diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e8c3d10be..38ccb701c 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -214,3 +214,6 @@
 - Rudi Sun Jan 27 18:12:42 MET 2008
   - em1010PC: sending a "67" after a reset skips the manual interaction:
     automatic reset is now possible. 
+
+- Peter S. Sat Feb 16 22:22:21 MET 2008
+  - linux.html: Note on kernel 2.6.24.2 (includes our changes)
diff --git a/docs/linux.html b/docs/linux.html
index 7826ee1c4..354a0b8e1 100644
--- a/docs/linux.html
+++ b/docs/linux.html
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 <table border=1><tr><td>
 Note: Depending on the GNU/Linux distribution (Debian, openSuSE, etc.) and version of the Linux kernel you may or <i>may not</i> have to do the following steps.<br>
 It is worth giving it a try without any modifications <b>first</b>.<br>
-We are trying to convince the kernel developers to enable all ELV devices by default. If that is done, the following steps are unnecessary. We will update this page then accordingly.
+We have convinced the kernel developers to enable all (currently known) ELV devices by default. Starting with kernel 2.6.24.2 the changes below are not required. You can check your running kernel version using the command:
+<code><br>uname -r<br></code>
 </td></tr></table>
 <hr>
 <p><b><a name="onedevice">One device</a></b><br>