> but as our's is a product i m looking for a more elegent solution. Check out the downloadable code for Rubini's Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Ed from oreilly site. It has a sample module.init for the "scull" device which you need to put in /etc/init.d and an appropriate symlink from the appropriate /etc/rc*.d Sourav - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/