Hi all: i need to write a module that assigns an ip address to a interface..Can anybody give a a start. I have tried tracing the source code for devinet_ioctl. it's out of my scope to understand it. Am i supposed to trace devinet_ioctl or i have to look in somewhere else. Thank you in advance -- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Regards, Prajakta Choudhari, -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/