Hi, While running few of the application on target board, running kernel 2.6.13 compiled for ARM architecture, I get the following ps listings: PID Uid VmSize Stat Command 1 yoku 528 S init [3] 2 yoku SWN [ksoftirqd/0] 3 yoku SW< [events/0] 4 yoku SW< [khelper] 5 yoku SW< [kthread] 18 yoku SW< [kblockd/0] 43 yoku SW [pdflush] 44 yoku SW [pdflush] 46 yoku SW< [aio/0] 45 yoku SW [kswapd0] 634 yoku SW [mtdblockd] 664 yoku SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd1] 773 yoku SW [affixd] 800 yoku 540 S disc_mgr 807 yoku 764 S btsrv --managekey --nomanagepin 808 yoku 424 S BT_ActivityMgr 809 yoku 256 S /root/pwr_key_monitor 839 yoku 840 S btsdpd -d 863 yoku 1316 S /bin/sh 879 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 889 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 890 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 891 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 898 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 899 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 900 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 901 yoku 1416 S /root/Angelia 902 yoku 1416 S < /root/Angelia 1101 yoku Z < [events/0] 1103 yoku Z < [events/0] 1178 yoku Z < [events/0] 1180 yoku Z < [events/0] 1255 yoku Z < [events/0] 1257 yoku Z < [events/0] 1332 yoku Z < [events/0] 1334 yoku Z < [events/0] 1411 yoku Z < [events/0] 1413 yoku Z < [events/0] 1488 yoku Z < [events/0] 1490 yoku Z < [events/0] 1565 yoku Z < [events/0] 1567 yoku Z < [events/0] 1642 yoku Z < [events/0] 1644 yoku Z < [events/0] 1719 yoku Z < [events/0] 1721 yoku Z < [events/0] 1796 yoku Z < [events/0] 1798 yoku Z < [events/0] 1873 yoku Z < [events/0] 1875 yoku Z < [events/0] 1950 yoku Z < [events/0] 1952 yoku Z < [events/0] 2027 yoku Z < [events/0] 2029 yoku Z < [events/0] 2104 yoku Z < [events/0] 2106 yoku Z < [events/0] 2181 yoku Z < [events/0] 2183 yoku Z < [events/0] 2258 yoku Z < [events/0] 2260 yoku Z < [events/0] 2337 yoku Z < [events/0] 2339 yoku Z < [events/0] I fail to understand what is the relevance of process "events/0"? Any pointer will be appriciated. ~Abu. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/