-> What the hell is this NONSENSE about. -> Uh.. Easy there. This is called Kernel Newbies for a reason. If you don't like seeing these types of questions I suggest you unsubscribe from this newsgroup. A gentle push to reading books is good. And I would suggest "Understand the Linux Kernel" and "Linux Device Drivers" be located on any kernel developers book shelf. -stv -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/