> printk ("%u" + time); ^ how about: printk ("%u", time); > the above code gives me segmentation fault...any idea why? looks like pointer arithmetics. you are giving prink just one argument - format string and the address of the argument is address of "%u" + time AlL. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/