--- /dev/null
+DPDK Release 16.04
+==================
+
+
+**Read this first**
+
+The text below explains how to update the release notes.
+
+Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
+
+Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: ``LIKE_THIS``.
+
+Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
+
+ make doc-guides-html
+
+ firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.html
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
+
+* **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description
+ should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to understand
+ the new feature.
+
+ If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like this.
+
+ * Added feature foo to do something.
+ * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
+
+ Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
+
+* **Virtio 1.0.**
+
+ Enabled virtio 1.0 support for virtio pmd driver.
+
+
+Resolved Issues
+---------------
+
+This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
+
+* **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
+ The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
+ Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
+
+
+EAL
+~~~
+
+
+Drivers
+~~~~~~~
+
+
+Libraries
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Other
+~~~~~
+
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format:
+
+* **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
+
+ Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue in the present
+ tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
+
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+
+This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
+
+* Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width
+ quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
+
+
+ABI Changes
+-----------
+
+* Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change that was announced in
+ the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for
+ ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
+
+
+Shared Library Versions
+-----------------------
+
+Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+`` sign.
+
+The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
+
+.. code-block:: diff
+
+ libethdev.so.2
+ librte_acl.so.2
+ librte_cfgfile.so.2
+ librte_cmdline.so.1
+ librte_distributor.so.1
+ librte_eal.so.2
+ librte_hash.so.2
+ librte_ip_frag.so.1
+ librte_ivshmem.so.1
+ librte_jobstats.so.1
+ librte_kni.so.2
+ librte_kvargs.so.1
+ librte_lpm.so.2
+ librte_mbuf.so.2
+ librte_mempool.so.1
+ librte_meter.so.1
+ librte_pipeline.so.2
+ librte_pmd_bond.so.1
+ librte_pmd_ring.so.2
+ librte_port.so.2
+ librte_power.so.1
+ librte_reorder.so.1
+ librte_ring.so.1
+ librte_sched.so.1
+ librte_table.so.2
+ librte_timer.so.1
+ librte_vhost.so.2
+++ /dev/null
-DPDK Release 2.3
-================
-
-
-**Read this first**
-
-The text below explains how to update the release notes.
-
-Use proper spelling, capitalization and punctuation in all sections.
-
-Variable and config names should be quoted as fixed width text: ``LIKE_THIS``.
-
-Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
-
- make doc-guides-html
-
- firefox build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.html
-
-
-New Features
-------------
-
-This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
-
-* **Add a title in the past tense with a full stop.**
-
- Add a short 1-2 sentence description in the past tense. The description
- should be enough to allow someone scanning the release notes to understand
- the new feature.
-
- If the feature adds a lot of sub-features you can use a bullet list like this.
-
- * Added feature foo to do something.
- * Enhanced feature bar to do something else.
-
- Refer to the previous release notes for examples.
-
-* **Virtio 1.0.**
-
- Enabled virtio 1.0 support for virtio pmd driver.
-
-
-Resolved Issues
----------------
-
-This section should contain bug fixes added to the relevant sections. Sample format:
-
-* **code/section Fixed issue in the past tense with a full stop.**
-
- Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the resolved issue in the past tense.
- The title should contain the code/lib section like a commit message.
- Add the entries in alphabetic order in the relevant sections below.
-
-
-EAL
-~~~
-
-
-Drivers
-~~~~~~~
-
-
-Libraries
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-Examples
-~~~~~~~~
-
-
-Other
-~~~~~
-
-
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-This section should contain new known issues in this release. Sample format:
-
-* **Add title in present tense with full stop.**
-
- Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the known issue in the present
- tense. Add information on any known workarounds.
-
-
-API Changes
------------
-
-This section should contain API changes. Sample format:
-
-* Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the API change. Use fixed width
- quotes for ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
-
-
-ABI Changes
------------
-
-* Add a short 1-2 sentence description of the ABI change that was announced in
- the previous releases and made in this release. Use fixed width quotes for
- ``rte_function_names`` or ``rte_struct_names``. Use the past tense.
-
-
-Shared Library Versions
------------------------
-
-Update any library version updated in this release and prepend with a ``+`` sign.
-
-The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
-
-.. code-block:: diff
-
- libethdev.so.2
- librte_acl.so.2
- librte_cfgfile.so.2
- librte_cmdline.so.1
- librte_distributor.so.1
- librte_eal.so.2
- librte_hash.so.2
- librte_ip_frag.so.1
- librte_ivshmem.so.1
- librte_jobstats.so.1
- librte_kni.so.2
- librte_kvargs.so.1
- librte_lpm.so.2
- librte_mbuf.so.2
- librte_mempool.so.1
- librte_meter.so.1
- librte_pipeline.so.2
- librte_pmd_bond.so.1
- librte_pmd_ring.so.2
- librte_port.so.2
- librte_power.so.1
- librte_reorder.so.1
- librte_ring.so.1
- librte_sched.so.1
- librte_table.so.2
- librte_timer.so.1
- librte_vhost.so.2