Hello, I was compiling a glibc with mips compiler "mips-linux-gnu" I do get multiple defination of symbols __mknod __stat Even though these function are inlined and i have used CFLAGS option -winline. But when i check the function I see the function not inlined this can be verified with mips-linux-gnu-nm /home/uma/mips-4.3-154-mips-linux-gnu/glibc-2.8/objdir/elf/dl-profile.os | grep -H __mknod (standard input):00000ccc T __mknod We have the function in the executable, this shows it is not inlined. I have checked with always_inlined option also. It is not inlining, Is there some issue in the mips tools chain for glibc-2.8, gcc version is gcc-4.3.3 Will be happy to hear soon. Sincere Regards Naveen