doc: add DPAA2 net PMD enhancements to release notes

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_17_08.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
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@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ New Features
 
   Added support for firmwares with multiple Ethernet ports per physical port.
 
+* **Updated dpaa2 PMD.**
+
+  Major enhancements include:
+  * Support MAC Filter configuration
+  * Support Segmented Buffers
+  * Support VLAN filter and strip functionality.
+  * Other enhancements to add support for more dev_ops.
+  * Optimized the packet receive path
+
 * **Reorganized the symmetric crypto operation structure.**
 
   The crypto operation (``rte_crypto_sym_op``) has been reorganized as follows:
@@ -169,6 +178,11 @@ New Features
   Added a multicore based distribution mode, which distributes the enqueued
   crypto operations among several slaves, running on different logical cores.
 
+* **Added NXP DPAA2 Eventdev PMD.**
+
+  Added the new dpaa2 eventdev driver for NXP DPAA2 devices. See the
+  "Event Device Drivers" document for more details on this new driver.
+
 * **Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application.**
 
   The dpdk-test-eventdev tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application