On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 19:43 +0000, James Pearson wrote: > I assume something does probe some how - which is what I trying to work > out. i.e. what exactly does the probe and where in the startup sequence > is this done? I told you already...the kernel calls insmod first...then "init_moule" then a "another sub r gets called to an actual init_module r lemme see if i can finds ya a book to read Why not explain exactly your problem? Theres a reason you need to know and y? John