diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 3c06f8cc7..dd803c020 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>July  9th, 2005 [archaic]: Rewrote kernel notes.
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>July  9th, 2005 [matt]: Added information regarding security
 mailing lists and freshmeat to chapter09/whatnow.xml.  Fixes bug 1583.  Thanks
 to Steve Crosby for the report and the suggested text.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 20075c0e8..ca0cbdf0b 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -64,15 +64,6 @@ longindex.html#kernel-config-index</phrase></ulink>:</para>
 situations. See the <filename>README</filename> file for more
 information.</para>
 
-<note><para>When configuring the kernel, be sure to enable the <quote>Support
-for hot-pluggable devices</quote> option under the <quote>General Setup</quote>
-menu. This enables hotplug events that are used by <command>udev</command> to
-populate the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory with device
-nodes. Likewise, enable the <quote>Virtual memory file system support</quote>
-option under the <quote>File systems</quote>/<quote>Pseudo filesystems</quote>
-menu. This enables the virtual filesystem that the <filename
-class="directory">/dev</filename> directory will be mounted on.</para></note>
-
 <para>If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel
 config file, <filename>.config</filename>, from the host system
 (assuming it is available) to the unpacked <filename
@@ -81,10 +72,12 @@ we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
 configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
 scratch.</para>
 
-<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC 3.x, in
-this case &gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in
-the glibc test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel
-with gcc 2.95.x.</para></note>
+<note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC-3.x, in this case
+&gcc-version;. It is not recommended to compile the kernel with GCC-2.95.x, as
+this causes failures in the Glibc test suite. Normally, this wouldn't be
+mentioned as LFS doesn't build GCC-2.95.x. Unfortunately, the kernel
+documentation is outdated and still claims GCC-2.95.3 is the recommended
+compiler.</para></note>
 
 <para>Compile the kernel image and modules:</para>