> I could take out the exclusive open part or make it depend on a flag provided > by the driver, if you think this to be important. But, frankly, I see no > devices that would profit from that. Even radio cards can listen on one > frequency if I am not mistaken. Maybe a minor point, but think about one app displaying video and a _second_ app controlling it with ioctl()s. Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email mlan@xxxxxx | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "