+* **Introduce ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures**
+
+ * It is now possible to build DPDK for the ARMv7 and ARMv8 platforms.
+ * ARMv7 can be tested with virtual PMD drivers.
+ * ARMv8 can be tested with virtual and physical PMD drivers.
+
+* **Enabled freeing of ring.**
+
+ New function rte_ring_free() allows the user to free a ring
+ if it was created with rte_ring_create().
+
+* **Added keepalive support to EAL and example application.**
+
+* **Added experimental cryptodev API**
+
+ The cryptographic processing of packet is provided as a preview
+ with two drivers for:
+
+ * Intel QuickAssist devices
+ * Intel AES-NI multi-buffer library
+
+ Due to its experimental state, the API may change without prior notice.
+
+* **Added ethdev API to support IEEE1588.**
+
+ Added functions to read, write and adjust system time in the NIC.
+
+* **Extended Statistics**
+
+ Define extended statistics naming scheme to store metadata in the name
+ string name of each statistic, refer to the Extended Statistics section
+ of the programmers guide. Implemented the extended stats API for these
+ PMDs:
+
+ * igb
+ * igbvf
+ * i40e
+ * i40evf
+ * fm10k
+ * virtio
+