiated from the
+	  baseline memory pool.  Mappings of a /dev/daxX.Y device impose
+	  restrictions that make the mapping behavior deterministic.
+
+if DEV_DAX
+
+config DEV_DAX_PMEM
+	tristate "PMEM DAX: direct access to persistent memory"
+	depends on NVDIMM_DAX
+	default DEV_DAX
+	help
+	  Support raw access to persistent memory.  Note that this
+	  driver consumes memory ranges allocated and exported by the
+	  libnvdimm sub-system.
+
+	  Say Y if unsure
+
+endif
diff --git a/drivers/dax/Makefile b/drivers/dax/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27c54e38478a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dax/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX) += dax.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX_PMEM) += dax_pmem.o
+
+dax_pmem-y := pmem.o
diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax.c b/drivers/dax/dax.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e95af4ead357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax.c
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/pfn_t.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/dax.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+
+static int dax_major;
+static struct class *dax_class;
+static DEFINE_IDA(dax_minor_ida);
+
+struct dax_region {
+	int id;
+	struct ida ida;
+	void *base;
+	struct kref kref;
+	struct device *dev;
+	unsigned int align;
+	struct resource res;
+	unsigned long pfn_flags;
+};
+
+struct dax_dev {
+	struct dax_region *region;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int num_resources;
+	struct resource res[0];
+};
+
+static void dax_region_release(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct dax_region *dax_region;
+
+	dax_region = container_of(kref, struct dax_region, kref);
+	kfree(dax_region);
+}
+
+void dax_region_put(struct dax_region *dax_region)
+{
+	kref_put(&dax_region->kref, dax_region_release);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_region_put);
+
+static void dax_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct dax_region *dax_region = dax_dev->region;
+	int region_id, id, rc, minor;
+
+	dev_dbg(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+	rc = sscanf(dev_name(dev), "dax%d.%d", &region_id, &id);
+	WARN_ON(rc != 2 || dax_region->id != region_id);
+
+	ida_simple_remove(&dax_region->ida, id);
+	minor = MINOR(dev->devt);
+	ida_simple_remove(&dax_minor_ida, minor);
+	dax_region_put(dax_region);
+}
+
+struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent,
+		int region_id, struct resource *res, unsigned int align,
+		void *addr, unsigned long pfn_flags)
+{
+	struct dax_region *dax_region;
+
+	dax_region = kzalloc(sizeof(*dax_region), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!dax_region)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memcpy(&dax_region->res, res, sizeof(*res));
+	dax_region->pfn_flags = pfn_flags;
+	kref_init(&dax_region->kref);
+	dax_region->id = region_id;
+	ida_init(&dax_region->ida);
+	dax_region->align = align;
+	dax_region->dev = parent;
+	dax_region->base = addr;
+
+	return dax_region;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_dax_region);
+
+static ssize_t size_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned long long size = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dax_dev->num_resources; i++)
+		size += resource_size(&dax_dev->res[i]);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", size);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(size);
+
+static struct attribute *dax_device_attributes[] = {
+	&dev_attr_size.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group dax_device_attribute_group = {
+	.attrs = dax_device_attributes,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *dax_attribute_groups[] = {
+	&dax_device_attribute_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static void destroy_dax_dev(void *dev)
+{
+	dev_dbg(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+	device_unregister(dev);
+}
+
+int devm_create_dax_dev(struct dax_region *dax_region, struct resource *res,
+		int count)
+{
+	struct device *parent = dax_region->dev;
+	struct dax_dev *dax_dev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int id, rc, minor;
+	dev_t dev_t;
+
+	dax_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dax_dev) + sizeof(*res) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dax_dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(dax_dev->res, res, sizeof(*res) * count);
+	dax_dev->num_resources = count;
+	dax_dev->region = dax_region;
+	kref_get(&dax_region->kref);
+
+	id = ida_simple_get(&dax_region->ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		rc = id;
+		goto err_id;
+	}
+
+	minor = ida_simple_get(&dax_minor_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (minor < 0) {
+		rc = minor;
+		goto err_minor;
+	}
+
+	dev_t = MKDEV(dax_major, id);
+	dev = device_create_with_groups(dax_class, parent, dev_t, dax_dev,
+			dax_attribute_groups, "dax%d.%d", dax_region->id, id);
+	if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
+		goto err_create;
+	}
+	dax_dev->dev = dev;
+
+	rc = devm_add_action(dax_region->dev, destroy_dax_dev, dev);
+	if (rc) {
+		destroy_dax_dev(dev);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+ err_create:
+	ida_simple_remove(&dax_minor_ida, minor);
+ err_minor:
+	ida_simple_remove(&dax_region->ida, id);
+ err_id:
+	dax_region_put(dax_region);
+	kfree(dax_dev);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_create_dax_dev);
+
+static const struct file_operations dax_fops = {
+	.llseek = noop_llseek,
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+static int __init dax_init(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = register_chrdev(0, "dax", &dax_fops);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+	dax_major = rc;
+
+	dax_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dax");
+	if (IS_ERR(dax_class)) {
+		unregister_chrdev(dax_major, "dax");
+		return PTR_ERR(dax_class);
+	}
+	dax_class->dev_release = dax_release;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit dax_exit(void)
+{
+	class_destroy(dax_class);
+	unregister_chrdev(dax_major, "dax");
+}
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+subsys_initcall(dax_init);
+module_exit(dax_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax.h b/drivers/dax/dax.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8b8f1f25054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dax/dax.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+#ifndef __DAX_H__
+#define __DAX_H__
+struct device;
+struct resource;
+struct dax_region;
+void dax_region_put(struct dax_region *dax_region);
+struct dax_region *alloc_dax_region(struct device *parent,
+		int region_id, struct resource *res, unsigned int align,
+		void *addr, unsigned long flags);
+int devm_create_dax_dev(struct dax_region *dax_region, struct resource *res,
+		int count);
+#endif /* __DAX_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/dax/pmem.c b/drivers/dax/pmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e97555e1cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dax/pmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * 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/percpu-refcount.h>
+#include <linux/memremap.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/pfn_t.h>
+#include "../nvdimm/pfn.h"
+#include "../nvdimm/nd.h"
+#include "dax.h"
+
+struct dax_pmem {
+	struct device *dev;
+	struct percpu_ref ref;
+	struct completion cmp;
+};
+
+struct dax_pmem *to_dax_pmem(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	return container_of(ref, struct dax_pmem, ref);
+}
+
+static void dax_pmem_percpu_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	struct dax_pmem *dax_pmem = to_dax_pmem(ref);
+
+	dev_dbg(dax_pmem->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+	complete(&dax_pmem->cmp);
+}
+
+static void dax_pmem_percpu_exit(void *data)
+{
+	struct percpu_ref *ref = data;
+	struct dax_pmem *dax_pmem = to_dax_pmem(ref);
+
+	dev_dbg(dax_pmem->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+	percpu_ref_exit(ref);
+	wait_for_completion(&dax_pmem->cmp);
+}
+
+static void dax_pmem_percpu_kill(void *data)
+{
+	struct percpu_ref *ref = data;
+	struct dax_pmem *dax_pmem = to_dax_pmem(ref);
+
+	dev_dbg(dax_pmem->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
+	percpu_ref_kill(ref);
+}
+
+static int dax_pmem_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+	int rc;
+	void *addr;
+	struct resource res;
+	struct nd_pfn_sb *pfn_sb;
+	struct dax_pmem *dax_pmem;
+	struct nd_region *nd_region;
+	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio;
+	struct dax_region *dax_region;
+	struct nd_namespace_common *ndns;
+	struct nd_dax *nd_dax = to_nd_dax(dev);
+	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = &nd_dax->nd_pfn;
+	struct vmem_altmap __altmap, *altmap = NULL;
+
+	ndns = nvdimm_namespace_common_probe(dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(ndns))
+		return PTR_ERR(ndns);
+	nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+
+	/* parse the 'pfn' info block via ->rw_bytes */
+	devm_nsio_enable(dev, nsio);
+	altmap = nvdimm_setup_pfn(nd_pfn, &res, &__altmap);
+	if (IS_ERR(altmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(altmap);
+	devm_nsio_disable(dev, nsio);
+
+	pfn_sb = nd_pfn->pfn_sb;
+
+	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, nsio->res.start,
+				resource_size(&nsio->res), dev_name(dev))) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region %pR\n", &nsio->res);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	dax_pmem = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dax_pmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dax_pmem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dax_pmem->dev = dev;
+	init_completion(&dax_pmem->cmp);
+	rc = percpu_ref_init(&dax_pmem->ref, dax_pmem_percpu_release, 0,
+			GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	rc = devm_add_action(dev, dax_pmem_percpu_exit, &dax_pmem->ref);
+	if (rc) {
+		dax_pmem_percpu_exit(&dax_pmem->ref);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, &res, &dax_pmem->ref, altmap);
+	if (IS_ERR(addr))
+		return PTR_ERR(addr);
+
+	rc = devm_add_action(dev, dax_pmem_percpu_kill, &dax_pmem->ref);
+	if (rc) {
+		dax_pmem_percpu_kill(&dax_pmem->ref);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	nd_region = to_nd_region(dev->parent);
+	dax_region = alloc_dax_region(dev, nd_region->id, &res,
+			le32_to_cpu(pfn_sb->align), addr, PFN_DEV|PFN_MAP);
+	if (!dax_region)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* TODO: support for subdividing a dax region... */
+	rc = devm_create_dax_dev(dax_region, &res, 1);
+
+	/* child dax_dev instances now own the lifetime of the dax_region */
+	dax_region_put(dax_region);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int dax_pmem_remove(struct device *dev)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The init path is fully devm-enabled, or child devices
+	 * otherwise hold references on parent resources.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct nd_device_driver dax_pmem_driver = {
+	.probe = dax_pmem_probe,
+	.remove = dax_pmem_remove,
+	.drv = {
+		.name = "dax_pmem",
+	},
+	.type = ND_DRIVER_DAX_PMEM,
+};
+
+static int __init dax_pmem_init(void)
+{
+	return nd_driver_register(&dax_pmem_driver);
+}
+module_init(dax_pmem_init);
+
+static void __exit dax_pmem_exit(void)
+{
+	driver_unregister(&dax_pmem_driver.drv);
+}
+module_exit(dax_pmem_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
+MODULE_ALIAS_ND_DEVICE(ND_DEVICE_DAX_PMEM);
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/Kbuild b/tools/testing/nvdimm/Kbuild
index 5ff6d3c126a9..785985677159 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/Kbuild
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/Kbuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ldflags-y += --wrap=phys_to_pfn_t
 DRIVERS := ../../../drivers
 NVDIMM_SRC := $(DRIVERS)/nvdimm
 ACPI_SRC := $(DRIVERS)/acpi
+DAX_SRC := $(DRIVERS)/dax
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_LIBNVDIMM) += libnvdimm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PMEM) += nd_pmem.o
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ND_BTT) += nd_btt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ND_BLK) += nd_blk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY) += nd_e820.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NFIT) += nfit.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX) += dax.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_DAX_PMEM) += dax_pmem.o
 
 nfit-y := $(ACPI_SRC)/nfit.o
 nfit-y += config_check.o
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ nd_blk-y += config_check.o
 nd_e820-y := $(NVDIMM_SRC)/e820.o
 nd_e820-y += config_check.o
 
+dax-y := $(DAX_SRC)/dax.o
+dax-y += config_check.o
+
+dax_pmem-y := $(DAX_SRC)/pmem.o
+dax_pmem-y += config_check.o
+
 libnvdimm-y := $(NVDIMM_SRC)/core.o
 libnvdimm-y += $(NVDIMM_SRC)/bus.o
 libnvdimm-y += $(NVDIMM_SRC)/dimm_devs.o
diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/config_check.c b/tools/testing/nvdimm/config_check.c
index f2c7615554eb..adf18bfeca00 100644
--- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/config_check.c
+++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/config_check.c
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ void check(void)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_MODULE(CONFIG_ND_BTT));
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_MODULE(CONFIG_ND_BLK));
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_MODULE(CONFIG_ACPI_NFIT));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_MODULE(CONFIG_DEV_DAX));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_MODULE(CONFIG_DEV_DAX_PMEM));
 }
