Hi errno and p are not used in that function at all. Later, Juan. Index: arch/mips64/kernel/syscall.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips64/kernel/syscall.c,v retrieving revision 1.16.2.7 diff -u -r1.16.2.7 syscall.c --- arch/mips64/kernel/syscall.c 5 Aug 2002 23:53:36 -0000 1.16.2.7 +++ arch/mips64/kernel/syscall.c 19 Dec 2002 19:48:43 -0000 @@ -189,9 +189,8 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sysmips(int cmd, long arg1, int arg2, int arg3) { - int *p; char *name; - int tmp, len, errno; + int tmp, len; switch(cmd) { case SETNAME: { -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy