Looking into the archives, it seems that it is a bad idea to read a file from the filesystem from inside the kernel. However, I couldn't find anywhere that it's not possible. I want to read from a file on disk to initialize a device. It will be done infrequently, perhaps just once, so if it's a hassle I will probably live with it. There is then the issue of whether or not the next release is likely to make it impossible to read from the disk. I've searched the driver and kernel lists for "kernel file read" and "file open", but the posts I found didn't answer these questions. Could someone either give me a pointer to a thread that will give me the info, perhaps a related string to search for, or the answers to my questions, I'd appreciate it. -Michael _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.