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diff --git a/README b/README
index 94a397936..508566b50 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ To use:
 
 - You must be running a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel.
 
+- Your 2.6 kernel must have had CONFIG_HOTPLUG enabled when it was built.
+
 - Make sure sysfs is mounted.  udev will figure out where sysfs is mounted, but
   the traditional place for it is at /sys.  You can mount it by hand by running:
   	mount -t sysfs none /sys
@@ -28,23 +30,32 @@ To use:
   Note:
       There are a number of different flags that you can use when building
       udev.  They are as follows:
-	prefix - set this to the default root that you want udev to be
+	prefix
+		set this to the default root that you want udev to be
 		installed into.  This works just like the 'configure --prefix'
 		script does.  Default value is ''.  Only override this if you
 		really know what you are doing.
-	KLIBC - if set to 'true', udev is built and linked against the included
-		version of klibc.  Default value is 'false'.
-	DEBUG - if set to 'true', debugging messages will be sent to the syslog
+	USE_KLIBC
+		if set to 'true', udev is built and linked against the
+		included version of klibc.  Default value is 'false'.
+	USE_LOG
+		if set to 'true', udev will emit messages to the syslog when
+		it creates or removes device nodes.  This is helpful to see
+		what udev is doing.  This is enabled by default.  Note, if you
+		are building udev against klibc it is recommended that you
+		disable this option (due to klibc's syslog implementation.)
+	DEBUG
+		if set to 'true', debugging messages will be sent to the syslog
 		as udev is run.  Default value is 'false'.
-	DBUS -  if set to 'true', DBUS messages will be sent everytime udev
-		creates or removes a device node.  This requires that DBUS
-		development headers and libraries be present on your system to
-		build properly.  Default value is 'false'.
+	KERNEL_DIR
+		If this is not set it will default to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
+		This is used if USE_KLIBC=true to find the kernel include
+		directory that klibc needs to build against.  This must be set
+		if you are not building udev while running a 2.6 kernel.
 
       So, if you want to build udev using klibc with debugging messages, you
       would do:
-	make KLIBC=true DEBUG=true
-
+	make USE_KLIBC=true DEBUG=true
 
 - Install the project:
 	make install
@@ -62,21 +73,18 @@ To use:
 	make uninstall
 
 
-Things are still quite rough, and it's a bit beyond proof of concept
-code.  Help is very much appreciated, see the TODO file for a list of
-things left to be done.
+Things are still quite rough, but it should work properly.  If nothing
+seems to happen, make sure your build worked properly by running the
+udev-test.pl script as root in the test/ subdirectory of the udev source
+tree.
+
+Development and documentation help is very much appreciated, see the TODO
+file for a list of things left to be done.
 
-If you want to build using klibc, use the Makefile.klibc file:
-	- read the klibc/klibc/README file for how to set up the linux
-	  symlink properly.
-	- make clean
-	- make -f Makefile.klibc
-and marvel at the tiny binary you just created :)
 
-Any comment/questions/concerns please let me know.
+Any comment/questions/concerns please let me and the other udev developers
+know by sending a message to the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list at:
+	linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
 
 greg k-h
 greg@kroah.com
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