hi all, I have a puzzle about open() in kernel lately. see below please: init/main.c [init()]: ---snip--- if (open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0) printk("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n"); ---snip--- I know that open() is a wrapper of system call. But who can tell me why the kernel use system call "open" instead of the direct sys_open function in the kernel? Can we change it to the sys_open function here? thanx in advanced! madsys -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/