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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ New Features
   barriers. rte_*mb APIs, for ARMv8 platforms, are changed to use DMB
   instruction to reflect this.
 
+* **Added support for RTS and HTS modes into mempool ring driver.**
+
+  Added ability to select new ring synchronisation modes:
+  ``relaxed tail sync (ring_mt_rts)`` and ``head/tail sync (ring_mt_hts)``
+  via mempool ops API.
+
 * **Added the support for vfio-pci new VF token interface.**
 
   From Linux 5.7, vfio-pci supports to bind both SR-IOV PF and the created VFs,
@@ -81,6 +87,8 @@ New Features
   Added the RegEx library which provides an API for offload of regular
   expressions search operations to hardware or software accelerator devices.
 
+  Added Mellanox RegEx PMD, allowing to offload RegEx searches.
+
 * **Added eCPRI protocol support in rte_flow.**
 
   The ``ECPRI`` item has been added to support eCPRI packet offloading for
@@ -111,17 +119,28 @@ New Features
   * Added vector mode support for ARM CPUs.
   * Added support for VLAN push and pop actions.
   * Added support for NAT action items.
+  * Added TruFlow hash API for common hash uses across TruFlow core functions.
 
 * **Updated Cisco enic driver.**
 
   * Added support for VLAN push and pop flow actions.
 
-* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver.**
+* **Updated Hisilicon hns3 driver.**
+
+  * Added support for 200G speed rate.
+  * Added support for copper media type.
+  * Added support for keeping CRC.
+  * Added support for LRO.
+  * Added support for setting VF PVID by PF driver.
+
+* **Updated Mellanox mlx5 net driver and common layer.**
 
   Updated Mellanox mlx5 driver with new features and improvements, including:
 
+  * Added mlx5 PCI layer to share a PCI device among multiple PMDs.
   * Added new PMD devarg ``reclaim_mem_mode``.
   * Added new devarg ``lacp_by_user``.
+  * Added support for eCPRI protocol offloading.
 
 * **Added vDPA device APIs to query virtio queue statistics.**
 
@@ -187,14 +206,19 @@ New Features
 
 * **Updated the QuickAssist Technology (QAT) PMD.**
 
-  * Added support for lookaside protocol offload for DOCSIS through the
-    ``rte_security`` API.
-  * Added Chacha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm.
+  * Added support for lookaside protocol offload in QAT crypto PMD
+    for DOCSIS through the ``rte_security`` API.
+  * Added Chacha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm in QAT crypto PMD.
   * Improved handling of multi process in QAT crypto and compression PMDs.
+  * Added support for Intel GEN2 QuickAssist device 200xx
+    (PF Did 0x18ee, VF Did 0x18ef).
 
 * **Updated the OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD.**
 
-  Added Chacha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm support in OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD.
+  * Added Chacha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm support in OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD.
+
+  * Updated the OCTEON TX2 crypto PMD to support ``rte_security`` lookaside
+    protocol offload for IPsec.
 
 * **Added support for BPF_ABS/BPF_IND load instructions.**
 
@@ -225,6 +249,12 @@ New Features
   See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/l2_forward_real_virtual` for more
   details of this parameter usage.
 
+* **Updated ipsec-secgw sample application.**
+
+  Added ``rte_flow`` based rules, which allows hardware parsing and steering
+  of ingress packets to specific NIC queues.
+  See the :doc:`../sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw` for more details.
+
 
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