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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
index 2bd2b26535..cf0b7cb3f9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_08.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Added Service Core functionality.**
+
+  The service core functionality added to EAL allows DPDK to run services such
+  as SW PMDs on lcores without the application manually running them. The
+  service core infrastructure allows flexibility of running multiple services
+  on the same service lcore, and provides the application with powerful APIs to
+  configure the mapping from service lcores to services.
+
+* **Added Generic Receive Offload API.**
+
+  Generic Receive Offload (GRO) API supports to reassemble TCP/IPv4
+  packets. GRO API assumes all inputted packets are with correct
+  checksums. GRO API doesn't update checksums for merged packets. If
+  inputted packets are IP fragmented, GRO API assumes they are complete
+  packets (i.e. with L4 headers).
+
 * **Added support for generic flow API (rte_flow) on igb NIC.**
 
   This API provides a generic means to configure hardware to match specific
@@ -114,6 +130,10 @@ New Features
   been reorganized as follows:
 
   * ``dev_id`` field has been removed.
+  * ``driver_id`` field has been removed.
+  * Mempool pointer ``mp`` has been removed.
+  * Replaced ``private`` marker with array of pointers to private data sessions
+    ``sess_private_data``.
 
 * **Updated cryptodev library.**
 
@@ -121,6 +141,10 @@ New Features
     necessary to use a combination of cipher and authentication
     structures anymore.
   * Added helper functions for crypto device driver identification.
+  * Added support for multi-device sessions, so a single session can be
+    used in multiple drivers.
+  * Added functions to initialize and free individual driver private data
+    with a same session.
 
 * **Updated dpaa2_sec crypto PMD.**
 
@@ -145,6 +169,14 @@ New Features
   Added a multicore based distribution mode, which distributes the enqueued
   crypto operations among several slaves, running on different logical cores.
 
+* **Added dpdk-test-eventdev test application.**
+
+  The dpdk-test-eventdev tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application
+  that allows exercising various eventdev use cases.
+  This application has a generic framework to add new eventdev based test cases
+  to verify functionality and measure the performance parameters of DPDK
+  eventdev devices.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
@@ -214,6 +246,32 @@ API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =========================================================
 
+* **Moved bypass functions from the rte_ethdev library to ixgbe PMD**
+
+  * The following rte_ethdev library functions were removed:
+
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_show``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_event_store``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_init``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_set``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_state_show``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_ver_show``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_reset``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_bypass_wd_timeout_show``
+    * ``rte_eth_dev_wd_timeout_store``
+
+  * The following ixgbe PMD functions were added:
+
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_show``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_event_store``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_init``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_set``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_state_show``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_ver_show``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_reset``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_show``
+    * ``rte_pmd_ixgbe_bypass_wd_timeout_store``
+
 * **Reworked rte_cryptodev library.**
 
   The rte_cryptodev library has been reworked and updated. The following changes
@@ -229,6 +287,12 @@ API Changes
   * ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session()`` and
     ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_dettach_sym_session()`` functions require
     the new parameter ``device id``.
+  * Modified parameters of ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create()``, to accept
+    ``mempool``, instead of ``device id`` and ``rte_crypto_sym_xform``.
+  * Remove ``device id`` parameter from ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free()``.
+  * Added new field ``session_pool`` to ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup()``.
+  * Removed ``aad_size`` parameter from ``rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_auth()``.
+  * Added ``iv_size`` parameter to ``rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_auth()``.
 
 
 ABI Changes
@@ -257,6 +321,7 @@ ABI Changes
 * **Reorganized the ``rte_crypto_sym_cipher_xform`` structure.**
 
   * Added cipher IV length and offset parameters.
+  * Changed field size of key length from size_t to uint16_t.
 
 * **Reorganized the ``rte_crypto_sym_auth_xform`` structure.**
 
@@ -264,6 +329,7 @@ ABI Changes
   * Changed field size of AAD length from uint32_t to uint16_t.
   * Changed field size of digest length from uint32_t to uint16_t.
   * Removed AAD length.
+  * Changed field size of key length from size_t to uint16_t.
 
 * Replaced ``dev_type`` enumeration with uint8_t ``driver_id`` in
   ``rte_cryptodev_info`` and  ``rte_cryptodev`` structures.
@@ -297,6 +363,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_distributor.so.1
      librte_eal.so.4
      librte_ethdev.so.6
+   + librte_gro.so.1
      librte_hash.so.2
      librte_ip_frag.so.1
      librte_jobstats.so.1