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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 8d655fd..6173922 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -562,7 +562,11 @@ gcc 2.95.x does not work correctly on mips-linux.
You need also recent binutils, anything before and including 2.10 will not
work correctly. Either try the Linux binutils 2.10.0.33 from HJ Lu or the
-current development version from CVS of binutils.
+current development version of binutils from CVS.
+
+Please note that `make check' might fail for a number of the math tests
+because of problems of the FPU emulation in the Linux kernel (the MIPS FPU
+doesn't handle all cases and needs help from the kernel).
For details check also my page <http://www.suse.de/~aj/glibc-mips.html>.
diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in
index 666965a..bdaa127 100644
--- a/FAQ.in
+++ b/FAQ.in
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@ gcc 2.95.x does not work correctly on mips-linux.
You need also recent binutils, anything before and including 2.10 will not
work correctly. Either try the Linux binutils 2.10.0.33 from HJ Lu or the
-current development version from CVS of binutils.
+current development version of binutils from CVS.
+
+Please note that `make check' might fail for a number of the math tests
+because of problems of the FPU emulation in the Linux kernel (the MIPS FPU
+doesn't handle all cases and needs help from the kernel).
For details check also my page <http://www.suse.de/~aj/glibc-mips.html>.