diff --git a/m1/patches/rtems/series b/m1/patches/rtems/series
index 1e700b2..0ee9d93 100644
--- a/m1/patches/rtems/series
+++ b/m1/patches/rtems/series
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+#
+# The include path fixes (fix-*-includes) are only needed if there's something
+# slightly wrong with your RTEMS setup. They replace paths that rely on what
+# may be some autotools magic with safer paths that only assume regular POSIX
+# semantics.
+#
+
 lm32-stack-alignment.patch
 rbtree-container-of.patch
-chain-first-last.patch
+# chain-first-last.patch	- applied 2011-11-26
 coremsgsubmit-race.patch
 milkymist-new-uart.patch
-fix-sysconf-includes.patch
+#fix-sysconf-includes.patch
 milkymist-map-sysfreq.patch
 milkymist-videoformat.patch
-fix-timer-includes.patch
+#fix-timer-includes.patch