> > AFAIK the only modules which need such stuff are the sound modules > > In fact, the do not really *need* it. They (OSS makers) inserted the check > just to avoid problems like "your module kills my kernel" - because they > sell it, so they have responcibility even when user messes it up. But Why then even the free sound drivers need to be compiled with the kernel in the 2.0 version? Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra Amdocs Brasil Ltda