int                     maximum_num_physicals;
        int                     maximum_num_channels;
        struct fsa_dev_info     *fsa_dev;
-       pid_t                   thread_pid;
+       struct task_struct      *thread;
        int                     cardtype;
        
        /*
         *      AIF thread states
         */
        u32                     aif_thread;
-       struct completion       aif_completion;
        struct aac_adapter_info adapter_info;
        struct aac_supplement_adapter_info supplement_adapter_info;
        /* These are in adapter info but they are in the io flow so
 unsigned int aac_response_normal(struct aac_queue * q);
 unsigned int aac_command_normal(struct aac_queue * q);
 unsigned int aac_intr_normal(struct aac_dev * dev, u32 Index);
-int aac_command_thread(struct aac_dev * dev);
+int aac_command_thread(void *data);
 int aac_close_fib_context(struct aac_dev * dev, struct aac_fib_context *fibctx);
 int aac_fib_adapter_complete(struct fib * fibptr, unsigned short size);
 struct aac_driver_ident* aac_get_driver_ident(int devtype);
 
        }
                
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->fib_list);
-       init_completion(&dev->aif_completion);
 
        return dev;
 }
 
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_device.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
  *     more FIBs.
  */
  
-int aac_command_thread(struct aac_dev * dev)
+int aac_command_thread(void *data)
 {
+       struct aac_dev *dev = data;
        struct hw_fib *hw_fib, *hw_newfib;
        struct fib *fib, *newfib;
        struct aac_fib_context *fibctx;
         */
        if (dev->aif_thread)
                return -EINVAL;
-       /*
-        *      Set up the name that will appear in 'ps'
-        *      stored in  task_struct.comm[16].
-        */
-       daemonize("aacraid");
-       allow_signal(SIGKILL);
+
        /*
         *      Let the DPC know it has a place to send the AIF's to.
         */
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(dev->queues->queue[HostNormCmdQueue].lock, flags);
                schedule();
 
-               if(signal_pending(current))
+               if (kthread_should_stop())
                        break;
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
        }
        if (dev->queues)
                remove_wait_queue(&dev->queues->queue[HostNormCmdQueue].cmdready, &wait);
        dev->aif_thread = 0;
-       complete_and_exit(&dev->aif_completion, 0);
        return 0;
 }
 
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
        /*
         *      Start any kernel threads needed
         */
-       aac->thread_pid = kernel_thread((int (*)(void *))aac_command_thread,
-         aac, 0);
-       if (aac->thread_pid < 0) {
+       aac->thread = kthread_run(aac_command_thread, aac, AAC_DRIVERNAME);
+       if (IS_ERR(aac->thread)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "aacraid: Unable to create command thread.\n");
+               error = PTR_ERR(aac->thread);
                goto out_deinit;
        }
 
        return 0;
 
  out_deinit:
-       kill_proc(aac->thread_pid, SIGKILL, 0);
-       wait_for_completion(&aac->aif_completion);
-
+       kthread_stop(aac->thread);
        aac_send_shutdown(aac);
        aac_adapter_disable_int(aac);
        free_irq(pdev->irq, aac);
 
        scsi_remove_host(shost);
 
-       kill_proc(aac->thread_pid, SIGKILL, 0);
-       wait_for_completion(&aac->aif_completion);
+       kthread_stop(aac->thread);
 
        aac_send_shutdown(aac);
        aac_adapter_disable_int(aac);