... if anyone wants to get started ahead of time on writing and loading their first kernel module before my tuesday evening talk, it's all here: http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/introduction-linux-kernel-programming the first several lessons of that course are freely available to anyone, and *more* than cover what i'll be talking about, so if you want to play along before the talk, feel free and i'll monitor this list until then to answer any questions folks might have. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================