> Taking a leap here, is this something close to what you were > referring? > > - socket module creates/manages the /dev/[net/]socket device when > dev_init > is called. > - when the userland app links against libsocket they basically get a > routine > that opens /dev/[net]/socket and get a real fd from hte system which > thinks > it's just a file > - because it's a file system entry presumably we can tell the system > which > functions to call for read/write and ioctl? > > Does that make sense? Is this something like what you were thinking > Axel? > If it is is there any code to look at out there that does similar > things? I thought of something like this, yes :-) I am just not sure anymore, if it's worth the effort for R5. Adios... Axel.