The following link had a curious statement to make - http://80211b.weblogger.com/2002/04/13 "Linux took a step in this direction recently by incorporating kernel-level interrupts in its source tree to improve interactive apps running on top of the kernel, like graphical user interfaces. " What is this kernel-level interrupts ? bye Gautham -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/