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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ Deprecation Notices
   - ``rte_eal_devargs_type_count``
   - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
 
-* eal: the support of Xen dom0 will be removed from EAL in 17.11; and with
-  that, drivers/net/xenvirt and examples/vhost_xen will also be removed.
+* eal: An ABI change is planned for 17.11 to make DPDK aware of IOVA address
+  translation scheme.
+  Reference to phys address in EAL data-structure or functions may change to
+  IOVA address or more appropriate name.
+  The change will be only for the name.
+  Functional aspects of the API or data-structure will remain same.
 
 * The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
   are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
@@ -52,13 +56,39 @@ Deprecation Notices
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
 
-* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
-  that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
-  The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
-  (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
-  and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.
+* ethdev: The device flag advertizing hotplug capability
+  ``RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE`` is not needed anymore and will be removed in
+  v17.11.
+  This capability is verified upon calling the relevant hotplug functions in EAL
+  by checking that the ``unplug`` ops is set in the bus. This verification is
+  done by the EAL and not by the ``ethdev`` layer anymore. Users relying on this
+  flag being present only have to remove their checks to follow the change.
+
+* ethdev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+  ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_eth_dev_info`` and
+  ``rte_eth_dev`` respectively  to support security operations like
+  ipsec inline.
+
+* cryptodev: new parameters - ``rte_security_capabilities`` and
+  ``rte_security_ops`` will be added to ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and
+  ``rte_cryptodev`` respectively to support security protocol offloaded
+  operations.
 
 * cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
   be removed in 17.11:
 
   - ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
+
+* cryptodev: the following function will be static in 17.11 and included
+  by all crypto drivers, therefore, will not be public:
+
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_vdev_pmd_init``
+
+* librte_meter: The API will change to accommodate configuration profiles.
+  Most of the API functions will have an additional opaque parameter.
+
+* librte_table: The ``key_mask`` parameter will be added to all the hash tables
+  that currently do not have it, as well as to the hash compute function prototype.
+  The non-"do-sig" versions of the hash tables will be removed
+  (including the ``signature_offset`` parameter)
+  and the "do-sig" versions renamed accordingly.