On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 20:49 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: >It is just as much kernel - the kernel shouldn't *hang* whatever is >going on around its "ears"! > Right, but hardware probing/access is nasty business; e.g. you have to be careful what you do. These days, hald is pretty careful though, but it's too early to just blame it on the kernel. David