zivilyn

Ah, I see. It may just be that the methods of coding such things have been relatively uniform over time; your code block looks to be about 90% the same as one of Kong's code listings. I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers, but I had just figured it was heavily based on how he did things in that book. Cheers

Hehe, looks like somebody read Designing BSD Rootkits: An Introduction to Kernel Hacking by Joseph Kong. :)

Hehe, yeah I know what you mean. I guess I'm just a stickler for the techinicality; altering the method in which the device gets power doesn't necessarily affect the device itself. But no worries, I'm just playing devil's advocate. :)

Not to be a huge killjoy... but imho this isn't quite a "hack." Not counting solder, you can modularly's change a hub's/switch's power source for just over $1 US. Battery Holder: http://www.futurlec.com/Batteries-Holders.shtml $0.30 each Female Power Plug: Digi-Key Part Number CP-002D-ND Description CONN POWER PLUG 1.3MM *This varies with the specs of the hub/switch $0.78 each Add some solder, and you've got yourself a pluggable power source for $1.08.

Thanks! Yeah, there were a few things that I wasn't fond of, particularly the SMG (sequential manual gearbox -- f1-style paddle-shift gearbox, true manual transmission, however). Plus it's warranty was going out, and those German cars are notoriously expensive to maintain. :( I was considering grabbing a 6-spd manual in the near future, but who knows.

Bleh, had to re-register. This is my 2002 M3 that I recently sold. In hindsight, I probably should've kept her... :( Quite a fun car...