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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Added vhost-user live migration support.**
 
+* **Added multicast promiscuous mode support on VF for ixgbe.**
+
+  Added multicast promiscuous mode support on ixgbe VF driver. So all the VFs
+  can receive the multicast packets.
+
+  Please note if we want to use this promiscuous mode, we need both PF and VF
+  driver to support it. The reason is this VF feature is configured on PF.
+  If use kernel PF driver + dpdk VF driver, make sure kernel PF driver support
+  VF multicast promiscuous mode. If use dpdk PF + dpdk VF, better make sure PF
+  driver is the same version as VF.
+
 * **Added support for E-tag on X550.**
 
   E-tag is defined in 802.1br. Please reference
@@ -105,19 +116,48 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
   Only x550em_x V1 was supported before. Now V2 is supported.
   A mask for V1 and V2 is defined and used to support both.
 
+* **Supported link speed auto-negotiation on X550EM_X**
+
+  Normally the auto-negotiation is supported by FW. SW need not care about
+  that. But on x550em_x, FW doesn't support auto-neg. As the ports of x550em_x
+  are 10G, if we connect the port with a peer which is 1G, the link will always
+  be down.
+  We added the support of auto-neg by SW to avoid this link down issue.
+
 * **Added sw-firmware sync on X550EM_a.**
 
   Added support for sw-firmware sync for resource sharing.
   Use the PHY token, shared between sw-fw for PHY access on X550EM_a.
 
+* **Updated the i40e base driver.**
+
+  The i40e base driver was updated with changes including the
+  following:
+
+  * Use Rx control AQ commands to read/write Rx control registers.
+  * Add new X722 device IDs, and removed X710 one was never used.
+  * Expose registers for HASH/FD input set configuring.
+
 * **Enabled PCI extended tag for i40e.**
 
   It enabled extended tag by checking and writing corresponding PCI config
   space bytes, to boost the performance. In the meanwhile, it deprecated the
   legacy way via reading/writing sysfile supported by kernel module igb_uio.
 
+* **Added i40e support for setting mac addresses.**
+
+* **Added dump of i40e registers and EEPROM.**
+
 * **Supported ether type setting of single and double VLAN for i40e**
 
+* **Added VMDQ DCB mode in i40e.**
+
+  Added support for DCB in VMDQ mode to i40e driver.
+
+* **Added i40e VEB switching support.**
+
+* **Added fm10k Rx interrupt support.**
+
 * **Increased number of next hops for LPM IPv4 to 2^24.**
 
   The next_hop field is extended from 8 bits to 24 bits for IPv4.
@@ -188,6 +228,29 @@ Drivers
   driver is loaded while the PF interface is down.
   The solution is to only set it when we get an ACK from the PF.
 
+* **ixgbe: Fixed setting flow director flag twice.**
+
+  Resolved an issue where packets were being dropped when switching to perfect
+  filters mode.
+
+* **ixgbe: Set MDIO speed after MAC reset.**
+
+  The MDIO clock speed must be reconfigured after the MAC reset. The MDIO clock
+  speed becomes invalid, therefore the driver reads invalid PHY register values.
+  The driver now set the MDIO clock speed prior to initializing PHY ops and
+  again after the MAC reset.
+
+* **i40e: Generated MAC address for each VFs.**
+
+  It generates a MAC address for each VFs during PF host initialization,
+  and keeps the VF MAC address the same among different VF launch.
+
+* **i40e: Fixed failure of reading/writing Rx control registers.**
+
+  Fixed i40e issue of failing to read/write rx control registers when
+  under stress with traffic, which might result in application launch
+  failure.
+
 * **aesni_mb: Fixed wrong return value when creating a device.**
 
   cryptodev_aesni_mb_init() was returning the device id of the device created,
@@ -213,6 +276,12 @@ Libraries
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~
 
+* **l3fwd-power: Fixed memory leak for non-IP packet.**
+
+  Fixed issue in l3fwd-power where, on receiving packets of types
+  other than IPv4 or IPv6, the mbuf was not released, and caused
+  a memory leak.
+
 * **examples/vhost: Fixed frequent mbuf allocation failure.**
 
   vhost-switch often fails to allocate mbuf when dequeue from vring because it