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diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index 959709e568..eb8442c622 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -43,14 +43,21 @@ BIOS Setting Prerequisite on x86
 
 For the majority of platforms, no special BIOS settings are needed to use basic DPDK functionality.
 However, for additional HPET timer and power management functionality,
-and high performance of small packets on 40G NIC, BIOS setting changes may be needed.
+and high performance of small packets, BIOS setting changes may be needed.
 Consult the section on :ref:`Enabling Additional Functionality <Enabling_Additional_Functionality>`
 for more information on the required changes.
 
+.. note::
+
+   If UEFI secure boot is enabled, the Linux kernel may disallow the use of
+   UIO on the system. Therefore, devices for use by DPDK should be bound to the
+   ``vfio-pci`` kernel module rather than ``igb_uio`` or ``uio_pci_generic``.
+   For more details see :ref:`linux_gsg_binding_kernel`.
+
 Compilation of the DPDK
 -----------------------
 
-**Required Tools:**
+**Required Tools and Libraries:**
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -61,8 +68,8 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
 *   coreutils: ``cmp``, ``sed``, ``grep``, ``arch``, etc.
 
-*   gcc: versions 4.5.x or later is recommended for ``i686/x86_64``. Versions 4.8.x or later is recommended
-    for ``ppc_64`` and ``x86_x32`` ABI. On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
+*   gcc: versions 4.9 or later is recommended for all platforms.
+    On some distributions, some specific compiler flags and linker flags are enabled by
     default and affect performance (``-fstack-protector``, for example). Please refer to the documentation
     of your distribution and to ``gcc -dumpspecs``.
 
@@ -79,14 +86,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 
     * glibc.ppc64, libgcc.ppc64, libstdc++.ppc64 and glibc-devel.ppc64 for IBM ppc_64;
 
-.. note::
+    .. note::
 
-    x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
-    higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported  compiler is gcc 4.8+.
+       x86_x32 ABI is currently supported with distribution packages only on Ubuntu
+       higher than 13.10 or recent Debian distribution. The only supported  compiler is gcc 4.9+.
 
-.. note::
+*   libnuma-devel - library for handling NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access).
 
-    Python, version 2.6 or 2.7, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
+*   Python, version 2.7+ or 3.2+, to use various helper scripts included in the DPDK package.
 
 
 **Optional Tools:**
@@ -101,6 +108,9 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
 *   libpcap headers and libraries (libpcap-devel) to compile and use the libpcap-based poll-mode driver.
     This driver is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y`` in the build time config file.
 
+*   libarchive headers and library are needed for some unit tests using tar to get their resources.
+
+
 Running DPDK Applications
 -------------------------
 
@@ -128,8 +138,6 @@ System Software
 
     For other kernel builds, options which should be enabled for DPDK include:
 
-    *   UIO support
-
     *   HUGETLBFS
 
     *   PROC_PAGE_MONITOR  support
@@ -199,6 +207,12 @@ On a NUMA machine, pages should be allocated explicitly on separate nodes::
 
     For 1G pages, it is not possible to reserve the hugepage memory after the system has booted.
 
+    On IBM POWER system, the nr_overcommit_hugepages should be set to the same value as nr_hugepages.
+    For example, if the required page number is 128, the following commands are used::
+
+        echo 128 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-16384kB/nr_hugepages
+        echo 128 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-16384kB/nr_overcommit_hugepages
+
 Using Hugepages with the DPDK
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^