diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
index 1225352a5..0d765085b 100644
--- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
@@ -276,24 +276,34 @@ EOF
 
 bash version-check.sh</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
-      Building multilib support requires the kernel of the host system
-      to have 32-bit emulation support included.
+    <para arch="ml_32,ml_all">
+      Building the m32 multilib support requires the kernel of the host
+      system to have the 32-bit emulation support included:
     </para>
-<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">Binary Emulations  ---&gt;
-    [*] IA32 Emulation
-    &lt;M&gt;   IA32 a.out support
-    [*] x32 ABI for 64-bit mode
-</screen>
 
-    <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">The option 'IA32 a.out support' is
-      optional. In case your kernel does not have 'x32 ABI for 64-bit mode'
-      enabled but only 'IA32 Emulation', you can continue to build your
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      href="../chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.xml"/>
+
+    <para arch="ml_x32,ml_all">
+      Building the mx32 multilib support requires the kernel of the host
+      system to have the x32 ABI support included:
+    </para>
+
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      href="../chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.xml"/>
+
+    <para arch="ml_all">
+      In case your kernel does not have the x32 ABI support enabled but
+      only the 32-bit emulation support, you can continue to build your
       system but you have to leave out any sections showing instructions
-      for building x32 objects. If neither 'IA32 Emulation' nor 
-      'x32 ABI for 64-bit mode' is enabled, you will run in errors 
-      latest when building <application>glibc</application> in Chapter 6,
-      so an upgrade of your host system kernel is required.
+      for building x32 objects, vice versa.
+    </para>
+
+    <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
+      If the kernel feature required by a multilib is not enabled,
+      building the multilib for a package in Chapter 8 may either fail
+      immediately, or cause hidden breakages because autoconf cannot
+      probe the system features properly.
     </para>
     
   </sect2>
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/kernel-config.py b/chapter10/kernel/kernel-config.py
index 814484b84..6ba7fb573 100755
--- a/chapter10/kernel/kernel-config.py
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/kernel-config.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ if_stack = []
 expand_var_mp = { 'SRCARCH': 'x86' }
 main_dep = {}
 
+attr_key = ['revision', 'arch']
+
 def expand_var(s):
     for k in expand_var_mp:
         s = s.replace('$(' + k + ')', expand_var_mp[k])
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ for _, val, _, _, _, _, menu, _ in r:
 max_line = 80
 buf = []
 
-done = [x[5] for x in r] + ['revision']
+done = [x[5] for x in r] + attr_key
 for i in known_config:
     if i not in done:
         raise Exception("%s seems not exist" % i)
@@ -298,8 +300,11 @@ t = Template('''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
 <!-- Automatically generated by kernel-config.py
      DO NOT EDIT! -->
-<screen role="nodump"{{ rev }}>{{ '\n'.join(buf) }}</screen>''')
+<screen role="nodump"{{ attr }}>{{ '\n'.join(buf) }}</screen>''')
 
-rev = known_config.get('revision')
-rev = ' revision="%s"' % rev if rev else ''
-print(t.render(rev = rev, buf = buf))
+attr = ''
+for k in attr_key:
+    v = known_config.get(k)
+    if v:
+        attr += ' %s="%s"' % (k, v)
+print(t.render(attr = attr, buf = buf))
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/kernel.version b/chapter10/kernel/kernel.version
index 22cb9e553..8421878a1 100644
--- a/chapter10/kernel/kernel.version
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/kernel.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.10.2
+6.10.7
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.toml b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba6ec9cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+IA32_EMULATION='*'
+IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED=' '
+arch='ml_32,ml_all'
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.xml b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e884833db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-32.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE note PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- Automatically generated by kernel-config.py
+     DO NOT EDIT! -->
+<screen role="nodump" arch="ml_32,ml_all"><emphasis role='blue'>B</emphasis>inary Emulations ---&gt;
+  [*] <emphasis role='blue'>I</emphasis>A32 Emulation                                            [IA32_EMULATION]
+  [ ]   <emphasis role='blue'>I</emphasis>A32 emulation disabled by default     [IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED]</screen>
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.toml b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08f8b6640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+X86_X32_ABI='*'
+arch='ml_x32,ml_all'
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.xml b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b082af6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter10/kernel/multilib-x32.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE note PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- Automatically generated by kernel-config.py
+     DO NOT EDIT! -->
+<screen role="nodump" arch="ml_x32,ml_all"><emphasis role='blue'>B</emphasis>inary Emulations ---&gt;
+  [*] <emphasis role='blue'>x</emphasis>32 ABI for 64-bit mode                                      [X86_X32_ABI]</screen>