in my experience, a lot of newbies aren't aware of the in-kernel "kerneldoc" documentation so, unsurprisingly, i have a wiki page for it: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Kerneldoc enjoy. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================