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diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
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--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -55,12 +55,31 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =======================================================
 
+* **Added write combining store APIs.**
+
+  Added ``rte_write32_wc`` and ``rte_write32_wc_relaxed`` APIs
+  that enable write combining stores (depending on architecture).
+  The functions are provided as a generic stubs and
+  x86 specific implementation.
+
+* **Updated CRC modules of the net library.**
+
+  * Added runtime selection of the optimal architecture-specific CRC path.
+  * Added optimized implementations of CRC32-Ethernet and CRC16-CCITT
+    using the AVX512 and VPCLMULQDQ instruction sets.
+
+* **Added the FEC API, for a generic FEC query and config.**
+
+  Added the FEC API which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
+  current FEC mode from device. Also, API for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
+
 * **Updated Broadcom bnxt driver.**
 
   Updated the Broadcom bnxt driver with new features and improvements, including:
 
   * Added support for 200G PAM4 link speed.
   * Added support for RSS hash level selection.
+  * Updated HWRM structures to 1.10.1.70 version.
 
 * **Updated Cisco enic driver.**
 
@@ -69,6 +88,11 @@ New Features
   * Added support for non-zero priorities for group 0 flows
   * Added support for VXLAN decap combined with VLAN pop
 
+* **Added hns3 FEC PMD, for supporting query and config FEC mode.**
+
+  Added the FEC PMD which provides functions for query FEC capabilities and
+  current FEC mode from device. Also, PMD for configuring FEC mode is also provided.
+
 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
 
   Updated the Solarflare ``sfc_efx`` driver with changes including:
@@ -81,6 +105,22 @@ New Features
   * Changed default link speed to unknown.
   * Added support for 200G link speed.
 
+* **Updated Intel i40e driver.**
+
+  Updated the Intel i40e driver to use write combining stores.
+
+* **Updated Intel ixgbe driver.**
+
+  Updated the Intel ixgbe driver to use write combining stores.
+
+* **Updated Intel ice driver.**
+
+  Updated the Intel ice driver to use write combining stores.
+
+* **Updated Intel qat driver.**
+
+  Updated the Intel qat driver to use write combining stores.
+
 * **Added Ice Lake (Gen4) support for Intel NTB.**
 
   Added NTB device support (4th generation) for Intel Ice Lake platform.
@@ -106,6 +146,12 @@ New Features
     ``--portmask=N``
     where N represents the hexadecimal bitmask of ports used.
 
+* **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 regex PMD.**
+
+  Added a new PMD driver for hardware regex offload block for OCTEON TX2 SoC.
+
+  See the :doc:`../regexdevs/octeontx2` for more details.
+
 * **Updated ioat rawdev driver**
 
   The ioat rawdev driver has been updated and enhanced. Changes include:
@@ -137,6 +183,11 @@ New Features
   * Extern objects and functions can be plugged into the pipeline.
   * Transaction-oriented table updates.
 
+* **Add new AVX512 specific classify algorithms for ACL library.**
+
+  * Added new ``RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX512X16`` vector implementation,
+    which can process up to 16 flows in parallel. Requires AVX512 support.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
@@ -226,6 +277,11 @@ API Changes
   * ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process()`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_callback_process()``
   * ``_rte_eth_dev_reset`` -> ``rte_eth_dev_internal_reset()``
 
+* ethdev: Modified field type of ``base`` and ``nb_queue`` in struct
+  ``rte_eth_dcb_tc_queue_mapping`` from ``uint8_t`` to ``uint16_t``.
+  As the data of ``uint8_t`` will be truncated when queue number under
+  a TC is greater than 256.
+
 * vhost: Moved vDPA APIs from experimental to stable.
 
 * rawdev: Added a structure size parameter to the functions
@@ -253,6 +309,10 @@ API Changes
 
 * bpf: ``RTE_BPF_XTYPE_NUM`` has been dropped from ``rte_bpf_xtype``.
 
+* acl: ``RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_NUM`` enum value has been removed.
+  This enum value was not used inside DPDK, while it prevented to add new
+  classify algorithms without causing an ABI breakage.
+
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------