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@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ epicsTime class has also gone.</p>
 
 <h4>RTEMS Release</h4>
 
-<p>RTEMS release 4.10 or newer is required.  EPICS now uses unified
-executive/malloc memory pools.</p>
+<p>RTEMS release 4.9.2 or newer is required.  EPICS now configures RTEMS to use unified executive/malloc memory pools if available (RTEMS 4.10 and up).</p>
 
 <h4>RTEMS</h4>