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diff --git a/README b/README
index a04ee3f3e..9c80a56d8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ AUTHOR:
 
 LICENSE:
         LGPLv2.1+ for all code
-        - except sd-daemon.[ch] and sd-readahead.[ch] which are MIT
         - except src/shared/MurmurHash2.c which is Public Domain
         - except src/shared/siphash24.c which is CC0 Public Domain
         - except src/journal/lookup3.c which is Public Domain
         - except src/udev/* which is (currently still) GPLv2, GPLv2+
 
 REQUIREMENTS:
-        Linux kernel >= 3.0
+        Linux kernel >= 3.7
+        Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support
+
+        Kernel Config Options:
           CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
-          CONFIG_CGROUPS (it's OK to disable all controllers)
+          CONFIG_CGROUPS (it is OK to disable all controllers)
           CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
           CONFIG_SIGNALFD
           CONFIG_TIMERFD
@@ -47,18 +49,16 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
           CONFIG_NET
           CONFIG_SYSFS
           CONFIG_PROC_FS
-          CONFIG_FHANDLE (mount and bind mount handling)
-
-        Linux kernel >= 3.8 for Smack support
+          CONFIG_FHANDLE (libudev, mount and bind mount handling)
 
-        Udev will fail to work with the legacy layout:
+        udev will fail to work with the legacy sysfs layout:
           CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n
 
         Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev:
           CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH=""
 
-        Userspace firmware loading is deprecated, will go away, and
-        sometimes causes problems:
+        Userspace firmware loading is not supported and should
+        be disabled in the kernel:
           CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n
 
         Some udev rules and virtualization detection relies on it:
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         create additional symlinks in /dev/disk/ and /dev/tape:
           CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG
 
+        Required for PrivateNetwork in service units:
+          CONFIG_NET_NS
+
         Optional but strongly recommended:
           CONFIG_IPV6
           CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS
@@ -75,12 +78,19 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
           CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
           CONFIG_SECCOMP
 
+        Required for CPUShares in resource control unit settings
+          CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
+          CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
+
+        Required for CPUQuota in resource control unit settings
+          CONFIG_CFS_BANDWIDTH
+
         For systemd-bootchart, several proc debug interfaces are required:
           CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
           CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 
         For UEFI systems:
-          CONFIG_EFI_VARS
+          CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS
           CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
 
         Note that kernel auditing is broken when used with systemd's
@@ -89,9 +99,17 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         runtime using the kernel command line option "audit=0", or
         turn it off at kernel compile time using:
           CONFIG_AUDIT=n
+        If systemd is compiled with libseccomp support on
+        architectures which do not use socketcall() and where seccomp
+        is supported (this effectively means x86-64 and ARM, but
+        excludes 32-bit x86!), then nspawn will now install a
+        work-around seccomp filter that makes containers boot even
+        with audit being enabled. This works correctly only on kernels
+        3.14 and newer though. TL;DR: turn audit off, still.
 
         glibc >= 2.14
         libcap
+        libmount >= 2.20 (from util-linux)
         libseccomp >= 1.0.0 (optional)
         libblkid >= 2.20 (from util-linux) (optional)
         libkmod >= 15 (optional)
@@ -99,26 +117,23 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         libcryptsetup (optional)
         libaudit (optional)
         libacl (optional)
-        libattr (optional)
         libselinux (optional)
         liblzma (optional)
-        tcpwrappers (optional)
+        liblz4 >= 119 (optional)
         libgcrypt (optional)
         libqrencode (optional)
         libmicrohttpd (optional)
         libpython (optional)
+        libidn (optional)
+        gobject-introspection > 1.40.0 (optional)
+        elfutils >= 158 (optional)
         make, gcc, and similar tools
 
-        To sucessfully use --compat-libs, gcc >= 4.8 seems necessary.
-
         During runtime, you need the following additional
         dependencies:
 
-        util-linux >= v2.19 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s),
-                      v2.21 required for tests in test/
+        util-linux >= v2.25 required
         dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended)
-        sulogin (from util-linux >= 2.22 or sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended,
-                 required for tests in test/)
         dracut (optional)
         PolicyKit (optional)
 
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ USERS AND GROUPS:
         even in the very early boot stages, where no other databases
         and network are available:
 
-        tty, dialout, kmem, video, audio, lp, floppy, cdrom, tape, disk
+        audio, cdrom, dialout, disk, input, kmem, lp, tape, tty, video
 
         During runtime, the journal daemon requires the
         "systemd-journal" system group to exist. New journal files will
@@ -174,6 +189,39 @@ USERS AND GROUPS:
         exist. During execution this network facing service will drop
         privileges and assume this uid/gid for security reasons.
 
+        Similarly, the NTP daemon requires the "systemd-timesync" system
+        user and group to exist.
+
+        Similarly, the network management daemon requires the
+        "systemd-network" system user and group to exist.
+
+        Similarly, the name resolution daemon requires the
+        "systemd-resolve" system user and group to exist.
+
+        Similarly, the kdbus dbus1 proxy daemon requires the
+        "systemd-bus-proxy" system user and group to exist.
+
+NSS:
+        systemd ships with three NSS modules:
+
+        nss-myhostname resolves the local hostname to locally
+        configured IP addresses, as well as "localhost" to
+        127.0.0.1/::1.
+
+        nss-resolve enables DNS resolution via the systemd-resolved
+        DNS/LLMNR caching stub resolver "systemd-resolved".
+
+        nss-mymachines enables resolution of all local containers
+        registered with machined to their respective IP addresses.
+
+        To make use of these NSS modules, please add them to the
+        "hosts: " line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. The "resolve" module
+        should replace the glibc "dns" module in this file.
+
+        The three modules should be used in the following order:
+
+                hosts: files mymachines resolve myhostname
+
 WARNINGS:
         systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a
         symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a
@@ -190,6 +238,9 @@ WARNINGS:
         about this, since this kind of file system setup is not really
         supported anymore by the basic set of Linux OS components.
 
+        systemd requires that the /run mount point exists. systemd also
+        requires that /var/run is a a symlink to /run.
+
         For more information on this issue consult
         http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
 
@@ -197,3 +248,8 @@ WARNINGS:
         (e.g. ./configure CPPFLAGS='... -DVALGRIND=1'). Otherwise,
         false positives will be triggered by code which violates
         some rules but is actually safe.
+
+ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES:
+        ENDOCODE <https://endocode.com/> offers professional
+        engineering and consulting services for systemd. Please
+        contact Chris Kühl <chris@endocode.com> for more information.