also, is this really proper? # l /dev/ipmi0 crw------- 1 root root 254, 0 2005-01-08 06:33 /dev/ipmi0 since 254 belongs to devfs: # grep 254 /proc/devices 254 devfs and from somewhere i read that i have to create 252 node: # mknod /dev/ipmi0 c 252 0 and load it with options: options ipmi_devintf ipmi_major=252 -- glen