On Maandag 11 Oktober 2004 01:13, Aboo Valappil wrote: > I also wanted not associate the file with the current/any > processes. > > Any ideas on this ? > > Then I thought of using a work around and avoid opening files in kernel > mode. Most of the code that traditionally used to read files from inside the kernel can be converted to calling request_firmware(). The basic idea is that you have a user space helper that writes the data into the kernel instead of the other way round. Arnd <><