diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4ef4cbb7..3c5cc0adb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -627,7 +627,13 @@ ControlNet-LLLite, a novel method for ControlNet with SDXL, is added. See [docum
 
 * 2023/10/08 (v22.1.0)
   - Remove support for torch 1 to align with kohya_ss sd-scripts code base.
-
+  - Add Intel ARC GPU support with IPEX support on Linuix / WSL
+    - Users needs to set these manually:
+      * Mixed precision to BF16,
+      * Attention to SDPA,
+      * Optimizer to: AdamW (or any other non 8 bit one).
+    - Run setup with: `./setup.sh --use-ipex`
+    - Run the GUI with: `./gui.sh --use-ipex`
 * 2023/10/01 (v22.0.0)
   - Merging main branch of sd-scripts:
     - [SAI Model Spec](https://github.com/Stability-AI/ModelSpec) metadata is now supported partially. `hash_sha256` is not supported yet.
diff --git a/setup/setup_windows.py b/setup/setup_windows.py
index ec0084cfd..5bb90a015 100644
--- a/setup/setup_windows.py
+++ b/setup/setup_windows.py
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ def install_kohya_ss_torch2():
     # Upgrade pip if needed
     setup_common.install('--upgrade pip')
 
-    if setup_common.check_torch() == 1:
-        input(
-            f'{YELLOW}\nTorch 1 is already installed in the venv. To install Torch 2 delete the venv and re-run setup.bat\n\nHit any key to acknowledge.{RESET_COLOR}'
-        )
-        return
+    # if setup_common.check_torch() == 1:
+    #     input(
+    #         f'{YELLOW}\nTorch 1 is already installed in the venv. To install Torch 2 delete the venv and re-run setup.bat\n\nHit any key to acknowledge.{RESET_COLOR}'
+    #     )
+    #     return
 
     # setup_common.install(
     #     'torch==2.0.1+cu118 torchvision==0.15.2+cu118 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118',