HI all I was trying to understand how choose_drive() fn in ide.c. Can anyone please tell me what factors does the fn consider to choose the best drive to be serviced next? Basically , I didn't understand anything about that fn till now .... if I get a few clues , it might be easier. Thanx Narasimhamurthy Giri, Clemson University Computer Science Dept. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judge not lest ye be judged yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/