Stefan, Thank you for all of your comments, and for you concern for the quality of the code. In the end, we all want the same thing, and we are all trying to reach the same goal. You have given me an alternate way of looking at the problem. I am still not sure which way this one will go, but at the very least your objections will help me write better comments and documentation about the controversial approach I am taking. Tony -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html