diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.h b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.h
index ec4a8e939bcd..d5f46784306e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct felix_info {
 	unsigned int			num_stats;
 	int				num_ports;
 	int				num_tx_queues;
-	const struct vcap_props		*vcap;
+	struct vcap_props		*vcap;
 	int				switch_pci_bar;
 	int				imdio_pci_bar;
 	const struct ptp_clock_info	*ptp_caps;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
index e3e961e299c4..eef056b35523 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ static const u32 vsc9959_vcap_regmap[] = {
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_ACTION_DAT,		0x000208),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_CNT_DAT,			0x000308),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_TG_DAT,			0x000388),
+	/* VCAP_CONST */
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_VCAP_VER,		0x000398),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_WIDTH,		0x00039c),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT,		0x0003a0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_SWCNT,		0x0003a4),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_TG_WIDTH,		0x0003a8),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_DEF_CNT,		0x0003ac),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_WIDTH,		0x0003b0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_CNT_WIDTH,		0x0003b4),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_CORE_CNT,		0x0003b8),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_IF_CNT,			0x0003bc),
 };
 
 static const u32 vsc9959_qsys_regmap[] = {
@@ -814,7 +825,7 @@ static struct vcap_field vsc9959_vcap_is2_actions[] = {
 	[VCAP_IS2_ACT_HIT_CNT]			= { 49, 32},
 };
 
-static const struct vcap_props vsc9959_vcap_props[] = {
+static struct vcap_props vsc9959_vcap_props[] = {
 	[VCAP_ES0] = {
 		.action_type_width = 0,
 		.action_table = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
index 67336a59ee8e..97e3a0f83429 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ static const u32 vsc9953_vcap_regmap[] = {
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_ACTION_DAT,		0x000208),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_CNT_DAT,			0x000308),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_TG_DAT,			0x000388),
+	/* VCAP_CONST */
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_VCAP_VER,		0x000398),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_WIDTH,		0x00039c),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT,		0x0003a0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_SWCNT,		0x0003a4),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_TG_WIDTH,		0x0003a8),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_DEF_CNT,		0x0003ac),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_WIDTH,		0x0003b0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_CNT_WIDTH,		0x0003b4),
+	REG_RESERVED(VCAP_CONST_CORE_CNT),
+	REG_RESERVED(VCAP_CONST_IF_CNT),
 };
 
 static const u32 vsc9953_qsys_regmap[] = {
@@ -804,7 +815,7 @@ static struct vcap_field vsc9953_vcap_is2_actions[] = {
 	[VCAP_IS2_ACT_HIT_CNT]			= { 50, 32},
 };
 
-static const struct vcap_props vsc9953_vcap_props[] = {
+static struct vcap_props vsc9953_vcap_props[] = {
 	[VCAP_ES0] = {
 		.action_type_width = 0,
 		.action_table = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot.c
index b9375d96cdbc..974821b9cdc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2017 Microsemi Corporation
  */
 #include <linux/if_bridge.h>
+#include <soc/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h>
 #include "ocelot.h"
 #include "ocelot_vcap.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.c
index 1755979e3f36..b736c3d3df2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.c
@@ -1001,11 +1001,79 @@ static void ocelot_vcap_init_one(struct ocelot *ocelot,
 		 VCAP_SEL_ACTION | VCAP_SEL_COUNTER);
 }
 
+static void ocelot_vcap_detect_constants(struct ocelot *ocelot,
+					 struct vcap_props *vcap)
+{
+	int counter_memory_width;
+	int num_default_actions;
+	int version;
+
+	version = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+				     VCAP_CONST_VCAP_VER);
+	/* Only version 0 VCAP supported for now */
+	if (WARN_ON(version != 0))
+		return;
+
+	/* Width in bits of type-group field */
+	vcap->tg_width = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+					    VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_TG_WIDTH);
+	/* Number of subwords per TCAM row */
+	vcap->sw_count = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+					    VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_SWCNT);
+	/* Number of rows in TCAM. There can be this many full keys, or double
+	 * this number half keys, or 4 times this number quarter keys.
+	 */
+	vcap->entry_count = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+					       VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT);
+	/* Assuming there are 4 subwords per TCAM row, their layout in the
+	 * actual TCAM (not in the cache) would be:
+	 *
+	 * |  SW 3  | TG 3 |  SW 2  | TG 2 |  SW 1  | TG 1 |  SW 0  | TG 0 |
+	 *
+	 * (where SW=subword and TG=Type-Group).
+	 *
+	 * What VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT is giving us is the width of one full TCAM
+	 * row. But when software accesses the TCAM through the cache
+	 * registers, the Type-Group values are written through another set of
+	 * registers VCAP_TG_DAT, and therefore, it appears as though the 4
+	 * subwords are contiguous in the cache memory.
+	 * Important mention: regardless of the number of key entries per row
+	 * (and therefore of key size: 1 full key or 2 half keys or 4 quarter
+	 * keys), software always has to configure 4 Type-Group values. For
+	 * example, in the case of 1 full key, the driver needs to set all 4
+	 * Type-Group to be full key.
+	 *
+	 * For this reason, we need to fix up the value that the hardware is
+	 * giving us. We don't actually care about the width of the entry in
+	 * the TCAM. What we care about is the width of the entry in the cache
+	 * registers, which is how we get to interact with it. And since the
+	 * VCAP_ENTRY_DAT cache registers access only the subwords and not the
+	 * Type-Groups, this means we need to subtract the width of the
+	 * Type-Groups when packing and unpacking key entry data in a TCAM row.
+	 */
+	vcap->entry_width = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+					       VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_WIDTH);
+	vcap->entry_width -= vcap->tg_width * vcap->sw_count;
+	num_default_actions = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+						 VCAP_CONST_ACTION_DEF_CNT);
+	vcap->action_count = vcap->entry_count + num_default_actions;
+	vcap->action_width = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+						VCAP_CONST_ACTION_WIDTH);
+	/* The width of the counter memory, this is the complete width of all
+	 * counter-fields associated with one full-word entry. There is one
+	 * counter per entry sub-word (see CAP_CORE::ENTRY_SWCNT for number of
+	 * subwords.)
+	 */
+	vcap->counter_words = vcap->sw_count;
+	counter_memory_width = ocelot_target_read(ocelot, vcap->target,
+						  VCAP_CONST_CNT_WIDTH);
+	vcap->counter_width = counter_memory_width / vcap->counter_words;
+}
+
 int ocelot_vcap_init(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 {
 	struct ocelot_vcap_block *block = &ocelot->block;
-
-	ocelot_vcap_init_one(ocelot, &ocelot->vcap[VCAP_IS2]);
+	int i;
 
 	/* Create a policer that will drop the frames for the cpu.
 	 * This policer will be used as action in the acl rules to drop
@@ -1022,6 +1090,13 @@ int ocelot_vcap_init(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 	ocelot_write_gix(ocelot, 0x3fffff, ANA_POL_CIR_STATE,
 			 OCELOT_POLICER_DISCARD);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < OCELOT_NUM_VCAP_BLOCKS; i++) {
+		struct vcap_props *vcap = &ocelot->vcap[i];
+
+		ocelot_vcap_detect_constants(ocelot, vcap);
+		ocelot_vcap_init_one(ocelot, vcap);
+	}
+
 	block->pol_lpr = OCELOT_POLICER_DISCARD - 1;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&block->rules);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
index 0dfbfc011b2e..50742d13c01a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ int ocelot_vcap_filter_del(struct ocelot *ocelot,
 int ocelot_vcap_filter_stats_update(struct ocelot *ocelot,
 				    struct ocelot_vcap_filter *rule);
 
+void ocelot_detect_vcap_constants(struct ocelot *ocelot);
 int ocelot_vcap_init(struct ocelot *ocelot);
 
 int ocelot_setup_tc_cls_flower(struct ocelot_port_private *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c
index 86f8b77decf5..36332bc9af3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_vsc7514.c
@@ -251,6 +251,17 @@ static const u32 ocelot_vcap_regmap[] = {
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_ACTION_DAT,			0x000208),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_CNT_DAT,				0x000308),
 	REG(VCAP_CACHE_TG_DAT,				0x000388),
+	/* VCAP_CONST */
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_VCAP_VER,			0x000398),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_WIDTH,			0x00039c),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT,			0x0003a0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_SWCNT,			0x0003a4),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_TG_WIDTH,			0x0003a8),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_DEF_CNT,			0x0003ac),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_ACTION_WIDTH,			0x0003b0),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_CNT_WIDTH,			0x0003b4),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_CORE_CNT,			0x0003b8),
+	REG(VCAP_CONST_IF_CNT,				0x0003bc),
 };
 
 static const u32 ocelot_ptp_regmap[] = {
@@ -963,7 +974,7 @@ static const struct vcap_field vsc7514_vcap_is2_actions[] = {
 	[VCAP_IS2_ACT_HIT_CNT]			= { 49, 32},
 };
 
-static const struct vcap_props vsc7514_vcap_props[] = {
+static struct vcap_props vsc7514_vcap_props[] = {
 	[VCAP_ES0] = {
 		.action_type_width = 0,
 		.action_table = {
diff --git a/include/soc/mscc/ocelot.h b/include/soc/mscc/ocelot.h
index b0a9efce8813..0c40122dcb88 100644
--- a/include/soc/mscc/ocelot.h
+++ b/include/soc/mscc/ocelot.h
@@ -523,6 +523,17 @@ enum {
 	VCAP_CACHE_ACTION_DAT,
 	VCAP_CACHE_CNT_DAT,
 	VCAP_CACHE_TG_DAT,
+	/* VCAP_CONST */
+	VCAP_CONST_VCAP_VER,
+	VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_WIDTH,
+	VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_CNT,
+	VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_SWCNT,
+	VCAP_CONST_ENTRY_TG_WIDTH,
+	VCAP_CONST_ACTION_DEF_CNT,
+	VCAP_CONST_ACTION_WIDTH,
+	VCAP_CONST_CNT_WIDTH,
+	VCAP_CONST_CORE_CNT,
+	VCAP_CONST_IF_CNT,
 };
 
 enum ocelot_ptp_pins {
@@ -621,7 +632,7 @@ struct ocelot {
 	struct list_head		multicast;
 
 	struct ocelot_vcap_block	block;
-	const struct vcap_props		*vcap;
+	struct vcap_props		*vcap;
 
 	/* Workqueue to check statistics for overflow with its lock */
 	struct mutex			stats_lock;
diff --git a/include/soc/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h b/include/soc/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
index 707e609ec919..96300adf3648 100644
--- a/include/soc/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
+++ b/include/soc/mscc/ocelot_vcap.h
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ enum {
 	VCAP_ES0,
 	VCAP_IS1,
 	VCAP_IS2,
+	__VCAP_COUNT,
 };
 
+#define OCELOT_NUM_VCAP_BLOCKS		__VCAP_COUNT
+
 struct vcap_props {
 	u16 tg_width; /* Type-group width (in bits) */
 	u16 sw_count; /* Sub word count */