diff --git a/Foreign/CUDA/Ptr.hs b/Foreign/CUDA/Ptr.hs
--- a/Foreign/CUDA/Ptr.hs
+++ b/Foreign/CUDA/Ptr.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- |
--- A reference to data stored on the device
+-- A reference to data stored on the device.
 --
 newtype DevicePtr a = DevicePtr { useDevicePtr :: Ptr a }
   deriving (Eq,Ord)
@@ -118,7 +118,17 @@
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- |
--- A reference to page-locked host memory
+-- A reference to page-locked host memory.
+--
+-- A 'HostPtr' is just a plain 'Ptr', but the memory has been allocated by the
+-- CUDA runtime into page locked memory. This means that the data can be copied
+-- to the GPU via DMA (direct memory access). Note that the use of the system
+-- function `mlock` is not sufficient here --- the CUDA version ensures that
+-- the /physical/ addresses stay this same, not just the virtual address.
+--
+-- To copy data into a 'HostPtr' array, you may use for example 'withHostPtr'
+-- together with 'Foreign.Marshal.Array.copyArray' or
+-- 'Foreign.Marshal.Array.moveArray'.
 --
 newtype HostPtr a = HostPtr { useHostPtr :: Ptr a }
   deriving (Eq,Ord)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Haskell CUDA bindings 0.5.1.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Haskell CUDA bindings 0.6.0.0.
 #
 # Report bugs to <tmcdonell@cse.unsw.edu.au>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Haskell CUDA bindings'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='cuda'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.5.1.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Haskell CUDA bindings 0.5.1.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.6.0.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Haskell CUDA bindings 0.6.0.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='tmcdonell@cse.unsw.edu.au'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 cuda_frameworks
+cuda_libraries
 cuda_lib_path
 cuda_c2hsflags
 cuda_ldflags
@@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Haskell CUDA bindings 0.5.1.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Haskell CUDA bindings 0.6.0.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1314,7 +1315,7 @@
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Haskell CUDA bindings 0.5.1.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Haskell CUDA bindings 0.6.0.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1401,7 +1402,7 @@
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Haskell CUDA bindings configure 0.5.1.0
+Haskell CUDA bindings configure 0.6.0.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1703,7 +1704,7 @@
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Haskell CUDA bindings $as_me 0.5.1.0, which was
+It was created by Haskell CUDA bindings $as_me 0.6.0.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -3113,7 +3114,7 @@
   darwin*)
     cuda_lib_path="${cuda_prefix}/lib"
     cuda_frameworks="CUDA"
-    LDFLAGS+=" -F/Library/Frameworks -framework ${cuda_frameworks}"
+    LDFLAGS+=" -F/Library/Frameworks "
     #LDFLAGS+=" -Xlinker -rpath ${cuda_lib_path} "
     #CPPFLAGS+=" -arch ${target_cpu} "
     ;;
@@ -3726,8 +3727,7 @@
 # Populate the buildinfo, with the search paths and any target specific options
 #
 cuda_ccflags="$CPPFLAGS "
-cuda_ldflags="$LDFLAGS $LIBS "
-
+cuda_ldflags="$LDFLAGS "
 
 for x in $cuda_ccflags; do
     cuda_ghcflags+="-optc${x} "
@@ -3735,6 +3735,9 @@
 for x in $cuda_ldflags; do
     cuda_ghcflags+="-optl${x} "
 done
+for x in $LIBS; do
+    cuda_libraries+="${x#-l} "
+done
 
 
 
@@ -3742,6 +3745,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
 # tests run on this system so they can be shared between configure
@@ -4284,7 +4288,7 @@
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Haskell CUDA bindings $as_me 0.5.1.0, which was
+This file was extended by Haskell CUDA bindings $as_me 0.6.0.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4337,7 +4341,7 @@
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Haskell CUDA bindings config.status 0.5.1.0
+Haskell CUDA bindings config.status 0.6.0.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
@@ -4896,4 +4900,5 @@
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
+
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   darwin*)
     cuda_lib_path="${cuda_prefix}/lib"
     cuda_frameworks="CUDA"
-    LDFLAGS+=" -F/Library/Frameworks -framework ${cuda_frameworks}"
+    LDFLAGS+=" -F/Library/Frameworks "
     #LDFLAGS+=" -Xlinker -rpath ${cuda_lib_path} "
     #CPPFLAGS+=" -arch ${target_cpu} "
     ;;
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@
 # Populate the buildinfo, with the search paths and any target specific options
 #
 cuda_ccflags="$CPPFLAGS "
-cuda_ldflags="$LDFLAGS $LIBS "
-
+cuda_ldflags="$LDFLAGS "
 
 for x in $cuda_ccflags; do
     cuda_ghcflags+="-optc${x} "
@@ -130,11 +129,16 @@
 for x in $cuda_ldflags; do
     cuda_ghcflags+="-optl${x} "
 done
+for x in $LIBS; do
+    cuda_libraries+="${x#-l} "
+done
 
 AC_SUBST([cuda_ghcflags])
 AC_SUBST([cuda_ccflags])
 AC_SUBST([cuda_ldflags])
 AC_SUBST([cuda_c2hsflags])
 AC_SUBST([cuda_lib_path])
+AC_SUBST([cuda_libraries])
 AC_SUBST([cuda_frameworks])
 AC_OUTPUT
+
diff --git a/cuda.buildinfo.in b/cuda.buildinfo.in
--- a/cuda.buildinfo.in
+++ b/cuda.buildinfo.in
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 ld-options: @cuda_ldflags@
 x-extra-c2hs-options: @cuda_c2hsflags@
 extra-lib-dirs: @cuda_lib_path@
+extra-libraries: @cuda_libraries@
 frameworks: @cuda_frameworks@
diff --git a/cuda.cabal b/cuda.cabal
--- a/cuda.cabal
+++ b/cuda.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                   cuda
-Version:                0.6.0.0
+Version:                0.6.0.1
 Synopsis:               FFI binding to the CUDA interface for programming NVIDIA GPUs
 Description:
     The CUDA library provides a direct, general purpose C-like SPMD programming
