diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index d5c1490..884a231 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of
   segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets.
 
-* 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 16.11 in the ``rte_mbuf`` structure: some fields
   may be reordered to facilitate the writing of ``data_off``, ``refcnt``, and
   ``nb_segs`` in one operation, because some platforms have an overhead if the
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
index 26cdd62..2d5636c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_11.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,23 @@ Resolved Issues
 EAL
 ~~~
 
+* **Improved device/driver heirarchy and generalized hotplugging**
+
+  Device and driver relationship has been restructured by introducing generic
+  classes. This paves way for having PCI, VDEV and other device types as
+  just instantiated objects rather than classes in themselves. Hotplugging too
+  has been generalized into EAL so that ethernet or crypto devices can use the
+  common infrastructure.
+
+  * removed ``pmd_type`` as way of segragation of devices
+  * added ``rte_device`` class and all PCI and VDEV devices inherit from it
+  * renamed devinit/devuninit handlers to probe/remove to make it more
+    semantically correct with respect to device<=>driver relationship
+  * moved hotplugging support to EAL
+  * helpers and support macros have been renamed to make them more synonymous
+    with their device types
+    (e.g. ``PMD_REGISTER_DRIVER`` => ``DRIVER_REGISTER_PCI``)
+
 
 Drivers
 ~~~~~~~
@@ -232,11 +249,11 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
 
 .. code-block:: diff
 
-     libethdev.so.4
+   + libethdev.so.4
      librte_acl.so.2
      librte_cfgfile.so.2
      librte_cmdline.so.2
-     librte_cryptodev.so.1
+   + librte_cryptodev.so.1
      librte_distributor.so.1
    + librte_eal.so.3
      librte_hash.so.2
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/Makefile b/lib/librte_cryptodev/Makefile
index 314a046..aebf5d9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 LIB = librte_cryptodev.a
 
 # library version
-LIBABIVER := 1
+LIBABIVER := 2
 
 # build flags
 CFLAGS += -O3
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index a15b762..122798c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lgcc_s
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_eal_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 3
+LIBABIVER := 4
 
 # specific to bsdapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) := eal.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 4e206f0..4ad7c85 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ARCH_DIR ?= $(RTE_ARCH)
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_eal_version.map
 VPATH += $(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/arch/$(ARCH_DIR)
 
-LIBABIVER := 3
+LIBABIVER := 4
 
 VPATH += $(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/Makefile b/lib/librte_ether/Makefile
index 488b7c8..bc2e5f6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_ether_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 4
+LIBABIVER := 5
 
 SRCS-y += rte_ethdev.c
 
