On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 04:09:11PM -0500, Kashif Shaikh wrote: > Of course, I've never really understood why kernel_thread() would call a > system call from kernel space... Just convenience. In fact, in 2.5, it doesn't any more. regards john -- "Trolls like content too." - Bob Abooey, /. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/