On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 5:17 AM, Vadim Klishko <vadim at cirque.com> wrote: > First of all, I want to thank all those who answered for their suggestions. > > Second of all, I suspect my question about loading a library within a kernel module may have been misunderstood. I am not talking about loading a user-space library. I am talking about loading my own library written specifically to be used in kernel space. > > The idea is that the library is optional. If it is found on the system, then it is used. If it is not present, the module uses its internal, simpler algorithm. Any suggestions? > Assume that the library or its alternative is available, then make sure that the binary distribution packages depend upon those libs being installed. This need not be a kernel/user space problem. -JoJo