+* **Updated the ixgbe base driver.**
+
+ Updated the ixgbe base driver, including the following changes:
+
+ * Add link block check for KR.
+ * Complete HW initialization even if SFP is not present.
+ * Add VF xcast promiscuous mode.
+
+* **Added powerpc support for i40e and its vector PMD .**
+
+ i40e PMD and its vector PMD enabled by default in powerpc.
+
+* **Added TSO support for tunneled and non-tunneled packets on mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Added support for Hardware TSO for tunneled and non-tunneled packets.
+ Tunneling protocols supported are GRE and VXLAN.
+
+* **Added support for Rx interrupts on mlx5 driver.**
+
+ Rx queues can be armed with an interrupt which will trigger on the
+ next packet arrival.
+
+* **Updated the sfc_efx driver.**
+
+ * Generic flow API support for Ethernet, VLAN, IPv4, IPv6, UDP and TCP
+ pattern items with QUEUE action for ingress traffic.
+
+* **Added vmxnet3 version 3 support.**
+
+ Added support for vmxnet3 version 3 which includes several
+ performance enhancements viz. configurable TX data ring, Receive
+ Data Ring, ability to register memory regions.
+