Hi, i am in little bit trouble. I wanted to put my func call in dev_init but now i am completely lost.. i wonder what is the job of spin__lock lock_kernel __cli() _sti() what happens when i use one of them inside interrupt handler like netif_rx_interrupt? are there any advices on which&where exactly to use? thanks in advance.. it makes mi little bit unconfortable while changing net code adam - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html