diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d75d1aef..774889bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ out ?= build/$(BOARD)
 # output directory for host build targets
 out_host ?= build/host
 
+# FIXME: use smarter way to detect QEMU
 # qemu directory location
 QEMU_DIR ?= ../qemu_stm32/arm-softmmu/
 
diff --git a/mk/generic.mk b/mk/generic.mk
index 09cd546d..28806af7 100644
--- a/mk/generic.mk
+++ b/mk/generic.mk
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	-rm -rf $(out_host)
 	-rm -f $(CONFIG) $(CONFIG).old include/autoconf.h
 
+# FIXME: validate the target machine and check its availability
 .PHONY: qemu
 qemu: $(out)/$(PROJECT).bin
 	-killall -q qemu-system-arm