hi. > from a kernel module or not??? or do u mean to say we shd somehow go > into user space for such stuff - if so, then how? please enlighten me. u can use a character device, output all ur accounting stuff there, and use a userspace daemon to collect & save ur data. that simple. ======================================================================== nir. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/