Documentation: Add note about dpdkvhostuser and IOMMU.

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-v2.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+v2.9.1 - xx xxx xxxx
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+v2.9.0 - 19 Feb 2018
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    - NSH implementation now conforms to latest draft (draft-ietf-sfc-nsh-28).
      * Add ttl field.
      * Add a new action dec_nsh_ttl.
+     * Enable NSH support in kernel datapath.
    - OVSDB:
      * New high-level documentation in ovsdb(7).
      * New file format documentation for developers in ovsdb(5).
@@ -25,13 +30,18 @@ v2.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
          action 'nd_ns' to resolve unknown next hop MAC addresses for the
          IPv6 packets.
      * ovn-ctl: New commands run_nb_ovsdb and run_sb_ovsdb.
-   - Linux kernel 4.13
-     * Add support for compiling OVS with the latest Linux 4.13 kernel
+   - OpenFlow:
+     * ct_clear action is now backed by kernel datapath. Support is probed for
+       when OVS starts.
+   - Linux kernel 4.15
+     * Add support for compiling OVS with the latest Linux 4.15 kernel
    - ovs-dpctl and related ovs-appctl commands:
      * "flush-conntrack" now accept a 5-tuple to delete a specific
        connection tracking entry.
      * New "ct-set-maxconns", "ct-get-maxconns", and "ct-get-nconns" commands
        for userspace datapath.
+   - No longer send packets to the Linux TAP device if it's DOWN unless it is
+     in another networking namespace.
    - DPDK:
      * Add support for DPDK v17.11
      * Add support for vHost IOMMU
@@ -42,11 +52,18 @@ v2.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
           "management" statistics.
         - ovs-ofctl dump-ports command now prints new of set custom statistics
           if available (for OpenFlow 1.4+).
+     * New appctl command 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-rebalance' to rebalance rxq to
+       pmd assignments.
+     * Add rxq utilization of pmd to appctl 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show'.
+     * Add support for vHost dequeue zero copy (experimental)
+   - Userspace datapath:
+     * Output packet batching support.
    - vswitchd:
      * Datapath IDs may now be specified as 0x1 (etc.) instead of 16 digits.
      * Configuring a controller, or unconfiguring all controllers, now deletes
        all groups and meters (as well as all flows).
    - New --enable-sparse configure option enables "sparse" checking by default.
+   - Added additional information to vhost-user status.
 
 v2.8.0 - 31 Aug 2017
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@@ -103,6 +120,7 @@ v2.8.0 - 31 Aug 2017
        gateway.
      * Add support for ACL logging.
      * ovn-northd now has native support for active-standby high availability.
+     * Add support for QoS bandwidth limt with DPDK.
    - Tracing with ofproto/trace now traces through recirculation.
    - OVSDB:
      * New support for role-based access control (see ovsdb-server(1)).