diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index ac602119b..9ab0ac16a 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -171,15 +171,13 @@ cd build
Test the results:
make -k check
-
-
+
+ One gold test, pr17704a_test, is known to
+ fail if CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is disabled in the
+ kernel configuration of the host system.
+
Install the package:
make tooldir=/usr install
diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index 3f05319cf..b65f9f16e 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ esac
are known to fail on relatively slow systems due to an internal
timeout.
+
+
+
+ About 27 tests, for example elf/tst-pldd,
+ are known to fail if the kernel supports namespaces (see
+ namespaces(7) for details) but the host distro
+ has disabled them via sysctl.
+