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@@ -15,24 +15,6 @@ and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
 Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the
 'net).
 
-The latest revision of this document, in various formats, can always
-be found at <http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/kaboom/linux/Changes-2.4/>.
-
-Feel free to translate this document.  If you do so, please send me a
-URL to your translation for inclusion in future revisions of this
-document.
-
-Smotrite file <http://oblom.rnc.ru/linux/kernel/Changes.ru>, yavlyaushisya
-russkim perevodom dannogo documenta.
-
-Visite <http://www2.adi.uam.es/~ender/tecnico/> para obtener la traducción
-al español de este documento en varios formatos.
-
-Eine deutsche Version dieser Datei finden Sie unter
-<http://www.stefan-winter.de/Changes-2.4.0.txt>.
-
-Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu).
-
 Current Minimal Requirements
 ============================
 
@@ -199,8 +181,8 @@ Intel IA32 microcode
 --------------------
 
 A driver has been added to allow updating of Intel IA32 microcode,
-accessible as both a devfs regular file and as a normal (misc)
-character device.  If you are not using devfs you may need to:
+accessible as a normal (misc) character device.  If you are not using
+udev you may need to:
 
 mkdir /dev/cpu
 mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
@@ -219,7 +201,9 @@ with programs using shared memory.
 udev
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
-only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces devfs.
+only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+devices.
 
 FUSE
 ----
@@ -249,18 +233,13 @@ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and to
 enable it to operate over diverse media layers.  If you use PPP,
 upgrade pppd to at least 2.4.0.
 
-If you are not using devfs, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
+If you are not using udev, you must have the device file /dev/ppp
 which can be made by:
 
 mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
 
 as root.
 
-If you use devfsd and build ppp support as modules, you will need
-the following in your /etc/devfsd.conf file:
-
-LOOKUP PPP     MODLOAD
-
 Isdn4k-utils
 ------------