On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:28:52 -0800 (PST), Alaios <alaios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why the most function in a kernel code must be > declared as static?? If i use some not static? > It could be avoid symbol name conflicts. By declaring a function static we limit it's scope to the file in which it is defined. This way it will not interfere with functions with the same name declared in other files. Shourya -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/