hai all & Greg I am new to linux kernels..... What is this kswapd demon that is always running If that is the swapping mechanism of the kernel If its so how the kernel parts are running as demons Regards Karthik -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/