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+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,17 +8,33 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
-* The EAL function pci_config_space_set is deprecated in release 16.04
-  and will be removed from 16.07.
-  Macros CONFIG_RTE_PCI_CONFIG, CONFIG_RTE_PCI_EXTENDED_TAG and
-  CONFIG_RTE_PCI_MAX_READ_REQUEST_SIZE will be removed.
-  The /sys entries extended_tag and max_read_request_size created by igb_uio
-  will be removed.
+* The log history is deprecated.
+  It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11.
 
-* The following fields have been deprecated in rte_eth_stats:
-  ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss,
-  tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff
+* The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
+  mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
+  available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
+  so that it only cares about hotplugging.
+
+* Structures embodying pci and vdev devices are going to be reworked to
+  integrate new common rte_device / rte_driver objects (see
+  http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-January/031390.html).
+  ethdev and crypto libraries will then only handle those objects so that they
+  do not need to care about the kind of devices that are being used, making it
+  easier to add new buses later.
 
 * ABI changes are planned for adding four new flow types. This impacts
   RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX. The release 2.2 does not contain these ABI changes,
   but release 2.3 will. [postponed]
+
+* ABI will change for rte_mempool struct to move the cache-related fields
+  to the more appropriate rte_mempool_cache struct. The mempool API is
+  also changed to enable external cache management that is not tied to EAL
+  threads. Some mempool get and put calls are removed in favor of a more
+  compact API. The ones that remain are backwards compatible and use the
+  per-lcore default cache if available. This change targets release 16.07.
+
+* The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated and
+  are respectively replaced by PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED and
+  PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, that are better described. The old flags and
+  their behavior will be kept in 16.07 and will be removed in 16.11.