Salut, If this is compiled as a module and then loaded, the kernel is tainted because of a missing module license. Also, according to many european laws, software which is released under no license must not be used. More on this patch can be found at Thunder diff -Nur linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3-ta1/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c --- linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c 2003-10-08 21:24:04.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3-ta1/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_hfcpci.c 2003-11-24 13:30:53.000000000 +0100 @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ MODULE_PARM(debug, "i"); #endif +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Kai Germaschewski /Werner Cornelius "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HFC PCI ISDN driver");