oh, and while i'm here, i'm going to point out a couple other things you should avoid if you're trying to get your first patch into the kernel -- unsurprisingly, nick has violated both of these guidelines a number of times. first, good grammar. seriously, good grammar. if you can't use proper grammar for the single-line "Subject" field, you really have no business submitting patches. and second, your explanation for the patch (what goes into the commit log) should *match* the patch. in particular, do not claim that you are fixing an "error" when all you're doing is cleaning up a *warning*. nick is a major violator of this prime directive -- do not categorize something as an "error" if it isn't. end of story. and on that note, we return you to the nick krause mailing list. enjoy. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================