Hi Alan, The polishing is done. Versus 2.4.1 again. Summary: struct task_struct{...} moved to a new file, linux/task_struct.h. struct sigpending{...} moved to a new file, linux/sigpending.h. remove line linux/capability.c:17 #include (blessed by Andrew Morgan) adjust header inclusions in CONFIG_X386_USE_3DNOW section of asm-i386/string.h. Changes from the first version of the patch: revert creation of linux/mm_struct.h (needless) improve comments in the new files remove #ifdef guards around dummy declarations (suggested by Manfred Spraul) remove dead version of kernel_cap_t support (also Manfred) remove redundant #include's (Niels Kristian Bech Jensen) The new task_struct.h may be useful to others. If linux/sched.h is included just to permit dereference of some 'struct task_struct * tsk', linux/task_struct.h is a lightweight alternative. Thanks again to Niels Kristian Bech Jensen, Andrew Morgan, and Manfred Spraul. Cheers, Tom -- The Daemons lurk and are dumb. -- Emerson